Why go on an intensive, group language course abroad? If you decided to, how do you choose a foreign language school? This posts, the first of two, we get to grips with the first of these two questions. The focus is on the typical full-time (or part-time) group course held "in country" for any period from, say, a week or two up to a couple of months. The language "summer … [Read more...]
Six tips for keeping going with your language learning (and an update on my Basque)
You may be several months - or years - into learning a language and it still feels like you're a long way from fluency. You may even be wondering whether you're making any progress at all. If so, welcome to the club! I've been learning Basque two and a half years now. In the last few months, there's been a real feeling of progress, but it's still slow and I was trudging … [Read more...]