010: How can you learn a completely different language?

010: How can you learn a completely different language?

Today's episode features a question from Cecilia: "How can I learn a language that's completely different to my own?"

In this episode:
  • How can you learn a completely different language?
  • Why closer languages are easier to learn

The three keys:

  1. Time to get used to it
  2. Regular exposure
  3. Deliberate practice
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