How do you learn a language on the internet? For three months from the third week of July, I was taking part in the fourth run of Brian Kwong's collaborative online language learning "Add1Challenge" (2023 update - the Challenge no longer exists but I've kept this post as it's still valuable to show how the "group challenge" model can work in language learning). With the … [Read more...]
Basque Add1Challenge: 3 weeks in….
It's three weeks tomorrow since the beginning of the three-month Add1Challenge, here, later than expected, is the first of my promised progress updates. What have I been doing? The main development in my approach to Basque this summer has been working with native speakers on Skype. I have never done this before but I was keen to keep going during the summer … [Read more...]
A boost for my Basque? The Summer 2014 Add 1 Challenge begins.
Today is the first day of the Add 1 Language Challenge, a group language learning programme created and run by Brian Kwong. He spoke about the thinking behind the programme at the Polyglot Gathering in Berlin in June. His research convinced him that lack of time and maintaining motivational focus were two of the major problems faced by language learners. Kwong's programme … [Read more...]