Time to Level Up! Examples of how you can use your language anywhere
Benny shares real examples of finding people to practise Mandarin, Hungarian and Esperanto, showing that you can use a language anywhere.
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9 Language-Learning Walls and How to Work Through Them
Stuck at a language-learning plateau? Diagnose nine common problems and try focused ways to build vocabulary, speaking range and accuracy.
Translation Mistakes and Why Languages Matter in Business
Language skills can help businesses avoid costly misunderstandings, but careful localisation needs review by people who know the target market.
4 Language Learning Revelations from a Miss World Contestant
Karen, who co-founded the now-retired Immersia language game, offered these words of encouragement. I love seeing similar realisations from people with such different backgrounds. Over to you, Karen: ——— I was born in the Ukraine and my mother tongue is Russian. In school I learned German for 5 years. When I was 15 I immigrated […]
5 crazy ways to get over shyness immediately, no drink/drugs required
Try five unusual but practical exercises for getting past shyness and starting conversations without relying on alcohol or false confidence.
24 Things That Surprised Me in Japan: A 2014 Travel Memoir
Benny shares 24 things that surprised him during a 2014 trip to Japan, from onsen etiquette and compact design to language and food.
When projects don’t go as planned (Biting off more than you can chew)
Benny looks back on an overambitious Japanese project, what disrupted it and how to adjust when a language-learning plan stops working.
How Diplomats Learn Languages: An FSI Account
A U.S. diplomat explains his 2014 Foreign Service Institute routine, language testing and the independent practice that supported his training.
5 Reasons to Learn an Endangered Language
Five reasons to learn an endangered language, from connecting with a community to helping its words and stories remain in use.
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