September 2024 Inner Circle: All the Ways to Practice Speaking on Your Own

Learn tactics to practice speaking

August 2024 Inner Circle: How to Get Back into Your Language Routine

Learn how to get back into a routine

February 2024 Inner Circle: The Power of "Preparation" to Master a Language Faster

Learn with Peter and Kyejin

July 2024 Inner Circle: How to Stay Motivated with Language Learning in 2024

Learn about how to stay motivated

June 2024 Inner Circle: The Right Mindset for Language Learning Success

Learn the mindset needed to succeed in your language learning

May 2024 Inner Circle: The Best Way to Practice Speaking Portuguese & 5 Tips You Can Try Right Now

Learn the power of shadowing

April 2024 Inner Circle: The Power of Regular Assessment: Self & Teacher

Learn about the power of teacher- and self-assessments

March 2024 Inner Circle: The Power of Recording Yourself Speaking Portuguese

Learn a powerful way to practice speaking

Welcome to the PortuguesePod101 2024 Inner Circle

Learn how to progress as a student

December 2023 Inner Circle: The Power of Adjusting Your Goals & Maintaining a Language

Learn the power of dynamic goals

November 2023 Inner Circle: The Power of Deadlines & Assessments

Learn about the power of setting deadlines for yourself

October 2023 Inner Circle: The Power of Integrated Learning & Limited Time

Learn about the power of a premium plus private teacher

September 2023 Inner Circle: The Power of Adjusting Your Goals & Maintaining a Language

Learn how to adjust your goals and maintain your language skill

August 2023 Inner Circle: The Power of Consolidating Your Routines

Learn how consolidating your routines can help your studies

July 2023 Inner Circle: The Power of a Promise

Learn the power of promises

June 2023 Inner Circle: How to Prepare for a Language Proficiency Test

Learn how to get ready for a language exam

May 2023 Inner Circle

Learn the power of changing your environment

April 2023 Inner Circle: Productive vs Receptive Language Learning

Learn about the power of collaborative learning

March 2023 Inner Circle: The Power of Signing up for a Language Proficiency Test

Learn how preparing for a language test helps you learn

February 2023 Inner Circle: How to Piggyback into a Routine & Up Your Learning Time

Learn how piggybacking your routine can help you increase learning time

Introducing the 2023 Inner Circle & the Language Challenge for the Year

Learn about the 2023 language learning challenge

The Power of Rewards for Long Term Motivation

Learn how long term motivation helps you reach your goal

Can Busy People Actually Learn a Language?

Learn how busy people can learn a language

Do You Record Yourself Speaking Your Target Language?

Learn how to apply input and output to improve your recall

The Power of Specificity and Knowing What You Want

Learn the power of specific goals

A Radically Different Way to Break Your Routine & Master Language Along the Way

Learn how to make progress and have fun

New Topics & Talking Points - The Easiest Way to Increase Your Speaking TIme

Learn how new topics keep you from getting stuck

How to Ramp Up Your Language Progress for the 2nd Half of the Year

Learn how to ramp up your progress on our language learning system

The 2 Minute Rule to Cracking Through the Hard Parts of Language Learning

Learn how the two minute rule helps you get through the pain points of a language

How to Speak More of Your Target Language with Your Teacher

Learn how common questions can help your conversations

Tipping Points - The Secret Signposts of Language Progress & Success

Learn the importance of tipping points

How to Create Long-Lasting Habits for Language Learning

Learn to create long lasting habits to help learn better

Your First Steps to Learning a Language: The Fundamentals Welcome Pack

Learn how to get started with a language with our welcome pack

Are You an Introvert or an Extrovert? And How to Speak More of Your Target Language

Learn how being an introvert or extrovert can affect your speaking practice

How to Integrate Self-Study & Learning with a Teacher and Learn Faster

Learn the power of combining your lessons and self-study

How to Maintain Your Mindset & Language Learning Routine

Learn what kind of work needs to be done to maintain your learning routines

The Power of Learning a Language with Someone Better than You

Learn how studying with some higher level than you can help

Are You Putting Enough Hours Into Your Language?

Learn 5 ways to find more time for studying

How to Boost Motivation & Bounce Back as an Experienced Learner

Learn how to boost your motivation even after breaking a routine

The Power of Having a Plan & A Progress Tracking Cheat Sheet download

Learn how planning will set your progress in motion

The Seven Skills You’ll Need for Language Mastery

Learn the seven skills that you will need to master a language

How to Speak More with Your Personal Language Learning Profile

Learn what a personal language profile is and how it can help you

How to Boost Your Motivation & Learn More... by Adding Others to the Mix

Learn how talking to others can improve your routine

When Routines Grow Stale. How to Learn More Language with a New Routine

Learn how a new routine can lead to improved studying

What’s The First Step in Your Language Learning Journey?

Learn how assessment is a part of your first step in language journey

What’s your REAL reason for learning a language?

Learn how to keep going when your reason for learning changes

How to Speak More with Can Do Checklists

Learn how to speak more by making vocabulary checklists

How to Learn a Language in Pairs

Learn how speaking with a partner can accelerate your learning

Your Pronunciation is Terrible: Is Pronunciation Important or Not?

Learn the importance of having perfect pronunciation

The Halfway Point & How to Keep Going with Language Learning

Learn how to keep going past the halfway point

The Power of Learning a Language Together with Someone Else

Learn how to learn a language with someone else

How to Adjust Your Routine & Learn Language from Home

1) The Pros & Cons of Learning at Home 2) How Peter Adjusted and Hit His Goal for June 2020 3) How You Can Learn from Home & Add Variety to Your Day

How to Get Back on Track After Language Learning Failure

1) Peter’s Approach to Restarting Hebrew 2) How to Get Back on Track with Easier Goals & Routines

How to Deal with Missed Language Goals & Failure

1) What Happened to Peter’s Goal 2) How to Deal with Failure 3) What You Can Take away

The Secret to Speaking More of Your Target Language

Learn how to speak more with preparation

How to Match Your Routine to Language Learning

Learn how to set your learning routine

Starting Off on the Right Foot with Language Learning

Learn how to start off on the right foot

The Satisfaction of Reaching Goals

Learn to reach your goals and enjoy the journey

The 20 Benefits of Learning a Language

Learn the true benefits of language learning

Are You Improving? How to Reassess Your Language Skills

Learn how reassessing yourself shows improvement

How Tipping Points Will Bring You Closer To Your Language Goals

Learn how tipping points bring you closer to your Portuguese goals

The Power of Mistakes

Learn how mistakes help you learn faster

How to Start Conversations: Talking Points for Language Learners

Learn the top five ways to start a conversation

Should You Cram when Learning a Language?

Learn what ways cramming can help you

The Power of a Teacher

Learn the difference a good teacher can make

How to Read the Fast, Fun & Easy Way with Extensive Reading Books

Learn how to make reading easy

How to Speak More of a Language with Can-Do Lessons

Learn how to master Portuguese and reach your goals

How to Use Anchor Points & Language Profiles to Turbocharge Your Learning

Learn how to use anchor points and language profiles

How to Learn a New Language in the New Year

Learn the four things to start with when learning a new language

Winning Through Failing: How to Succeed with Languages in the Long Run

Learn how to achieve your goals despite “failure”

The Power of Level-Appropriate Language Immersion

Learn more about language immersion

The Power of Textbooks & Digital Detox

Learn why textbooks are a powerful resource in the Digital Age

Testing & Assessment. A Brutally Honest Way to Improve Your Language

Learn how to use testing and assessments to improve your language

August 2018: How Talking Points Get You Speaking & TurboCharge Your Progress

Learn about the power of talking points in language learning

Bringing Out The Big Guns to Fight Language Learning Failure

Learn how to fight language learning failure!

How to Get a Return on Your Language Learning Investment

Learn how to get a return on your language learning investment, track your results and hit goals!

The Easiest Way to Start Writing & Improve on Your Own

Learn the easiest way to start writing and improve on your own

The 10 Habits of Highly Effective Language Learners

Learn about the top 10 habits that will carry you through to language learning success

March 2018: Building Your Personal Language Learning Profile

Learn how to create your language learning profile and keep language learning fun and relevant

February 2018: How to Boost Your Output - Speaking and Writing in Your Target Language

Learn how to add language output to your learning routine

January 2018: Your First Steps to Learning a Language

Learn how to use anchor points to succeed by setting routines and goals

December 2017: What You Learn From Failing a Language Proficiency Exam

Learn about the useful tools that you can use to prepare for a language proficiency exam

November 2017: The Key to This Year’s Language Goal And Passing The Test

Learn how to use a 180 degree reverse approach to learning language

October 2017: The Power of Big Decisions And Commitments

Learn how big commitments turbocharge your learning and how to apply it

September 2017: The 3 Powerful Language Learning Habits You'll Pick Up at the Gym

Learn how to find time to learn a language

August 2017: How To Master 500 Words with Spaced Repetition

Learn about the power of spaced repetition learning

July 2017: Your Step By Step Path To Reaching Language Goals

Learn how to reach your language goal using learning paths

June 2017: How to Time Yourself to 100% Portuguese Mastery

Learn why you should time yourself and how

May 2017: A Radically Different Way to Break Your Routine And Master Portuguese Along the Way

Learn how to focus on your goal

April 2017: Focusing On What You’re Good At

Learn the importance of an imperfect start for future success

March 2017: How To Test And Train Your Reading, Writing, Speaking And Listening

Learn about tactics to master your target language

February 2017: How To Turn Your Portuguese Weaknesses into Strengths

Learn how to discover your weakness by going above and beyond

January 2017: How to Learn Portuguese in 2017 with Rock-Solid Anchor Points, Goals And Routines

Learn the importance of having anchor points to master a language

December 2016: How to Reach Your Goal for the Year - The Long Term Strategy for Success

Learn how to get back on track and the power of good, old habits

November 2016: Big Commitments, Big Results And Desperate Measures for Desperate Times

Learn the importance of big commitments and anchor points

October 2016: Input vs Output And Getting Real Results From Your Portuguese Studies

September 2016: How to write 1,000 words of Portuguese in a 5 Minutes a Day - Daily Dose Diary

Learn the language learning benefits of writing and how to apply it

August 2016: The 3rd Person Way to Break Bad Habits And Speak More Portuguese

Learn the three language learning benefits of speaking about a third person and how to apply it to your studies

July 2016: The Embarrassingly Simple Secret to Crushing Your Monthly Goal

Learn the simple embarrassing technique for speaking your target language and how to apply it with premium and premium plus

June 2016: How to Reach Your Portuguese Goals By Taking A Step Back

Learn the real reason behind failure, how to start over, and how to set yourself up for success

May 2016: Pressing Reset - The Problem with Failing Portuguese Goals

Learn the stressful problem of failing language goals and what to do when you fail or get stuck

April 2016: Technology And Technique: 7 Tested, Timeless Ways to Learn Portuguese

Learn the seven premium and premium-plus study tools you should use in your learning

March 2016: How to Set the Ship Straight with the Routine Reminder Checklist

Learn how to take full advantage of learning tools you might not be aware of, how to maintain your routine with a checklist, and how you can make your own reminder checklist

February 2016: 7 Minutes and 7 Seconds to Portuguese Learning Success

Learn how to develop a language routine in seven minutes and seven seconds, why this amount of time is all you need to start, and how you can apply it to your learning

January 2016: Get a Big Head Start with Your Language Profile Cheat Sheet

Learn why you need a language profile when you start learning and how you can make your own language profile cheat sheet

December Inner Circle: How Mastering A Language Has Changed My Life

Learn why people who succeed tend to succeed again, and how you too can achieve your goals

November Inner Circle: The 2 Dirty Little Secrets For Mastering Portuguese

Learn why a calendar is the first thing you need, why knowing your own grammar is a MUST, and how to apply these methods to your learning

October Inner Circle: Netflix and The Best Ways to Enjoy Learning Portuguese

Learn why you should add non-intensive learning to your routine, how I used Netflix in my learning routines, and how you can learn effectively with fun, non-intensive methods

September Inner Circle: A Guaranteed Way To Double Your Portuguese Speaking Time

Learn why most learners simply don't make real progress with speaking and how I doubled my speaking time with our lessons and structure

August 2015: How Far You’ve Come & The Law of Increasing Motivation

Learn why it's important to look at your progress, how to increase your motivation and success over time, and what to do if you've been failing your goals

July 2015: The Analysis Paralysis of Learning Portuguese & How To Beat It

Learn why language learners get stuck in Analysis Paralysis, why you should stop focusing on details and perfection, and how you can avoid getting stuck

June 2015: Why Your Worst Days Are The Best Days To Study Portuguese

Learn why bad days happen with language-learning and why you'll get your best work done on your worst days

May 2015: How Tipping Points Will Bring You Closer To Your Portuguese Goals

Learn why tipping points are crucial for confidence in languages, how you can tell when you're reaching one, and how I reached one with Spanish this month

April 2015: Three Effective Portuguese Learning Habits You’ll Learn On A Plane

Learn why you must adjust to your environment, how to take advantage of limited time, and the importance of developing an on-and-off mindset

March 2015: Exceed Expectations & Improve Your Portuguese Through Preparation

Learn how powerful preparation is for boosting your language-speaking skills

February 2015: Utter Portuguese Learning Failure & How To Bounce Back

Learn about the topic nobody wants to talk about: failure

January 2015: Your 'Why' will Guarantee Your 2015 Portuguese Learning Success

Learn how your reason for learning a language is crucial to your motivation, how you can increase motivation to guarantee success, and how you can apply these tactics to your goals

December 2014: The Power of Rewards For Smashing Your Portuguese Learning Goals

Learn how rewards build habits and maintain motivation, how I used rewards when I hit my goals, and why you don't have to fail overall if you miss a monthly goal

November 2014: The Power of Reading & Reminders for Mastering Portuguese

Learn why reading can actually improve speaking skills, why reminders get your goals done, and how I'm implementing these two tactics

October 2014: The Power of a Deadline as a Strategy to Master Portuguese

Learn why successful learners use deadlines to ramp up progress and how you can set your own achievable deadlines

September 2014: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. Losing Portuguese Progress & Bouncing Back

Learn why you lose progress when you take a break, why it's hard to get back into a routine after a break, and how you can make an effective comeback

August 2014: You’re never fully prepared until you immerse yourself in Portuguese

Learn why you're never fully prepared until you get into the game, how you can take advantage of this fact to succeed with a language, and how you can do so with the Premium Custom Lists app

July 2014: Three Tactics for Maximizing Time & Making More Portuguese Progress with this App

Learn how to take advantage of the innovative Language 101 app, how to schedule routines to maximize learning time, and how to boost your progress with harder lessons

June 2014: Prepare, Review & Speak More Portuguese with the Custom Lists App

Learn how to take advantage of the Custom Lists web app, why you need to prepare word lists based on your interests, and three ways I used Custom Lists to reach my monthly language goal

May 2014: Mastering Portuguese with an Online Tutor vs. an In-Person Tutor

Learn the three advantages of a Skype tutor, differences in learning with both Skype and in-person tutors, and the one killer advantage of an in-person tutor

April 2014: How To Achieve Your Portuguese Goal When Your Motivation is Low

Learn the four tactics that successful learners use

March 2014: Secrets to Staying Motivated within in the Portuguese Learning Routine

Learn the three secrets to staying motivated

February 2014: Adjust Your Routines So You Don’t Fail Your Portuguese Goals

Learn how your daily routines set you up for success, how to spot the bad routines, and how to adjust your routines to match your goal

January 2014: Your New Year’s Resolution Solution

Learn the top three reasons why New Year's resolutions fail, how to set achievable language goals and resolutions and examples of good and bad resolutions