IWTYAL 279: Learning a new language as a couple

Austin asks: “Any tips for learning French together with my wife?”

In Today's Episode:

• Learning your partner's language can be fraught with problems
• Learning a new language with your partner sounds like a great idea!
• The activity itself, and the benefit for your relationship is far more important that the efficacy of the approach, I think
• You might find yourself with different learning preferences, and that will be something you'll need to compromise on
• If you want to learn the language to a higher level, you'll need to find your own path in time

Resources Mentioned:

• Short Stories in French for Beginners – my new book of short stories with Teach Yourself
• French Foundations – master the basics of French in two weeks

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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.