Benny Lewis
Person on 4 sites
Benny Lewis is an Irish author and blogger, best known for Fluent in 3 Months, the website where he documents trying to learn a language in about three months.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 1981 or 1982, Ireland (opens wiqqi.app)
- Fluent in 3 Months: Founder and CEO; documenting his attempts from 2009 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: Fluent in 3 Months (2014); Language Hacking Spanish, French, German and Italian (with Teach Yourself) (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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Blog: Fluent in 3 Months (opens www.fluentin3months.com)
“Poder Conjugation: All Tenses, Explained Simply (with Examples)”
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Blog: Fluent in 3 Months (opens www.fluentin3months.com)
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Speaking badly is not a failure on the way to speaking well; it is a stage that has to be passed through on purpose. (opens korrents.com)
“I learned a long time ago that speaking like “Tarzan” is an absolutely necessary stage to go through, so you get used to using the language in SOME way. You learn to get used to the embarrassment and get on with…”
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What stops people speaking a new language is not missing vocabulary; it is being unwilling to be heard sounding stupid. (opens korrents.com)
“Perfectionist and elitist learners will never accept being perceived as less than geniuses the entire time, so they will never expose themselves to sounding “stupid”, as they may perceive it.”
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The hard part of speaking from the start is not the gaps in what you know but making peace with not knowing the simplest words. (opens korrents.com)
“But it's HARD to start this. NOT because of all the academic reasons of lack of vocabulary and grammar, but because you need to be cool with the fact that you are not going to know the simplest of words.”
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Speaking badly is not a failure on the way to speaking well; it is a stage that has to be passed through on purpose. (opens korrents.com)
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19 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Talk To Me In Korean (opens rcmnd.app)
“Talk to Me In Korean (TTMIK) is a top rated fan favorite for learning Korean. TTMIK is a free website run by native Korean speakers.”
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LanguaTalk (opens rcmnd.app)
“LanguaTalk is my top recommendation for finding a Korean tutor due to having higher teaching standards, lower commission and a more intuitive interface than most other platforms.”
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Glossika (opens rcmnd.app)
“I especially like Glossika's focus on listening and speaking. You get to watch your fluency progress live with each audio “rep”.”
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Talk To Me In Korean (opens rcmnd.app)