Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
International best-selling author and nomadic polyglot Benny Lewis shares his real experiences and advice while on-the-road about travel and language learning
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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 […]
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
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.
I shared how reactivating my Mandarin has put me in an unusual stage of language learning
I look back at my first Mandarin project in 2012, which became the most stressful language challenge I had ever faced.
Malaysia turned out to be an incredible experience. Brunei, which became my 50th visited country, offered a completely different atmosphere.
Mandarin has been on my core list for years, yet it’s the one I’ve neglected most. I first learned it intensively in 2012 when I arrived in Taipei without knowing a single word
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