Category: guest post


The “flow” of fluency: How to freestyle rap in a foreign language

written by Guest Author

While many guest posts here are from people I’ve met in my travels or been in touch with online a lot, occasionally I’ll be sent a topic so damn interesting that even if I don’t know the person yet, it’s definitely worth sharing. Today’s is an excellent example of such a topic, which takes a […]


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Language Learning Tips For Couples

written by Guest Author

Erin and Simon are a British couple who I had been talking to for some time, and following their really cool blog “Neverendingvoyage.com” until a year ago when I actually got to meet them in person and hosted them as my Couchsurfers in Medellín! I’ve used the advice on their blog about eating vegetarian to […]


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Language Hacking success story: Marcus speaking Portuguese in Brazil

written by Guest Author

There are many people out and travelling the world, and luckily more and more are trying to speak the local language when they see it isn’t so hard. Every day I’m hearing/reading more and more success stories from others, and I thought today’s one was among those worth sharing! This guest post is from Marcus, […]

How to travel the world like Indiana Jones

written by Matt Kepnes

While I mostly talk about language learning here on Fi3M, I know a lot of you follow the blog for the travel/culture aspect of it, since travel can indeed be a huge adventure for so many of us. So today’s guest post is from Matt Kepnes, who runs Nomadic Matt’s travel site. I’ve met Matt […]


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Reading time: 7 minutes

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Handcrafted audio for remembering what you learn

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Today’s guest post is from Aaron G. Myers. I met him while in Istanbul and he had some interesting ideas about language learning that he blogs about regularly, so I thought they’d be worth sharing here! Off you go Aaron! One challenge language learners face is in retaining the immense amount of new information taken […]


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Reading time: 5 minutes

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Music and TV for homework? Really? Yes. Sí. Oui. Да. نعم

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This is a guest post by the author of Language is Music: Over 70 Fun & Easy Tips to Learn Foreign Languages, by Susanna Zaraysky. She speaks seven languages (Russian, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Serbo-Croatian) with perfect or almost perfect accents because she used music, TV, radio and movies to supplement her language […]


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Reading time: 13 minutes

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