Welcome back guys, gals and everyone in between

In my blog posts up until now I have discussed a wide range of topics and this post is simply going to be a reflection on them.

As you may know, this all started as a part of the Language & Technology module that I have been taking in The University of Limerick. We were given eight tasks to complete within the blogs over a course of 12 weeks. These tasks have finally been completed and I could not be happier.

I heard a few years ago that the best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else. This is effectively what I have been trying to do while discussing Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC), Corpus Linguistics & Gaming. I explored these topics for the first time and tried my best to simplify what they meant not only for my own understanding, but for yours too. I also gave insight into my thoughts on each of these individual topics.

In most of my posts I also spoke about my own personal relationship with the topics e.g. my phone usage habits, my learning style and different blogs, websites & channels that I like to use to help with my language learning.

As I have mentioned many times I am not a creative person, and my writing is no exception. I found this whole blogging assignment quite daunting and I have to say I hope I never have to do anything like this as part of my college work again.

Having said that, I have always wanted to document my travels  in a blog (even if I’m the only one willing to read them). Maybe this assignment has given me the push I needed to bite the bullet.

It may take a week or it may take a year, but I think I finally have the courage to start writing about my adventures, which I admittedly would not have without being forced to start a blog for the sake of my grades.

Thank you for sticking with me as I try to navigate the world of blogging. I hope it’s been as much of a learning curve for you as it has for me.

Until next time,

Kayla xo