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Holly Keenan


Cultural Immersion: How Learning 20 Basic Phrases Transformed My Travel Experience

written by Holly Keenan

For ages I’ve recognised, at least in theory, that learning even just a small handful sentences in a new language can take you a long way on a holiday, and give you a unique experience of cultural immersion. I really enjoyed reading about Fluent in 3 Months founder Benny Lewis’s experience getting by with limited […]


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Sentence Stretchers: An Easy Way to Sound More Fluent in Your Target Language

written by Holly Keenan

Most beginner language learners I know are keen to pick up new vocabulary, so they’re ready for real conversations in their new language. And it’s true that learning a wide variety of vocabulary is essential to having conversations about a lot of different subjects. But there’s a group of words and phrases that never seem […]


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