Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
Using native content to learn a foreign language is critical to your success as a language learner. Usually you learn the alphabet before immersing yourself in native YouTube videos, but learning a language like Chinese, which doesn’t use an alphabet, is different from learning a language like French. Watching videos in Chinese is priceless for […]
I used Babbel to help me with learning a fifth language. In this Babbel review, I share what I found and answer the question “Does Babbel work?”
Love summer, love Spanish! Here’s everything you need to know (with 90+ words and phrases) to talk about the beach in Spanish.
It’s time to raise the dead!! My secret mission that is taking up the vast majority of my time in Berlin continues (don’t worry, I’ll tell you all about it when the time is right! For now, it’s so secret that I can’t even give clues as to what it is or when I can […]
There are several categories of French pronoun: subject pronouns, indirect and direct object pronouns, possessive pronouns, and more.
Possessive adjectives in Spanish are words like “my” (mi) and “his” (suya). They’re a bit different to English, and here’s how they work.
If you liked my association technique mentioned below, you would also enjoy my tips on using imagination to memorize vocabulary, which are discussed in great detail with many other hacks in my book. See the most popular posts on the right below for other interesting topics. For those curious, this post discusses Thai, but the […]
It’s the end of week 1 of what has definitely been the mission that has stirred up the most interest and discussion since I started the blog! I can confirm that after this initial exposure to the language, I have not quite been “humbled” into saying what I’m attempting is impossible just yet, despite what […]
So you’d like to see my Fluent in 3 Months language missions? You’ve come to the right place! I set up Fluent in 3 Months to share language hacking tips and to tell the real, gritty stories of how language hacking works for me. For over a decade I travelled around the world, and whenever […]
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