Fluent in 3 Months Challenge participant and Greek learner, Nina, shares her experience taking part in the Challenge and connecting with her husband, in-laws, and daughter through Greek with hosts Benny and Shannon.

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.

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• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

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Mentioned in this Episode

• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• italki
• LingQ
• Glossika

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• Figuring out how much you want your language teachers to correct you
• How to get through the intermediate plateau
• Learning multiple languages simultaneously
• Reading to learn languages
• Coming back to languages after a break
• Becoming more direct with your language tutors in order to get the most out of your lessons
• Balancing your energy and being more aware of your energy levels
• Learning languages with the unpredictable schedule of having a new baby
• Learning your partner’s native language
• How Nina supports her daughter’s language learning and multilingualism

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

Fluent in 3 Months Challenge participant and French learner, Melanie, discusses taking part in the Challenge and connecting with her kids through French with hosts Benny and Shannon

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.

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• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

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• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• Learning French in the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• How language helped Melanie find new ways to connect with her kids
• Learning a language alongside her kids and how supporting one another goes both ways
• Creating a language learning environment with 7 kids
• Learning a heritage language
• Ways to support your kids’ language learning
• How being a part of her kids’ language learning journeys has helped Melanie improve her own learning

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

The life of a polyglot globe-trotter only knows one constant: change! In this new update, Benny explains why his decision to postpone his trip to Thailand is the best for his goals in Thai. In fact, he will be focusing on including five languages in his daily life in the next few months.

To ask Benny a question, leave a comment on Instagram (@languagehacking) or Twitter (@fi3m), or you can email [email protected]

Fluent in 3 Months Challenge participant and French learner, Joaquin, explains how deciding to study in France helped him become serious about his goal to learn French, and how he kept his progress up by working hard to keep himself accountable.

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.

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• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

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Mentioned in this Episode

• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• italki
• Language Hacking French

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• How to stay accountable when learning a new language
• Why being bilingual doesn’t mean it’s always easy learning new languages
• Joaquin, Elizabeth, and Benny’s ways to includes some fun language days to their learning schedule
• Mini-missions and how they make learning languages seem more approachable
• Joaquin’s experience with Language Hacking French

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

Since Benny started travelling again, he has had to adapt his learning to his new schedule and route. In this episode, he shares his tips on how to make the most of a little-known WordReference feature, using flashcards in the best way, and keeping working on the languages you know even while traveling abroad.

To ask Benny a question, leave a comment on Instagram (@languagehacking) or Twitter (@fi3m), or you can email [email protected]

Featured Resources

• Rebel with a Clause

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• Motivation around learning and how to make progress when you feel like you’re bad at something
• Dr. Oakley’s 3 language survival tools
• Advice Dr. Oakley would have given herself when she was starting out with language learning
• How to get back into a language you stopped learning
• How Dr. Oakley would start learning a new language today
• Dr. Oakley asks Benny what to do when a teacher assigns you things that just don’t make sense for you personally

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Featured in This Episode

• Learning How to Learn MOOC
• A Mind for Numbers
• Mindshift
• Benny’s Speak from Day 1 Method

Mentioned in this Episode

• Learning How to Learn MOOC
• A Mind for Numbers
• Mindshift
• Dr. Oakley’s website
• Evil Genes
• Benny’s Speak from Day 1 Method
• Kumon
• Smartick

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• How Dr. Oakley got into learning how to learn
• Joining the military to learn a new language at the Defense Language Institute
• Using the Speak from Day 1 Approach
• How Dr. Oakley’s philosophies around language learning influenced her learning in other fields
• Working as a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers, teaching in China, being an Army Captain in Germany, working as a radio operator at the South Pole Station and how these things shaped Dr Oakley’s perspectives
• How teaching makes you a better learner through retrieval practice
• The story behind the MOOC “Learning How to Learn”
• Tricks for encouraging your kids to love learning

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

Fluent in 3 Months Challenge participant and Spanish learner, Hez, chats with Benny and Shannon about fighting perfectionism and practicing patience in language learning.

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.

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• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

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Mentioned in this Episode

• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• Pimsleur
• Duolingo
• Benny’s Fluent in 3 Months book

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• What to do when you’re impatient and you want to learn everything all at once
• Fighting perfectionism and being kind to yourself in the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• The Buddhist idea of a Beginner’s Mind
• Keeping up your language learning during stressful periods in your life
• Ways to have fun with your language learning

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

In this Ask Benny episode, Benny discusses his next language project. Benny will rediscover a language he already studied back in 2010 by flying from Brazil to a new surprise destination. He discusses his new approach to learning the language and his plans for preparing himself ahead of landing. Discover Benny’s next language project in this episode!

To ask Benny a question, leave a comment on Instagram (@languagehacking) or Twitter (@fi3m), or you can email [email protected].

Gabby Wallace, creator of Go Natural English, joins Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy to talk about teaching English online, how renovating houses is like learning languages, and what it was like to live in a favela in Brazil.

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• italki

Patreon Extended Episode

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• Building a language teaching business online
• Learning languages to travel - how to prepare and what to do with the language after travel is over
• Shannon and Benny’s tips for avoiding language interference with similar languages
• Gabby’s ideal day of language learning

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Mentioned in this Episode

• TuneIn Radio
• Go Natural English Website
• Go Natural English on Youtube
• Go Natural English on Twitter
• Go Natural English on Instagram
• Go Natural English on Facebook
• Go Natural English Podcast

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• What inspired Gabby to begin teaching English
• How being a language learner makes you a better language teacher
• Ways renovating houses and real estate connects to language learning
• How to balance really diverse projects
• Living in a favela in Brazil
• How to choose topics for online content as a language teacher
• Corporate language training

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

In this Ask Benny episode, Benny gives an update on his current language mission in Jericoacoara, Brazil, and the new hacks and strategies he has worked on and used. If you're looking into vocabulary-learning tips specifically, this episode is for you.

To ask Benny a question, leave a comment on Instagram (@languagehacking) or Twitter (@fi3m), or you can email [email protected].