Optimize Your Language Learning 12 Principles For Learning Any Language

Optimize Your Language Learning: 12 Principles for Learning ANY Language

Ever thought you were incapable of learning language? Think again. Unsure where to start your first or next language learning journey? Start here. Regardless of your circumstance, this concise guide will equip you with the tools to approach learning any language. Through a holistic lens encompassing modern lifestyle factors and evidence-based learning principles, this guide filters the often overwhelming noise of language learning into 12 straight-forward principles. The guides memorable acronyms C. A. P. A. B. L. E and S. M. A. R. T. offer an easily digestible format for language learners from all walks of life. With a decade of experience in language teaching, fluency in Mandarin, proficiency in Japanese and a more recent engagement with Cantonese, your guide, Alex is a valuable and empathetic resource for any budding language learner. By demystifying the language learning process, you'll be guided in creating the conditions for success with the language of your choice in an enjoyable and sustainable way. Start your language learning journey today!

A Manchester Derby: Part One

Welcome to part one of 'A Manchester Derby'. A dark comedic story of football, misspent youth, anti-social behaviour, rags to riches and revenge. It's Britain in the mid-90's. And specifically, Manchester, that one-time north-western powerhouse of industry. Joy Division and The Durutti Column were direct products of that post-war flourish in culture, but a new swagger had come to town, personified by bands such as Oasis. An unruly 'lad' culture had come to dominate the landscape of entertainment, obscuring the potential of a new-found connection to Europe via the channel tunnel. The economic recession of the early 90's ensured that poverty remained a driver for anti-social behaviour. However, the burgeoning technological explosion of laptops and mobile phones pointed towards an economic growth that would last until the late 2000's. It was a crossroads. You could adapt or take your chances with the old guard. Wythenshawe, once the largest housing estate in Europe, is our theatre. Follow secondary student Col as he comes to terms with an unprovoked violent encounter with the school bully, B. Find out how Col's brilliant intelligence threatens to usurp all his achievements. Discover how B's actions trigger a cascade of karmic reactions that will ultimately threaten his family's very existence. Simultaneously, keep up to date with the tense and often volatile relationship between two infamous football pundits as their hilarious narration runs parallel to the main plot. Their discourse mirrors the transition from the raw, unfiltered old Division One, to the sanitized vision of the newly installed Premier League.

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