I’ve been thinking about home-based language learning this week. For the obvious reasons.

I’m part of a few different online learning communities who have all launched virtual co-working spaces in the last 24 hours. Some of these are text-based forums with a lot of clever thinking in behind the system. Others are simply open zoom meetings with a specific vibe.

Which got me thinking: Why haven’t I come across any simple ways of doing an online kōrero with someone also on their Reo journey? A 10-minute video chat while you’re on the bus, waiting for a takeaway coffee, or wandering around the block.

Let’s try this: If you’re keen for a 10-minute kōrero OR you’re a Te Reo student who would be keen try a group study session, send me an email at reo@robbieblakelock.com with your preferred digital hangout details.

Zoom is probably easiest for all of us (email address only), but I’m also using Google Duo and WhatsApp if you don’t mind sharing your phone number.

Kia kaha e hoa mā.

The Reo Project | Day 193

Welcome to my little corner of the internet.

I believe that place matters.

Our connection to whatever little corner of the planet we find ourselves in, or choose to place ourselves on, matters.

I'm relentlessly curious and continually learning.

My interests are scattered across topics including property, strategy, acoustics, psychology, theology, systems theory, quantum physics and leadership. I read, listen, watch, and learn about whatever grabs my attention in the moment.

This is a learning experiment.

I come here to try to make sense of something I’ve come across, by writing about it.

I’m immersing myself in a new language.

I’m learning to speak Te Reo Māori, the language of the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand and one of our official languages. After spending 2020 studying, I’m figuring out how to keep the journey going outside the classroom.

You’re welcome to follow along.