<description>&lt;p&gt;I was a speaker &lt;a href="https://allisgood.be/?fbclid=IwAR3CCc-uXINL47L0TIb1EI2fRUIazkQEV7Q3z559EWz0gD--b1YGuQpO1Rc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;at this event&lt;/a&gt;, but unfortunately, they couldn&amp;#39;t record my speech properly due to technical problems.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#39;s just my story and you can follow the slides I used during that evening &lt;a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAF8zimL_Do/x59IBqfu813lZEoFUc53Yw/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"&gt;through this link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I recorded it with my phone, so the quality is questionable, but I wanted to have something from this evening.&lt;/p&gt;
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I was a speaker <a href="https://allisgood.be/?fbclid=IwAR3CCc-uXINL47L0TIb1EI2fRUIazkQEV7Q3z559EWz0gD--b1YGuQpO1Rc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">at this event</a>, but unfortunately, they couldn&#39;t record my speech properly due to technical problems.
That&#39;s just my story and you can follow the slides I used during that evening <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAF8zimL_Do/x59IBqfu813lZEoFUc53Yw/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">through this link</a>
I recorded it with my phone, so the quality is questionable, but I wanted to have something from this evening.

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Noob Night - 21 February 2024, La Fonderie, Brussels

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This is originally a TikTok video - what you find here is only the mp3 version. Hope it helps!
<a href="http://chiaralanguagefreak.com/2023/12/10/how-to-pronounce-the-r-in-french-an-unorthodox-trick/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Check the full explanation + video here</a>

How to pronounce the “r” in French – an unorthodox trick

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To retain the new information we have, we need to anchor them to something already well &quot;enrooted&quot; in our mind, otherwise, they fly away. Examples in Persian and Dutch follow.
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Want to learn words FASTER? Give your brain some hooks!

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Have you ever noticed that when you make a language mistake that is particularly embarrassing or funny then you never forget about it?
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A good laugh works better than flashcards – the impact of emotions on learning new words

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Why all my teachers didn&#39;t help me at learning smarter? I want something more back in return for my time and money. So, I try to fix this issue.

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