Blog Profile / Fluent in 3 months
| URL : | http://www.fluentin3months.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Academics / Linguistics | |
| Posts on Regator: | 198 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.7 | |
| Archived Since: | March 7, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
“Hacking language learning”: My new and improved TEDx talk that includes the best polyglot videos online. Please share!!
I really hope this new and improved TEDx talk will get lots of views, inspire many new language learners and even be considered to be used in the main TED stream to ultimately reach millions!
Even though you may be well aware of my language...Show More Summary
40+ FREE online language learning resources: Most comprehensive and up to date list of courses, communities, exchanges and more!
The great thing about blogging, compared to traditional print media, is that you can update posts as often as you like. With that in mind, I've decided to make this the go-to page for the most comprehensive list of completely free online...Show More Summary
I’m severely deaf and partially sighted, but have learned 5 languages. Here’s my story
So, I'm Julie Ferguson and I have nothing on Helen Keller! I am, however, severely deaf and partially sighted.
My parents realised that I had a hearing problem when I was 2 years old, though I didn't get my first hearing aid until I was 4. Show More Summary
Mini mission: Reawakening a dead language! (Hungarian)
It’s time to raise the dead!! My secret mission that is taking up the vast majority of my time in Berlin continues (don’t worry, I’ll tell you all about it when the time is right! For now, it’s so secret that I can’t even give clues as to what it is or when I can [...]Show More Summary
Encouraging quotes, Chinese proverbs with original translations, and inspirational thoughts for language learners
I asked those following my Facebook, twitter and G+ pages what their favourite quotes or short inspirational ideas were, to inspire language learners and got some real gems! I also did my own research online and tried to include some quotes on this blog that people have really enjoyed. And finally, I searched long and [...]Show More Summary
Contextese – the most useful language you are already fluent in
I came across this strange video on a break (from my top secret project). It depicts an episode of Law & Order as if it had chickens/roosters instead of people (from an episode of the funny show "Robot chicken"). Because of that, the...Show More Summary
Share your success stories with us! Inspirational comments post (chance to be read by millions)
In my own success story, I consider all the many friends that I have made around the world, thanks to learning new languages, to be the coolest part by far and the force that drives me to continue and try to share this wonderful experience with as many other learners as I can. Today I [...]Show More Summary
The many reasons (22 so far) why we DON’T succeed in learning languages, and possible answers. Let’s hear your reasons/solutions in the comments!
Today’s post is my serious attempt to collect every possible reason why we don’t learn a language in list format, and to offer possible suggestions to overcome them, or to request your solutions to these problems! I will be updating this list to add new reasons based on your comments. I am genuinely going to try to [...]Show More Summary
Fail fast and fail often: why many failures can be the key to success
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan As I wrote earlier in the week, my [...]Show More Summary
Oops! Logically analysing when something goes wrong, rather than resorting to excuses
Over the years, I’ve had a lot of missions, goals, projects or whatever you want to call them (16 of which I’ve blogged about, so far) to learn languages and take on many interesting other objectives. Generally on this blog I try to see the good in what I can, and I consider each project [...]Show More Summary
How far can you get in 5 hours? The Norwegian mission!
with a pretty successful Polish mini-mission behind me, tomorrow I am flying to Oslo!
Of course I plan to be a respectful tourist and be fully capable of ordering food, asking directions, being polite, and giving basic info about myself,...Show More Summary
Review of “Language Ninja”, the new language learning system definitely worth checking out!
There are many competing language learning systems out there, but due to many requests from Fi3M readers, today I am going to review Language Ninja, a promising newcomer that looks like it’s going to overtake the rest! While I highly recommend you check out their site, and click to see what’s on offer in their [...]Show More Summary
How to speak a language after just one or two hours (My intensive experience with Polish)
As you saw last week, I challenged myself to take five hours to learn enough Polish to help me get by on my brief visit to Warsaw.
In the end, I didn't actually do that as planned... because I was so busy preparing for my TEDx talk (which...Show More Summary
Next mission: learn Polish in 5 hours
On Wednesday, I'll be arriving in Warsaw to give a TEDx talk. Unlike the first one I gave, which was completely made up on the spot and only the second time I ever had a stage to myself like that, this time I have been preparing forShow More Summary
Results of Arabic mission: Benny’s conversational level video chat
This has been a very interesting project!
I started back in September, with three months to intensively learn the language while in Brazil, and then spent January and February travelling through Egypt (ultimately not doing more thanShow More Summary
Climbing Mount Moses, seeing camels, the burning bush and the pyramids of Giza before leaving Egypt
After I got back from Siwa, I got on the train to Cairo for my flight to Sharm el Sheikh. Unlike the previous occasion that I had gotten the train, I arrived with plenty of time!
But I had a completely different problem this time! After...Show More Summary
The Siwa Oasis: Deep inside the Sahara desert (travel update)
(Today's video is in English, but has a brief segment in Arabic when I chat to my jeep driver).
Don't worry, next week I'll get back to language updates, including a video where I do most of the talking, all spontaneous, so you can hear what my level truly is. Show More Summary
Travels through/along the length of the Nile in Egypt: Aswan to Alexandria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buhg-p_0HoI Sorry for the lack of updates recently – I’ve been toppling down sand dunes, having tea at desert camp-fires, looking for the 11th commandment and generally spending lots of time in places filled with amazing experience but bad Internet! More on all those adventures soon enough, but for now I can continue to share [...]Show More Summary
Nubian history: discussion in Arabic about ethnic group in Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2bUSdIrVc0 After leaving Cairo, the first stop on my Egyptian travels was Aswan, the furthest south in the country where you can find a major settled area, and where the Egyptian part of the Nile begins after Lake “Nasser” and the High Dam. By far, the most interesting part of my time there was discovering [...]Show More Summary
The worst language learning advice you’ll ever receive
I get asked by people every day what the “secret” is to learning another language, and they don’t seem satisfied with my answer of there is no secret; you need to work hard, speak often and early with people, make many mistakes and use it for real etc. So you know what? The “truth” is [...]Show More Summary