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Conversation groups
If one of your goals is to improve your spoken language skills, our tip #9 is to join a conversation group. These are different to classes as they are informal and less structured than classes. Depending on the class there can be a wide range of topics spoken, from everyday topics to art, film, current […]
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Your language learning journal
Tip 6 is to make the most out of your language learning journal. In Tip 1 we discussed writing your goals and plans in a notebook and in tip 2 we discussed finding and writing down your learning style. How best can you use this notebook to help you learn a language? It’s easy, turn […]
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Can watching DVDs improve your language skills?
The short answer is yes. Lots of people still have DVDs and our Tip 5 to shows how they can help you improve your language skills. The image above is from the back of a DVD. The audio is available in 3 languages, English, French and German. Subtitles are available in 11 languages. To improve […]
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Improve your reading skills
Day 4 of our New Year tips. Reading is really important when learning any language. It helps improve your vocabulary and from that you will see improvements in your writing, speaking and listening skills. Reading can, however, seem quite difficult if you are reading levels much harder than you can manage. If you are reading […]
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Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2023. As it’s the New Year, people often make resolutions about learning or relearning foreign languages. People also often give up on resolutions so how can you stop this from happening? For 10 days, we are giving out a tip per day to help you stick at your language learning resolutions. Tip 1. […]
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Taboo
Taboo is a great game to help increase your communication skills in a foreign language. The main idea is people have to guess a word eg ‘bones’ but the person explaining the word can not mention the ‘Taboo’ words such as break, skeleton, broken, dog or bones. Sets of Taboo are available freely online, in […]
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