When planning a honeymoon, you may picture walking through Greek streets filled with the iconic whitewashed houses of Santorini, eating pistachio macarons in an adorable café in Paris or simply relaxing on an idyllic beach in the south of Spain— That is until you consider the hoards of Instagram influencers…

“Oh no, I don’t speak Spanish, I’m just learning.” was my go-to response whenever an excited native-speaker asked me if I spoke their language or when friends asked me if I was fluent. I felt like I needed to cover my back in case I made a mistake or mispronounced…

Anyone who has ever expressed a desire to learn a new language has probably heard the same reasons to do so over and over again. Some common motivations include improving your job prospects, being able to watch a wider variety of foreign TV shows or movies without subtitles or travelling…

For me, languages have been a constant interest in my life. So much so that at one point, I was studying French, Spanish, English Literature and Bulgarian simultaneously, and oddly still enjoying it. However, one thing that school taught me was that I was a bit of an anomaly. In…