How I Learned Spanish in 4 Months (Without Leaving India)
I learned to speak Spanish in 4 months, in a country without a foreign language culture. Find out what I did to learn how to speak Spanish.
Category: Success Stories
How Yoga Can Make You a Better Language Learner
I took a friend of mine to my yoga studio last week. When we walked out of the classroom, I asked him what he thought of the class. He could barely talk. “That was the hardest thing I’ve done in the last year.” I shrugged my shoulders. “Yeah, yoga can be hard.” Truthfully, I hadn’t […]
How to Use Tinder as a Language Learning Tool
I used Tinder for two years, before I met my boyfriend. As a shiftworker, I worked odd hours and thought the app would be a good way to meet people – in my hometown of Sydney, Australia and as an expat in both Doha, Qatar and London, England. I mostly viewed it simply as a […]
Multilingual Dating: Should I Date Someone Who Speaks Another Language?
Mix love and learning with multilingual dating. The good, the bad and the ugly of dating someone who speaks a language that you want to learn.
Culture Hacking: The Real Secret to Mastering a Language
Culture hacking is the best way to take your language learning from intermediate to mastery.
How I Learned 5 Languages in One Year
Last year was incredibly busy, but productive and fun. My little daughter had just turned two. She was enrolled in early development programs with a “Kindergarten is Too Late” approach. We had no nannies or grannies to help clean our apartment or feed a hungry husband (a standard set of responsibilities for a Russian housewife […]
5 Hacks to Learn Languages by Reading Literature
Nothing is better than a great book. And, if it is a foreign book? Even better! You can learn a lot from reading books in your target language. You can benefit from a book’s message and equally from its language. In other words, a book can improve your way of life and your language learning […]
Does Your Personality Change When You Speak Another Language?
Have you ever wondered if you have an alter ego? By learning other languages you can find a new identity! That’s right. Learning another language gives you a new personality. If you already speak other languages, you might have noticed this for yourself. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean you’ll end up like the case of The […]
Deafblind in Japan: My 5 Week Journey
Julie Ferguson is registered deaf and blind. She also speaks five languages. Julie shared her story with us before here on the blog as well as in the Fluent in 3 Months book. This is the inspirational story of her recent visit to Japan. Deafblind in Japan I’m nightblind. I’m standing in Akihabara, Tokyo, in the […]
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