Language Learning: My 3-Month Coaching Approach

Language learning can feel like a repeated loop. You start with good intentions and enthusiasm. Then barriers appear. And you stop studying. I’ve studied many languages over the years, led workshops, spoken at international events, and worked with private clients and groups. Now, I’m opening a new three-month program that builds on that experience. Why Three… View Article

My Experience at Language Coaching Academy

During the pandemic I started doing LIVEs on my channels on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. It became clear to me that questions arose each time from different people about similar issues. Note that I say “similar” and not “the same”. Why is that? Well, the clear answer to me was that all of us have… View Article

Why You Should Join The Language Event in Edinburgh

I’d really like to get across why you should join The Language Event in Edinburgh this year. To start let me give some of my own motivations for being in this world of languages… As I see it, language is an essential part of our lives. Language cuts across everything we do. It the an… View Article

Can Duolingo Make You Fluent?

I was looking at common questions about the app with the famous owl that some love to hate, some hate to love and other just love. One of the most common questions is: Can Duolingo make you fluent? In July I took Speakly for a test drive over a month. I used it intensively to… View Article