Month: May 2010


Embracing embarrassing mistakes

written by Benny Lewis

“I made a new video – I look cool in it! Want to come up and check it out?” Sounds like an innocent enough thing to say, right? While talking to a German friend of mine (a girl, but seriously just a friend and one I’ve had for many years), I wanted to say this […]


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Why studying will never help you speak a language

Why studying will never help you speak a language

written by Benny Lewis

This post has been a long time coming. Teachers and linguists are going to hate me for this, but it has to be said: You can never speak a language by just studying it, no matter how much you study Yes, you read that right. Studying is the wrong thing to do if you want […]


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