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Forgetting your native language is a thing
It’s been almost a decade since I moved from Poland to the UK. Although I learned English as a foreign language, at this point, I consider myself fully bilingual. I completed my undergraduate and postgraduate studies at British universities and for the last four years I have worked as a researcher, writer and editor, writing…
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The 21-day language challenge: day 4
How to learn a language: day 4 of the 21-day language challenge Day 4 of my 21-day language challenge is over! If you’ve missed days 1-3, start here. And here’s what I talk about in today’s vlog: Progress update on my objective relating to verbs Simple sentences about what I like Using Twitter for language…
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The 21-day language challenge: day 3
How to learn a language: day 3 of the 21-day language challenge Welcome to day 3 of the 21-day language challenge! If you’ve missed day 1, you can watch it here, and click here for day 2. Today’s vlog covers the following topics: Pronouns, simple sentences and link words Using the Google Translate app Setting…
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The language round-up: best language blogs in February
Here’s a round-up of my favourite seven language blog posts from February. If you’ve got any other suggestions, feel free to share them in the comments below! Five bizarre false friends in Polish and Russian In his recent post, Alex Rawlings talks about the close similarity between Polish and Russian, which can sometimes be very…
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The 21-day language challenge: day 2
How to learn a language: day 2 of the 21-day challenge Welcome to day 2 of my 21-day language challenge! If you missed day 1, you can watch it here. [Tweet “Thinking of learning a new language? Try the 21-day language challenge!”] Some of the things I cover in the vlog are: Using flashcards to…
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