Comments on: One simple step to improve chances of success in any mission

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:31:00 +0000

I agree with much that you have written. My Blog certainly keeps me focused and motivated about my learning —>http://chinesemandarinlearner.blogspot.com/

By: Benny Lewis

Benny Lewis — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:20:00 +0000

Keep up the good work!

By: David

David — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:35:00 +0000

Kudos, Benny. You’ve opened the door for me and hopefully I’ll keep it open long enough to acheive what I want. On that note, I’ve created a blog, http://russianfluency.wordpress.com/
" Russian Fluency. . All I can say is at least I’ve started and I hope to keep it going.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:26:00 +0000

I came across this post again today, and decided finally to give blogging a go!
I made my first ever account on WordPress and spent the whole night getting it all up and running. Well, I’m still figuring out the site, so “running” might be an overstatement…

As always, Benny, your posts are a great help to many, including me!
If you fancy a look, it’s at http://iwannalearnirish.wordpress.com/ - I made sure to credit you in my first post!

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:38:00 +0000

It depends on your purposes. You’ll notice I don’t blog in my target languages because I actually don’t care much about improving my writing abilities at the moment, only my spoken ones. So the public forum to share that progress is how I use it, and focusing on speaking means I’ll learn that aspect of it quicker.

However, a lot of people will work on writing too and in that case writing consistently will be important and a blog is a great means to do this.

By: Yevgeniya Luckkey

Yevgeniya Luckkey — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 22:32:00 +0000

Hello! Great post there!
I am now having a dilemma to start to learn Korean or Spanish while I have 3 months free before starting to get my Master in England. No way I go to Korea or Spain, but I hope I can learn it using livemocha.com efficiently.Will also start my blog and will write you later about how it is going:)

Thank you for doing what you re doing and good luck with that!

By: Albert

Albert — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:06:00 +0000

What an interesting and encouraging website. I began learning Spanish about 10 months ago and it has been slow going. Fortunately I am using some of the techniques mentioned on this site, especially interacting with others on a regular basis in Spanish.

I also started a blog, entitled La Fuente Roja. It is a site designed to provide some encouragement along the way, very similar to this site. You can find it at http://lafuenteroja.wordpress.com/

Thanks for the great site here!

Albert

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:18:43 +0000

I realize this post is old but I just read it and absolutely agree: I've started several blogs before about various topics I was interested in and you're dead-on about it helping ENORMOUSLY with motivation when you need an extra kick in the pants and knowing that people are going to be disappointed in you if you fail will do that!

You said go crazy, so pardon my self-promotion, here's my blog about my journey through learning Spanish utilizing the things I learn on your blog plus a few other things (mostly Iversen's guide to learning languages from the HTLAL forums): http://howlearnspanish.com/

If you'll read the "About" section and the "What the hell am I doing?" post (it's my first ever actual post) you'll find some interesting tidbits and tips even there, right from the beginning, and it'll explain what I intend to do and why.

Cheers,
Andrew

By: Starting epically: Day 1/30 and what it’s going to be about « Searching for the right word

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:09:06 +0000

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By: Cavin Graves

Cavin Graves — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:48:50 +0000

After I realized Twitter is a bit easier to keep up with and it still is a blogging platform (albiet micro-blogging), I decided to start a Twitter in French. It's meant to be a duplicate of my original twitter, but I doubt every single one of my English tweets will be translated for relevance sake (I tweet a lot in reply to True Blood RP characters xD).

French Twitter: http://twitter.com/CavinDit
Original Twitter in English: http://twitter.com/CavinSays

By: Abby

Abby — Thu, 13 May 2010 23:35:33 +0000

This is so true! I started a blog in March to get my house decluttered. So far, it's going well, but the blog has really pushed me to stay motivated! Maybe I should start an Arabic learning blog, too.

By: Cavin Graves

Cavin Graves — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:26:33 +0000

Okay. So here's my blog: http://ceciestmonhistoire.wordpress.com/

By: ThisIsGina

ThisIsGina — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:19:28 +0000

This is the first time I have commented, but I have been reading your blog for a few weeks, you have really helped me with my language-learning .

This post inspired me to start my own blog about my goal to learn Spanish fluently, and to learn Bulgarian in time for my trip to Bulgaria in a few months. I have written one post so far, and will be writing new posts every Monday (I have enough ideas to last for months).

By: Andee

Andee — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:33:33 +0000

free advertising works for me

http://languagebubble.com/

- language learning methods, tips, etc. and language teaching methods, ideas, discussions… working on language lessons mostly aimed at koreans learning english and english speakers learning korean… hoping to build a submission centre to create an esl database for teachers with class activities, lesson plans, etc.

By: Steffen

Steffen — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:02:25 +0000

Hey everyone!
Wow, if I had not already started my blog about two weeks ago I would have thought that I started it just because of this article! It expresses exactly the same thoughts that made me start my own blog .
You can find it under: http://www.italienischassoonaspossible.com.
Unfortunately in German but maybe someone is learning German anyway?
I heard rumors Benny is .

By: Atira

Atira — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:01:56 +0000

I had a friend who Stumbled on your post about speaking English like the Irish and I got interested. I started looking at other posts and I think what you're doing is amazing! I would love to be multilingual but so far I haven't made much progress past the very first steps of learning a new language. I saw what you said about Esperanto though and I'm going to give it a shot. I hope I can do it! Good luck with the German; I tried learning that first

By: Hello! « My Self Help Project

Hello! « My Self Help Project — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:47:50 +0000

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By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:36:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing Sotlane! Best of luck with your mission – keep a positive attitude above all else!

By: And so it begins… « Simply Me

And so it begins… « Simply Me — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:50:28 +0000

[...] writes about his missions learning several languages in a ridiculously short amount of time. In a recent post he talked about one top tip for getting motivated to either start learning a language or persist: [...]

By: Sotlane

Sotlane — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:51:48 +0000

For what it's worth, I've taken your advice and started a blog that will chronicle my overcoming shyness.

http://sotlane.wordpress.com/