My Irish Immersion Routine Online from Abroad
How I'm building an Irish immersion routine online while in Italy, using TG4, BorrowBox, radio, Anki and speaking practice to prepare for a B2 exam.
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The engineering mentality for language learning, being ready & input vs output
Use an engineer’s mindset to start speaking before perfection, combine input with output and improve your language through real-world feedback.
Fake It Till You Make It
Archive note (2010): When I wrote this, I was about a month away from starting the first of several intensive language missions planned for 2011. The next language was unrelated to any I had learned before, but I planned to speak it confidently from day one. How could I be so confident about speaking a […]
How to speak multiple languages without constantly mixing them up
Learn why language interference is normal, and how regular retrieval, real conversations and clear context cues can make switching smoother.
Fluent in 3 months language missions: Frequently Asked Questions
Read Benny's answers to common questions about three-month language missions, speaking early, travel, methods and realistic definitions of fluency.
Why Hungarian Is Easier Than You Think
Hungarian grammar looks intimidating, but regular spelling, vowel harmony and suffix patterns make it easier to learn than you might expect.
Free book: The Polyglot Project, with 534 pages on learning languages
Download The Polyglot Project free in PDF or EPUB. This 534-page collection shares language-learning advice and stories from dozens of contributors.
Any language anywhere hack 3: Helping tourists for free language practice
Practise a language locally by helping visitors who speak it, with practical ideas for finding tourists and starting useful conversations.
Any language, anywhere hack 2: Dancing, painting and cooking your way to fluency
Turn dancing, painting, cooking and other interests into active language practice while learning more about local culture.
The many benefits of English-free travel
Benny explains how travelling without English helped him spend more time with local people, practise languages and experience places differently.
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