Expats, Fix Your Frustrations Abroad in Just 30 Days
After living in Vietnam for a couple of years, I decided that it was time to give the Vietnamese language a shot. Here’s my 30-day method.
Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
After living in Vietnam for a couple of years, I decided that it was time to give the Vietnamese language a shot. Here’s my 30-day method.
Now that I’ve sat three of these diploma examinations (French, Spanish and German), I feel like I can give a useful summary for those curious! When I introduced my current mission, I only quickly mentioned some details about the exam and what it exists for. They do indeed serve much more of a purpose than […]
One of the biggest questions I get asked by people already deep into their language learning project relates to how they should get over the plateau they are stuck in. There are many different types of plateaux you could be looking at. Maybe you have learned some basic vocab but can’t muster up the courage […]
Do all Spanish accents sound the same? Find out the difference between Mexican, Castilian, Rioplatense, Chilean and Caribbean Spanish dialects and accents.
Going to Japan? Learn these 25 basic Japanese phrases before you travel, and you’ll be all set.
Today’s guest post is from Niall Doherty, a fellow Irishman also on the road, who I met this year in Portland. He found my blog, bought the Language Hacking Guide and applied my tips intensively over a short number of months and can indeed speak the language! He’s a great example of the many success […]
One of the most important things I’ve learned in my first year of blogging about my 3 month language missions has probably been discovering that achieving the “impossible” is actually easy. It turns out that several people that I’ve come across or read about have achieved the impossible several times over each. Taking their lead, […]
One of the most popular posts on this blog is my 29 life lessons learned in travelling the world (for 8 years straight). I’ve personally been to a couple of dozen countries, but then there are people like my friend Chris Guillebeau. He has been to every single country on earth! I’ve met Chris on […]
In this episode, we chat with Fluent in 3 Months Challenge participant, Nissa, about learning a less-commonly-taught language, and coming to understand herself through languages.
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