My 2013 American Accent Experiment with Sinatra and Idahosa Ness
Watch Benny’s 2013 accent discussion with Idahosa Ness and a Sinatra experiment, with unverified third-party audio removed.
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My summer on the Pacific Coastal Highway – a European on an American road trip!
Archive note (2013): I wrote this before announcing my next three-month project. The language-learning updates that followed documented me starting from scratch, sharing my struggles and working towards my goal, all while in Spain and learning a non-European language entirely online. That’s why I wanted to precede all those intense language-learning updates and encouragement posts […]
Valencia, Spain: My new home for the next language project!
Benny returns to Valencia, explains why it became his new home and sets a short Valenciano project before his next language mission.
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.
7 Ways to Study a Language Abroad Without Going Broke
Susan Shain shares seven ways to reduce the cost of studying a language abroad, with current checks for visas, safety, fees and programme terms.
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.
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. […]
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