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Mission to hike Machu Picchu… in Quechua!

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Benny Lewis

Founder, Fluent in 3 Months

Speaks: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Esperanto, Mandarin Chinese, American Sign Language, Dutch, Irish

Fun-loving Irish guy, full-time globe trotter and international bestselling author. Benny believes the best approach to language learning is to speak from day one.

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Summary of month 2 in mission to become Brazilian

written by Benny Lewis

(Mission update; no language/travel tips in this post!) Time flies when you're having fun, and Brazil is about as much fun as you can have! In less than one month already, I'll be flying back to Ireland for Christmas! My purpose in Brazil this time has been the ambitious goal of convincing Brazilians that I'm [...]

Couchsurfing: How to practise with a native without even needing to leave your home

written by Benny Lewis

Edit: This post was so well appreciated by people that I've rewritten it and added it to lots of other unconventional tips, in the Language Hacking Guide. I recently shared my most important decision ever that started me on the path to becoming a polyglot, but it lead to a lot of questions that some [...]

Pleco Review: Read Chinese from Day One

written by Benny Lewis

Reading the language independently is an important part of my Chinese project. However, my focus is on speaking. So until I can read a larger amount by myself, I needed a boost to allow me to use the language immediately in everyday situations like making purchases, reading signs, and understanding menus and ingredients on products. [...]

What can you do in 4 hours? Benny’s first Indonesian class

written by Benny Lewis

Inspired by Moses McCormick's unfiltered uploads, I've decided to share an unedited crucial moment in my language learning processes; both the first time I've ever spoken the language and my first ever class. What I did was study four hours over 2 days last week, starting from absolute scratch, and then on day 2 of studying [...]

Why Learn a Language? Here’s What 8 World Class Polyglots Said

written by Gabriel Gelman

Why learn a language? It’s a good question! In the last couple of years I have had the honour to interview some of the most popular polyglots in the world, and I had the opportunity to ask them about why they learn languages. I am a polyglot myself. I speak six languages fluently and I [...]

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