The emotional journey of a language learner

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So. You’ve decided you want to speak another language. But as we all know, learning and knowing are two very different things, so brace yourself for the bumpy road ahead… 1. The optimistic early days Hurrah! You’re going to learn a language, and it’s going to be easy, and fun, and you’re going to be fluent before you know … Read more

How do you learn a language? (Win an iPad mini!)

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The survey and giveaway have now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part!   Language learners! We need your help. We want to know the different method(s) that you use whilst learning a language to accomplish your goals. This will enable us to improve and adapt to what you want. The survey only takes … Read more

10 reasons to visit Vienna

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Today’s ’10 reasons’ guest post comes from Charlotte, who’s currently living and working in Vienna, Austria. If you’d like to read more from Charlotte, you can follow her blog or find her on Twitter. So here are 10 reasons to visit Vienna… Do you have any to add? 1. Have you seen how pretty it is? One of … Read more

A Hungry Conundrum

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Learning a language is one thing… but what happens when that language changes depending where in the country you happen to be standing? That’s the subject of today’s blog post from Kelly – if you’ve encountered any of these regional confusions, we’d love to hear about them! When is a roll a cake? Before you break out … Read more

Transforming education: why we’re proud to support onebillion

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As you may know, EuroTalk is a proud supporter of onebillion, a non-profit organisation working to transform education for one billion children in developing countries. You may even have used their maths apps with your child (if you haven’t discovered them yet, they’re on the App Store). To find out more about onebillion’s fantastic work, … Read more

More inspiring quotes for language learners

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We love languages, and we love helping you to learn them. But we also know it’s not always easy – life has a way of throwing obstacles in your path, and then even when you’ve found time to learn, it can be scary the first time you go to use your new language skills. So … Read more