I needed more than a week to recover and digest what I had learned at the September 27 European Day of Languages. The European Day of Languages is an annual worldwide celebration, launched in 2001. This year the Toronto celebration…
I needed more than a week to recover and digest what I had learned at the September 27 European Day of Languages. The European Day of Languages is an annual worldwide celebration, launched in 2001. This year the Toronto celebration…
Participants jostle for the opportunity to help you learn new words, improve spoken grammar, and listen to us stumbling, stuttering novices with an incredibly compassionate intensity, as though our next words hold the keys to the secret of immortality.
Sometimes your new languages can backfire on you. On the Diskuto Blog, Brendan relates a few mishaps and misadventures while out road testing his brand new languages Link.
Over at the Diskuto Blog I’m comparing the life of a polyglot to the life of the polygamist on Sister Wives. Are you also on the lookout for new tongues to join an existing language harem?
Over on the Diskuto blog, Brendan writes about his technique for getting people to speak new languages: make them jump right in!
Please comment below with location details if any school you know of is missing. For those who have already taken French in school and seek to practise, Diskuto offers French Corners Thursday evenings in Philosopher’s Walk at the University of…
If you have taken on the challenge of learning Russian, or Ukrainian for that matter, it is important to interact with native speakers. Here are 10 places in Toronto where you can more easily meet people to practise with: 1.…
In a previous article I covered what to look for in a tutor, however what you bring to the table as a student is equally, if not more important. Finding a good tutor can make a big difference in learning…
“In a way, we are all language novices,” says Diskuto founder Pat Tanzola, and I could not agree more. In fact, one of the most exhilarating rewarding experiences is stepping outside of one’s linguistic comfort zone and exploring a new…
The other night I went to a movie with two friends. We watched La Vierge, les Coptes et Moi. Both my friends are fluent in French, English and Spanish, so it wasn’t odd that we were watching a film in…
The picture below is not quite exhaustive, but a few dozen map points is an interesting start. Most on this map are private or institutional (university or college) schools. Some schools with multiple locations—such as the various school board adult…
Learning a language can be a real test of one’s character. It requires motivation, inspiration, dedication, and of course patience. However, while consistency is something given to the chosen few by nature, most of us could use a little (or…
Brendan Scott inspired by a brief but welcoming encounter at the Centre for Social Innovation in Regent Park