I’m excited to launch my new course, The Language Gym. It’s been a long time in the making! I’ll share more about what’s inside this new course below, but first I wanted to say how I created The Language Gym. How I Created The Language Gym I hear from so many people who tell me […]
MORELanguage Hacking Italian: 10 Smarter Ways to Learn Italian
Mamma mia, it’s finally hee-a! From 27th September, my new book Language Hacking Italian is available in bookstores all around the world. What’s so special about this new Italian course? Language hacking is all about looking for the faster, smarter ways to learn languages. I’ve been sharing and developing my ideas on language hacking ever […]
MORELanguage Hacking German: 10 Hacks to Learn German Faster
It’s heeeeeeere! Ja, baby! From 27th September, my new book Language Hacking German is available in bookstores all around the world. So, what’s the fuss all about? Language hacking is all about looking for the faster, smarter ways to learn languages. I’ve been sharing and developing my ideas on language hacking ever since I launched […]
MORELanguage Hacking French: How to Learn French, the Faster Way
Yay! From 27th September, my new book Language Hacking French is available in bookstores all around the world. Get your copy tout de suite! What’s the deal with language hacking? Language hacking is all about looking for the faster, smarter ways to learn languages. I’ve been sharing and developing my ideas on language hacking ever […]
MORELanguage Hacking Spanish: 10 Hacks to Learn Spanish Faster
Great news! Language Hacking is now a thing! From 27th September, my new book Language Hacking Spanish is available in bookstores all around the world. So, what’s the fuss all about? Language hacking is all about looking for the faster, smarter ways to learn languages. I’ve been sharing and developing my ideas on language hacking […]
MOREHow I turned my guerilla-style language-learning method into a course you’ll find in bookshops around the world
I learned my first foreign language, Spanish, mostly by hanging out with Erasmus students during the gap year I spent in Valencia, Spain. In other words, I learned Spanish through speaking it. My second language project was Italian. And I learned it quickly — surprisingly quickly — in just a few months while I worked […]
MORELevel Up! Turn Your Language Learning Into a Video Game
“I wish I was motivated to learn a language! I’ll get started when I’m ready.” Like most kids, I took a language class throughout high school as a requirement. I picked Spanish because it seemed like a better option than French or Latin, and I dutifully did my work because I had to. Like most […]
MOREBenny’s Big List of Tips for Europeans visiting New York/USA
After thirteen years of not living in a single place for more than a few months, I’m going to call New York City home for most of the next year! I’ll still do a bit of travelling, of course, but it will be great to have a base to come back to. And what a city to […]
MOREDuolingo Review: The Quick, Easy and Free Way to Learn A Language
One of the most popular and well-known tools for learning a language online is Duolingo. Duolingo is completely free. But is it worth it, and how do you use it? To investigate, Agnieszka from 5-Minute Language shares her experience using Duolingo to genuinely learn some languages. Over to you Agnieszka! The free language learning app […]
MOREMandarin level up mission (Singapore edition)
After devoting the majority of this year to meeting aspiring new language learners to give them my best advice face-to-face, I can now get back to focusing on my own goals! I am a strong believer in intensive missions at the start of language projects – it skyrockets us forward at what is undoubtedly the […]
MOREFI3M Just Got a Fresh Coat Of Paint – October 2014
I’m sure you can’t help but notice that your favourite language learning website is looking a bit… FREAKIN’ AMAZING? SLEEK AND SEXY-FIED? LIKE THERE’S SOME SORT OF ORGANIZATION? Well, I’m glad you noticed 🙂 Today is a huge day for me because it represents a culmination of months and months of hard work and tough decisions, […]
MORENew How-To video series: Language Learning resources (& 6 week Esperanto challenge)
After months of book tours, and enough of a work backlog that I’ve had to hire full-time help, it’s finally time for me to get back into making videos again! 😀
Since this year I’ve decided to focus on improving the languages I already know, I wanted to give you a look into the process of how I go about slowly improving my languages over the long term, maintaining them, and pushing myself into mastery in my top languages.
As such, I’ll be making a heap of new videos that I can produce with much more consistency than I ever did during my hectic intensive learning projects!
MORE“Fluent in 3 Months” the book is out!
Hi everyone! I just got an email from my mother, who told me that the bookstore in Cavan (my hometown in Ireland) has Fluent in 3 months on its shelves. The book has finally been published!I absolutely can’t wait to share this incredibly encouraging language learning advice with the world and am so glad you […]
MOREWhat’s the difference between “Fluent in 3 months” and the “Language Hacking Guide”?
Ever since I announced the book, and followed it up with the HUGE language learning giveaway (US here, UK here), one of the most frequent questions people have asked me is what the difference is between Fluent in 3 months and the Language Hacking Guide.
So, for those of you wondering, here are the answers!
Language Hacking Guide: Idea to reality in just SIX WEEKS
The great thing about self-publishing is the speed with which it can take place. I had an idea to write an e-book, I got on it immediately
MOREBenny’s big news finally revealed!
Several new huge announcements today! I’ve been waiting to tell you some of this news for almost a year and a half, and can’t wait to finally share the following with you: HarperCollins (yes that’s Collins as in the language courses, and English/foreign language dictionary publishers!) are publishing my book “Fluent in 3 months” on […]
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