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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Japanese project: Reach fluency in 3 months… in Spain [INTRO VIDEO]
While proving that “virtual immersion” is indeed possible, and while I do genuinely hope to inspire language learners over the coming months, no matter what language you are learning, what will be motivating me to keep going on a day to day basis will be the fact that I’m going to travel Japan next year.
A fluent in 3 months mission from the outside: Scott and Vat’s first week speaking only Spanish
From the blog’s origin era (2009–2014) — kept as lived proof of the method. See all the missions. As you all know, I am currently in Valencia, my favourite city in the world! I wanted to give myself 2 weeks to settle in before starting my big language project, which I’ll announce here on the […]
The American accent mission: Singing Sinatra, and getting phonemes corrected
Today you get two fun videos about my very tiny American accent project! And tons of audio files (scroll down to hear) to show my actual attempts at an American accent 🙂 From the blog’s origin era (2009–2014) — kept as lived proof of the method. See all the missions.
My summer on the Pacific Coastal Highway – a European on an American road trip!
Next week, I’ll announce my next huge 3 month project in the email list (sign up at the bottom of this page to find out before I announce it on the blog or elsewhere), and you’ll see plenty of language learning updates as I start from scratch, share my struggling progress, and hopefully reach my […]
Valencia, Spain: My new home for the next language project!
Those of you who know my story from TEDx talks or blog revelations, will remember that ten years ago I had graduated university in engineering and moved to Valencia Spain, and after six months of the English-speaking-expat lifestyle changed my ways and started my first language learning project of Spanish and then things really took […]
20 ways to stay safe and prevent theft while travelling
In close to a quarter of a century of near-constant travel, through loads of places people had warned me were dangerous, I have had exactly one thing stolen from me in all that time. I got well off the safer tourist trails in South America, the Middle East and Asia, and my luck held the […]
7 Ways to Study a Language Abroad Without Going Broke
Hello from Ireland today! After some time with my family, I fly to London for a week (location locked meet-up details right now on the Facebook page), and then I start my next language mission! To find out what that is, make sure you are subscribed to the Language Hacking League email list, by signing […]
How persistence can get a beginner learner to expert level
The decision I made seven years ago to study Chinese at university changed my life. Right from the beginning I decided that I didn’t just want to learn some Mandarin, I wanted to be proficient. I wanted to speak the language to an advanced level and be able to read a newspaper and write characters with ease. It’s fair to say that I got stuck in immediately, and got completely immersed in my studies!
Seven years later, I can’t say that I’m perfect and don’t make any mistakes, or that I understand and know how to say everything. There’s still a lot of room for me to improve, but I have achieved my original goal. I can speak Mandarin fluently, and I know all the simplified and traditional characters other than the really rare ones. I speak and use Chinese every day, and it has really become a part of my life and a second language to me now.
Why it’s better to learn a language from children when abroad
In continuing the summer series of guest posts, today’s is from Emily, who blogs over at The Babel Times. Her interesting suggestion is about how she learned German from children while living in Switzerland! People often complain that you feel like you are being judged when with adults, and while this is simply not the […]
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