#87 John Fotheringham on “Anywhere Immersion”

Language Mastery creator and author, John Fotheringham, joins
Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy to discuss “anywhere immersion”,
learning difficult languages, and finding the fun in language
learning.


John has a wealth of experience learning Japanese and Mandarin,
which he shares with us in this episode. If you’re interested in
learning either of these, or any other “difficult” language, this
is the episode for you.


Featured Resources


Master Japanese

Master Chinese



Mentioned in this Episode


Master Japanese

Master Chinese

Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies

Total Physical Response

Is Japanese Hard to Learn?

5 Steps to Learn Japanese Anywhere in the World

Gabriel Wyner

The Power of When

Atomic Habits

Four Tendencies Book

Better Than Before

Goodreads



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


Learning “difficult” languages like Japanese and Mandarin

How to immerse yourself in a language at home

Practising your language with Alexa

Learning languages through activities that you love

Living abroad and creating memories in the local languages

How to choose language learning tools and methods suited to
you personally

Fun ways to learn languages

Experiencing languages as a learner, teacher, and mentor

Recommended books for language learners



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy


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