Animals in Spanish: The Complete Vocabulary Guide (with Pronunciation)
Learn the names of animals in Spanish with pronunciation guides, gender rules, and animal sounds. Master vocabulary for pets, farm animals, wildlife, and.
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The underestimated usefulness of pre-fluency (My 2 month Mandarin video)
[Captions in traditional and simplified Chinese, as well as in English. Youku link for those in mainland China] Keeping up with the video-every-two-weeks plan, here is my two month point! After a bumpy start, where I hesitate a bit because of being quite aware of the camera, once I got used to it, you can […]
How I Learned to Rap in 4 Languages I don’t speak in 1 Night Using the Free Application “Audacity”
Check out this video! Idahosa is back once again for another guest post about using rap to learn a language, and this time he’s bringing this absolutely amazing demonstration, where you can hear him rap in eight languages, four of which he doesn’t even speak! Cool as it is, he has broken down the key […]
How I Learned Fluent Italian While Working 60 Hours a Week
One misunderstanding people have when they arrive on my site is that they need to have precisely my circumstances to learn a language. You don’t. But every day I receive comments from people with their laundry list of reasons why it’s not possible for them, including that they are too old, languages just aren’t their […]
Spanish: Fluent in 3 Months Using Video Diaries
Today’s guest post is from Will Peach, an Englishman journeying around Spain, keeping regular video diaries to make himself accountable for learning the language. Will found my blog shortly before beginning his adventure and continues to apply my tips in the hope that he will reach his defined level of fluency before September of this […]
Are you problem minded or solution minded? My 1.5 month level of Chinese [video]
Since we are at exactly the half-way point of my three month mission to speak fluent Chinese, it’s time for another video update! This time, it is 100% unprepared, unscripted, and unrehearsed 😉 Check it out: [Subtitles in traditional & simplified Chinese, as well as in English; enable Youtube’s closed captioning to see – mistakes […]
Why impatience is a virtue and taking your time is wasting your time
It’s about time I discuss one of the biggest questions I get asked by readers: What’s the rush? Not just about my time-restricted objective, but in general – why try to learn a language so fast? Shouldn’t you take a few years to absorb it? I’ve discussed before that my 3-month deadline is not some […]
When disliking learning languages can be a really good thing
It may seem like the last thing you’d expect to read on a blog that discusses language learning so much, but I don’t actually like learning languages. It’s quite an oddity in language learning circles, because if you talk to linguists and read many other language learning blogs and forums, you can feel their passion […]
Benny’s 1 month level of Mandarin: Lantern festival interviews!
[Make sure to enable captions in either English or original traditional Chinese. If Youtube is blocked for you, you can watch the video on Youku] Here it is! My one month point in my 3-month Mandarin mission, shared on video! The first few seconds are me reading a prepared text off camera to practice speaking […]
Progress report: Thoughts on one month of learning Mandarin & some FAQs
It’s been one month (and a couple of days) since I got into Taipei with the objective to speak fluent Mandarin in 3 months. So it’s about time I gave you a status report on my progress, before I share my next Mandarin video with you on Friday tomorrow! (This photo is a teaser for […]
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