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Three things you didn't know about speaking German

One of the most common ambitions that language learners share at all stages is that of speaking the language fluently. Fluency means a lot to you, and it pulls together aspects of confidence, expertise, speed and pronunciation.

Maybe you're dreaming of speaking German with ease and a perfect accent. No one will recognise you as Jonny Foreigner as you flirt your way through the trendy bars of Berlin.

If you're a German learner, I'll soon be ready to help you out with one of the five: sounding...

The Best Fluent Shelfies of July (Plus: Giveaway Winner Announcement)

The Fluent Summer Giveaway has officially closed and wrapped up!

I love doing the prize draw and notifying all the giveaway winners myself because it makes me feel like a little language fairy who gets to brighten everyone's days. This year, the prizes went to a total of 20 winners. Congratulations, you guys!

The winners are:

Margaret Nokling, Kimberley Howes, Amy clarke, Lealu Elliott, Grzegorz Kalarus, Catrin James, Francesca Tuck, Angela Walker, Rachael jones, James Hewlett, Maureen Findl...

Language Linkfest: July 2015

What a month! Summer is always one of my favourite times of the year, and this year too the month of July did not disappoint.

I spent half of the month travelling through Europe, seeing my family and working from a little house in Sweden. The train tickets to make all this possible were a complete bargain, and you can read here how to buy the cheapest European tickets.

Now let's get into that summer mood and give you some good stuff to read, listen to and watch.

Best of Fluent Blog

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Slower Travel: How to Buy Cheap European Train Tickets (Plus: Travel Itinerary from Germany to Sweden)

Back in January I showed you how Christian and I travelEurope in my article on train travel from the UK to Germany via Belgium. This time, let me sharea trip I am taking as a solo traveller!

Vineyards and Scandi Forests

As I am writing this, I am sitting on a train to Stockholm Central, typing on my laptop. I am on day 2 of travelling by train and have come a long way from the South! My summer trip started out with a flight from Manchester to Cologne (best flight option currently by Germanwi...

Vineyards and Scandinavian Forests: How I Travel Europe by Train from Germany to Sweden

Back in January I showed you how Christian and I travelEurope in my article on train travel from the UK to Germany via Belgium. This time, let me sharea trip I am taking as a solo traveller!

Vineyards and Scandi Forests

As I am writing this, I am sitting on a train to Stockholm Central, typing on my laptop. I am on day 2 of travelling by train and have come a long way from the South! My summer trip started out with a flight from Manchester to Cologne (best flight option currently by Germanwi...

New Podcast Episode: Mobile Language Learning and Big News with Lindsay Does Languages

Big news for the ladies of theCreative Language Learning Podcast in episode 20: Lindsay is engaged and Kerstin is married!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

What makes a German wedding and an English engagement specialLindsay's and Kerstin's recent language learning updates - we've been learning Semaphore and Welsh!How do you use Memrise for language learning?Lindsay's exact process for learning a new way of communicating with online resourcesShould you speak early? Is there any reason to hold bac...

My Answers to 11 Tricky Language Learning Questions

I love a good question-and-answer session. Recently the Q&A fever spread to the language learning community. It all started with Felicia Follum, who tagged my friend Lindsay Dow, who then tagged me!

What's Language Tag?

Language tag is a fun way to share language learning stories on YouTube. Anyone can get involved, so why not you? If you make a video, don't forget to let me know so I can come and watch it and leave you a comment.

Here's my video:And here are the all important questions! what...

New Podcast Episode: Chilled out Success with Language Surfer Ron Gullekson

““Languages are ultimately designed to bring people together.””

This episode of theCreative Language Learning Podcast is brought to you by Flashsticks - use code KERSTIN for 10% off vocabulary aids in French, German, Italian, Spanish or BSL.

Welcome to episode 19of theCreative Language Learning Podcast, featuring a current article of the week and an inspiring interview with one of my favourite language bloggers: Ron Gullekson fromLanguage Surfer. His relaxed language learning attitude will ma...

Win Prizes worth over $600 in the Fluent Summer Giveaway

Ahh, is anything in life better than winning prizes? If you're a bit like me, you love a good prize draw. And what could be better than winning an awesome goodie to help you with your language learning adventures?

That's right. It's time for the Fluent Summer Giveaway 2015!

This giveaway is a great way for me to give something back to you wonderful Fluent readers readers. It is opening right now, so read on to discover how you can win an absolutely amazing prize.

The Prizes

I have collected a...

Language Linkfest: June 2015

After last month's linkfest fell almost exactly on my wedding day, we're back with the June 2015 edition. This month has been racing past no slower than the ones before. I have many news pieces, and on the language front this is the month I finally started learning my new language: Welsh! What are you learning this summer?

These beach huts are in St Annes, Lancashire, UK

By the way, this month I finally readFluent Foreverby Gabriel Wyner and I gave it 4 stars. Read my short review here if yo...