Benny Lewis Interviews Tim Ferriss, Author of “The 4-Hour Chef”
Dec01

Benny Lewis Interviews Tim Ferriss, Author of “The 4-Hour Chef”

Benny Lewis, the Irish Polyglot, and Tim Ferriss, the author of The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Chef, discuss language myths, and how to learn languages quickly using the 80/20 rule.

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Interview with Jason West of English Out There
Dec30

Interview with Jason West of English Out There

In my interview with Jason West, the creator of English Out There, we discuss the weaknesses of traditional English schools, methodologies, and materials, and how his approach aims to overcome them.

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Interview with Arkady Zilberman
May27

Interview with Arkady Zilberman

Arkady Zilberman, creator of Language Bridge and a former simultaneous interpreter in Russia, addresses what is perhaps the greatest impediment to adult language learning success: cross-translation to and from one’s native language.

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Interview with Randy the Yearlyglot
Jun25

Interview with Randy the Yearlyglot

Randy is on a mission to learn a new language fluently every year (hence his nickname “The Yearlyglot”). His current project is Italian, with Lithuanian as a side-project saved for weekend fun.

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Interview with Clint Schmidt, V.P. LiveMocha
Jun14

Interview with Clint Schmidt, V.P. LiveMocha

In this interview with Clint Schmidt, LiveMocha’s Vice President of Marketing and Product, he shares what he thinks makes LiveMocha unique and he introduces some exciting new products coming down the pipe. He also responds to some of my grilling questions about the role of grammar in language learning.

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Interview with Dr. Orlando Kelm
Dec05

Interview with Dr. Orlando Kelm

In his own words, Dr. Orlando Kelm is “a lucky guy” professionally. Not only does he get to spend his time with two languages (Spanish and Portuguese), but he also the Associate Director of Business Language Education for the UT CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research, a part of the McCombs School of Business. In our interview, Dr. Kelm shares what he believes to be the 6 most important factors in effective language learning.

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Interview with Steve Kaufmann, Founder of LingQ.com
Jul13

Interview with Steve Kaufmann, Founder of LingQ.com

With 11 languages under his belt, Steve Kaufmann is an extremely accomplished language learner. His extensive language learning wisdom in shared in his book titled The Way of the Linguist: A Language Learning Odyssey and his online language learning system called LingQ. In the interview, we discuss what Steve believes to be the 7 most common misconceptions about language learning, how to learn Mandarin effectively, and the role of a good teacher.

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Interview with Antonio Graceffo: Writer, Fighter, Linguist
May06

Interview with Antonio Graceffo: Writer, Fighter, Linguist

In this interview with Antonio Graceffo, he “pulls no punches” (pun intended) when sharing his views on how to learn a foreign language effectively. His language learning wisdom stems from formal training as an interpreter and translator at Germany’s prestigious University of Mainz, coupled with over a decade of living, learning, and working in South and East Asia.

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Interview with Michael Heim
Apr08

Interview with Michael Heim

Michael Heim (1943-2012) was a highly respected professor of Slavic languages at UCLA. He spoke 10 languages (though he claimed that the number is hard to tie down due to the slippery political nature of language-dialect distinctions). Heim believed that effective language learning must begin (and progress) with a specific purpose in mind; he never learned a language just for the heck of it.

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