{"id":7118,"date":"2026-01-04T14:33:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/?p=7118"},"modified":"2026-01-04T14:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:34:00","slug":"happy-new-year-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/uncategorized\/happy-new-year-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Happy-New-Year-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7119 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Happy-New-Year-2026.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Happy-New-Year-2026-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Happy-New-Year-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Happy-New-Year-2026-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Happy-New-Year-2026-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I\u2019d like to wish you all a peaceful and joyful start to the year! My hope for 2026 is more calm, more kindness, and a stronger sense of community \u2014 in life and in learning English \u2014 also to help slow down the alarming loneliness statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning a language is, not just about learning grammar and vocabulary, but about communication and connection, and one of the most enjoyable ways to practice is through community. Here are a few simple ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Join an international community around something you enjoy \u2014 a book club, sports group, or volunteer project. Shared interests make speaking easier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be curious out loud. Ask questions, comment, react \u2014 you don\u2019t need perfect English, just conversation!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start an English \u2018Stammtisch\u2019. Meet other English learners regularly for coffee or dinner in a relaxed setting. It\u2019s a fun, social way to practice and build confidence without an agenda (Meet5 could be a perfect platform to start one). I ran one for 25 years in my village, and it was quite popular.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Language grows best when it\u2019s used together. I\u2019m really looking forward to seeing you in lessons soon \u2014 sharing ideas, practicing, and learning together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s to a year full of connection, growth, and everyday joys!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7120,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7118\/revisions\/7120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}