IWTYAL 298: How to ride the wave of post-travel motivation

Innes asks: “How can I keep my motivation up after returning from a trip abroad?”

In Today's Episode:

It’s a great feeling coming back home after a trip abroad, with newfound motivation to study:

• Remember that the logistics of studying in-amongst real life haven’t changed
• You’ve still got to commit
• It can help to re-examine your beliefs about how you learn languages, and the methods you use
• It may be that a different method or set of activities might be easier for you to keep up

Resources Mentioned:

Comprehensible input vs Parallel Texts: What’s the best way to read?

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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.