529: I learned impossible languages with stories - here's why it worked

About this episode

Olly Richards discusses how to learn difficult languages using the StoryLearning method and the power of stories.

👉 Grab your FREE Binge-Worthy Resources for Fluency: https://l.storylearning.com/fluent_resources How do you learn difficult languages with the StoryLearning method? This is a question that came from Carlos Rabino 5125. He asked - how does your method work with Russian, Chinese, or Japanese? Reading between the lines, I guess what Carlos is asking is: how do you read when the language is really difficult? So let's get into why stories are so powerful and how to learn with story when a language is hard. 👉 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
• StoryLearning method
• difficult languages
• power of stories
• language fluency

Keywords

• language learning
• StoryLearning
• fluency
• difficult languages
• learning with stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: StoryLearning

Books & works: Russian, Chinese, Japanese

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