Participating in language challenges like Fluent in 3 Months provides a supportive community and helps build confidence in speaking to strangers in other languages.
Learning colloquial language, slang, and pronunciation is crucial for sounding like a native speaker and achieving a high level of fluency.
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Importance of Language Hacking Challenge
The podcast episode discusses the Fluent in Three Months challenge, a 90-day program that aims to help learners have a 15-minute conversation in a new language. The challenge provides a supportive community of language learners and focuses on building confidence in speaking to strangers in another language. It also covers topics such as dealing with unsupportive loved ones, transitioning from traditional classes to online learning, juggling multiple languages, and the value of community and support in language learning. The podcast guest shares his personal experience and highlights the importance of reviewing languages, keeping notes, and paying it forward by sharing experiences with new learners.
Overcoming Language Learning Resistance
The guest shares his personal journey of initially having no interest in language learning and even considering it a waste of time. However, after exposure to inspiring language learning videos and the resonance they had with him, he developed a strong interest in language learning. Despite facing some resistance from his parents, he pursued his language learning goals, starting with Hindi, Punjabi, and Spanish. He overcame any fears of talking to strangers in other languages by approaching them with curiosity and found that most people were happy to share their language and culture. He also found support and encouragement from a language learning community.
The Benefits and Challenges of Language Hacking
The guest discusses the benefits of participating in language hacking challenges such as the Fluent in Three Months challenge. These challenges provide a supportive community, resource recommendations, and exposure to different languages and cultures. By rotating between languages, the guest maintains his interest and consistently expands his language skills. The guest emphasizes the importance of learning colloquialisms, slang, and pronunciation to sound more like a native speaker. He also shares his strategies for processing and reviewing language notes, as well as the advantages of having a 'dream team' of fellow language learners.
Future Language Goals and Language Hacking Mindset
The guest expresses his desire to continue learning and perfecting multiple languages, aiming to reach a high level of fluency. He mentions his interest in teaching English abroad and potentially pursuing opportunities in countries like Japan and Italy. The guest also stresses the importance of maintaining his core languages and exploring languages with significant populations despite being less popular. He highlights the mindset of being open to resources, advice, and feedback, as well as the joy of giving back to the language learning community. Finally, the guest acknowledges the value of putting time into review and preparation before language lessons.
Long-time participant in the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge, Manish, joins Shannon and Benny to talk about his experience learning a wide variety of languages through many different methods.
This episode features Manish, who made significant progress in many languages 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.