Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
I’ve spent 3 hours today looking like this, and currently have a splitting headache. To contrast with yesterday’s post, where I talk about comfort in the language in the pre-fluency stage, I thought I’d give you another glimpse into the huge amount of discomfort I’m also going through a lot of the time. Since I […]
Mark Hemming spent 6 years living in Russia - here’s what he learned about Russian culture.
Caribbean Spanish is unlike the European Spanish taught in many schools. Here are some common Caribbean Spanish expressions you should know.
Did you know you can understand about 50% of all Korean by learning the 100 most common Korean words? Here, I’m giving you 111.
Please note: Livemocha closed down in 2016 after being acquired by Rosetta Stone. Busuu is still going strong! Over the years, I’ve tested out a lot of different interfaces for learning languages. Some have been a huge improvement to how I learned previously, some can be helpful in particular ways, and some just aren’t for me […]
You might know that “family” in French is “famille”. But what about other family words? Discover them in this beginner’s guide to family in French.
We Italians are fond of our many wise Italian proverbs. So here are 37 common Italian expressions and sayings you should know.
I learned my first foreign language, Spanish, mostly by hanging out with Erasmus students during the gap year I spent in Valencia, Spain. In other words, I learned Spanish through speaking it. My second language project was Italian. And I learned it quickly — surprisingly quickly — in just a few months while I worked […]
Having real conversations with native speakers is one of the best ways to quickly improve your language skills. How can you find a Skype Language Exchange partner, and what should you do once you've found one?
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