We picked the brains of six people who successfully taught themselves how to speak a new language in record time to understand how it can be done.

For more than two years, Dulcie Shoener of Milwaukee has done daily German lessons on her smartphone. To some, that might sound like self-imposed homework, but Shoener, a language lover and the copy ...

Google Translate now has a free Practice Mode powered by Gemini AI that helps you learn languages with listening and speaking exercises, vocabulary drills, and custom scenarios. Available in beta on ...

This podcast episode dives into one of the most low-effort, high-impact approaches to learning a new language. Rather than pushing through textbooks or repetition drills, it explores how ease, habit, ...

My wife and I like to travel to other countries, but we always face a familiar obstacle -- how to learn the language well enough to converse with people. We've tried taking language lessons, yet we ...

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

A viral post has been making the rounds on X (formerly Twitter), claiming that by using some expert tips to get the most out of ChatGPT, users can master the basics of a new language in just one month ...

So, you want to learn a new skill—playing tennis, speaking Chinese, or playing the violin. You’ve probably heard about the importance of developing muscle memory, or that it takes 10,000 hours of ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- In an MIT classroom, a professor lectures while students diligently write down notes they will reread later to study and internalize key information ahead of an exam. Humans know how ...