Fluent in 3 Months Challenge coach, Laetitia, joins Benny and Elizabeth to talk about her varied experience learning or dabbling in many languages: English, German, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch and Vietnamese.

This episode features Laetitia, who made significant progress with several language in just 90 days with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge.

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.

Featured Resources

• Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• italki
• Duolingo

Mentioned in this Episode

• italki
• Duolingo
• Discord
• Learning with Texts

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• The importance of having an inspirational tutor
• Things to consider when looking for a tutor
• Finding your tribe with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
• The pitfall of expecting learning to be passive
• Why you should take the time to find out which methods and resources work for you
• Being as nice to yourself as you would be to a friend
• The pointlessness and dangers of comparisons and perfectionism
• Remember, you don’t know every word in your native language!
• How technology can be a great tool for learning, so don’t be scared of it
• Reading to maintain languages and being happy to understand 60%
• Culture shock and learning “on the job” in Japan - a little goes a long way
• How to create an effective language exchange

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy