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LMS S4 E9 – Leo Listening Founder Cara Leopold on How She Got Fluent in...

Cara Leopold is the founder of Leo Listening, where she helps “intrepid travellers and adventurous expats improve their English listening skills so they can better understand and better connect with...

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LMS S4 E8 | Hyperpolyglot Steve Kaufmann on How He Learned 20+ Languages

Steve Kaufmann is a hyperpolyglot who has learned more than 20 languages (!!!) and the founder of LingQ, an online language learning platform that helps you acquire languages using content you love. He...

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LMS S4 E7 – Jim & May from “Spanish and Go” on Spanish Immersion & Traveling...

Jim and May describe themselves as a “gringo/Mexican international couple” on a mission to connect English speakers to the Spanish-speaking world. Their excellent podcast, YouTube channel, blog, and...

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LMS S4 E5 – Slow Chinese Founder Andrew Methven on Learning Chinese Through...

Andrew Methven is the creator of Slow Chinese 每周漫闻, a weekly newsletter that helps Mandarin Chinese learners immerse themselves in authentic, colloquial language via interesting stories and news events...

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LMS S4 E4 – Hack Chinese Founder Daniel Nalesnik on How to Master Mandarin &...

From full-time Mandarin immersion at Peking University (北京大学) and Shanghai’s Fudan University (复旦大学), to years of independent study online, Daniel Nalesnik has spent the last 13+ years on a mission to...

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FAQ: Should You Use Subtitles When Watching Anime, Shows & Films in Japanese?

The short answer? It depends. It depends on your Japanese learning goals Do you want to speak Japanese? If your primary goal is having conversations with people in Japanese, then subtitles are of...

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Drops App Review: Does Drops Work? Will it Get You Fluent in a Language?

Drops was founded in 2015 by Daniel Farkas and Mark Szulyovszky, two language-obsessed entrepreneurs who wanted to create a better way to learn languages. Like many startups, this Estonian-based...

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LMS S4 E2 – Attitude > Aptitude

🧠 Master Your Mind My tip this week for foundation one—Master Your Mind—is to realize that mastering a language is more about psychology than ability. When I tell someone that I speak Japanese and...

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The 3 Essential Ingredients You Need to to Learn Any Language

Mastering a foreign language is at once extremely complex and predictively simple. On the one hand, you have to learn the nuanced meanings of thousands of words, internalize hundreds of grammar...

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How to improve your listening, reading & spelling skills with Clozemaster

I’ve written before about whether or not you can learn a language well using smartphone apps. The short answer? It depends. Some language apps can help, but none can replace the primary tasks that will...

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AJATT’s Khatzumoto on How To Immerse Yourself in Japanese Anywhere in the World

NOTE: This interview was originally recorded in 2010 as part of a collection of expert interviews included with my Japanese learning guide Master Japanese. This version includes excerpts from the...

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Skritter CEO Jake Gill on How to Level Up Your Mandarin & Learn to Write...

Jake Gill (高健) is a Chinese educator, former “Teaching Chinese as a Second Language” graduate student, and the CEO of Skritter, an innovative language learning app that helps Japanese and Chinese...

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Mandarin Blueprint Founders Luke & Phil on How to Master Chinese Characters,...

If you have a burning desire to learn Mandarin Chinese but feel overwhelmed at the very thought, then today’s podcast is a must-listen episode for you. Yes, to the uninitiated, Chinese characters look...

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Can you learn to speak Japanese using smartphone apps?

There is a lot to like about language learning apps: They allow you to squeeze in more language learning time throughout your day. Busy schedules can make it tough to find large chunks of time to...

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Author Nick Velasquez on How To Master Any Skill, Learn Japanese, and...

Nick Velasquez is the author of the new book Learn, Improve, Master: How to Develop Any Skill and Excel at It. In the interview, we discuss the core principles, strategies, and tools you can use to...

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Nihongo Creator Chris Vasselli on How To Learn Japanese Through Anime, Manga,...

Chris Vasselli is a programmer, passionate Japanese learner, and the creator of the Nihongo iOS app, my go-to Japanese dictionary and reading tool for authentic Japanese content. We discuss his...

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Read these 3 Books to Get the Linguistics Education You Never Had

Every so often we make seemingly small decisions that end up changing the course of our lives forever… For me, one such choice was taking an introductory linguistics class as a humanities elective the...

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Master Mandarin 3.0 Launching on April 6, 2020!

Update: Master Mandarin 3.0 is now available! I am excited to announce that the brand new version of Master Mandarin: How to Learn Mandarin Chinese Anywhere in the World will be released on April 6,...

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Master Japanese Now Available in Paperback from Amazon!

After many years of requests from Language Mastery readers, I am very excited to announce that today, the print version of Master Japanese is now available on Amazon for just $29! 🎉 (Cue music and...

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The Top 10 Ways to Learn Mandarin Chinese (From 50+ Top Bloggers)

Learn Mandarin Now asked over 50 language bloggers (including yours truly) to list their 3 favorite tools for learning Mandarin Chinese. They then combined all the results into the super sexy...

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