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- Looking for a Spanish Language Partner!!Hi everyone! my name is Andrew and I'm very keen to improve my Spanish communication skills.I have an English teaching qualification and have experience teaching here on italki and at an English school in Spain. So I'll also be very happy to help you improve your English skills.Hope to hear from you soonDecember 17, 201910
- Food for Thought!!
Hi Everyone!!
I have been doing a lot of Reading lately about how I can improve my cognitive skills in order to learn and retain what I have learnt more efficiently. After doing some research I have come across a few articles that point towards food being one of the most important contributors to building an efficient 'learning' brain.
I have been doing some experimenting with this concept and changing some things in my diet. I have to say that I have been rather surprised by the outcome. I have noticed that by eating less frequently and more nutrient rich foods that I'm able to concrete more and also my memory has sharpened. This has not only had a great impact on my general well being, but also my ability to learn, retain and recall information has increased significantly.
= Has anybody had a similar experience?
= Does anyone eat a certain food to help with cognitive functioning?
= Do you believe the saying 'we are what we eat' to be true?
Have a nice day everyone :)
April 3, 201900 - Keeping yourself motivated when learning a new language
In my opinion as an English Teacher and a student, I know first hand how difficult it is to stay motivated. By just learning a new language throught a textbook and talking on italki for an hour a week is not going to help completely with your development. We need to find a way of completely immersing ourselves in the target language. And this can be done through short stories, news articles, podcasts and TV. By keeping ourselves surrounded by our target language will help with our development more rapidly. And when we begin to see development our motivation increases with it.
Something that has worked for me while studying Spanish is creating weekly projects for myself. By finding a subject that I’m interested in like a news report on global warming then creating something such as a poster or a dialogue, maybe even a short story depending on the topic. This way the motivation stays strong, and not only do we learn a new language, but our knowledge on the subject increases too. This method has been working for me for some time now.
= Do you have a method that keeps you motivated?
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