How YouTuber Xiaomanyc Learns Languages

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For the last few months, as part of my long-standing YouTube addiction, I've been following the channel “Xiaomnyc” where a white, jewish guy shocks Chinese native speakers by speaking perfect Mandarin

In this post I thought it could be fun to summarise his learning methodology, and share some of the resources that he's been using in his recent Spanish challenge where he attempts to learn Spanish in 30 days.

In just a few days he's already having basic conversations.

So how does he do it? Let's find out.

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The Ultimate Rosetta Stone Review for 2023: How Good is it?

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Rosetta Stone is STILL one of the most well-known names in the language learning industry.

Until now I resisted writing a comprehensive review, because I always found their product incredibly bad. It was expensive, boring, and not very effective.

Has it changed since then? Let's find out.

Updated November 21, 2021.

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How to Learn a Language By Yourself: More Effective Than Schools?

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The Coronavirus pandemic has forced most of the planet to stay indoors and limited language learning to independent study without schools or in-person teaching.

But, is that necessarily a bad thing for language learning?

I don't believe so. In this post I'm looking into some of my favourite techniques of how you can learn a language by yourself, and a few myths of adult language learning as well.

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