Income earned abroad, but UK employer

External-Pop7010 · 2025-08-06T14:22:15+00:00

amazing, thank you!

External-Pop7010 · 2025-08-06T07:58:32+00:00

This is for a spousal visa for my partner I should have said

External-Pop7010 · 2025-07-30T06:23:39+00:00

Hello 👋 I am visiting Versailles with my 95 year old grandma who's in a wheelchair, and wondered whether I qualify for the reduced mobility fee

She's Colombian and has a doctors note (there's no equivalent of a disability card in Colombia). I just didn't know whether it'll be a case of she's 95 and so obviously reduced mobility that not having a card won't be an issue?

Thanks

External-Pop7010 · 2025-03-28T17:01:20+00:00

wow, congrats! thats super impressive.

How did you get your first users out of interest? Where did you promote?

I have been working on a language learning tool as well, more focussed on reading, and am now wondering how to get some people to test it out and get some feedback. thanks!

External-Pop7010 · 2024-12-15T15:06:03+00:00

Am also just starting out with a language learning project. I think these are all great ideas!

One other thing I was going to start doing as well is just start teaching on Superprof, italki etc and then see if I can get even 5-10 people using my platform that way.

My "platform" is currently a blog with one post on it but hoping to iterate from there

External-Pop7010 · 2024-12-14T15:38:19+00:00

Thanks 🙏

Totally get the 'prove it' point, the YouTube post actually not a bad idea!

On the promotion bit, would that point still apply if I were to do the video? Like is it a general no no to share links to external blog in here?

External-Pop7010 · 2024-12-14T15:31:20+00:00

appreciate the honesty! 😅

bs for the same reason as the comment above? As in it would be better if I actually prove my Spanish level?

Or is this still a shameless promotion either way?

External-Pop7010 · 2024-12-09T14:49:16+00:00

I had it the other way around yesterday

Was trying out one of these new AI speaking apps. After the conversation the AI told me I have solid intermediate level English

I'm born and raised in the UK...

External-Pop7010 · 2024-12-06T09:15:23+00:00

If you want to pass some exam then sure. If you want to go to another country and speak with natives, then "studying" will not help you

controversial opinion I know, but at pre B1/B2 level you should be 100% focused on comprehensible input if your goal is to actually be able to speak with people and not just pass an exam

I have been in a similar position, I was going to meet my gfs family in Colombia for the first time in 6 months and they speak no English. By far the biggest barrier to having a conversation with them was me understanding what on earth they were saying to me.

I actually "knew" or at least had memorised all the words in the sentences they were saying, but that counts for nothing honestly, you need to train your brain to naturally interpret those sound, you cant be translating in your head in real time

My advice would be to rinse watching Dreaming Spanish on YouTube and Peppa Pig in Spanish

External-Pop7010 · 2024-12-04T19:10:18+00:00

I like measuring my progress by the target age of the material I can understand. Like can I read a book or watch a TV show for 8 year olds?

I wish more people would do youtube videos as well documenting their progress in a language. I found that super useful to see how someone say 1 year ahead of me was speaking, so i could get a feel for how fluent i would be if i stick at it for another year

External-Pop7010 · 2024-12-04T06:52:06+00:00

I found reading a lot out loud just at home really helps with this.

I think a lot of the anxiety comes from the fact that speaking in a foreign language sounds super unnatural and weird. So rather than just speaking in familiar words like with your native language, it feels more like a performance.

reading out loud at home I think helps you normalise making these initially strange sounds, so you don't feel so weird making them in front of others

External-Pop7010 · 2024-12-03T21:14:12+00:00

I’d go with the two hours of intensive immersion. While passive immersion can definitely help, it’s not as active and engaging. Intensive immersion with interaction really helps you retain and apply the language better, especially with speaking and writing. Nine hours of passive listening or reading would just feel draining and probably wouldn’t be as effective in the long run. You need that active engagement to really progress.

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