Tag : Learn Haitian Creole

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What my (European) Mom taught me about learning Creole

“You talk too much.” I’ve heard it all my life. How then did I come to make such a significant error of silence? Let’s ask my 88-year old mother. On a recent trip to Winnipeg, Canada to visit Mom, I... Read more
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Letter from a Learner (Follow up to “What Gifts Should I Bring with Me to Haiti?)

After sharing a part of Sylvia’s story in last week’s post, “What Gifts Should I Bring with Me to Haiti?“, we wanted to share her full story, in her own words, here.  A huge thank you to Sylvia for reaching... Read more
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Here’s what I’ll do in 2016…

When it comes to New Years Resolutions, I’m a pretty big naysayer. I’m not saying you can’t make them, but from a standpoint of painful self-awareness, I know I just won’t keep them. Example A: I made an agreement with... Read more
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Jumping off the High Dive – What is it that holds us back in language learning?

Speaking a foreign language is scary. I’m not talking ghosts and ghouls scary, but nerve wrecking kinda scary. There is no amount of practice at home, no set number of times you write the words perfectly, no magic pill you... Read more
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What language are we speaking in again? Trials of a second-language learner

How many languages do you speak?? It’s so interesting to hear how people answer this question; I honestly never know what to respond.  Three?  One?  Two and three quarters?  Where is the bar we’re setting…. One of the things I... Read more
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Have a Creole question? Ask her anything.

We are thrilled to welcome our good friend Mandaly Louis-Charles to the HaitiHub blog.  We first connected with Mandaly in 2011, when she helped us run our very first Creole Skype classes; more recently we’ve benefitted hugely as readers of her blog:... Read more
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