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New Language Mission: Speak Tagalog (Filipino) in 2 months

written by Benny Lewis

It’s time for the first language mission of 2011! I am actually hoping to work on four new languages by September, so this is going to be one hell of a year, and I hope you’ll subscribe and read along to get some tips for your own language missions 🙂 So, in a few short […]


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Benny’s 2010: A video summary (& singing in Spanish)

written by Benny Lewis

What a year! I’ve already summarised my favourite blog posts of the year, but I think the year is best summarised in video! So in this video I have edited together my favourite moments of the year, most fun things I’ve done and most importantly, the amazing people that I’ve met. People are after all, […]


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Any language, anywhere hack 2: Dancing, painting and cooking your way to fluency

written by Benny Lewis

What are you doing with your target language? Reading? Listening to Podcasts? Watching movies? That’s nice, but why should everyone else be having all the fun and leave you to be nothing more than an inactive spectator? It’s time to get active with your language and/or travels! This doesn’t just mean finding ways to meet […]


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How I became a pro Language Hacker

written by Benny Lewis

The question of “What do you do?” has always been a tough one for me to answer. I have actually had about 40 jobs in the last 10 years, so answering with a single description just doesn’t describe what I “do” with my life in any real sense. I was the race controller at a […]


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Speak! Or stop pretending you want to

written by Benny Lewis

If you read different sources to see what language ‘experts’ have to say about mastering a language, you’ll get such vastly different advice that sometimes it’s hard to know which one to apply. Listen a lot even when you sleep, read all day, study thousands of words of vocabulary before you are ready to speak, […]


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How to learn a language in hours, not years

How to learn a language in hours, not years

written by Benny Lewis

I get told so many times that someone has been studying Spanish/French/Japanese/etc. for five, ten (or whatever) years. Despite this, in most cases, if they tell me how many years they have been studying it, it’s usually a precursor to “but… I don’t speak it!” This is usually to justify how hard their language is, […]


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Can You Learn German in 3 months? Here’s How I Did It

written by Benny Lewis

How long does it take to learn German? Learning German doesn’t have to be hard. Back in 2010, I went from a beginner level to near mastery in German in just 3 months. But I’m not a language genius, or a natural with languages. I’ve revealed the techniques I’ve used to learn German in my in-depth […]