The one true language hack is the ability to focus your available study time on something, consistently, and over time.

One piece of advice I can’t stress the importance of enough is to embrace failures.

Today I can finally share my new language challenge with all of you. I’m currently en route to Russia for a brand new immersion experience that I’m very excited about.

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  Immersion

So you want to be a translator? There’s a lot more to being a translator than just knowing a language really well.

Do we gradually forget languages? What happened to the foreign languages we learned in school? Are they lost and can we pick them up again quickly if they are?

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  Children

Picking up a new language should begin with a willingness to cast aside one’s own cultural identity temporarily and wear a new one.

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  Immersion

Are you learning Levantine or Iraqi Arabic? Here’s my advice on the best resources currently available for these dialects.

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  Books

Scott and a friend have just recently started a pretty inspiring project of spending a whole year travelling to 4 countries using only the local languages -- no English for a whole year.

I’ve been learning the Korean language now for 11 months and this a quick progress video of me speaking at my current level. Definitely getting better!

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  Immersion