Fact: social risk-takers are better language learners. You’re never going to get anywhere if you let shyness, introversion or fear of what other people might think hold you back from giving it a try.

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  Speaking

With today’s post comes my very first progress video in Korean - of course it’s really slow and full of mistakes but I’m determined to show you the ‘warts and all’ stages as I improve in the language.

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  Immersion
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  Literacy

Today I’ve decided to share a few lessons with you that I learned from almost marrying a girl in Egypt - a girl who only spoke Arabic. No English.

G’day from Korea! :) I thought I’d share a very quick ‘first week in Korea’ update with a video of my tiny apartment for anyone interested.

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  Immersion

In just 3 short days I’ll be boarding a plane to what will be likely be my new home and travel base for the next 12 months - South Korea.

Here’s a quick update on what’s been happening on my trip to the Gaeltacht (one of the areas of Ireland where the Irish language is spoken) so far.

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  Immersion

I’ll be heading to Ireland from Australia to catch the last week-long Irish immersion course at Oideas Gael, located in a village called Gleann Cholm Cille.

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  Immersion

If there’s one piece of advice you take away from this site, let it be this: You don’t need to study grammar to learn to speak a foreign language.

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  Grammar

Here you’ll find a brief, straightforward how-to for installing Learning With Texts on your own computer or laptop.

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  Literacy