IWTYAL 284: How to learn colloquial Arabic with limited resources

Ron asks: “How do you learn colloquial language with limited resources?”

In Today's Episode:

• There's a perennial problem with materials in minority languages
  • Textbooks are simple and boring
  • The next level up is native level… far too hard
• It's a real problem without a good solution
• Long-term, you're only going to crack this problem by learning to understand native material and speaking with people a lot
• Take the long view and do what you can
  • Keep studying the best you can
  • Speak regularly and spend time with people
  • Learn to read
• It will come eventually, but you've got to maintain a positive attitude over time

Resources Mentioned:

• Talk In Arabic – The best resource on the web for learning colloquial Arabic and Arabic dialects

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Olly Richards

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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.

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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.