Language Learners Journal

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#Clearthelist January 2020: The Dutch Journey Continues...

#Clearthelist January 2020: The Dutch Journey Continues…

WOW it’s 2020 already!!!

As a child I thought flying cars would be a thing by now and I would own one! Clearly influenced by Back to the Future!

I also saw myself as being old, really old! What I didn’t see was by 2020 I would be able to order coffee in several+ languages!

I’ve been tracking my goals and progress with #Clearthelist since about 2016!

Just in case this is the first…

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Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year!

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year!

We would like to wish all our subscribers, members and followers a happy holiday period and best wishes for the new year!

Thank you for your support during 2019.

We hope you reach all of your language learning goals in 2020.

This was an exciting year for Language Learners Journal. Our founder Trisha became a volunteer Global Duolingo Ambassador. We set up our first Duolingo Dutch…

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Introducing: #BiLingoBoxes

Introducing: #BiLingoBoxes, tangible language learning products in a box!

At Language Learners Journal we believe in a mindful approach to language learning using more tangible products in addition to online resources.

We are delighted to announce our Crowdfunding campaign for #BiLingoBoxes. We have been working closing with top publishing companies and stationery suppliers to be able to offer premium quality materials.

We will be officially launching this…

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Dutch in 100 Days: Top Tips for New Learners

Dutch in 100 Days: Top Tips for New Learners

Hoi! Back in September 2019, I started learning Dutch.

For this 100 day language project I wanted to demonstrate that…

There is no secret ingredient to learning a language. You really can make really good progress in 15-30 minutes of consistent study every day over a 100 day period.

I wanted to prove that you don’t need to move to a country to learn the language!

Finally, I wanted to…

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The Parleremo Language Marathon Challenge

The Parleremo Language Marathon Challenge

The Parleremo Language Marathon is one of the most underestimated language challenges out there! Unlike a majority of the higher-priced language challenges, Parleremo has its own resources and tools. It is also hosted on its very own language learning platform.

I’ve enrolled! 😀

Are up for this language challenge too?

Keep reading if you have NO IDEAwhat the Parleremo Language Marathon…

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Your Invitation to a Virtual Coffee Morning & Games Night for Language Learners

Your Invitation to a Virtual Coffee Morning & Games Night for Language Learners

In 2017 Language Learners Journal supported Macmillan Cancer Support by hosting a virtual coffee morning. Our goal was for over 50 different languages to be spoken within our community group. We didn’t quite make our target, but we did have over 34+ amazing languages spoken in the group.

World leading polyglots and avid language learners from around the globe got together to raise awareness…

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Learning Dutch in 100 Days Project: The Midway Mark!

5 obstacles when learning Dutch and how to overcome them!

I have been learning Dutch as part of the Parleremo Language Marathon (#PLM) Challenge. The challenge is to learn a language for a minimum of 15 minutes per day, everyday, over a 100 day period. The challenge is hosted on it’s very own platform and not on social media. #PLM has access to lots of language related tools, resources and a super supportive community.

The hope for me is to ‘level…

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10 Things to Ensure a Successful Language Learning Challenge...

10 Things to Ensure a Successful Language Learning Challenge…

There are a lot of language learning challenges to choose from these days. From 26-day mini-challenges to 100-day mega language marathons. Here are 10 things you can do to ensure the successful completion of a language learning challenge…

Some of the most popular challenges are Language Jam, Add 1 Challenge (now rebranded as the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge), My Language Challenge and theParl…

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Dutch in 100 Days Project: In the Beginning

Dutch in 100 Days Project: In the Beginning...

The goal I have in mind is to go from being a complete beginner in Dutch to reaching A2 Level in 100 days, this is my language journey…

In September I joined the Parleremo Language Marathon. I have been a bit of a language ‘hopper‘ in the past. This means jumping around different languages. It’s time to really knuckle down and focus on just 1 language consistently for a few months rather than…

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Emoji aren't ruining language: they’re a natural substitute for gesture 🔥🔥🔥

Emoji aren’t ruining language: they’re a natural substitute for gesture 🔥🔥🔥

Gestures and emoji don’t break down into smaller parts, nor do they easily combine into larger words or sentences. Shutterstock Lauren Gawne, La Trobe University

We’re much more likely to be hanging out on social media than at the watercooler these days. But just because we’re no longer face-to-face when we chat, doesn’t mean our communication is…

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Learning Dutch in 100 Days

Learning Dutch in 100 Days!

Hello there, starting in September my next language project will be learning Dutch in 100 days!

Spoken by around 23 million people, Dutch is a language at the heart of Europe, spoken in the Netherlands (Holland) and Belgium.

Over the last few years I’ve undertaken a number of language projects including…

Icelandic Basics in 28 Days – (Success).

Exploring Scots in 28 Days – (Failed).

Sp…

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ANNONCEMENT: Introducing the Parleremo Language Marathon

ANNONCEMENT: Introducing the Parleremo Language Marathon

Register Interest Here

Language Learners Journal is excited to announce that we have teamed up with the Parleremo Language Community to create a brand new language learning platform.

The Way it Works… The Parleremo Language Challenge

Choose between two options:

The Mega Marathon: Commit to a minimum of 15 minutes per day language training for the next 100 days.

The Mini-Marathon:…

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The 28-Day Language Journaling Challenge

The 28 Day Language Journaling Challenge, #langbujo

ABOUT THE CHALLENGE:

The 28-day language journaling challenge (#langbujo) from Language Learners Journal has daily suggested prompts and even some fun activities to enable you to take personal responsibility for your own language learning, whilst spreading a little kindness, self-care and wellbeing into your daily studying routines too.

Following a set of prompts, we can journal in our…

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#Clear the List: Exploring Scots

2019 is the year of Indigenous Languages. With this in mind Language Learners Journal Founder Trisha Dunbar explores the Scots language with the aim of having a basic conversation within the next 28 days!

2019 is the year of Indigenous Languages. With this in mind Language Learners Journal Founder Trisha Dunbar explores the Scots language with the aim of having a basic conversation within the next 28 days!

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The Scots language is not to be confused with Scottish Gaelic and is actually from the Germanic family group. Although closely related to English, it isn’t speaking English with a…

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Parrot Time Magazine: Indigenous Languages Special

Parrot Time Magazine: Indigenous Languages Special

*** OUT NOW!!! ***

A very special edition of Parrot Time Magazine to mark the year of #Indigenouslanguages 2019 ❤️

▶️ http://www.parrottime.com/index.php

You can read the PDF copy online here: ▶️ https://issuu.com/abavagada/docs/parrottime_issue035

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The 28-Day Gratitude Challenge

The 28-Day Gratitude Challenge

From the 1st – 28th May Language Learners Journal will be running a 28-Day Gratitude Challenge in our online community The Self-Development Hub.

All you have to do is post one thing a day that you are grateful for.

By committing to this challenge for 28 days you will be establishing a regular practice of wellbeing and self-kindness.

All posts from group members are required to start…

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Request for Writers

Have you heard of Parrot time Magazine?

Seeing as this is the International Year of Indigenous Languages, we will producing a special edition of the polyglot magazine Parrot Time, which will be devoted to this cause.

To busy to write an article but have an inspiring story to share? We will be happy to interview you.

If you are interested or know someone who is in writing an article…

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