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Mexico or Spain Spanish? You’re Asking the Wrong Question!
Why worrying about learning the “right” dialect is one of the least important problems for language learners!
Language & Travel Hacking Podcast
International best-selling author and nomadic polyglot Benny Lewis shares his real experiences and advice while on-the-road about travel and language learning
The conversation you’re having with ChatGPT doesn’t count!
I explain why real fluency comes from speaking with humans, not machines. AI can be a useful warm-up tool.
I forgot I was speaking Spanish
Something crept up on me at a dinner in Monterrey. A few hours in, I noticed I wasn't *speaking Spanish*... at least not the way I'd been doing it in Mexico city.
The Mexican States project
In this episode, I talk about my next big travel project as I prepare to head to Mexico for over two months. After recent language missions in Malaysia and Taiwan, I am now focusing on deep travel using Spanish, one of my strongest languages. Rather than chasing new countries, I am continuing my goal of […]
Major cities vs deeper travels
From my recent time in Taiwan, I reflect on how cities like Taipei make life easier, especially when I do not speak the language fluently
Update and my daily routine during my Chinese project
I give an update on my Mandarin progress after spending a month in Taiwan. I explain how I quickly regained enough confidence to handle everyday conversations.
Are you not ready yet, or is the situation what’s wrong?
I shared how reactivating my Mandarin has put me in an unusual stage of language learning
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