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Languages - Homepage: All you need to start learning a foreign language. Welcome to the Polyglot Project - StumbleUpon. German. Lean a Foreign Language Quickly. Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Benny the Irish polyglot who writes at Fluent in 3 Months.

Imagine being able to blend in undetected in another country. Imagine exchanging inside jokes at a foreign restaurant in another language. Imagine being invited to a festival in the countryside on the other side of the planet, eating with a local family and having no need for an interpreter. Sounds like something out of a Jason Bourne novel, doesn’t it? Fortunately, fiction this is not. Today, you’re going to learn how and why you should start learning a foreign language to become a better man. Your education starts now. Why is that when we think of languages and language learning, we tend to think more of women? If you think back to school, you may remember the girls having a better knack for languages than the boys. Hogwash! Many Famous Language Learners Were Men The majority of the world’s most famous polyglots (someone who speaks multiple languages) throughout history were actually men.

How to speak a language well in just two months. Want to speak Spanish well, speak French well, speak German well, or any language for that matter? If I can do this with Czech starting from zero, imagine what you can do! I’d like to summarise everything I’ve discussed on the site regarding my first intensive language experiment, before I move on to my next one. Feel free to click the links to read more into depth about each point, as this article also links to all articles over the last 3 months. [Edit: this post is just a summary of some ideas I apply when learning languages. For a much more in-depth explanation, check out the Language Hacking Guide!] I was initially aiming for fluency in 3 months, but unfortunately I had to stop short at just two months. When starting to learn a language, make sure you have the right attitude to it; an optimistic viewpoint is essential and half of the battle in progressing in a language. This is why I can learn languages so quickly, and has nothing to do with magical or genetic talents.

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