Kerstin Cable's Blog, page 35
October 23, 2014
Detailed Review of Rosetta Stone Tell Me More (aka Rosetta Stone Advanced)
Full Review and Screenshots of Rosetta Stone Tell Me More/Advanced
Here's the thing. My French is not as good as it used to be. Last week, I met the very interesting Zahid Hussain, a local author and entrepreneur. Turns out Zahid speaks not only German, Urdu and English. He also went to school in France and his French is outstanding! Since I hadn't spoken French for over a year, I was excited to practice and started a conversation with him. And within a few minutes, I was pretty embarrassed....
October 20, 2014
Four Big Lessons from the Language Show in London
"Beautiful Russian woman"
The Language Show is the UK's biggest and only language-focused trade show, held in London and attracting thousands of language lovers. So far I've been resisting the call of Europe's great Polyglot Conferences so far (more about those later) but for this one I made my way down to big London to see the latest trends, technologies and products out there in language learning.
The Language Show is free to attend, runs over three days and features a huge amount of worksh...
October 17, 2014
How Flashcards Helped Me Get Back To Language Learning
You guys might remember a recent post from Angel Armstead, our resident Japanese language and video game buff! Today, Angel is sharing a bit more about how she uses flashcards to get back into the action.
Something as simple as flashcards have helped me get back on my way into language learning. I still have a very busy schedule. I'm working on creating my own coffee business. I want to complete a novel and I've decided to create my own video game. That doesn't even add in the miscellaneous st...
October 14, 2014
New Podcast: Episode 8 -- Lindsay and Kerstin Do Languages
In Episode 8, my guest is Lindsay Dow, a really enthusiastic and cool independent language teacher from the UK. Lindsay is well-known for her great Youtube videos about all aspects of language learning, and she was also a winner in the Sensational Fluent Giveaway.
“No one learns a language because they want their life to stay the same.”
The show doesn't follow the usual interview format, instead Lindsay came on as a co-host and talked about her favourite blogs and articles, as well as her own...
October 8, 2014
Beautiful Gallery Images from my Multilingual Forest Surprise
Sometimes we don't have to look very far at all to discover a multilingual gem right on our doorstep. On Sunday, I took a trip to Beacon Fell, a beautiful forest and hill in the Forest of Bowland, for an autumn walk. I love it when the leaves turn yellow and orange and the last of the sun wants our attention.
The Forest is celebrating its 50th anniversary as an "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" this year (it really is beautiful), and they currently have a little art exhibition right in the...
October 6, 2014
Bookmark This! The 73 Best Language Blogs To Help You Learn Any Language
You may remember that back in July, Fluent hosted a rather sensational giveaway featuring prizes from Italki, Rosetta Stone and more friends of the Fluent blog. The giveaway was amazing, with more than 500 of you entering to win a prize! What you might not remember is that during the entry form I also asked you about your favourite language learning blogs. These blogs have now been counted and used to create the first ever Fluent list of awesome blogs to learn languages.
Altogether, we count...
October 1, 2014
First Fluent Meetup in London: Come Join Us on 18 October
Londoners!
Come along and meet Kerstin, chat about languages and the ones you're currently learning over a nice cup of tea (or a G and T) in London.
Kerstin will be there along with some special guests to answer all your language learning questions, give encouragement and chat about blogging and language teaching!
We will be meeting up at theLanguage Show Livevenue, which is theOlympiain London and making our way to a nearby pub to hang out.
Nearest tube station: Kensington (Olympia)
The event i...
September 26, 2014
New Podcast! Lost in Translation, the 80/20 Rule and French Grammar
Woo hoo, it's time for a new podcast episode!
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In episode 7, I have some great stories for you. Some inspiring, some thoughtful. We start with our news article of the week, the story of Eleven Years Lost in Translation as shared by Reprieve UK on Medium. And then there's a full interview, this time I'm being interviewed by John Colley from the Online Learning Podcast. It was a great conversation, we talked about Wales andvocabulary and my French Gramm...
September 22, 2014
Introducing First Results and Happy Readers
In the journey of creating something individual and unique, sometimes we can't see the wood for the trees. For me, the most recent months have at times felt like this. I wroteThe Vocab Cookbookand reviewed and updated all ofFluency Made Achievable,created the resources for the online Combo pack and so much more.
After the first month of my books being published, I'm excited to let you know that I have counted over 50 happy readers already. And here is PROOF that people are making real progress...
September 19, 2014
No Lessons Required: How An American Girl Learnt a New Language (Hint: It's Called "British")
Hey everyone, today's I'm very excited to welcome a second guest post from Alice Morell. She writes about the world of music over at http://mymusicbox.org, and you can also find her on I'd spent a fair share of my free time over my teenage years studying the English culture, being especially engrossed in its literature and the romantici...
