How to start learning a language: Full account of day 1 of my #Fi3M mission
Follow Benny's first day learning Egyptian Arabic, from preparing phrases and studying grammar to holding his first online conversations.
Category: Missions
Learning Egyptian Arabic to fluency in 3 months… in Brazil! Benny’s new language mission!
Read Benny’s 2012 Egyptian Arabic mission plan, including his B2/C1 target, Brazil constraint, dialect choice and speaking-first experiment.
Interview in Irish: My 2012 Raidió na Life Conversation
Watch Benny’s 2012 Irish-language interview with Diarmuid Ó Mathúna and read how adult immersion changed his relationship with Irish.
Video in ASL: Gallaudet university, city of American Sign Language and Deaf culture
Watch Benny visit Gallaudet University in American Sign Language and learn about Deaf culture, accessibility and Washington's signing community.
Language leveling up: Moses and Benny speak a dozen languages in Columbus Ohio
Watch Benny and Moses McCormick practise a dozen languages with people in an Ohio shopping centre and discuss how to keep improving.
My Polyglot Summer mission: Improve TEN languages to the next level (with lots of videos)
From the 2012 archive, Benny plans a summer mission to improve ten languages through focused practice, travel and recorded conversations.
Did I Really Learn to Speak Chinese in 3 Months?
An independent evaluator reviews Benny’s 2012 Mandarin mission, what he could do after three months and where the result fell short of fluency.
Esperanto in Practice: A Monastery Visit in Xi’an
Watch Benny use Esperanto during a monastery visit near Xi’an and learn where to find today’s international Esperanto community.
Benny’s 3.25 month video: questions that waste your time
Watch Benny's Mandarin interview after three months and one week, with an honest look at his progress and the comparisons that waste learners' time.
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