IWTYAL 013: When is it time to move on to another language?

Tamiyo asks: “When do you decide you've learnt enough and it's time to move on to another language?”

In this episode:

• Why are you learning a language in the first place?
• When are you fluent enough?
• When should you move on to a new language?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• CommentCast – see all the iTunes reviews of a podcast from around the world
• Random.org – choose a number or numbers at random

Today's featured resource:

• The Actual Fluency Blog – Chris Broholm's open and honest look at his own struggles in language learning
• The Actual Fluency Podcast – the podcast of the same name where he interviews expert language learners.
• Here's the episode where Chris interviews me

Announcing the competition winners

I'm thrilled to announce the three lucky winners of my Language Learning Foundations video course, who I've picked at random from all the reviews on iTunes. They are:

• Romagitana
• idleplayerofgamestron
• Tamiyo Hashimoto

If this is you, please get in touch with me using the “contact” form on the menu bar and I'll get you set up with your copy of the course.

Here are their reviews:

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Olly Richards

Creator of the StoryLearning® Method

Olly Richards is a renowned polyglot and language learning expert with over 15 years of experience teaching millions through his innovative StoryLearning® method. He is the creator of StoryLearning, one of the world's largest language learning blogs with 500,000+ monthly readers.

Olly has authored 30+ language learning books and courses, including the bestselling "Short Stories" series published by Teach Yourself.

When not developing new teaching methods, Richards practices what he preaches—he speaks 8 languages fluently and continues learning new ones through his own methodology.