Thoughts

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When Should You Give Up Learning a Language?

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Should You Learn More Than One Language At Once?

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8 Important Life Lessons Learned Through Language Study

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7 Reasons to Learn a New Language

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3 Addictive Romantic Dramas That Will Help You Level Up Your Mandarin

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On Hitting Setbacks in Language Learning

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On Catastrophizing in Language Learning

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Why I failed miserably at learning a third language (and what I’m doing better this time around)

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About Me

Hi There!

I’m Elzette Wilkinson, a full-time writer and part-time language-learning dabbler from Cape Town, South Africa. I’m currently studying Mandarin Chinese as a third language.

Here on Fluency Pending, I share my language learning resources, study methods and thoughts.

Thoughts

When Should You Give Up Learning a Language?

Should You Learn More Than One Language At Once?

8 Important Life Lessons Learned Through Language Study

7 Reasons to Learn a New Language

3 Addictive Romantic Dramas That Will Help You Level Up Your Mandarin

On Hitting Setbacks in Language Learning

On Catastrophizing in Language Learning

Why I failed miserably at learning a third language (and what I’m doing better this time around)

Review: HanBook Chinese Learning Dictionary App

5 Common Language Learning Myths, Debunked

How to Decide Which Foreign Language to Learn