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How To Learn A New Language In 2023

These proven methods will make it easier

Matt Lillywhite
4 min readJan 29, 2022
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If you’re reading this, you probably want to become fluent in another language.

Perhaps you want to go to Europe and communicate with locals in Amsterdam, Paris, or Rome. Or maybe you think it would be interesting to learn about a different culture.

But chances are, you don’t know where to start. There are so many resources on the internet telling you to do X, Y, or Z that you don’t know how to begin the process of learning a new language from scratch.

While I don’t pretend to have all the answers, I can recommend several language learning strategies that worked for me. Hopefully, they’ll help you to learn another language with ease.

Embrace The Art Of Knowing Nothing

Learning a new language is similar to riding a bike for the first time.

At first, it’s scary and intimidating. But as you ride more frequently, your level of confidence grows. And eventually, riding a bike feels completely natural as you know exactly what to do.

Language learning is the same.

You’re probably going to sound dumb for a while, but that’s okay. Everyone’s pronunciation sucks during the first weeks and months of…

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Matt Lillywhite
Matt Lillywhite

Written by Matt Lillywhite

Storyteller and part-time procrastinator. Writing to inspire, entertain, and avoid doing laundry. Substack: https://mattlillywhite.substack.com/subscribe

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