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Six tips for keeping going with your language learning (and an update on my Basque)

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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...]

Learning Basque in Add1Challenge 5, final report.

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It's already over a month since the end of Add1Challenge 5, the on-line 90-day language study group in which I participated as a Basque learner this spring (following on from my time in Add1Challenge 4, last summer).  This report may be late, but at least it's timely.  The next Add1Challenge, no 8, begins on 1 June.  I've just sent off my video application. [Update since this … [Read more...]

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