I have decided to set this blog up to help others like me, who are always looking for the most efficient ways to improve their language skills. From a very young age I knew that I wanted to learn langauges and travel abroad, to the point of starting to teach myself Spanish when I was only 10. Since then I went to university to study Italian, culminating in an Erasmus year in Urbino, Le Marche (the best days!). I think Erasmus is essential for anyone studying a language to degree level - I only had a basic grasp or Italian when I started but came back pretty much fluent, having had some amazing cultural experiences.
Following university I revived my dormant Spanish by making Spanish friends, watching films and reading Spanish books, so the extent that my Spanish is now also fluent. A shame it cannot be said for my French, which, although studied at A-level, did not inspire me very much! I have also taken basic beginners' courses in Russian, Mandarin and Japanese.
I hope that this blog will inspire anyone lookingto improve their languages skills - there are so many things on the web, so many programmes and ways of learning, some good, some not so great, so I will share my experiences on what's what!
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