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Despite the very Welsh name, Gruff is actually half French. Nowadays, he's a tech entrepreneur (and some-time novelist) but he used to be a physicist at Imperial College before getting hooked on inventing things. He has a special interest in language learning, speaks five languages to varying degrees of fluency and he often blogs about language learning, science, and technology.
As well as co-founding
Kwiziq, he is the author the Amazon best-selling SF thriller,
The Looking Glass Club and the inventor of the
Exertris gaming exercise-bike and
Pidgin, a free online tool that makes drawing flow charts and relationship diagrams as quick and easy as describing them in pidgin English.
Posts by Gruff
The "conscious competence" model created by Noel Burch in the 1970s explains the stages that we go through when learning any new skill, including Spanish. more »
There's a lot of confusion about fluency, but there are two myths in particular that lead to many students abandoning their language-learning aspirations. more »
Hurrah! By popular demand, we’ve restored the micro kwizzes at the bottom of lessons to help you test your Spanish ! We had to remove these temporarily until we could fix some issues with them. You should notice… more »
Take learning Spanish to a whole new level by understanding learning blind spots: how they can cripple your progress, and how to find and eliminate them. more »
Taking an online Spanish test is one of the most effective things you can do to learn the Spanish language. more »
Studies from psychology show why carelessly speaking can be a dangerous Spanish grammar practice and why you need to test yourself with quality exercises. more »
The short answer is as often as possible. Yes, even daily. It's most effective just after you've learned something new. more »
A compelling reason to test your Spanish regularly is to catch mistakes you're not aware you're making. more »
¡Hola amigos! We’re super excited to announce we’ve launched our second language, Kwiziq Spanish! It’s currently available in beta*. Like Kwiziq French, it is free to register. What’s more, all new users signing up to Kwiziq Spanish will be given Premium… more »
There's an exciting body of research being published that backs the learning benefits of taking regular "low-stakes" Spanish tests (quizzes). more »