HeyJaredStoryLearning Podcast
Got a burning language learning question? I’m Olly Richards and I've learned 8 languages through stories. Every Wednesday, I answer your questions and chat to world-class language experts.
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550: The secret to staying motivated in language learning (opens the original)
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👉 Grab your FREE Guide, Lamont’s 8 Best Language Learning Tips: https://l.storylearning.com/lamont_tips 👉 Sign up now for the StoryLearning App: https://l.storylearning.com/SL.app.2026 In this episode, I’m delighted to be joined for a second time by Lamont McLeod from the Days and Words YouTube channel. We talk about getting over hurdles in language learning, our appreciation of language as an art-form, the Australian Military Linguist Test, accountability practices, Lamont’s take on AI and more
549: Learning 2 languages together? Don't make this mistake (opens the original)
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👉 Take your FREE Level Test: https://l.storylearning.com/language_test 👉 Sign up now for the StoryLearning App: https://l.storylearning.com/SL.app How fluent do you have to be in a second language before moving on to a third language? How do you know when is the right time? Do you risk forgetting the language you are currently learning or not? This is the most common question I've ever received on the podcast - Can I learn two languages at once? And if not, when's the right time to learn another
548: How to understand TV in ANY language (without the subtitles) (opens the original)
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👉 Grab your FREE Binge-Worthy Resources for Fluency: https://l.storylearning.com/fluency.resources 👉 Sign up now for the StoryLearning App: https://l.storylearning.com/SL-app Struggling to understand TV in your new language? Today’s questioner, Lisa, has the same problem. She speaks French and Italian at a decent level but still finds TV tricky. She told me that sometimes she just wants to collapse in front of the telly. And this is what trips people up when they're trying to learn a foreign lan
547: The Best Books to Learn ANY Language FAST (opens the original)
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👉Grab your FREE Guide, How to Read in Any Language: https://l.storylearning.com/reading_guide 👉 Sign up now for the StoryLearning App: https://l.storylearning.com/SL_app I’ve had a lot of questions come in about different ways to learn vocabulary from reading and the best books to use if you want to read to learn a language. I do quite a lot of episodes on reading and this is going to be a rapid fire one. I'm going to very quickly go through a bunch of different types of books that you can read
546: Xiaoma's secret method for learning 70 languages FAST (opens the original)
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👉 Grab your FREE Guide, Xiaoma’s 7 Best Tips for Learning Any Language: https://l.storylearning.com/xiaoma Today's guest, Xiaoma NYC, a.k.a Arieh Smith, probably needs no introduction. He first came on the podcast in 2020, so it's high time we caught up with him. He's been busy since then, managing to learn 70 languages. So how did he do it? Links mentioned in this episode: Arieh’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@xiaomanyc Teacher AI: https://yourteacher.ai/ Arieh’s language courses: h
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