My kids are growing up bilingually, and I can remember when my daughter became aware that you can’t always translate things word for word into another language. Or that if you do, you might not get the reaction you were hoping for. She wanted to tell my mum a joke she’d heard at nursery and, knowing [...]
“Je m’appelle Jane.” You know how with some friends you remember the first time you met them? This was one of those moments. And it was also the moment when I first became truly aware of all the power and magic of learning a foreign language. I was thirteen or fourteen, on a camping holiday with [...]
As mentioned in my last post, my February is always dedicated to songwriting, as I take part in FAWM – February Album-Writing Month – and try to write 14 songs in 28 days. Although I got some lyrics written at the beginning of the month, life then got busy. I kept repeating the FAWM mantra, which [...]
My name's Jane and I'm an introvert! I don't always enjoy being in big groups of new people, but that's not the only way to network. Here are some of my thoughts on the matter: 1. Network in a way that suits you There’s no need to go to big networking events if you don't feel [...]
