Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
I just arrived in Melbourne, Australia after spending the last month and a half in India, and the last several months in Asia in general – mostly in more “rugged’ environments like Chiang Mai, Bali, and most recently Palolem beach in Goa. I have to say that I’m very glad to be back in civilization […]
Guest writer Quynh shares why she loves working with paid tutors when she’s learning a language.
Lose your scarcity mindset and adopt and abundance mentality in your language learning. You'll learn more, and you'll stay motivated.
A tutorial on how to use the italki Language Hacking community that’s part of the Language Hacking courses by Benny Lewis, published by Teach Yourself.
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 […]
When learning a language, you will mess up and you will make mistakes. Believe it or not, that's a good thing. Here's why you must make mistakes.
*Note: Written in 2010 Just one week into my latest crazy mission and I am happy to report that I have only been speaking German with Germans since I got here. Apart from with my landlord (who is American) and lunch with a Canadian friend, I have used no English at all outside of the […]
Did you know there’s no Guinness World Record for “most languages spoken” Why this omission? The answer lies in the curious story of Zlad Fazah.
It really is a fine art. During my first ever language exchange my brain was so busy finding words that I had the social skills of a baby moose.
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