A 5-Step Method to Improve Your Listening Skills
Let’s talk listening skills. Personally, I’ve always found listening to be the most difficult language learning skill. Maybe you feel the same way?
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Foreign to Familiar: How to “Language Proof” Your Immediate Environment
Sometimes, when you’re surrounded by a new language it can overwhelm your capacity to pick up new things. It’s almost too much newness, and you just draw a line. Everything from the toothpaste to the billboards to the TV is filled by the unrecognizable. You end up looking at words and noting that you’ve seen […]
Conversation Exchange: How an Online Language Buddy Took Me from Fear of Speaking to Confident Conversations
How I found an online language buddy for a conversation exchange, so I went from feeling scared of speaking to having real conversations in a new language.
Is “Learning from Mistakes” Really a Thing? Here’s What the Science Says…
Talking about learning from mistakes... “Did I really just say that?” I asked myself as I was chatting to my future Italian mother-in-law over dinner.
The Amazing Moment Speaking German Finally Clicked [Mission Complete!]
James is at the end of his month of only speaking German - no English! How did he do? Find out in his final mission update (with video).
Nerves, Tears and a Breakthrough: 2 Weeks Without Speaking English [Mission Update]
What’s it really like giving up your mother tongue? If you’ve read my last update you’ll know that I gave up speaking English for 30 days to focus on only speaking German. My goal was to reach the B2 level by the time the Cologne Carnival came around. As I write this, I’m in the […]
How to use Social Media for Instant French Immersion
Can you learn French through French social media? Of course you can! In fact, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are fantastic places to learn French.
How 3 YouTubers Learned Brazilian Portuguese by Making Videos
Sitting down with textbooks isn’t the only way to learn a language… as you’ll be aware if you’ve read much on Fluent in 3 Months. In this post, you will learn how three language learners used making videos on Youtube as their secret weapon in learning the language they love – Brazilian Portuguese. Enter Gavin, Josh […]
Traveling Jobs: Get Paid to Travel Using Your Language Skills
Have you ever dreamed of hopping on a plane and seeing the world? Then check out these traveling jobs. You, too, can find jobs that travel.
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