This is John Gibbons with the read, courtesy of Babel. Now if you're anything like me, you're

a bit embarrassed every time you go abroad for your lack of language skills. That B I got in GCC French

feels a long time ago now, and my Spanish has never really progressed past. Does

Cerva, Porvore? I've tried a couple of apps on my phone before holidays, but I never seem to

get anywhere with them.

None of it felt very practical. That's why I was really interested to hear about Babel.

Babel is a premium language learning platform designed by real people. It offers short,

structured lessons created by expert linguists and rooted in real-life conversations,

not vocabulary drills or gamified guessing.

It's structured like a coach,

feels accessible like a friend and actually gets results.

To me, it feels like something I can fit in with my lifestyle,

but still make real progress and feel more confident next time I go away.

I've downloaded it and I can't wait to get stuck in properly.

If you want to join me, you can and get 60% off by going to babble.com forward slash TAW.

That's babble.com forward slash TAW.

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