Speaking Tips
TweetSpeak when you are ready, not when you ‘think’ you are ready. You are probably more ready to speak than you think you are. Yes, please honour the “silent period” and focus on input activities. But if you have already put in a lot of hours listening and reading, but feel uncomfortable moving on to [...]
The Challenge of Raising Multilingual Kids
TweetMany parents struggle with the challenge of raising their kids bilingually. I have the challenge of raising mine quadrilingually. Cantonese has always been my daughter’s first language, and I as a parent will try my best to keep it up. English is the social language of our community, and naturally it will become more dominant [...]
Paid Language Tutoring
TweetIn the past few months, I have been focusing on a lot speaking activities. During the summer, I paid for some conversation practices in Spanish. I tried three different tutors online, and ended up picking one to continue with throughout the summer. In the past year or so, my Spanish learning activities consist of listening, [...]
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- Visiting Rio de Janeiro today and tomorrow.
- Just had an English/Spanish mixed conversation with a Skype friend for over an hour. We had not talked for more than 4 years.
- My last week in Sao Paulo.
- I find myself comfortably living in São Paulo within the 1st week, thx to the ability to understand the surroundings. http://t.co/UDkZA79