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

Learn a Language with Richard Simcott

Starting a new language? Improving one you have studied already? Would you like to learn a language with me? Well here is your chance! This is not a course. This is not a book. No gimmicks. Just you and me. This is how you get to learn a language with Richard Simcott. A Life of… View Article