Québec French: How It Differs and How to Understand It
Learn how Québec French differs in informal speech, with -tu questions, common vocabulary, register notes, a dialogue guide and respectful listening tips.
Category: Language Hacks
Pulling Back the “Magic” Curtain of Language Hacking
Watch Benny's unscripted one-month Arabic update and see the ordinary preparation, mistakes and persistence behind language-hacking results.
Time Hacking in 2012: 21 Ways I Managed Work, Email and Language Learning
An archived look at Benny’s 2012 time-hacking routine, updated with current sleep guidance and clear context for obsolete tools.
Your ego is the reason you are not speaking the language (My 3 week video: speaking with a native)
Sounding like an idiot early on is the smartest thing you can do in a new language. I filmed my own stumbling beginner Arabic to show you why.
Why Learning Useful Phrases Helps Beginners Start Speaking
See how useful phrases helped Benny’s 2012 Egyptian Arabic mission, then learn how to turn rehearsed chunks into more flexible beginner conversations.
Solving specific problems rather than trying to learn everything: My first ever video in Arabic (reading)
Watch Benny's first Arabic reading video and learn why solving one specific problem can be more useful than trying to master everything at once.
Learning Egyptian Arabic to fluency in 3 months… in Brazil! Benny’s new language mission!
Read Benny’s 2012 Egyptian Arabic mission plan, including his B2/C1 target, Brazil constraint, dialect choice and speaking-first experiment.
How I learned more Italian in London than in Italy
In this 2012 guest post, Samuel explains why regular Italian practice and friendships in London helped him more than simply being in Italy.
Interview in Irish: My 2012 Raidió na Life Conversation
Watch Benny’s 2012 Irish-language interview with Diarmuid Ó Mathúna and read how adult immersion changed his relationship with Irish.
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