Poder Conjugation: All Tenses, Explained Simply (with Examples)
Learn every tense of the Spanish verb poder with clear conjugation tables, example sentences, and an explanation of when to use poder versus saber.
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My Japanese Skype Call After One Week
In a change from my initial plan to wait a month before uploading conversations, here is my 10-day update in Japanese. From the blog’s origin era (2009–2014) — kept as lived proof of the method. See all the missions. This video is entirely in Japanese, and absolutely and utterly non-scripted (apart from the intro). I […]
What’s your 3 month language project?
One thing I love about this blog is that when people see me struggle as a beginner learner, it reminds them that I’m not in this to present myself as a “guru” or language ninja, but that it’s all about trying to get people to be OK with struggling themselves. If an experienced language learner […]
You have to start somewhere! My first few days learning Japanese [+video of day 3, reading Kana]
As you know, earlier this week I started my project to try to reach fluency in Japanese in 3 months! As promised, I am going to be uploading very regular updates of my progress, and when better to do that than by recording my first attempt at a Japanese only video, just three days after […]
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 Practical Ways to Reduce the Risk of Theft While Travelling
Twenty practical travel-safety habits to reduce theft risk, protect your phone and cards, and act quickly if something is stolen.
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