Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
Continuing from my previous two posts about focussing on specifying your motivations and minigoals, it’s important to have a clear idea of the end-goal. i.e. FLUENCY (for many people). You will find this hard to achieve if you don’t know what you are aiming for, so today I am going to attempt to define this […]
Welcome to my new blog “Fluent in 3 months“! I’ve already been making videos over at my main multilingual site Around the World in 80 Mays for some time, and I will include some language learning videos there soon. I have, however, decided to create this new site specifically for discussing my best language learning […]
For this Innovative Language Pod101 review, Holly studied a language with this course for 20+ hours, then made a video of her results. How did she get on?
The Michel Thomas Method is a popular course for language learners. But does it work? We tried it out - here's our verdict, plus a video of the results.
Today I’m ready to share one of my favourite discoveries for learning a language; italki. Update (August 7th, 2022): my current favourite resource is Preply (our review is here). It’s pretty similar to iTalki in terms of functionality, but I find it much more intuitive. Regardless, if you are interested in the iTalki review, read […]
You can learn a language with Duolingo. But can you get fluent with Duolingo? Not quite. Find out more in our Duolingo review.
In the recent survey about the “best” courses, Pimsleur came out on top, both among the best and the worst. Despite almost a decade of learning languages, I have to admit that I had never tried the Pimsleur approach. I was under the impression that audio based learning wouldn’t work for me, as I considered […]
An honest PortuguesePod101 review: a brilliant audio course that trains your ear for Brazilian Portuguese, plus where it needs a speaking companion.
In the 90s, Irish was taught in a very academic and grammar-heavy way, so despite ten years of “learning,” I could barely say a few phrases after school.
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