I spent maybe more than half or half of my life in a few different countries over seas in the middle East and Asia. But I did spend my last few years of high school and university in South Africa. And yes, I was exposed to quite a few, uh, South African languages, but not necessarily from uh, a direct opportunity of being able to learn them. But I always had friends around me who spoke different languages, and I was always interested in asking people like, can you teach me a new phrase in Tswana? Or how do you say this in Zulu? So I think if anything, the multicultural society that South Africa is, uh, inspired me to continue languages and, you know, be curious constantly and ask people about languages.
Try These 15 Japanese Tongue Twisters!
We all know about Sally and how she sells seashells by the seashore. This is just one example of a tongue twister. Many try to repeat a tongue twister until …
Cancel Culture with Steve Kaufmann
It’s a good topic because I think some people like to shy away from controversial subjects, but a lot of people have different opinions on it. So to that extent, maybe a lot of people will find this conversation interesting. And if something is interesting, then you’re more likely to listen and it’s good for your language learning because you’re engaged.
Learn Korean with Squid Game and LingQ
If you or anyone you know has Netflix then you’ve certainly heard of the biggest new series on the web: Squid Game. Released on September 17th, this South Korean …
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Benny Lewis Opens Up About Mental Health Struggles & Helping Others
In part two of Benny’s chat with Elle Benny talks about the mental life struggles he has experienced over the past few years, how he is overcoming them and what he is doing to help people going through anything similar.
Ser Vs Estar: Get It Right Every Time
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Benny Lewis on His Language Learning Methods & Importance of Mistakes
He started the Fluent in Three Months blog. He is also a YouTuber and an author, author of the book Fluent in Three Months, and also the Language Hacking series available for French, German, Spanish and Italian. I am joined today by Benny Lewis, AKA Benny, the Irish Polyglot.
The Main Rules of Portuguese Pronunciation
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Learning Japanese, Music and Japanese Culture: Interview with Nyk (ニックちゃんねる)
I actually didn’t have any specific interest in learning Japanese, per se, until I was faced with having to choose a second language elective when I entered high school and at my high school, they had French, German, Spanish, and Japanese as options for us. And as someone who at the time was not particularly interested in language, I figured out of those four why not Japanese?