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Speaking Practice: When Was The Last Time We Just Talked?

Esther Barker lives on her own in a retirement community in Chicago. She knows her neighbours and the staff, but they may not always find time for a lifetime of stories.

In Brazil, young people are hungry for the big wide world. They dream of moving to America, speaking to Americans like Esther, but they don't have the chance to travel abroad.

And then the Brazilian language school CNA works out a way of bringing the two of them together online, and the idea resonates with so many people that o...

The Ones To Watch: 3 Top New Language Bloggers

Here at Fluent, you know that I love supporting learners from a teaching person's point of view. In future, I want to focus more on the teachers themselves, too, sharing ideas about what makes lessons great. And where do you even find students? And when are you good enough to teach a language?

But that's all Zukunftsmusik (awesome German word for "written in the stars") and today I want to introduce you to some other perspectives of language learning. At the start of the year, I published a ca...

New Podcast! André Klein On Storytelling and Being Creative as a Learner

The new Fluent Language Podcast is out now, and I'll be sharing an inspiring interview with author André Klein. We discussed so much - freedom, creativity and other big ideas. Find out how to make things real for you.

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If you're using Stitcher, you can now find the Creative Language Learning Podcast on there too. Make it a star by giving it some stars! Here's an easy link to Stitcher's website.

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Sample Book Chapter: Mastering Writing In Another Language

The following text is a sample chapter fromFluency Made Achievable, one of the new Fluent Guides which are out just now! You can order the combo pack of both guides through my website now togain confidence, improve techniques and become a successful language learner.

Click here to find out all about the books.

Writing Training: Composition Tricks for Writing in a Foreign Language

For many language learners, writing is one of the most important ways that they connect with the outside world. You s...

How To Run The Show in Language Learning

Reading a language learning blog is a funny undertaking, isn't it? You can find amazing community, new ideas and reviews of products that you have not tried yet. For many people, looking at the language learning successes out there is also a real motivator: When you feel like it's never going to be a thing to really learn 20,000 words in Japanese, it's nice to see others out there who have done it.

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As a language teacher, I know how you feel. My Twitter...

How Not to Learn Spanish!

Today I'm very proud to be featuring a guest post from Gareth Evans. I know Gareth as the marketing guy behind the awesome FlashSticks (which you know I don't stop enthusing about), and on discovering his language learning story I invited him to share his adventures in Argentina as a language learner.Gareth is on Twitter for FlashSticks and they’re always up for a natter on Twitter, so do say hello. And don't forget you can win them as part of the Sensational Fluent Pack until 10 August 2014....

My Authentic Philosophy Behind The New Fluent Guides

If you have been following my little blog for over half a year, then this picture will look familiar to you:

I wrote the little book Fluency Made Achievable in 2013, motivated by a desire to show everyone that "Language Hacking" is not the only way to succeed. Why shouldn't we ENJOY our study?

Fluency Made Achievable was published on Kindle, PDF and even came out in print, but all along I wasn't 100% confident in selling it yet. I wanted to serve you guys a lot better - and then I took the deci...

Rise of the Female Language Blogger

So This Is The World We Live In

The other day I was reading the back of my packet of breakfast cereal (a habit I've had since I could read) and noticed that the back of it is addressed to kids. A game, some fun suggestions, some ideas for a family day. One thing was striking: There were about 3 different references to "mum" and not a single one to "dad".

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As a woman who grew up in a non-feminist environment (Mama, I hope this is ok to say..) I am more than aware of...

The Intensive, Tough but Super Effective Method for Memorizing Vocabulary in Any Language

You guys, you and I both know that forgetfulness must be one of the most annoying elements that hold you back from learning a language. Remembering vocabulary can be difficult, especially with all those little words like prepositions and conjunctions. Personally, I am blessed with reasonable memory so I am a pretty good reviser, but as part of my research for No Forgetting - A Smart Guide to Vocabulary Learning I got to know a few new tricks!

For example, I got to meet one of the “gurus” of l...

Tips for the Bilingual Job Hunt from Jobcoconut

I'm excited about today's guest post for you guys. If you've listened to my podcast with Peter Rodway, you know that I am completely convinced that languages are your way into the most beautiful careers. Today we'll be hearing from the team over at Jobcoconut, a global jobs site offering amazing appointments all over Europe. These tips are about how to show off your language skills to make sure you walk into that job you want.

No TPS Reports required in YOUR amazing career, kid! (img ©office...