524: 3 things I wish I knew when I started learning languages

About this episode

Olly Richards shares three important lessons he wishes he knew when he started learning languages.

👉 Grab your FREE Goal Planner: https://l.storylearning.com/free_planner There are all kinds of techniques and tricks and that you can use to learn a language. But they're all just that - tactics and techniques. In today’s episode, I’m answering an interesting question about the deep truths that I’ve learned over the years that I’d like to pass on to the next generation of language learners. Link mentioned in this episode: Story about my breakthrough in Spanish: https://storylearning.com/olly-story 👉 Got a question you want Olly to answer on the podcast? Submit it here: https://storylearning.com/ask_Olly_your_question 👉 Get a 7-day FREE trial to one of my story-based language courses: https://storylearning.com/Language_Courses 👉 Check out my all-inclusive VIP language programme with guaranteed results: https://storylearning.com/StoryLearning_VIP_Info #storylearning #learnthroughstories

People in this episode

Host: Olly Richards

Topics covered

• language learning
• techniques
• personal growth
• education
• language courses

Keywords

• language learning
• techniques
• education
• Spanish
• language courses

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: StoryLearning

Products: Goal Planner, story-based language courses, VIP language programme

Books & works: Story about my breakthrough in Spanish

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