FLUENCY! It’s every language learner’s dream, yet few really attain it. But really, there is no secret to becoming fluent and YOU can become fluent too if you just set your mind to it. That’s right. If you decide you’re going to be fluent, you can. End of story. Apart from having made that firm decision, like a promise to yourself, there is really one main thing standing in your way to becoming fluent in French (or any other language). Are you ready? Here we go! The thing that is ... View Post

  Who hasn’t been guilty of this at least once in their language learning experience: You either try to translate a sentence from your own language into your target language, or you try to do word-by-word translation of the target language into your own language. Guilty? I know I have been! Well, as you might have found out by now, this very often just doesn’t work. While it might work better with some languages that are closely related to yours and while translation is sometimes okay and ... View Post

Ok, let's be honest here: who likes receiving formal letters - even in their native language?! I certainly don't and whenever I move to another country and receive one of those, even if I speak the language fluently, I'm usually like, "Huh?!" and need to read it slowly at least two or three times before I'm sure I really understand what it is they want from me. (While living in Germany, I once got a letter that informed me that my visa had expired and I was staying in the country illegally and ... View Post