Most people have some sort fear or anxiety around learning a language and for some people, this can involve listening. Listening can be hard. Words merge together and natives will speak at a 100mph and have thick accents. It can be quite scary if someone is trying to tell you something and you are not […]
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If you are learning French you will probably get to a point where you ask yourself if you should try and develop a French accent or not. Honestly, this is a personal decision and there is no real right or wrong answer. Trying to sound more French could be helpful for you, but at the
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Practicing your writing is something you need to do. It can really make the difference to your progress in your new language. It is going to force you to think and recall things and basically the more you do this, the better you will get. However, it’s easy to just say “go and practice” but
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Writing is often seen as long winded and boring, so it’s common to hear people asking if they can skip this part. The truth is you can, but only for a while. You don’t need writing to learn a language as you can do this through reading and listening. However, if you want to actually
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If you have tried to learn a new language, you will quickly realise it is extremely difficult. You may even think it is impossible at times, which can really make you question how a polyglot can do it so easily and so many different times. Polyglots are just normal people, even if they look like
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Writing is a very important part of language learning. It is one of the best ways to really solidify your knowledge and master what you have learned. There are a number of things you can focus on to improve, which I will go through below, but really the answer is that you need to practice
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When it comes to writing in a new language we often do not feel comfortable with it at all and usually try and avoid it. It can be very common for there to be a lot of anxiety and fear around writing and many language learners will put it off or convince themselves that it’s
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While this question does not get asked a lot, I am sure some of you will be wondering if you can learn a language by only writing. The short answer is that no, you can’t really. You will never be able to only learn a language through writing, but you can certainly use it to
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When you start learning a new language you may wonder if it is a good idea to do a lot of writing. Focusing on writing can certainly be beneficial and will help you a lot as you progress, but it is not enough by itself. To focus only on writing would be foolish and I
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One of the main difficulties with writing in a new language is that can be a very slow process. It can be quite frustrating to have your speed drastically reduced and it can really put you off wanting to write. However, the good news is that it does not always need to be like this
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