Learning a second language could be one of the most challenging things you do in your life. Many people find that they lose some of their early confidence and optimism when the going gets tough, so it is worth considering the following reasons for staying positive. You Will Get There Personally, my biggest fear when(…)

Probably two of the first words you will learn in your new second language are the equivalents of “yes” and “no”. These are essential words for communicating in any tongue and among those which you will use most often. However, after a while you will realise that you need to know more words than this(…)

There are many different ways to learn a foreign language and you should take the one which you feel most comfortable with. This means that we all learn differently but there are some common mistakes which many of us make and which only result in us wasting our time. Learning Weird Words I once worked(…)

If there is one issue which is likely to hold you back more than any other when learning a foreign language it is a fear of your own voice. I still cringe sometimes when someone speaks to me in Spanish I hear the reply coming back from my mouth in a tiny, hesitant voice. It(…)

It is fascinating to listen to different people learning a new language at the same time. As well as the fact that they will all learn the words in a different order there is also the dreaded issue of the accent. When we start off studying a second language we are all painfully aware that(…)

As a left hander I am intrigued by the way that different languages use words to explain what a southpaw is. If you are right handed then bear with me a few minutes as I pull up my left handed mouse and keyboard and explain about the adventures of left handed language studying for curious(…)

When you start to learn a foreign language it is a thrilling but kind of scary experience, isn’t it? When else in life do we stand in front of a stranger and say words which don’t really mean anything to us on an instinctive level? This means that it is easy to put off starting(…)