Fairly Fluent

Fairly Fluent

Will Schick

How to Use ChatGPT to Prepare for the OPI

The other day, I was sitting at home, playing around with ChatGPT, preparing for an upcoming language lesson when I made a sudden…

Feb 5

ChatGPT came up with this photo of a woman talking on a headset

Feb 5

Will Schick

How to Prepare for a Private Language Lesson

Tips for success

Jan 21

A cartoon man studying at his desk

Jan 21

Will Schick

The Secret to Staying Fluent:

Watching TV

Jan 15

A picture of aman sitting on a couch watching tv, with a dictionary in his hand.

Jan 15

Will Schick

ChatGPT is Teaching Me Italian

How this AI has become my ultimate resource for learning languages

Jan 7

ChatGPT is Teaching Me Italian

Jan 7

Will Schick

Learning Another Language When You’re Anglophone

I’m always learning different languages. A few years ago, when I left the military, I decided to try my hand at French. It was an easy…

Jun 13, 2023

Learning Another Language When You’re Anglophone

Jun 13, 2023

Will Schick

How to Be Fluent in Multiple Languages

I picked up a number of languages over the years. It started with Korean. My mother, an immigrant from Korea, had spoken it to me alongside…

Jun 12, 2023

How to Be Fluent in Multiple Languages

Jun 12, 2023

Will Schick

‘For here or to go.’ How to order coffee in Italy

Jun 1, 2023

A picture of a Lavazza coffee self-serve machine in Italy.

Jun 1, 2023

Will Schick

Learning Italian — Using the Pimsleur method

I’ve been busy. In the past five years, I went from entry-level journalist to editor-in-chief of a nonprofit news outlet in DC. I gave up a…

May 31, 2023

A screenshot of the Pimsleur application

May 31, 2023

Will Schick

The wrong train to Florence

On a bright Tuesday morning in Bologna, my wife and I joined a crowd as it dashed into a sleek red Frecciarossa train that we thought was…

May 30, 2023

The wrong train to Florence

May 30, 2023

Will Schick

42 euros for nothing. Learn from my mistake. Behind the Milano Card scam

Bottom line up front: Do not buy the Milano Card. The website promises to make your travel to Milan easy. It only makes it harder.

May 29, 2023

42 euros for nothing. Learn from my mistake. Behind the Milano Card scam

May 29, 2023

Hi! I’m Will, a polyglot who speaks Chinese-Mandarin, French, Italian, Korean, and Spanish. I also dabble a bit in Persian and Japanese. I love traveling, making friends, and learning new languages. On this blog, I share tips and strategies to help you learn a new language.
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Will Schick
Learning languages, baking bread, trying to be healthy and make the world a better place. Follow me @schick_will

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