Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
Brian Powell answers the question “Are dead languages worth learning?” by explaining his experience with learning Latin and the way it changed his perspective on learning languages.
Linguistics expert and language enthusiast, Simon Ager, talks with Benny and Elizabeth about creating one of the internet’s biggest (and first) encyclopedias of languages and writing systems.
Did you know that many English words come from German words? Here are a few to surprise you: gummybear, iceberg, zigzag. Discover more in this post!
Is Rocket Chinese a good fit for your Chinese learning mission? Caitlin tested it as an absolute beginner, and here are her conclusions.
Have you heard of the endangered Ainu language indigenous to Japan? Learn about its history, culture, and how to learn it in this post!
Suzanne took Spanish for 4 years in high school but was never able to speak the language. The summer she finished high school she went to Madrid. She found she could read the street signs, but she couldn't communicate. The same thing happened when she studied French at university. It was only last year that she had her first real conversation in Spanish -- and now she can hang out in tapas bars speaking Spanish for hours. In this episode, Suzanne shares what changed for her after years of learning languages that opened her up to having real conversations.
Nomadic Matt shares his experiences learning languages as he travels the world on a budget as well as his best budget travel tips in this episode of the Language Hacking Podcast.
What could be better than humor for taking down barriers and making new friends? Check out these Chinese jokes to understand more about Chinese culture!
Korean grammar is very structured and has rules that are pretty consistent. Once you learn them, it gets easier to see the patterns.
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