Algorithms, headaches and Spanish – a year in the rear-view mirror
Hello! Yes, I managed to find the password again…;-) Today, in reverse order, I’d like to talk about a pivot for this blog, share a scarily public list for what […]
Category Archives: Spanish
New stuff happening any second now (and crazy speeds)
Sometimes, you work flat out and it feels as though you’re standing still, doesn’t it? Other times, happily enough, you work flat out and have a brief burst of travelling […]
Snowballs, morphine and missing teeth
Sometime soon, we’re going to have an ordinary, straightforward, predictable week at SSi Towers. I can sense it. I can practically feel it. Sometime between now and the end of the […]
How can a small group of volunteers with perfect timing change the future of a project with hiccups?
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been witness to a genuinely remarkable process, and it’s high time I told you a little more about it – the process itself […]
The right age to start learning Welsh
We’ve talked a bit recently about the problems in secondary education – and I’ve muttered a couple of times that I think language learning really needs to be cracked at […]
My own language learning goals
So, several years ago, back in October, I started a line of sharing about my own language learning journeys, which some of you have said is of interest to you. […]
How angry schools can make me
I wrote a post on our forum the other day about the remarkable generosity and love in the SaySomethinginWelsh community. It should perhaps have been on the blog – it […]
Making learners suffer in large numbers
To recap briefly (you ARE reading these in the correct order, aren’t you?) – I’d figured out that speaking was vital, I was trying to think of ways to inject […]
A lunatic’s guide to building a language course
I had thought I’d finish this round up of my own haphazard journey along the language learning road a little sooner than this – but as those of you who […]
The magic once you realise it’s genuinely possible
So, I need to tear myself away from an unexpected but entertaining Smiths quote-fest on Facebook, and do something worthwhile. With a head as clear as one of Angharad Lliar’s […]
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