I previously reviewed Brainscape’s website and mobile apps and gave away promo codes for their French Vocab Genius app. Now I’m offering another free product giveaway, but this time it is for Spanish learners: the Brainscape Spanish app! Brainscape Spanish for iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad is a new app that uses the Intelligent Cumulative [...]
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Six Countries in Fourteen Days: Vacation 2011
I had a great time on my vacation this year. We visited six countries – Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece & Turkey - and I took over 600 photos! This was also my first time on a cruise, which was a neat experience that we will definitely be doing again. I started by taking the train [...]
Full Story »Greek Isles Cruise Update
Hello from Royal Caribbean’s Splendour of the Seas ship! We are at sea today and we have already visited Kotor in Montenegro; Athens, Santorini, and Mykonos in Greece; and Kusadasi and Bodrum in Turkey. Tomorrow we have a stop in Split, Croatia, and Friday morning we will be back in Venice, Italy. I have plenty [...]
Full Story »Greetings from Slovenia
Slovenia is lovely! We are staying in Portoroz and walked to Piran this afternoon. The weather is gorgeous and the scenery is beautiful. I’d like to spend more time here but we have to go to Italy tomorrow to get on our Greek isles & Turkey cruise. This is the last day I’ll have free [...]
Full Story »Annual Vacation: I will return June 5
It’s vacation time! I will be traveling through Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece and Turkey for the next two weeks. I won’t have much (cheap/free) internet access after Sunday so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to update the blog while I’m gone and I will be even further behind on replying to e-mails. [...]
Full Story »Top 100 Language Lovers Blogs: Voting Starts Today at Lexiophiles
Lexiophiles’ Language Lovers 2011 competition is now open for voting. This year the four categories are: - Language Learning Blogs - Language Professionals Blogs - Language Facebook Pages - Language Twitterers Since I won 3rd place overall last year (in the Top 100 Language Blogs) and 2nd place in the Top 100 Language Learning Blogs, my blog was automatically [...]
Full Story »Starting my PhD in Languages and Linguistics… in Australia
Here’s another secret that I’ve been keeping for a while: I’m moving to Australia in a few months to start my PhD in Languages and Linguistics. I received a scholarship that pays all of the tuition fees as well as a living allowance for three years. My research will be on the teaching of French [...]
Full Story »Thank You André and Rest in Peace
My father-in-law, André, passed away yesterday. He was a very kind man and a devoted husband, father and grandfather. A few months ago, he helped contribute to the French Listening Resources mp3s by answering a few questions on French cuisine, traveling around the world and France’s national holiday. I hope that his words, spoken with his [...]
Full Story »French Language Tutorial (2nd edition) Now Available
The 2nd edition of French Language Tutorial is now available! This is a major update from the first edition, available in either PDF format or as a coil-bound paperback. Changes from the first edition: Much more vocabulary and sample sentences, such as asking for help, giving advice, expressing opinions, likes & dislikes, etc. New order [...]
Full Story »Numbers and Counting: American vs. French
I’m still endlessly fascinated by cultural differences between the US/North America and France/Europe that most people probably don’t spend much time thinking about. A McDonald’s commercial on French TV got me thinking about numbers and counting in other languages and cultures. You learn quickly that Europe uses the 24 hour clock for schedules and the [...]
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