Mateusz Wiącek

Language acquisition is not merely a process of mastering forms and rules; it’s intertwined with social, subjective, and objective dimensions, encompassing the attitudes, habits, and cultural traits of its speakers….

The realm of applied linguistics is a dynamic and evolving field, serving as both a source of theory and a practical guide for language teaching. Its journey from its inception…

The Audiolingual Method, originating in the United States in the 1960s, was a dominant approach to language teaching. Rooted in structural linguistics and behaviorist psychology, it emphasized spoken language acquisition…

When adults learn languages, it can happen in different ways: either they organize it themselves, which doesn’t happen often enough, or they do it within structured settings like schools or…

I first started learning a foreign language when I was 15 years old. In post-communist Poland, not much was known about how to learn a foreign language in an effective…

I have been learning languages all my life. My adventure with languages began in the early 1990s. At school I studied English and took a course in German. Later I…

I started my adventure with foreign languages back in elementary school, when I was 13 years old. I grew up in post-communist Poland, so learning languages was not the norm….

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I love grammar. As a teenager I was fascinated by German grammar. I loved everything about it and I wanted everything to be perfect when I spoke. My attitude towards…

“Can I stay with you for a week?” she asked.  “Of course,” I replied. At this point I was still speaking English to her, even though I knew some Italian….