As I was walking out today, I passed a secondary school advertising Mandarin lessons. I noticed the Chinese characters on the sign first and because I’m studying the Japanese language, I could read some of the sign. Admittedly it was only the words ‘Chinese’ and ‘September’, but I was quite pleased to encounter and understandContinue reading “Little Things”
Category Archives: Second Language Learning
This week’s podcast
Hello everyone, I’ve just uploaded my final Season 3 podcast (or mini-podcast) in which I talk about kakizome. Thank you all for listening and subscribing.
Seasons of mist…
Wow, term begins again. I have recently uploaded a podcast. Thanks to those who listen and subscribe 😁
‘Appy Days’
I have mentioned this form of learning in my podcast a few times and in this post I’d like to discuss learning language through an app (for those of you who are visual learners, rather than aural learners). It would not be my usual method of learning, but I thought I’d give it a tryContinue reading “‘Appy Days’”
Correcting Errors in Language Learning-Part 1
This is not an exhaustive or academic post. It is just a reflection of my experiences on the subject. I wanted to start weekly blog posts as well as making a weekly podcast. Not as easy as you might think with most of the electrical appliances in the house taking a summer holiday, so interruptionsContinue reading “Correcting Errors in Language Learning-Part 1”