Here to share my language learning tips and tricks, struggles, mistakes, failures and successes.
So who the fork is Kenny?
Long live my avatar! At 41, no wrinkle to be seen and donned with a perfectly ironed shirt. Back here in reality, I try to ignore any wrinkle I discern in the mirror, and ironing is without any doubt my most hated household chore, so long live wrinkled clothes and wrinkled people (Judi Dench rocks)!
Hey, my name is Kenny, and there’s something polyglot about me, but what’s really important is my passion for languages and language learning .
I am your regular introvert boy next door (more info @ Urban Dictionary *) with a strong interest in languages (hence why I study/use them on a daily basis) and language learning (hence why I became a teacher ).
Spanish at home here in Madrid with my partner, English in my head (daytime and dreamtime), Italian with my dogs, and news/books/podcasts/series/music in a bunch of other languages .
So, you might have guessed that languages are my big passion and teaching is my vocation , but it took me a while to discover it. Hence why I have a Master in International Politics and one in Journalism on my CV, next to experience as:
- assistant manager in a cinema in my home town Ghent,
- residential educator for Unicef’s SOS Children’s Villages,
- editor for the regional Flemish government,
- and social inspector for the federal government
and then some. But teaching is my thing and has been for a while. After first experiencing teaching back in 2011 in Rome , two decades later I am enjoying the siesta and fiesta here in Madrid.
There’s more to life than languages, right? When not mixing up or switching between languages, you’ll be able to find me:
- reading (fiction and stuff on self-help, politics, economics, and history),
- turning my balcony into a garden ,
- trying to prepare something edible (some people call it cooking),
- listening to podcasts while running ,
- singing and dancing to the songs of my favorite Spotify playlist (when no one is around but my dogs ).
(* but you have to promise to stop reading when they start talking about first kiss and virginity, or am I too late now?)