This episode features Turia, who learned Spanish to the conversational level in just 90 days with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge.

Turia shares her experience going from an on-again-off-again Spanish learner to a confident Spanish speaker with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge. She also shares how she travels alone with her children in Spanish-speaking countries, developing a homeschooling curriculum for Spanish for her children, and how she responded to emergency situations in Spanish.

We actually guarantee that anyone who completes the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge will have a 15-minute conversation in their new language after 90 days of learning. You can find out more here.

Featured Resources

• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• LingQ
• French Uncovered

Mentioned in this Episode

• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• LingQ
• French Uncovered
• Workaway
• Fabulingua
• Fable Cottage
• The Spanish Experiment
• Radio Ambulante
• Scott Young’s Year Without English

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• How the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge helped Turia become a confident learner after 20 years of learning on and off again
• How Turia is teaching her three kids to speak fluent Spanish
• Moving to Spain for immersion and learning about the culture
• Incorporating Spanish into a homeschooling curriculum
• Navigating tricky or nightmare situations in another language
• What it’s like traveling alone with kids
• Turia’s favorite rituals and resources for learning Spanish
• Making friends and building relationships in Spanish
• Letting kids’ language studies be child-led

More Resources

After we recorded this episode, Turia was kind enough to share more specific resources with us.

• Spanish champs - a program that includes a script and is song/activity based. It also includes a dvd with clips incorporating the songs taught.
• Talkbox Mom - a subscription service that offers resources to help you switch your day to day interactions into your new language.
• Whistlefritz - a foreign language show for kids by kids available on Amazon prime.

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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