Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond!
The time for excuses is over. Stop studying your language too much and go out and speak it! It’s the only way you’ll make real progress. Think you can’t speak it because you can’t travel? Travel is quite easy, but speaking your target language without leaving your home town is too easy. The countless opportunities […]
If you’ve come here to find a detailed explanation categorising down to precisely one answer, or a small list of the toughest languages, then stop reading the post right now. I’m not in the business of discouraging people so if you are looking for some more discouragement, you’ve come to the wrong place! The term […]
Every Friday I send out an e-mail to the Language Hacking League (scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up) with a list of interesting websites to check out, as well as more precise updates regarding my own language missions. This particular tip got a great response from our readers, so I’ll share […]
Masculine or Feminine (or Neuter)? This can be one of the most frustrating things for beginner to intermediate learners; the added information they have to learn of associating a gender with each word. Not only can it seem pointless to assign a gender to inanimate sexless objects (especially for native English speakers who aren’t used […]
I promised to make a video in Czech at the end of my stay here, but I am going to break that promise and deliver one right now! I’m still far from fluent, but I also believe that we should never wait until we are “ready” before trying something with languages, since that day may never arrive if you put “ready” on an ever rising pedestal…
From the blog’s origin era (2009–2014) — kept as lived proof of the method. See all the missions. Top 100 language blogs For those of you interested in discovering some really good blogs about learning languages, I highly recommend looking through the list over at this year’s nominees for the Top 100 Language Blogs. Fluentin3months.com […]
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and learning a language is quite a trip! If you put your first foot wrong, it may seriously slow you down.
I’ve used Clozemaster for over 12 months in my language learning. In this Clozemaster review I share what I love about it, plus what could be better.
Can you learn a language using virtual reality? The game Influent is an important step in that direction -- here’s what we made of it.
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