When a 🇧🇪
whose mother tongue is 🇳🇱
and who speaks to his dogs in 🇮🇹
writes about languages in 🇬🇧
while living with his 🇻🇪 partner in 🇪🇸
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When a 🇧🇪
whose mother tongue is 🇳🇱
and who speaks to his dogs in 🇮🇹
writes about languages in 🇬🇧
while living with his 🇻🇪 partner in 🇪🇸
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
TikTok
Do you remember the moment you fell in love with languages?
I think it is very difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when I fell in love with languages as it is something that has grown very slowly.
A very important moment was for sure when my secondary school organised an exchange with a school from Tricarico, Italy. After two weeks in Tricarico, I was already able to speak some basic 🇮🇹. Immersion really helps to pick up a language.
More importantly…
My new language adventure: Kenny goes ITALKI
How did this new adventure of mine start?
How did I end up teaching 500 lessons to almost 100 different students in less than 3 months?
I am an introvert. No, I award myself the title Mr. Introvert’83. I have no idea how some people don’t start sweating when they meet new people. I start sweating when I know there is a POSSIBILITY, I MIGHT have to meet someone new sometime in the future.
My language learning methods – The sho(r)t version
The other day somebody in one of the language groups on Facebook that I am member of asked, “What are some of the methods you use to learn a language?”. Well, here is my very very very short answer in 🇬🇧 and 🇮🇹 in just 30 seconds.