Ok, let me explain. The Common European Framework of Referencing for Language (CEFR) is a scale that many people use to describe language proficiency levels, rather than trying to understand all those arbitrary terms like fluent, intermediate, conversational, etc. There are three levels – A, B, and C – and each level has two sub-levels,…
Category: Academics
Finding time to study your target language is difficult, especially if you are a university student or you have a job. It’s not that you don’t have the time, it’s just that you’re not taking advantage of the free time you do have. Every time you go on a social media account, such as Instagram,…
Recientemente he hablado en español mucho, entonces yo quería escribir algo sobre lo que estoy haciendo para practicar y cómo siento acerca de mi progreso. Tengo un amigo que habla conmigo en español y el jueves pasado hablamos por 2 horas y media en español. Eso me sorprendió un poco porque no puedo recordar la última…
So last time I mentioned Chinese in a video, I think I said I could only say that I like coffee, and since then I think I’ve made some progress. I know my tones still aren’t great and my vocabulary is pretty limited, but by practicing for this test, I feel that I’ve gotten a…
Lire en anglais Je viens de passer quelques jours en Belgique avec des amis de ma mère, Kate et Dan. Ils habitent à Verviers et ils m’ont emmené autour de Belgique et à ses endroits préférés. J’ai fait beaucoup des choses que je n’aurais pas pu faire sans eux. Samedi nous sommes allés très tôt…
For almost two years I have known about the polyglot community on YouTube. It all started when I read Babel No More by Michael Erard. He tracked down the world’s most accomplished language learners and wrote about their accomplishments. Soon after reading that book, I found the Polyglot Project, which is a compilation of testimonies…
Originally, I was going to put this stuff in with my other post about my week, but I wanted to do a separate little update about my language learning. Chinese This week was the first week we had our first oral tutorials for Chinese 1. I knew it was going to be the hardest part…