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No pain no gain

written by Benny Lewis

I’ve spent 3 hours today looking like this, and currently have a splitting headache. To contrast with yesterday’s post, where I talk about comfort in the language in the pre-fluency stage, I thought I’d give you another glimpse into the huge amount of discomfort I’m also going through a lot of the time. Since I […]


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Reading time: 4 minutes

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Busuu & LiveMocha: review of pros and cons

written by Benny Lewis

Please note: Livemocha closed down in 2016 after being acquired by Rosetta Stone. Busuu is still going strong! Over the years, I’ve tested out a lot of different interfaces for learning languages. Some have been a huge improvement to how I learned previously, some can be helpful in particular ways, and some just aren’t for me […]


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Reading time: 15 minutes

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How I turned my guerilla-style language-learning method into a course you’ll find in bookshops around the world

written by Benny Lewis

I learned my first foreign language, Spanish, mostly by hanging out with Erasmus students during the gap year I spent in Valencia, Spain. In other words, I learned Spanish through speaking it. My second language project was Italian. And I learned it quickly — surprisingly quickly — in just a few months while I worked […]


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Reading time: 9 minutes

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How to Use Skype to Learn Another Language

How to Use Skype to Learn Another Language

written by Benny Lewis

Having real conversations with native speakers is one of the best ways to quickly improve your language skills. How can you find a Skype Language Exchange partner, and what should you do once you've found one?


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Reading time: 11 minutes

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