How persistence can get a beginner learner to expert level
Learn how persistent practice can take a beginner towards expertise, with lessons from language learning, martial arts and long-term projects.
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Why it’s better to learn a language from children when abroad
Emily shares how conversations with children in Switzerland helped her practise German, hear Swiss German and worry less about mistakes.
Beat language-learning frustration, reach your goals, and how to give a speech 6 weeks after starting to learn a language
Judith Meyer shares how she handles language-learning frustration, sets workable goals and prepared to give a speech after six weeks.
The Oslo Challenge: Interviewing Norwegian Speakers After a Few Months
From the blog’s origin era (2009–2014), kept as lived proof of the method. See all the missions. This guest post is from Mariola Czupowska, a Polish learner who documented her Norwegian project as the Language Wanderer. She challenged herself to record videos in the language and used a trip to Oslo to motivate further progress. […]
How Making Mistakes Helps You Learn Languages
Guest author Luca Lampariello explains why mistakes matter in language learning and how reflection can turn them into useful feedback.
How to Train Your Ear for a Language: 5 Practical Steps
Use this five-step sound-training routine to connect listening, pronunciation, feedback and conversation without treating reading as the enemy.
I’m severely deaf and partially sighted, but have learned 5 languages. Here’s my story
Julie Ferguson shares how she learned five languages while severely deaf and partially sighted, including barriers, adaptations and travel.
5 steps to overcoming your fears and conquering the world
Matt Kepnes shares five practical steps for facing fear, leaving your comfort zone and building confidence through small, repeated challenges.
How to Focus on One Language-Learning Goal
Scott Young explains how one clear learning goal, a defined outcome and sequential projects can make limited study time easier to use.
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