Comments on: Redifining your motivation http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/ Unconventional language hacking tips from Benny the Irish polyglot; travelling the world to learn languages to fluency and beyond! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Benny the Irish polyglot http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-11921 Benny the Irish polyglot Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:41:00 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-11921 Mojose! Dankon :) Mojose! Dankon :)

]]> By: Benny the Irish polyglot http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-5153 Benny the Irish polyglot Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:14:29 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-5153 Thanks for your comment George!! Glad you are enjoying the blog :) Here's my <a href="http://www.fluentin3months.com/why-czech-isnt-as-hard-to-learn-as-you-think/" rel="nofollow">Czech specific</a> advice.<br>There are lots of great websites out there and people have recommended Livemocha to me several times before, so I will indeed give it a whirl and let you know!! :) Thanks for your comment George!! Glad you are enjoying the blog :) Here's my Czech specific advice.
There are lots of great websites out there and people have recommended Livemocha to me several times before, so I will indeed give it a whirl and let you know!! :)

]]> By: George http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-5152 George Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:14:19 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-5152 Benny, i am truly inspired by your blog! It is almost revolutionary but yet so simple! I am TRYING to learn Czech, i found this site called <a href="http://www.livemocha.com" rel="nofollow">www.livemocha.com</a> this site is similar to Rosetta stone except its free, and has waaay more languages and also connects with people who speak the language you are learning. <br><br>Benny, do you have some advice for me when learning czech? Also can you review Live mocha? I would LOVE to see your view on it. Thanks so much; you have gained a fan. Benny, i am truly inspired by your blog! It is almost revolutionary but yet so simple! I am TRYING to learn Czech, i found this site called http://www.livemocha.com this site is similar to Rosetta stone except its free, and has waaay more languages and also connects with people who speak the language you are learning.

Benny, do you have some advice for me when learning czech? Also can you review Live mocha? I would LOVE to see your view on it. Thanks so much; you have gained a fan.

]]> By: Jon http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Jon Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:05:57 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-170 I'm currently learning German and my interest in the language started when i randomly bought a rammstein cd. I just liked the way it sounded and i wanted to know the meaning behind the lyrics so i started translating with a dictionary. I had no experience with languages so I had no idea why the sentence structure was so different from english. i didn't even know what sentence structure was. as time went by i got more and more interested. I became friends with a german foreign exchange student at my school and we hung out a lot. i would do the 95% english and 5% german thing and i kept learning. since then i've used so many different learning mediums (workbooks, audio [pimsleur], computer programs [rosetta stone], and chatting online with germans, etc...) i am ALWAYS looking for different ways to learn. I'm actually visiting my friend in germany right now. sitting on her bed on my laptop. im learning SO MUCH being immersed in the language. after i am fluent in german i'm definitely going to start on another language. probably italian or russian. german has sparked a language obsession in me! i just found this site and am definitely going to follow you on your path to fluency. good luck! I’m currently learning German and my interest in the language started when i randomly bought a rammstein cd. I just liked the way it sounded and i wanted to know the meaning behind the lyrics so i started translating with a dictionary. I had no experience with languages so I had no idea why the sentence structure was so different from english. i didn’t even know what sentence structure was. as time went by i got more and more interested. I became friends with a german foreign exchange student at my school and we hung out a lot. i would do the 95% english and 5% german thing and i kept learning. since then i’ve used so many different learning mediums (workbooks, audio [pimsleur], computer programs [rosetta stone], and chatting online with germans, etc…) i am ALWAYS looking for different ways to learn. I’m actually visiting my friend in germany right now. sitting on her bed on my laptop. im learning SO MUCH being immersed in the language. after i am fluent in german i’m definitely going to start on another language. probably italian or russian. german has sparked a language obsession in me! i just found this site and am definitely going to follow you on your path to fluency. good luck!

]]> By: Jon http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-7550 Jon Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:05:00 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-7550 I'm currently learning German and my interest in the language started when i randomly bought a rammstein cd. I just liked the way it sounded and i wanted to know the meaning behind the lyrics so i started translating with a dictionary. I had no experience with languages so I had no idea why the sentence structure was so different from english. i didn't even know what sentence structure was. as time went by i got more and more interested. I became friends with a german foreign exchange student at my school and we hung out a lot. i would do the 95% english and 5% german thing and i kept learning. since then i've used so many different learning mediums (workbooks, audio [pimsleur], computer programs [rosetta stone], and chatting online with germans, etc...) i am ALWAYS looking for different ways to learn. I'm actually visiting my friend in germany right now. sitting on her bed on my laptop. im learning SO MUCH being immersed in the language. after i am fluent in german i'm definitely going to start on another language. probably italian or russian. german has sparked a language obsession in me! i just found this site and am definitely going to follow you on your path to fluency. good luck! I’m currently learning German and my interest in the language started when i randomly bought a rammstein cd. I just liked the way it sounded and i wanted to know the meaning behind the lyrics so i started translating with a dictionary. I had no experience with languages so I had no idea why the sentence structure was so different from english. i didn’t even know what sentence structure was. as time went by i got more and more interested. I became friends with a german foreign exchange student at my school and we hung out a lot. i would do the 95% english and 5% german thing and i kept learning. since then i’ve used so many different learning mediums (workbooks, audio [pimsleur], computer programs [rosetta stone], and chatting online with germans, etc…) i am ALWAYS looking for different ways to learn. I’m actually visiting my friend in germany right now. sitting on her bed on my laptop. im learning SO MUCH being immersed in the language. after i am fluent in german i’m definitely going to start on another language. probably italian or russian. german has sparked a language obsession in me! i just found this site and am definitely going to follow you on your path to fluency. good luck!

]]> By: Matthew Daly http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Matthew Daly Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:50:04 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-153 Thank you for your feedback. I am going to take your advice and learn one language at a time. I am going to try and become fluent in spanish first and then french. I might as well try and become fluent in spanish in 3 months. I will look forward to your future posts. My gf is excited to see your treat for Italian learners. Thank you for your feedback. I am going to take your advice and learn one language at a time. I am going to try and become fluent in spanish first and then french. I might as well try and become fluent in spanish in 3 months. I will look forward to your future posts. My gf is excited to see your treat for Italian learners.

]]> By: Matthew Daly http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-7549 Matthew Daly Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:50:00 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-7549 Thank you for your feedback. I am going to take your advice and learn one language at a time. I am going to try and become fluent in spanish first and then french. I might as well try and become fluent in spanish in 3 months. I will look forward to your future posts. My gf is excited to see your treat for Italian learners. Thank you for your feedback. I am going to take your advice and learn one language at a time. I am going to try and become fluent in spanish first and then french. I might as well try and become fluent in spanish in 3 months. I will look forward to your future posts. My gf is excited to see your treat for Italian learners.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Rebecca Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:32:24 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-116 Don't worry, you can alway read his later novels in the original French! Don’t worry, you can alway read his later novels in the original French!

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-7548 Rebecca Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-7548 Don't worry, you can alway read his later novels in the original French! Don’t worry, you can alway read his later novels in the original French!

]]> By: Rene http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Rene Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:22:37 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-110 Benny, Thanks for the info. Así que tomaste el examen DELE C2 en España y el DELF B2 en Francia. Tu vis en Irlande, n'est-ce pas? Je pense, que quand on vit en Europe, c'est plus facile d'aller en France ou en Espagne, etc. I live in the US, so travelling to Europe doesn't happen every day. Benny, Thanks for the info.
Así que tomaste el examen DELE C2 en España y el DELF B2 en Francia. Tu vis en Irlande, n’est-ce pas?
Je pense, que quand on vit en Europe, c’est plus facile d’aller en France ou en Espagne, etc.
I live in the US, so travelling to Europe doesn’t happen every day.

]]> By: Rene http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-7547 Rene Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:22:00 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-7547 Benny, Thanks for the info. Así que tomaste el examen DELE C2 en España y el DELF B2 en Francia. Tu vis en Irlande, n'est-ce pas? Je pense, que quand on vit en Europe, c'est plus facile d'aller en France ou en Espagne, etc. I live in the US, so travelling to Europe doesn't happen every day. Benny, Thanks for the info.
Así que tomaste el examen DELE C2 en España y el DELF B2 en Francia. Tu vis en Irlande, n’est-ce pas?
Je pense, que quand on vit en Europe, c’est plus facile d’aller en France ou en Espagne, etc.
I live in the US, so travelling to Europe doesn’t happen every day.

]]> By: benny http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-98 benny Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:56:17 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-98 Matthew, I would normally advise against learning more than 2 languages at once... but it would be very hypocritical of me considering I'm really focussing on improving <u>all</u> of my languages this summer, as well as learning Czech. Anyway, if you have the motivation then there is nothing stopping you!! It's just a little easier if you focus on one first since you may easily mix up the vocabulary and rules. I will definitely be discussing multiple-language learning techniques a bit later. Hopefully those tips may help you!! The good news is I have a treat for those learning Italian coming up very soon!! So that might help your girlfriend. Thanks for the compliments :) Matthew, I would normally advise against learning more than 2 languages at once… but it would be very hypocritical of me considering I’m really focussing on improving all of my languages this summer, as well as learning Czech.
Anyway, if you have the motivation then there is nothing stopping you!! It’s just a little easier if you focus on one first since you may easily mix up the vocabulary and rules. I will definitely be discussing multiple-language learning techniques a bit later. Hopefully those tips may help you!!
The good news is I have a treat for those learning Italian coming up very soon!! So that might help your girlfriend.
Thanks for the compliments :)

]]> By: benny http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-7546 benny Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:56:00 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-7546 Matthew, I would normally advise against learning more than 2 languages at once... but it would be very hypocritical of me considering I'm really focussing on improving all of my languages this summer, as well as learning Czech. Anyway, if you have the motivation then there is nothing stopping you!! It's just a little easier if you focus on one first since you may easily mix up the vocabulary and rules. I will definitely be discussing multiple-language learning techniques a bit later. Hopefully those tips may help you!! The good news is I have a treat for those learning Italian coming up very soon!! So that might help your girlfriend. Thanks for the compliments :) Matthew, I would normally advise against learning more than 2 languages at once… but it would be very hypocritical of me considering I’m really focussing on improving all of my languages this summer, as well as learning Czech.
Anyway, if you have the motivation then there is nothing stopping you!! It’s just a little easier if you focus on one first since you may easily mix up the vocabulary and rules. I will definitely be discussing multiple-language learning techniques a bit later. Hopefully those tips may help you!!
The good news is I have a treat for those learning Italian coming up very soon!! So that might help your girlfriend.
Thanks for the compliments :)

]]> By: benny http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-97 benny Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:52:32 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-97 Thanks for sharing Brad :) How are your German studies going?? I'm curiously following your twitter updates! What were your motivations for learning that language? Thanks for sharing Brad :)
How are your German studies going?? I’m curiously following your twitter updates! What were your motivations for learning that language?

]]> By: benny http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-7545 benny Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:52:00 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-7545 Thanks for sharing Brad :) How are your German studies going?? I'm curiously following your twitter updates! What were your motivations for learning that language? Thanks for sharing Brad :)
How are your German studies going?? I’m curiously following your twitter updates! What were your motivations for learning that language?

]]> By: benny http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-96 benny Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:50:04 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-96 Glad to see I'm not the only one hit with random spontaneous ideas to learn a language!! Best of luck with Japanese :) If I get to that it won't be for a couple of years yet! Glad to see I’m not the only one hit with random spontaneous ideas to learn a language!! Best of luck with Japanese :) If I get to that it won’t be for a couple of years yet!

]]> By: benny http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-7544 benny Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-7544 Glad to see I'm not the only one hit with random spontaneous ideas to learn a language!! Best of luck with Japanese :) If I get to that it won't be for a couple of years yet! Glad to see I’m not the only one hit with random spontaneous ideas to learn a language!! Best of luck with Japanese :) If I get to that it won’t be for a couple of years yet!

]]> By: benny http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-95 benny Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:48:51 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-95 I plan to eventually write a post specifically just about how music can be useful in learning a language :) I will definitely be singing Czech songs before the 3 months are up, but reading anything more complicated than Newspaper articles has yet to be seen!! Thanks for sharing your English learning story Sylva!! :) I plan to eventually write a post specifically just about how music can be useful in learning a language :)
I will definitely be singing Czech songs before the 3 months are up, but reading anything more complicated than Newspaper articles has yet to be seen!!
Thanks for sharing your English learning story Sylva!! :)

]]> By: benny http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-7543 benny Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:48:00 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-7543 I plan to eventually write a post specifically just about how music can be useful in learning a language :) I will definitely be singing Czech songs before the 3 months are up, but reading anything more complicated than Newspaper articles has yet to be seen!! Thanks for sharing your English learning story Sylva!! :) I plan to eventually write a post specifically just about how music can be useful in learning a language :)
I will definitely be singing Czech songs before the 3 months are up, but reading anything more complicated than Newspaper articles has yet to be seen!!
Thanks for sharing your English learning story Sylva!! :)

]]> By: benny http://www.fluentin3months.com/redifining-your-motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-94 benny Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:46:42 +0000 http://www.fluentin3months.com/?p=110#comment-94 Thanks for your comments Rene! Your vast linguistic experience is impressive!! You'll be happy to hear that I will be discussing in detail how to improve already learned languages (I chose Prague instead of Brno etc. for a good reason) All will be revealed soon! I took the Spanish DELE C2 in Spain (specifically in Salamanca) and I took the French DELF (B2) in Toulouse. I hope to take the DALF (C2) next time I'm in <i>La Francophonie</i>. I would recommend taking these exams in the countries associated with the language so that you have the momentum for speaking the language. You can however do them abroad (any Alliance Française for French and some universities for other language exams depending on which one; some Googling will reveal all!) Thanks for your comments Rene! Your vast linguistic experience is impressive!! You’ll be happy to hear that I will be discussing in detail how to improve already learned languages (I chose Prague instead of Brno etc. for a good reason) All will be revealed soon!
I took the Spanish DELE C2 in Spain (specifically in Salamanca) and I took the French DELF (B2) in Toulouse. I hope to take the DALF (C2) next time I’m in La Francophonie. I would recommend taking these exams in the countries associated with the language so that you have the momentum for speaking the language. You can however do them abroad (any Alliance Française for French and some universities for other language exams depending on which one; some Googling will reveal all!)

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