Learning a Foreign Language

Learning a foreign language can be a very long haul. If you are young or have plenty time, it's not so bad but for all hopeful language learners, it's well worth finding some shortcuts and an accelerated learning approach can provide the answer. There are a range of books on accelerated learning and I've used some of these techniques combined with my own ideas to fast track language acquisition without spending hours on grammar drills. My suggested approach makes language learning more fun and a lot quicker. Here's what to do. Perhaps the most important point is to set out with a positive outlook and expectation. If you start from the point of view ...  Read the complete review

If you are reading this, chances are you have already learned one of the most complex languages there is; English. As native speakers we often don't realise quite how challenging English is. If you don't believe me ask anyone who speaks English as a second language how hard it was to understand the difference between "I live, I am living, I have lived and I have been living" - in French anyway they are all said in the same way, but English is full of nuances and a ridiculously huge vocabulary. As English speakers you would, therefore, think that we should all be equipped to learn another language, but my experience as a Teacher of Languages and ...  Read the complete review

When I was about 7 years old I didn't know back then how learning new languages will become important in my life, but my dad though it would be great idea to learn German so he sign me up for to a private tutor. I didn't really care much about it and 3 years later when we had to choose one foreign language at school , I though I would try English. Again at first I love it was proud of myself with every new word I have learn. Then I went to high school and had to add second foreign language to my English. I choose German even if I didn't like that much at age 7 I though it would be easier since I knew few words already. I didn't realize how much difference can teacher ...  Read the complete review

It is one of the most commonly made misconceptions that everyone in the world speaks english. Admittedly in business it is a very useful language, and many other countries learn it, but there is no reason why we should rely on others to communicate with us in our language, when we could just as easily make the effort to learn theirs. I have been brought up billingual, so I was aware of the benefits of speaking two languages from an early age. This enabled me to fit into two countries, two cultures and communicate with two different nationalities, hugely opening my doors. I then went on to university to learn German and Spanish which I had already been ...  Read the complete review

Speaking as a French tutor, I think more people should learn another language. Specifically, I think they should learn French. From me. I have to make a living somehow. In the unlikely event that that hasn't persuaded everybody, I do have some genuine reasons for saying that more people should learn a foreign language. I will now list and explain these. Firstly, whenever I've been abroad - generally in France, I have on more than one occasion been witness to the most cringeworthy behaviour in the Brit/Irish/American Abroad armoury - the use of Loud English. You're speaking to a shop assistant - she's French. She doesn't speak English. She's ...  Read the complete review