Language learning backlog :(
I was away for a 2-week vacation (too short!) and while I did try to study a bit every day, I let things slip. Most of the time, I just sleep without cracking open the Duolingo or Memrise apps on my phone. When I checked...
My first French lesson on italki!
Today, I had my very first italki session with a French teacher. I was so nervous that I actually thought of rescheduling. Plus, I have a headache since after lunch so I wasn’t feeling too well. But I thought I had to suck it up...
My daily Hungarian battle plan
It took me a fair amount of time but I think I found a workable study plan for Hungarian. As there are considerably less available materials, I needed all the help I could get. Compared to French, I am having a more difficult time with this...
CNA Language Exchange
WARNING: Before watching, make sure you are alone at home (and not at work, school or any public place). Also, you need tissues. LOTS of it. This project brings the concept of language exchange to a whole new level. Why just learn a language when...
Shelfie: what does your bookshelf say about you?
Yeah, I don’t do selfies. I do shelfies and my bookshelf screams: language NERD! As if that needs any confirmation. I still have more books and stuff for languages like Spanish, German and Korean but I have them in a box in the laundry cage...
The Great Language Game
Language lovers, here is a fun challenge for all of you! Can you guess which language is spoken in each item? My best score was only 600 but I was surprised at how I can easily recognize Czech — I never studied a word of...
Noviembre Rain (La Pluie de Novembre) by Guns N’ Roses
In language learning, it is important to find materials that interest you. When I was learning Japanese, I was so into Japanese rock and pop music. I still am! I used to translate Gackt and GLAY songs and frequented Music21 to sing their songs. It...
Benny the Irish Polyglot speaks and sings in Tagalog!
This is an old video of one of my most favourite polyglots, Benny Lewis — more popularly known as the Irish Polyglot. He visited the Philippines for a couple of months. He’s been to Manila, Puerto Galera and Cebu and in this video, he is...
My first italki-Skype chat with a Hungarian language partner
Last month, I signed up with italki because all my favourite polygots were talking about it. But I got overwhelmed by the sheer number of people in the site so I logged out and forgot about it. But this month, I was re-evaluating my language...
Nihongo Center Foundation Open House 2014
The Nihongo Center Foundation invites everyone to the Annual Open House to be held at the Makati school. Get the chance to experience Japanese culture for free by participating in various activities like origami, sumo, calligraphy and kimono/yukata wearing. For more information, please leave a comment...
Easy French proficiency test at France Pub
I took this test at France Pub and was pleasantly surprised at my results: I haven’t really done a lot of studying on the verb tenses and they were in the test. Glad I got 80% 🙂 Test your French level HERE
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