Podcasts: my new favorite language learning tool
I’ve been learning languages for a long time but I must admit, I am very late into the podcast game. As usual, I have been suffering from trying to use too many language materials at once. Also, I really didn’t have any idea how to...
2023 half-year language learning plan, and why I quit my online Swedish class
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may receive a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at absolutely no cost to you. Please read my disclosure for more info. Happy new year! I hope you happily closed your...
2022 language learning updates and the #GlossikaChallenge
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I may receive a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at absolutely no cost to you. Please read my disclosure for more info. Why is it that every year, I have such...
New language learning plan in the time of Corona
Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, there’s been an increase in the number of people setting new goals and starting new hobbies and challenges to while the time away. As for me, I only managed to finalize my language learning plan yesterday. Well, better late than never....
June Language Update – What update?
June was very mean to me. May too. But especially June. I was snowed under with tons of work — I am not complaining. I love what I do at the office, and I get great feedback with my work. But things started to pick...
Burnout, baby, burnout!
Or, the original title: Language learning update – week ending 15 March Japanese On days that I badly needed some extra sleep minutes, I would begin to think that this whole JLPT N1 thing was a bad idea…just 3 weeks in and I am starting...
Language learning update – March 8
Ta-daaa! Look who made it through week 2. And only one black item. Whew. I am getting used to a routine and it’s not so bad. In general, I tend to keep Japanese in the morning and Hungarian in the afternoon. In the evening, I...
Language learning update – Week ending 1 March 2015
As I said previously, I have re-evaluated my language goals and have put together a daily plan to ensure that I am on track with these goals. My reaction to this first week? Whew! I survived!! It wasn’t easy, especially at the end of the weekday,...
Super Language Overhaul
I have a confession: I don’t think I would succeed in my very first italki challenge. It was going well and I had this plan of taking 5 sessions of French first, then Hungarian second. I finished all my sessions for basic French almost midway...
JLPT now twice a year in the Philippines in 2015
I was just thinking of the exam today and how I really need to start studying soon. Ogata-sensei explicitly told me to take the N1 exam in 2015, instead of proctoring every year 😛 Ack. But probably not N1… ============================== The Japanese Language Proficiency Test...
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