Language & Travel Hacking #85 Alicya on Wine Tasting to Learn French
Writer and long-term expat, Alicya, speaks with Benny and Elizabeth about learning French through the lens of another passion - wine tasting.
This episode features Alicya, who made significant progress with her French speaking ability in just 90 days with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge.
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:
- Arriving in France with zero French
- Why the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge is so good, even for a shy or introverted person
- What it’s like living in France as an American
- Why Alicya had a harder time with French than Spanish and Italian
- How to make the most of a language exchange opportunity
- Raising a bilingual child
- Learning to read, and reading to learn
- Wine as a gateway to learning about French culture and history
- Developing a French “wine language island”
- Learning to do things using your target language
- How to tackle a polyglot Challenge
Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy
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