Welcome To Polyglot Your Tongue!
Hi // Hola // Salut Language Lovers!
Welcome to Polyglot Your Tongue. I’m Becca — nice to meet you — hope you’re all safe and doing well.
I’ve never written a newsletter before so this is all very new to me. How am I doing? Sorry, I’m a bit nervous…where to start?
As I said, I’m Becca. I’m currently a journalism student / language tutor after doing a degree in International Relations with French and Spanish at the University of Dundee. I have always adored languages but since finishing my studies and without the ability to travel and practice them in far away places, I have found that I really miss them.
So here we are: a newsletter celebrating language learning for all ages and abilities. At least that’s the idea.
We’ve all downloaded Duolingo at some point in the last year or so. Whether it was a Lockdown hobby you turned to out of extreme boredom or you just wanted to dust off your high school French, I can guarantee that most of us — at some point — have given it a go.
Equally, I can also hazard a guess that most of us have made the Duolingo owl sad and have consequently, deleted the app just to escape the shame.
Don’t worry, I’ve been there too. Learning a language isn’t easy. If it was, we’d all be doing it. That being said, it can be fun, rewarding and is completely worth the effort.
With this in mind, let’s try again — together. Every month, I will be sharing my experience about learning a language at university and all the good, bad and the ugly that comes with that. I will be collating my top tips, film and podcast recommendations and any words of wisdom that I can muster.
You can learn some beginners French and Spanish along with me here or use this newsletter to apply it to the language(s) you are learning on your own.
I will also be sharing my tips on my TikTok @beccacareyjournalist so we sure to follow me for some fun (and educational) videos too!
I would also love to feature any tips or recommendations that you might have so please get in touch!
Lots of love,
Becca Carey
Founder of Polyglot Your Tongue
