Mission to hike Machu Picchu… in Quechua! by Benny Lewis Benny Lewis Founder, Fluent in 3 Months Speaks: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Esperanto, Mandarin Chinese, American Sign Language, Dutch, Irish Fun-loving Irish guy, full-time globe trotter and international bestselling author. Benny believes the best approach to language learning is to speak from day one. View all posts by Benny Lewis Click here to see the comments!
The American Accent mission: Learning about phonetics and sentence rhythm in English to help with OTHER language projects! written by Benny Lewis Time to reveal what my fun part-time language mission for the summer is, and you may be surprised by how genuinely practical it is!! Basically, rather than learn a new language, as I normally tend to do (or maintain my current languages, which I am doing anyway this summer), I've decided to learn a new [...]
HelloTalk App Review: Chat with Native Speakers on Your Smartphone written by Benny Lewis HelloTalk is a cool new language learning app that serves one purpose: it connects you directly with native speakers, and provides an interface to text and speak with them, all from your smartphone. There are websites out there that let you search for people to talk with, but with these websites the actual conversation happens [...]
Spanish Adjectives: 50 Descriptive Spanish Words to Make Your Spanish Sentences Sparkle written by Benny Lewis Spanish adjectives don't have to be difficult. Below, I'll list 50 of the most common and useful Spanish adjectives – like the words for common and useful. But first, a brief overview of how adjectives work with Spanish sentence structure. What is an Adjective Anyway? An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Examples [...]
There are no quantum leaps in language learning – but that doesn’t mean you can’t sprint written by Benny Lewis Today's video marks the half-way point of my mission to learn Egyptian Arabic to fluency in 3 months, while in Brazil. I'm talking to Henry, an Egyptian who lives in Australia, and it was the first time we ever talked. He's a reader of this blog, and offered to let me record our Skype conversation.
Amikumu Review: Will You Find Language Learners in Your Area? written by Shannon Kennedy Today I’m doing a review of Amikumu, which is an app for language learners. I’ll share what I liked about Amikumu, and what could be better. I want to help you decide if it’s right for you. Now, many of us language learners like to travel. We travel to see new things, get an inside [...]