I like learning foreign languages. Over time, I have tried to learn ten languages and have become reasonably conversant in four languages. Through trial and error, I have found these 12 tips for making learning more fun and rapid.
I love learning and teaching languages. I think more expats and long-term travelers would share my passion if they learned a foreign language in a small school abroad while living with a local family.
Fifty Plus Nomad’s 1-on-1 Intensive Spanish and English classes and our Teach Yourself English and Spanish Workshops use our Exclusive Polyglot method developed after studying how polyglots succeed in learning multiple languages.
I am conversational in four languages. and would love to learn more languages in the future. What is the secret to my success and passion for foreign languages? I unknowingly followed the seven precepts that polyglots used to successfully learn multiple foreign languagees
¿Te gustaría aprender Inglés con un hablante de inglés nativo que también pueda explicar cosas en español? ¿Quieres aprender inglés con alguien que reconoce que las necesidades de personas mayores son distintas a la de los de jovenes? Toma clases de ingles individuales en linea o en Merida, México con Fifty-Plus Nomad.
Introducing Fifty-Plus Nomad Spanish and English classes in my home in Merida, Mexico or online . Come learn Spanish or English using the same techniques used by polyglots. (Generally you should plan on studying Spanish with me, or under my gudance for 100 to 300 hours).
Introducing Fifty-Plus Nomad’s “Basic Survival Spanish Workshop” in my home in Merida, Mexico or online. Come learn enough Spanish to help you travel long-term in the Spanish-speaking world.
Fifty Plus Nomad offers intensive, long-term, one-on-one English classes with a native American speaker either in person at the Casa Los Dos Gallos in Merida, Mexico, or online.
My favorite type of travel experience is taking short term classes for travelers. I have taken dozens of such classes (learning vacations) in everything from Mexican medicine to elephant training. No aspect of travel has so influenced who I am as a person and how I view the world.
I have learned Spanish, French, Italian, and Russian using a wide variety of methods. Some were more successful than others. I believe the most effective way is to combine several methods like I do with my exclusive polyglot method.
Thousand of opportunities await long-term travelers over 50 to volunteer worldwide. I have volunteered eight different times during my eight and half years traveling around the world and count these experiences as some of the best experiences of my traves. (photo from pxfuel)