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- May 2013 (6)
- 22: Polyglot conference, re-activating Hungarian and very easy click request! (1)
- 17: “Hacking language learning”: My new and improved TEDx talk that includes the best polyglot videos online. Please share!! (10)
- 13: 40+ FREE online language learning resources: Most comprehensive and up to date list of courses, communities, exchanges and more! (20)
- 08: I’m severely deaf and partially sighted, but have learned 5 languages. Here’s my story (33)
- 06: Mini mission: Reawakening a dead language! (Hungarian) (15)
- 02: Encouraging quotes, Chinese proverbs with original translations, and inspirational thoughts for language learners (15)
- April 2013 (7)
- 26: Contextese – the most useful language you are already fluent in (31)
- 22: Share your success stories with us! Leave a comment to potentially inspire millions of language learners! (97)
- 19: The many reasons (32 so far) why we DON’T succeed in learning languages, and retorts for why we can. Let’s hear your reasons/solutions in the comments! (90)
- 12: Fail fast and fail often: why many failures can be the key to success (21)
- 10: Oops! Logically analysing when something goes wrong, rather than resorting to excuses (14)
- 03: How far can you get in 5 hours? The Norwegian mission! (43)
- 01: Review of “Language Ninja”, the new language learning system definitely worth checking out! (13)
- March 2013 (5)
- 27: How to speak a language after just one or two hours (My intensive experience with Polish) (45)
- 18: Next mission: learn Polish in 5 hours (25)
- 07: Results of Arabic mission: Benny’s conversational level video chat (11)
- 05: Climbing Mount Moses, seeing camels, the burning bush and the pyramids of Giza before leaving Egypt (3)
- 01: The Siwa Oasis: Deep inside the Sahara desert (travel update) (5)
- February 2013 (4)
- January 2013 (6)
- 29: 9 of the most unlikely countries to find the language you want to learn (52)
- 21: Learn Modern Standard Arabic or dialect first? I say dialect and here’s why [video] (47)
- 18: Walking from the Nile to the pyramids, and the people I met on the way (16)
- 14: 3 Month Mission To Get To Know My Father-In-Law Through German: 3 Lessons Learned (38)
- 10: Language Hacking Links: Resolution, Total Annihilation and Level up edition (4)
- 07: First days in Egypt, trying to blend in, and FAQ on initial impressions (18)
- December 2012 (4)
- 19: Conclusions of 3 month Arabic in Brazil mission (35)
- 17: “It’s a big bad scary world out there!” Are you sure North America? (181)
- 11: Dozens of xmas gift ideas to cheer up your language-learning loved ones (11)
- 07: “Skype me maybe” – Inspiring music video sung by 17 polyglots in over 30 languages (38)
- November 2012 (7)
- 29: Tim Ferriss, interview on language learning (49)
- 27: Cloud-Tutoring – Combining Automated Teaching and Personalized Learning (4)
- 19: The most important skill a traditional learning approach will never teach you (+2 month Arabic video) (49)
- 15: Why focus will get you much more than talent ever will (10)
- 08: Review of Verbling: Instant free online video chat with native speakers for practice in 11 languages (25)
- 06: The month I lost faith in the system, and gained it in humanity (34)
- 01: Mission update: There are no quantum leaps in language learning progress – but that doesn’t mean you can’t sprint! (19)
- October 2012 (9)
- 26: Translation: Frequently Asked Questions for translators (video in French with subtitles) (8)
- 23: How to speak French like a Quebecker – Le québécois en 10 leçons (46)
- 22: Interact with your teachers and ask them questions. You can get “lectures” for free on Youtube (example: hundreds of thousands of hours of French!) (14)
- 19: Why learning a language isn’t impressive at all. A look behind the curtain of these language learning magicians: You can do it too! (30)
- 16: Review of italki: Find native teachers and free language exchanges to learn a language via Skype (10)
- 12: 21 ways to work, socialise & sleep well, maintain inbox 0 with 400+ emails, AND intensively learn a language all in a day! Time hacking 2.0 (59)
- 09: Your ego is the reason you are not speaking the language (My 3 week video: speaking with a native) (23)
- 05: Interview with DuoLingo (and Captcha) creator Luis Von Ahn, in Spanish (with Eng/Spa subtitles) (3)
- 02: Week 2 video: Why learning off phrases is essential for beginners on the road to fluency, not just for tourists (9)
- September 2012 (5)
- 25: Solving specific problems rather than trying to learn everything: My first ever video in Arabic (reading) (24)
- 20: How to start learning a language: Full account of day 1 of my #Fi3M mission (17)
- 18: Learning Egyptian Arabic to fluency in 3 months… in Brazil! Benny’s new language mission! (41)
- 14: Travel isn’t necessary for language learning: How I learned more Italian in London than I did in Italy! (16)
- 04: Interview in Irish (as Gaeilge): Raidió na Life, modern Irish use and how I got into the language myself (12)
- August 2012 (5)
- 24: Hi. My name is Nikki and I am an addict (33)
- 17: Two ways to bring as much as you want on no-frills flights (video of jacket with 14 pockets) (12)
- 10: Advanced Hiberno English: More on How to speak English like the Irish (36)
- 03: Video in ASL: Gallaudet university, city of American Sign Language and Deaf culture (14)
- 01: Mid-summer language mission update! (Clues of next mission coming) (2)
- July 2012 (4)
- 23: Language leveling up: Moses and Benny speak a dozen languages in Columbus Ohio (8)
- 16: Fluent in 3 months now easier to navigate with new multilingual intro video! (8)
- 13: How to receive language feedback for free and provide it for profit using Soundcloud (13)
- 06: Interview in Mandarin with TV presenter and Chinese teacher Yangyang (11)
- June 2012 (4)
- 27: Why learning vocabulary in Chinese is easy (12)
- 22: My Polyglot Summer mission: Improve TEN languages to the next level (with lots of videos) (22)
- 19: DuoLingo Review: The Quick, Easy and Free Way to Learn A Language (29)
- 06: Achieve the impossible this summer: Set yourself a (fluent in?) 3 month challenge! #Fi3M (68)
- May 2012 (9)
- 31: Online language lovers I’ve met for you to check out (23)
- 29: Honest evaluation of Benny’s current Mandarin level, by language professionals (31)
- 25: Don’t travel to learn a language! Why it’s your ATTITUDE, not your longitude and latitude, that counts (20)
- 22: What makes learning Polish so easy? (46)
- 18: Kung Fu: My experience learning about it in a Chinese farming village (17)
- 15: Dropping Barriers: What opera singers study, and how it can help you learn languages easier (9)
- 11: Esperanto video and how useful the language can be: Interview with a Buddhist monk and tour of monastery (10)
- 08: The Language Gene delusion (31)
- 02: 2,000km train journey video: Benny gets his Chinese name, makes new friends and meets pandas! (30)
- April 2012 (8)
- 27: Why Chinese isn’t as hard as you think: over 8000 words of encouragement for potential learners (94)
- 20: Why getting mistaken for a native speaker is much easier than you think (43)
- 18: Review of Chinesepod & chat with co-host Jenny (7)
- 13: Benny’s 3.25 month video: questions that waste your time (36)
- 11: Analyse your mistakes: An honest look at what I did wrong these 3 months (34)
- 04: Is fluency in 3 months possible? (60)
- 02: Benny travels China: the real point of the mission to speak Mandarin as quickly as possible (43)
- 01: April Fools’ joke: Benny’s “last video” in Mandarin (9)
- March 2012 (9)
- 28: When climbing any mountain, focus on the steps, not on how steep it is (10)
- 22: How to get over a plateau stopping you from making progress: how I’m doing it with my Chinese (34)
- 19: The simple guide to adding captions/subtitles to Youtube videos: My 2.5 month Mandarin video (26)
- 16: Free online Irish language learning resources and cool videos (14)
- 12: Unnecessary elitist standards: get rid of them and fluency is yours for the taking (61)
- 08: How we all benefit when women are multilingual (35)
- 06: No pain no gain (18)
- 05: The underestimated usefulness of pre-fluency (My 2 month Mandarin video) (45)
- 02: How I Learned to Rap in 4 Languages I don’t speak in 1 Night Using the Free Application “Audacity” (17)
- February 2012 (9)
- 28: How I learned to speak fluent Italian while working a 63-hour per week job (29)
- 23: How Video Diaries Brought Me to Conversational Fluency in Spanish (7)
- 20: Are you problem minded or solution minded? My 1.5 month level of Chinese [video] (106)
- 16: Why impatience is a virtue and taking your time is wasting your time (34)
- 14: When disliking learning languages can be a really good thing (38)
- 09: Benny’s 1 month level of Mandarin: Lantern festival interviews! (49)
- 08: Progress report: Thoughts on one month of learning Mandarin & some FAQs (31)
- 06: How many words do you need to speak a language fluently? (44)
- 01: Welcome to new Irish readers! (8)
- January 2012 (8)
- 31: How to read Chinese from day one: Video review of the Pleco app with OCR and handwritten recognition (19)
- 26: 6 short videos to help you configure your very own reality distortion field (12)
- 23: The only way to get far quickly is to get out of your comfort zone (my typical day learning Mandarin) (98)
- 20: Benny’s first video attempt in Mandarin: 2 weeks after starting (57)
- 13: Benny’s TEDx talk: Speak from Day One (23)
- 11: First week speaking/reading/writing Chinese (48)
- 04: New Mission: Fluent Mandarin in 3 months! (113)
- 02: Speak from Day 1 video course now available (+audiobook of Language Hacking Guide)
- December 2011 (7)
- 23: Best Fi3M posts of 2011 (4)
- 19: Quechua: Quick overview and Benny speaking it with natives (13)
- 14: What does Quechua sound like? Traditional fabric/dyeing presentation in “runasimi”! (13)
- 13: Benny’s 2011 music video (4)
- 08: The “flow” of fluency: How to freestyle rap in a foreign language (30)
- 06: How much time does it take to learn a language? (31)
- 01: Language Learning Tips For Couples (20)
- November 2011 (8)
- 28: Is long-term solo travel… lonely? (29)
- 25: Free video/audio chat, language group chat and games with other language hackers and native speakers! (15)
- 22: Language Hacking success story: Marcus speaking Portuguese in Brazil (11)
- 17: How to write non-intrusive multilingual updates in Google Plus (& Facebook/twitter) + video hangout! (10)
- 14: 17 cultural reasons why this European never wants to live in America (1910)
- 10: Mission to hike Machu Picchu… in Quechua! (31)
- 03: Frequently asked questions for an experienced language learner (37)
- 01: How I escaped from being locked up by the Brazilian Federal police [Travel story] (55)
- October 2011 (8)
- 28: Frequently asked questions for a long term traveller (35)
- 25: Battle of wits: Nice and nasty ways to win when they want English practice (41)
- 21: What will Benny’s next language be? (70)
- 18: What will I talk about when my language level is so basic? (19)
- 14: How to Learn 2,000 Kanji in 3 Months: Mission Possible (61)
- 10: Introducing LWT: The free, open-source computer, iPad & mobile foreign language reading tool (70)
- 06: Why your smartphone will NEVER be a universal translator (37)
- 04: What’s it like to attend a Star Trek Convention? (33)
- September 2011 (6)
- 27: Tour of my home… in Klingon! [video] (54)
- 21: Multilingual San Francisco: Susanna takes on Spanish, Italian & Russian; Benny interviews Brazilians in Portuguese [video] (10)
- 15: How to travel the world like Indiana Jones (30)
- 13: The Cavan Fleadh: Irish music and culture festival [flashmob & music videos] (4)
- 09: Handcrafted audio for remembering what you learn (33)
- 06: New mission: Speak Klingon in time for the Star Trek convention (34)
- August 2011 (10)
- 27: Spending a week in the desert at Burning Man (9)
- 24: Ask the readers: What is a linguist? (123)
- 22: How to travel the world on the cheap (20)
- 18: Case study: How Niall Doherty reached conversational competence in Spanish in 3.5 months (13)
- 15: Benny’s birthday request: 2 minutes & a click to help me speak at SxSW (33)
- 11: Istanbul not Constantinople, Benny’s music video in Turkish (14)
- 09: Why Turkish isn’t as hard as you think! (36)
- 04: The ONLY way to speak a language (33)
- 02: Getting by a few weeks into learning a language: my Turkish haircut (& ear burning) experience (32)
- 01: Live interview on national Australian TV: Weekend sunrise (33)
- July 2011 (9)
- 28: How to learn to speak your 2nd language as if it were your 16th: The polyglot edge (28)
- 23: The linguistic genius of adults: Research confirms we’re better learners than kids! (105)
- 21: Easy lifestyle adjustments to get a huge boost when things are going slowly (76)
- 18: Why does the language have to be so weird? (43)
- 15: Introducing the Fi3M forum! Fantastic free resources, share your mission & discuss! (8)
- 11: 29 life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight (742)
- 07: How ditching perfectionism helped me speak Spanish all evening for the first time (40)
- 05: Learning Japanese in a year: Manga-style explanation! (87)
- 01: How to prepare, record & upload a video entirely in a foreign language just after starting to learn it (22)
- June 2011 (8)
- 28: First week in Istanbul, where I live & first (video) attempt at Turkish! (73)
- 24: How a Personal Assistant can help budget travellers (37)
- 21: Learning Mandarin Chinese Is Easy; You Just Think It’s Hard (45)
- 17: New mission: Speak Turkish in two months! (72)
- 13: Language Hacking tips for English speaking travellers (My TBEX talk) (44)
- 09: [video] Interviews with two au-pairs in Spanish along Amsterdam canals: Learn a language abroad for free! (72)
- 07: Cultural observations after living in Amsterdam (54)
- 03: Fi3M wins the Top 100 Language Lovers competition! Have a look at the other amazing 99 of them! (26)
- May 2011 (11)
- 31: Learning Dutch after German (and English): What are the differences? (114)
- 27: Another myth busted: Northern Europeans DON’T only speak English to you (42)
- 26: Resources for language learning, travelling, blogging and new site design! (34)
- 24: Forgetting a language: Why it happens and how to avoid it (36)
- 21: Ask WHY first (not how/what): the most important issue ignored in language learning (34)
- 19: Travel cheaper with skyscanner, 6 week level of Dutch [video], speaking at TBEX, attending WDS & Top Language Lovers votes (20)
- 17: Differences between French in Quebec and France: accent, attitude & curse words [vidéo en français] (74)
- 12: Review of Rosetta Stone: Detailed and honest look at latest version (TOTALe) (172)
- 10: Speed dating in Dutch: 25 completely different conversations with natives, 5 weeks into learning the language (67)
- 05: How to think in a foreign language (it does NOT “just happen”) (39)
- 03: Steps to take to ensure you speak quickly AND learn grammar well (26)
- April 2011 (10)
- 29: Girls vs guys and the dancing-monkey reason to learn a language (82)
- 26: Why moving to a country may not lead to learning the language & what learners & expats CAN do (43)
- 21: The Pareto (80-20) principle in language learning (27)
- 19: Language, culture and context are intertwined (28)
- 14: Why adults are better learners than kids (So NO, you’re not too old) (51)
- 12: First week settling into Amsterdam (18)
- 07: Which language learning materials? (28)
- 05: Fluent in TWO months: The Dutch mission! (44)
- 02: 6 languages, 1 singer, 1 signer [video] (16)
- 01: April Fools’ post – Benny’s Confession (82)
- March 2011 (9)
- 29: American Sign Language: It’s not all in the hands (11)
- 25: Cool sign language videos (12)
- 22: Communicating without words – my fun non-spoken train ride in India (13)
- 17: Happy Paddy’s day! (18)
- 11: Perfectionist paralysis (37)
- 09: Unleash your confidence (8)
- 06: Settling in, first impressions of American Sign Language & video tour of my house (42)
- 04: Challenges in the Philippines + video in Tagalog (36)
- 01: Next mission: American Sign Language! (49)
- February 2011 (9)
- 28: Language Hacking Guide now in 21 languages (Russian & Japanese added)
- 26: Tagalog: a fun language to learn in the Philippines! (39)
- 24: Why my destiny was to never speak Spanish and how I did it anyway (28)
- 22: Learning salsa caleña in Colombia [video in Spanish & English] (18)
- 15: 6 easy ways to roll your R (75)
- 10: The most important thing to think about before doing something important or nerve-wrecking (61)
- 08: The importance of experimentation over blind faith (30)
- 05: Music and TV for homework? Really? Yes. Sí. Oui. Да. نعم (45)
- 03: Learning Brazilian Portuguese if you already speak Spanish (58)
- January 2011 (10)
- 31: Introducing the best language learning system in the world: HB 2.0 (32)
- 28: First weeks in the Philippines & video tour of my beach cottage (26)
- 26: The silent period – a comfortable way to waste time (68)
- 24: Looking for signs: understanding foreign body language (24)
- 18: Learning grammar… do I have to? (56)
- 14: Where are all the language tourists? (53)
- 11: Why it doesn’t matter whose or what method you follow (48)
- 09: First impressions of the Philippines (78)
- 06: Achieving New Year’s Resolutions, my multilingual summer in Barcelona and welcome new readers! (20)
- 03: New Language Mission: Speak Tagalog (Filipino) in 2 months (91)
- December 2010 (9)
- 28: Benny’s 2010: A video summary (& singing in Spanish) (31)
- 21: Happy holidays and best posts of the year (15)
- 18: How I’m teaching my 3 year old a second language (61)
- 16: Interesting and confusing aspects of Colombian Spanish (106)
- 14: Siestas for better focus, more time, instant jet-lag/party recovery, and a healthier life (65)
- 11: Learning Spanish with Shakira’s Tortura (36)
- 09: Singing in French & Spanish, dancing salsa & working efficiently: A day in the life of an Irish polyglot in Colombia (42)
- 07: The engineering mentality for language learning, being ready & input vs output (76)
- 02: Fake it ’till you make it (60)
- November 2010 (12)
- 30: How to convert PDFs/daily news/anything to ePUB/mobi for your eReader/Kindle (38)
- 29: Irish & Czech added to Language Hacking Guide
- 25: How to speak multiple languages without mixing them up (32)
- 23: The shy delusion (125)
- 20: Fluent in 3 months language missions: Frequently Asked Questions (50)
- 18: Why Hungarian is easy (110)
- 16: Pimp out your browser searches for language learning (37)
- 13: Free book: The polyglot project, how to learn languages (34)
- 11: Any language anywhere hack 3: Helping tourists for free language practice (25)
- 09: Any language, anywhere hack 2: Dancing, painting and cooking your way to fluency (25)
- 04: The best investment you can make to learn anything (26)
- 02: The many benefits of English-free travel (87)
- October 2010 (11)
- 28: Any Language Anywhere, hack 1: Social network language search (22)
- 26: The Captain Jack Sparrow approach to language learning (22)
- 23: Travel anecdote: How the Kindle saved me (49)
- 21: New mission: Speak any language, anywhere (47)
- 19: Stop thinking about mistakes (15)
- 16: How I became a pro Language Hacker (18)
- 14: Two months in Budapest (16)
- 12: Speaking with mistakes quickly is better than speaking “perfectly” slowly (46)
- 07: Your worst enemy on the path to success? You! (40)
- 05: Language Hacking 3.0 & 3.1 – Guide in 18 languages!
- 02: Social media Saturday – What happens in Vegas… gets blogged and tweeted! (17)
- September 2010 (13)
- 30: What language should I learn? (64)
- 28: Books are dead – it’s time to ditch 15th century technology (109)
- 25: An Satharn suimiúil – stuff worth reading: travel & learning is easier than you think (8)
- 23: Review of Pimsleur method (125)
- 21: What is the best language learning course? Looking at the numbers (51)
- 18: Il sabato della scoperta – Who wants a postcard / What’s Benny’s next mission? (24)
- 16: Speak! Or stop pretending you want to (35)
- 14: Polyglot Tradecraft 101 – The Power of Negging. A Casestudy in Thailand. (28)
- 11: Samedi de sondage – What’s your favourite language learning book/course/tool? And work/study hack (24)
- 09: Solo travel hacking: How to make new friends using a stethoscope and 200 ear plugs (47)
- 07: Back to school! Some small changes to classroom learning that will make a dramatic difference (32)
- 04: El sábado sabedor: Flat tour & random items, MJ flashmob, interviews with Benny (73)
- 02: How to learn a language in hours, not years (65)
- August 2010 (6)
- 31: Google on the go: How Android and Google Goggles will change travel & help you get by in languages [video] (43)
- 26: German is easy, and so is any other language. Here’s why (33)
- 24: My first weeks in Budapest: Hungarian mission update (39)
- 17: What’s the hardest language in the world? (100)
- 12: Why ESL teachers are the best teachers and the best learners (54)
- 05: Are Germans rude? Killing the stereotypes after living in Berlin (90)
- July 2010 (9)
- 30: Interview in German, and major language realisations (25)
- 27: 7 reasons why you should sing to learn languages (56)
- 22: The ONE thing that will ultimately lead to success (46)
- 20: Shocking truth about passive listening (121)
- 15: Mission: Conversational Hungarian in 3 months (111)
- 12: C2 exam results and analysis (112)
- 09: Benny’s birthday request: 1982 clicks! (26)
- 07: The stone of Rosetta & multilingual Language Hacking Guide 2.0 (50)
- 01: How to download free native-spoken podcasts & MP3s in almost any language (27)
- June 2010 (5)
- 29: Taking CEFRL tests for quality European language certificates with no classes (43)
- 15: How to achieve the impossible (57)
- 10: Non-verbal skills: essential but ignored aspects of foreign language communication (37)
- 04: Just 2 weeks learning Esperanto can get you months ahead in your target language (93)
- 01: FI3M is one year old today! Future plans, consultation & weeks before exam (45)
- May 2010 (6)
- 28: [video] Travel hack: How to pack over 40kg of luggage with you on no-frills airlines (37)
- 25: Embracing embarrassing mistakes (51)
- 20: Why studying will never help you speak a language (125)
- 17: The Language Hacking Guide is ready! (34)
- 13: Spaced repetition: Never forget vocabulary ever again (65)
- 05: Busuu & LiveMocha: review of pros and cons (60)
- April 2010 (6)
- 30: First month in Berlin & 8 language 6 dialect tour of my flat (60)
- 22: Honest & detailed review of the LingQ web-based learning system (120)
- 20: Videos: Baker, David Walsh & Cody McKibb interview Benny (7)
- 16: Stop being such a crybaby (43)
- 13: Language hacking links (19)
- 06: How I have spoken no English with locals for my entire first week (37)
- March 2010 (9)
- 29: The German 3 month mission: Sit C2 exam (146)
- 24: How to speak English like the Irish (216)
- 19: Are you closed minded? How I finally learned how to get along with Parisians (92)
- 17: [video] The Irish language, presented by a leprechaun! (6)
- 12: Language hackers, e-mail list and the upcoming guide (45)
- 10: Learning the Irish language (Gaeilge) (91)
- 08: Getting along with other learners & conclusions of Thai mission (25)
- 05: My Thailand experience (8)
- 01: Don’t just stand there… Say something! (37)
- February 2010 (5)
- 22: One simple step to improve chances of success in any mission (89)
- 16: Is it better to travel to villages for language/cultural immersion? (22)
- 11: Ironic post: Why English is all you need to travel the world (49)
- 08: Why learning a language is like learning a musical instrument (16)
- 04: Reading Thai and its tones isn’t as hard as you think (25)
- January 2010 (8)
- 29: [video] Another way to look at the 5 tones of Thai (17)
- 21: Is your language half full? (27)
- 18: First impressions of Thailand (28)
- 15: Friday fun: Learning Na’vi for your Avatar (30)
- 13: Any phonetic script can be learned in just a few hours (101)
- 08: Learning enough of the language to get by on the flight over (15)
- 04: Next mission: Read and speak Thai in 8 weeks (33)
- 01: How to achieve a New year’s resolution to learn a language: turn it into a mission (25)
- December 2009 (8)
- 30: Results of survey and planned changes to the blog (8)
- 27: Blending in with Cariocas in Rio (8)
- 24: Using facebook lists for multicultural holiday wishes and practising languages in status updates (10)
- 23: Happy holidays and some quick questions! (0)
- 21: How to speak Portuguese as if you were from Rio (34)
- 15: Mission complete! Partial success – What will Benny’s next mission be? (31)
- 12: How the Norman Conquest can teach you thousands of foreign words instantly (33)
- 06: Luck of the Irish? Or can anyone can learn to be lucky? (19)
- November 2009 (6)
- 22: How to survive as a travelling vegetarian (52)
- 19: Don’t be scared to meet new people (32)
- 17: Summary of month 2 in mission to become Brazilian (12)
- 06: How to practise a foreign language for free without travelling (25)
- 04: Gender issues (with nouns) (39)
- 01: How to make your computer multilingual (43)
- October 2009 (4)
- September 2009 (6)
- 28: Getting rid of your English accent when speaking a foreign language (108)
- 24: Finding the right accommodation for immersion in a culture (29)
- 17: My next mission: Become Brazilian in 3 months! (111)
- 14: How to speak a language pretty well, starting from scratch, in just two months (108)
- 10: Why Czech isn’t as hard to learn as you think (69)
- 01: Hitting a brick wall in your language progress (64)
- August 2009 (7)
- 28: How to become a location-independent freelance translator (72)
- 25: My background before becoming a location-independent freelance translator (9)
- 21: Do you need to be rich to travel the world? (51)
- 16: Summary of month 2: on the final dash to see if I make it to fluency! (28)
- 09: Couchsurfing: How to practise with a native without even needing to leave your home (30)
- 07: How your computer and the Internet can correct your grammar and spelling (for free) (48)
- 03: Does drinking help you speak a foreign language? (156)
- July 2009 (9)
- 31: Combining learning languages with your hobbies: My first video in Czech! (30)
- 24: The smartest decision you will ever make to achieve fluency (214)
- 20: Having fun at Esperanto events (40)
- 16: How to make time if you are too busy (39)
- 12: How to start learning Italian (video) (20)
- 10: Summary of first month of mission & top 100 language blogs nomination (30)
- 08: How to convince natives to speak to you in their language (52)
- 05: Conversational connectors – how to fake having a conversation just after starting to learn a language (44)
- 01: Imagination: your key to enjoying memorizing hundreds of words quickly (120)
- June 2009 (8)
- 25: Defining fluency in order to achieve fluency! (62)
- 22: Mini-goals are the path to achieving fluency (37)
- 21: Redifining your motivation (35)
- 12: How to make the transition from typical English-speaking tourist to local language speaking expat (69)
- 07: Travel phrasebooks: a serious language learner’s best first book to study (36)
- 04: The best online dictionary for learning any language: Google Image! (34)
- 02: Starting to learn a language with the right attitude (42)
- 01: Is it possible to become fluent in a language in 3 months? (39)
Previous language missions on the blog
Get by in Polish in a couple of hours (March 2013) [result video]
Learn Egyptian Arabic in Brazil (September 2012) [result video]
My Polyglot summer (June 2012) [ASL, Irish, French result videos]
Mandarin mission (January 2012) [result video]
Quechua mission (November 2011) [result video]
Klingon mission (September 2011) [result video]
Turkish mission (June 2011) [result video]
Dutch mission (April 2011) [result video]
ASL mission (March 2011) [result video]
Tagalog mission (January 2011) [result video]
Any language, anywhere mission (October 2010) [how I did it]
Hungarian mission (July 2010) [result video]
German C2 exam mission (April 2010) [results of exam]
Get by with Thai mission (January 2010) [result video]
Become Brazilian mission (September 2009) [Rio accent post]
Czech mission (June 2009) [result video]
Travels before the blog:
2009: India
2008: Northeast of Brazil (Carnaval), Canary Islands, Slovakia, Nevada (Burning Man), San Francisco, Buenos Aires
2007: Italy, Montreal, Ireland, London
2006: Brazil, Barcelona, Salamanca
2005: Paris, Toulouse
2004: Valencia, Freiburg, Munich, Italy
2003: Valencia
2002: San Diego
2001: New York
(1982 –> July 2003: Ireland)
My talk about "How to speak from day 1"
English
French
Italian
Esperanto
Irish
Spanish
(Br) Portuguese
German
Mandarin
Dutch
American Sign Language
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