Merry Christmas in Greek (+6 More Holiday Greetings)
Learn how to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Greek, plus essential holiday vocabulary and traditions.
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How your computer and the Internet can correct your grammar and spelling (for free)
In an ideal world, you would have a native beside you every time you spoke or wrote something, so that they could help and correct you. This is not possible for many of us! Luckily, thanks to modern technology and the Internet, you can have your grammar and spelling corrected immediately and automatically, in any […]
Does drinking help you speak a foreign language?
So here I am, a lad from Ireland (a country famous for its drink and its drinkers) in the Czech Republic (ditto). The nightlife in Prague is great, but of course a lot of party-goers take advantage of the cheap beer! From the armies of 3-day tourists to the local 20-somethings, and of course to […]
Combining learning languages with your hobbies: My first video in Czech!
I promised to make a video in Czech at the end of my stay here, but I am going to break that promise and deliver one right now! I’m still far from fluent, but I also believe that we should never wait until we are “ready” before trying something with languages, since that day may never arrive if you put “ready” on an ever rising pedestal…
The smartest decision you will ever make to achieve fluency
Today I’m going to share the most important decision I have ever made in learning languages. This choice changed me from a hopeless “I’m not talented with languages” person to eventually become the polyglot that I am today.
Having fun at Esperanto events
This week I’m taking a break from my Czech studies and spending 7 days with 400 Esperanto speakers in the north of the Czech Republic, in Liberec. What is Esperanto? Esperanto is a constructed language with the purpose of connecting people from across many cultures who each natively speak different languages, without giving an unfair […]
How to make time if you are too busy
There are lots of excuses people make for not progressing in a language; I’m not smart enough, it’s too hard, I can’t remember any words, etc. But the one I’ll almost always hear is I don’t have any time. Time is a funny thing. It can fly, run out, and be up. It can be […]
How to Start Learning Italian
My big hobby after languages is making videos. I’ve combined the two on my multilingual site with several videos about my travels and other subjects, in 7 languages. This has really helped me to practise my languages as I travel. But instead of just making the videos about different random topics in several languages, I’m starting on a long-term project of making videos about languages as I learn them or travel to the country where they are spoken.
Summary of first month of mission & top 100 language blogs nomination
Top 100 language blogs For those of you interested in discovering some really good blogs about learning languages, I highly recommend looking through the list over at this year’s nominees for the Top 100 Language Blogs. Fluentin3months.com has the honour of being included in the nominees! The winner will be announced at the end of […]
How to convince natives to speak to you in their language
Some people may be surprised to hear that even when living in the country that speaks the language you want to learn, it can still be very hard to convince someone to actually speak it to you! Presuming you can read this blog you have been cursed with being a native (or fluent) in a […]
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