This episode features Nissa, who learned conversational Bengali in just 90 days with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge.

We 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.

Nissa shares about learning a less-commonly-taught language, and coming to understand herself through languages.

Featured Resources

• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

Mentioned in this Episode

• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• Understanding the world and herself better through languages
• Studying French in high school as a good student but still not being able to speak the language
• Breaking through the comprehension wall
• Learning Bengali with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• Learning a language with few or no resources
• Making real progress in a short period of time by focusing on processes
• Overcoming perfectionism and fear of making mistakes
• How to best undertake a 90 Day Challenge and Dream Teams
• Learning with a nonnative speaker
• Best ways to utilize a language tutor
• Learning Yupik, an Eskimo language
• Giving up on languages

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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