Fluent In 3 Months

Outline

Fluent In 3 Months (2014) shows how adults can learn to speak a new language much faster than they expect. Benny Lewis encourages learners to start speaking from the first day, focus on the words they actually need, overcome the fear of making mistakes, and practise with native speakers, including online. The book offers practical techniques he calls language hacking.

• Adults can learn to speak a new language much faster than they usually expect.
• Start speaking from the very first day instead of waiting until you feel ready.
• Focus on the words you actually need rather than trying to learn everything at once.
• Fear of making mistakes is the main obstacle, and overcoming it speeds up progress.
• Practise with native speakers, including online, using the practical techniques Benny Lewis calls language hacking.

Benny Lewis is an Irish language teacher, author, and polyglot who learned several languages as an adult after struggling with them at school. He runs the popular Fluent in 3 Months website and created the Language Hacking series of courses.