5 questions for a language learner in later life #15

Grégory is French with Slovak heritage on his father’s side. Every year he visits relatives in Slovakia and they communicate in a mixture of French and Slovak.

1. How do you feel about learning Slovak?
   When I do some training, I really enjoy it and when I don’t do anything for a few days, sometimes weeks, I feel bad about it.

2. What’s the hardest thing about learning Slovak?
   My vocabulary is ok but not my grammar.

3. How do you overcome this now?
   In our mentoring session, we talked about having one small language learning task that I do most days so I’m going to do one exercise from my grammar book.

4. What are your goals?
   I want to learn more to make talking with my cousins easier and so I can say more complicated things in Slovak.

5. What’s your advice for older people who want to learn a language?
   Talk to someone like Christina who can help you get organised and get started.

Read more about learning a language in later life here, here and here.

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© Christina Wielgolawski