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Olly Richards: languages, method and verdict

British language teacher and founder of StoryLearning, author of the Short Stories series of graded readers in many languages.

The short answer

Olly Richards is a British polyglot and author behind I Will Teach You A Language and StoryLearning, who champions learning through stories. This profile lists the languages, the method and the Kungfucius verdict on the claims.

8+Languages
1986Born

Nationality

British

Languages

English|French|Spanish|German|Italian|Portuguese|Japanese|Mandarin Chinese

Asian languages

Chinese (Taiwanese Mandarin), Chinese (Mainland China Mandarin), Japanese

Signature method

StoryLearning (learning through stories)

Key works

Short Stories in various languages

Claimed vs verified

Claims eight languages including Japanese and Mandarin; levels self-reported.

Creator of the StoryLearning method teaching languages through engaging stories

Kungfucius says: Wrote enough short stories to fill a bookshop, all with a glossary.