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Any language anywhere hack 3: Helping tourists for free language practice

written by Benny Lewis

Practise a language locally by helping visitors who speak it, with practical ideas for finding tourists and starting useful conversations.

written by Benny Lewis

Turn dancing, painting, cooking and other interests into active language practice while learning more about local culture.

written by Benny Lewis

Benny explains how travelling without English helped him spend more time with local people, practise languages and experience places differently.

written by Benny Lewis

Find local language partners through current exchange platforms and community searches, then arrange a balanced first conversation safely.

written by Benny Lewis

A playful Jack Sparrow lesson for speaking: prepare, then improvise. Personality can support conversation, but it does not replace language skill.

written by Benny Lewis

A dated travel story about how the Kindle Keyboard’s former 3G service helped Benny solve a last-minute problem before a flight.

written by Benny Lewis

From the mission archive, Benny tests ways to learn and practise a language without travelling to a country where it is widely spoken.

written by Benny Lewis

Benny looks back on two months in Budapest, his progress in Hungarian, daily life in the city and what he learned from the mission.

written by Benny Lewis

Watch Benny’s 2010 Hungarian interview after two months in Budapest, and see why useful communication can begin before speech feels fluent.