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I have had a very busy week! This is the first article out of 2 that I’m planning on writing about the exciting events of this week! You may remember, from the article Abrazos, that my band STRIDE recently collaborated with the Mexican band RockDI to create an album. Well I am .very pleased toContinue reading “Abrazos chapter 2”

it’s been almost a year since I wrote my last article, sorry lovely reader, I have just been really busy working towards my Advanced Higher German qualification at Edinburgh College! This chapter of my language learning journey has certainly been challenging , however, at the same time thoroughly empowering and overall quite magical… despite causingContinue reading “Advanced Higher German – my experience”

recently I have been trying to improve my German as I have just had my German exam at college and I was really focused on doing well. however language learning is not all focusing and studying, here are 3 language learning hacks that can easily fit into your downtime CASUAL READING If like me youContinue reading “3 language learning hacks that fit your daily life”

2021 was a very unexpected year in terms of my foreign language learning journey. since this time last year I have attended a language learning conference in German, got my best ever grades, learned 2 new languages, delivered a dance class in one of the new languages, started a language blog and unfortunately had toContinue reading “Year in language”

if you have read my article LANGUAGES AND THE DANCE AND MUSIC INDUSTRY you may remember me referencing the fact that I am in a band called STRIDE which recently partnered with a Mexican band called RockDI. on Saturday night i was lucky enough to be part of the first ever blended gig between theContinue reading “Abrazos”

Two weeks ago I finally got to teach my warmup that you may remember from my previous articles, I choreographed for an Italian inclusive dance group called SIIATE . it was an amazing opportunity which I still can’t believe that I was lucky enough to get so i wanted to share my experience with you.Continue reading “Moderna”

Early on Tuesday evening I was just going about my day, still celebrating the new job that I had gotten the previous morning when an email pinged its way into my inbox saying that I had a meeting two days later with a potential new personal assistant. It turned out as I read, that sheContinue reading “Sudden Polish”

Since I started learning German my number of German speaking friends and acquaintances has gone from a single family friend who happened to work in Germany for a period of time to him 2 German women, someone who grew up in Germany and even a girl my age all the way out in Switzerland! TheContinue reading “Friendship in language”

Ever since my creative work went online due to the pandemic, I have been able able to liaise with my colleagues all over the world! I am in a band called STRIDE and over the course of the last year, we have been collaborating with our Mexican colleagues who are a band called Rock DI,Continue reading “Languages and the dance and music industry”

One of the main reasons why I am so passionate about language came about during a second year French class when a classmate of mine felt compelled to shout out “why are we doing this? Everyone speaks English anyway” not only is this extremely ignorant and arrogant but it is also a false statement withContinue reading “Why are we doing this?”