Diary of a Language Freak
Chiara Language FreakI've learned English, French, Dutch, Persian, Russian, and Hungarian, not through apps or classrooms, but through daily, unglamorous production: writing, speaking, getting things wrong, and trying again the next day.
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One voice message a day. That was the whole method.
Negin had been living in Italy for five years.
Classes organised by the municipality in Milan. Duolingo. She could read a bit, more or less follow a conversation, and understand far more than she could produce. At work, surrounded by Itali...
How I (Almost) Fixed My Boyfriend’s Rhythm in Dutch and Made Him (More) Understandable
Back in March, my boyfriend was reading a Dutch sentence out loud to me and it was going (very) badly.
He knew the words. He could have written the sentence himself, correctly, with the right spelling and the right grammar. But when he sai...
What a Year of Hating Exercise Taught Me About Doing Things You Don't Like
I’ve been chubby and clumsy since I started actually developing, so as of around age 7. A “minitank” during PE class, plus a solid dose of shyness - you don’t exactly get the most graceful little girl you can picture in your mind.
That wa...
How to Start Speaking When Voice Messages Still Feel Too Big
You’ve heard the pitch: text me, dictate to me, send a voice note when you’re ready.
It sounds almost too loose to be a method.
No lesson plan, no fixed curriculum, no clear moment where “practice” turns into “actually learning somethin...
Two Things AI Can't Replace in Language Learning
A couple of weeks ago I was at an AI event in Brussels - a panel about Europe’s place in the AI race, the usual mix of consultants and engineers.
During the networking, one of them asked me the question I get constantly now: “Aren’t you s...
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