Mission: Read and speak Thai in 8 weeks
From the 2010 archive, Benny sets an eight-week Thai mission focused on beginner conversation, the five tones and learning to read a new script.
Category: Missions
Mission complete! Partial success – What will Benny’s next mission be?
Benny reviews his partial success after three months in Brazil, then reveals the language and goal of his next learning mission.
Summary of month 2 in mission to become Brazilian
Benny reviews his second month in Brazil, including his Portuguese progress, work on a Carioca accent and the challenges still ahead.
Summary of month 1 in the mission to become Brazilian
Exactly a month ago I arrived in Rio with the mission of becoming Brazilian in 3 months. As in my previous language mission, I’ll give a monthly update for those curious of my progress, and my hopes of reaching the goal of walking the walk and talking the talk enough to convince some Cariocas that […]
My next mission: Become Brazilian in 3 months!
From the 2009 archive, Benny begins a three-month Brazilian Portuguese mission focused on speaking, local culture and life in Rio.
Hitting a brick wall in your language progress
If your language progress has stalled, diagnose the cause, change your routine and choose a focused challenge that gets you moving again.
Summary of month 2: on the final dash to see if I make it to fluency!
Follow Benny’s second-month Czech mission update from Prague as he assesses his speaking progress and the four-week push towards his fluency goal.
Summary of first month of mission & top 100 language blogs nomination
Benny reviews the first month of his Czech mission, including work, social life, progress, setbacks and a 2009 language-blog nomination.
Is it possible to become fluent in a language in 3 months?
In the first Fluent in 3 Months post, Benny explains what fluency means to him and sets out the language-mission approach behind the blog.
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