- Lecturer in Languages Education, University of Sheffield
Finding a reason to learn that comes from within ourselves - intrinsic motivation - is key.
Less formal language learning can encourage us to think more about communication than accuracy.
By listening more closely to the interests and goals of young people in schools, we can start to provide the language teaching they want.
What matters is the reason you have.
There isn’t much lesson time for international languages.
If the answer is “I don’t know”, chances are your resolution won’t be sustainable.
Cobalah untuk mencari tahu mengapa belajar bahasa itu penting buatmu.
There is a history of languages being graded harshly.
Try to figure out why learning a language is important to you.
Everyone should learn another language.
The shortage of foreign language skills in the UK is now a permanent preoccupation, with some sources placing the estimated cost of the deficit as high as £48 billion a year. Britons are now seen as a…
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