Language & Travel Hacking #75 Doree Huneven on Worldwide Travel, Reward Systems and Sleeping Languages
Polyglot and avid traveller, Doree Huneven, joins Benny Lewis and Elizabeth Bruckner to talk about her experience learning multiple languages, travelling the world, and how the violin has made her a better learner.
Doree shares why she thinks discipline is the key to being a successful language learner and having fun, and why the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge is so appealing, even to an experienced language learner. We actually 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.
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Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:
- How a family camping trip to Mexico sparked her love of languages
- Teaching English in Egypt and learning Arabic
- How studying and teaching the violin help with language learning
- Why discipline is an invaluable asset
- The value of being active in the Fi3M Challenge community
- Why, as an experienced language learner, she still joined the Fi3M Challenge
- Developing communities as you travel
- The desire to connect with people as a driving force for learning
- How language resources have changed over the last 50 years
- Mimicking phrases, copying body language, and blending in with locals when you travel
- Saving money, cutting costs, and making travel more financially accessible
- The “Doree Huneven Reward System”
- What Doree does with her “sleeping” languages
Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy
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