How to learn a language as an expat?
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Did you know only one third of expats feel that they speak their host country’s language very well? Or that one in ten do not speak the local language at all?
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Learn languages quicker by utilising your long term memory
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LearnLanguages24 provides lifetime access to online courses that have 7000 foreign words and phrases, which is at least twice as much as other providers.
Read MoreA Bilingual Love Story
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A Bilingual Love Story
When you hear the words love and story I bet you start thinking about two people poetically in love. Add Italy and you can already picture the two of them sharing dinner at a ristorante like Lady and The Tramp with candles slowly burning between their glasses of wine. And even if a love story about Italy often involves a man with dark eyelashes and a charming accent, we'll leave the men for now.
Read MoreTips For Submitting Minority Language to Memory
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Bilingual Children - Week #13
All words are equal, but some words are more equal than others
When I started attaching a word of the day to the front door before going to work, back in September 2016. I didn’t have a real plan: I didn’t know how long it would have lasted for, I didn’t focused on any particular group of words.
I didn’t set a target . It was only my genuine desire to grow my son’s vocabulary in the minority language. A simple yet unrefined attempt to boost the number of words he could understand and pronounce in Italian.
It was a Monday to Friday exercise and started almost by chance.
Read MoreWhy should I learn a language - Post Brexit?
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Why should I learn a language - Post Brexit?
You may think that I became a language lover when I married a man with a different nationality to me. The truth is my favourite subjects to study at school were always English language and foreign languages. I was fascinated by travel and being able to communicate. After a school trip to Rouen where myself and some other students were insulted in English by German school children (Yes they insulted us in our own language which they could speak pretty well!) I knew I could not cope with only knowing my own language.
Read MoreOne Third Stories: GIVEAWAY! (Closed)
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Children start to learn languages at school in the UK age 7 years old. This is a bit of a revolution as until 2015 the starting age was 11.
We all pick up languages easier the earlier we start, (The best time is ages 0-5!) After that it becomes more effort but it's still absolutely possible to master it.
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