Introducing the Silent Language Retreat 😶🔇🗣️🚫 Benny Lewis 2024-10-21 | Introducing the Silent Language Retreat 😶🔇🗣️🚫
What city is the statue of Christ the redeemer in, in Brazil? I forgot! #brazil Benny Lewis 2024-09-19 | ...
Around the world in 16 cows #lavaca #thecow #polyglot #nomad Benny Lewis 2024-05-22 | Around the world in 16 "cows"; i e. here are 16 countries I've visited (out of 45 so far) and a translation of the word "cow" in each one of them. I genuinely forgot to include English when I recorded this 😂.I've included clips or photos I took while in each country, while my world (custom made to shade in my visited countries) zooms in to each one.Why translate cow? "La vaca" in Spanish is a famous song currently trending on tiktok and after making the first version of this video over on @irlandesastre , it went viral (as I write this, it's about to pass a million views on Tiktok after just a single day). This video is sort of like a part 2 to jump on its virality.Note that the flags represent the language when appropriate (e.g. Quechua is based on the flag of Cuzco, rather than Peru), and obviously Esperanto isn't the official language of Poland, but it's where that photo was taken and is also where the language started.Just a bit of fun. What do you think?
Quitting Quitting: Embracing Change (Bennys back!) Benny Lewis 2024-05-16 | Lately a lot of people have been quitting YouTube, but since I'm finally back after *6 years* of not creating content consistently, that means I'm quitting... "quitting YouTube"!For 10% off your first month of the same program I used to help me get to a much better place with my mental health, check out betterhelp.com/benny . BetterHelp have sponsored this video, so thanks for checking them out to help support what I do!And don't forget to follow my South America travels on Instagram:English: instagram.com/irishpolyglotSpanish: instagram.com/irlandesastrePortuguese: instagram.com/brasirlandesFor my video on 8 cool ways I've been using AI to enhance my language learning, check out that recent upload on my other channel: youtube.com/watch?v=n4uWqtdf9zI00:00 Introduction01:07 Don't wait too long02:30 Upcoming adventures03:10 AI in language learning03:29 Working on mental health04:10 Therapist recommendation06:14 Plant that tree!
Im on top of the world, on the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro Benny Lewis 2023-11-15 | When I made it to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, I felt on top of the world, quite literally, so I had to make this quick video, of course!!What do you think? What kind of fun video would you make at almost 6km altitude on the roof of Africa?#Tanzania #Tanzania🇹🇿 #uhurupeak #africa #travel #safari #wanderlust #instatravel #adventure #travelphotography #indianajones #visittanzania #hiking #mtkilimanjaro #roofofafrica #mountkilimanjaro #kilimanjaro #pamojasafaris #insta360video #insta360 #tinyplanet #littleplanet #topoftheworld
Mount Kilimanjaro: a very lonely hike with just one local guide to keep me company Benny Lewis 2023-11-08 | Most of my hike to the peak of Kilimanjaro (which can be seen in the background here) was a mainly solo hike nearly all the way to each campsite, with a single guide.Typically, you are in a big group, but after a very difficult day 1, we realized that I simply couldn't keep up with everyone else, given the state of my health at the time.Fortunately, there were 3 local guides for a group our size, so @PamojaSafaris were able to sacrifice one who would go much slower than the others to make sure he could keep an eye on me the entire time. Hiking completely alone would be suicide; there are no paths or markers, so you can very easily get lost without someone who knows the terrain.A huge thanks to Hosea who put up with me for the rest of the week! We had to go considerably slower than the rest of the group (I made sure to give him a very generous tip at the end for putting up with me, and especially for motivating me as it got harder and harder, especially on summit day).I'd leave before the others on several of the hiking days, but always arrive one or several hours later than them at our next camping spot. They were all very understanding and cheered me on each time.It was definitely embarrassing to have to go at such a much slower pace than my friends, but it meant that I wasn't dangerously overpushing myself, and was able to maintain it for the entire week.This also meant that I also, crucially, was able to actually enjoy the rest of the hike and appreciate the nature and views like this!#Tanzania #Tanzania🇹🇿 #africa #travel #safari #wanderlust #instatravel #adventure #travelphotography #indianajones #visittanzania #hiking #mtkilimanjaro #roofofafrica #mountkilimanjaro #kilimanjaro #pamojasafaris
NewJeans ETA; Benny dances with K-pop idols Benny Lewis 2023-08-08 | Guess who is the missing 6th member of K-pop girl group NewJeans 😁👍!This footage is from the actual in-class studio lessons (no green screen for this nomad!) from my phone sitting on the floor, but I used Adobe After Effects to put myself in the official New Jeans music video and dance practice videos.It's great to be back in Seoul again, and I've signed up for the max dance package the famous 1 million dance school has of up to 40 lessons per month, for my next 2 months here. I'm sure I'll continue to have as much fun as you can clearly see that in having!My routine is dancing for 1.5-3 hours every evening for cardio and 2 hours at the gym every morning for weights; so hopefully I'll see another burst of physical improvement in 2 months time. The rest of my time I'll hopefully be improving my Korean.Thanks again to NewJeans for taking time out of their busy schedule to be my backup dancers!#NewJeans #newjeansedit #newjeansedits #newjeanseta #newjeans_eta #newjeanskpop #etanewjeans #dancelifestyle #dancefitness #danceclass #dance #dancegoals #kpop #kpopdance #kpopdancer #1milliondancestudio
Im the newest member of #BTS 🕺 Benny Lewis 2023-06-03 | So far so good in South Korea! As well as learning the Korean language, getting Kpop dance lessons has been another project of mine, so here's the results of my first attempt at dancing while in Seoul, to BTS's iconic "dynamite" song!As you can see they made me an honorary member of their group. Totally legit, no cap! 🤫😂
Into the Bennyverse: 20 year travelversery (spiderverse style intro) Benny Lewis 2023-05-29 | In June 2003, I began my life as a nomad, so I figured I'd make this quick video that showcases some iconic moments from my travels, as I celebrate a ridiculous TWENTY years that I've been on the road.For fun, I edited it in the style of the intro to the movie "Into the spiderverse". I'm probably not the "only" nomadic Irish polyglot in the world, and I'm definitely not the only one protecting the world from monolingual oblivion, but that text worked with the parallel to the movie intro, so I went with it!I hope you enjoyed this look back on 20 years of travels! Of course, you can find more regular video uploads on my language specific YouTube channel: @fi3m . Don't forget to follow me on social media:tiktok.com/@irishpolyglotinstagram.com/irishpolyglotinstagram.com/languagehackingAnd if you would like coaching with your own intensive language learning projects, check out the Fi3M Bootcamp: fi3m.com/bc
Be the worst: Embrace being an idiot to make progress! Benny Lewis 2023-03-16 | I didn't try anything for years, and I'm back to big objectives again, but was close to giving up until I remembered to embrace this "be the worst" mindset. This video talks about it and gives several examples of how it's worked in my life in recent years.I hope it helps you and reminds you that it's OK to suck, as long as you keep trying so you can suck a little less every day!By the way, don't forget to check out my other channel youtube.com/@fi3m @fi3m for updates on how my current Fluent-in-3-Months Korean project is going!And for more of my personal updates, don't forget to check out my Instagram instagram.com/irishpolyglotIf you'd like to learn alongside me these next 3 months, for your own project, you can aim to have your first 15 minute conversation by the end of your 3 months (with way less of a time-commitment than I'm making for this monster project of mine!), so just go to fluentin3months.com/bc for more info on our "Bootcamp" coaching and community programme! Part of the programme includes the community all uploading update videos like this one so we can cheer one another one in how we're progressing, as well as have milestones to see our true progress over time. You can bet I'll be looking back at this video at the end of the 3 months to compare my progress now with then!
The difference a year can make Benny Lewis 2023-02-24 | Hard to believe that a year ago I was almost at "severe obesity" levels (but well into class 2 obesity; yes there are different classes of obesity, that I unfortunately know all about...), at a far-too-high 125kg/275lb because of recovering from clinical depression from the most difficult years of my life.But I sold all my stuff to return to the nomadic life, moved to countries where I could have healthier routines and made major lifestyle changes and am now safely on the way to a much healthier body.I still have lots of work to do, but I'm so glad I can finally do it in fun ways like hip-hop dance lessons. I have so much fun dancing, so it's actually a vicious cycle that I simply couldn't dance (which really would have lifted my spirits) no matter how much I wanted to, for so many years.Any time I tried, I'd be exhausted after about 30 seconds.Back in Mexico, in November, I was out with some polyglot friends and danced for the first time in many years and was able to do it for more than one song. I simply can't express how emotional that moment was for me. It was like a crucial piece of myself that I thought was gone forever, suddenly came back strong and ready.I still have lots of work to do, but I'm confident that in a few short months with the level of exercise I've got in my routine here in Bali, I'll be able to pull off some cool dance moves for much longer (and maybe not be SO sweaty afterwards...)If there's anything this journey has thought me, it's that you CAN eventually recover, even from the absolute worst that life can throw at you.I'll of course be sharing more about the hows of my recovery here on this channel (linked in the bio), so be sure you're following if you'd like to hear more about it!
When two languages battle it out in your head... Benny Lewis 2022-10-08 | I've just spent 3 months in Brazil and now I'm in Mexico, so my Spanish and Portuguese are battling it out in my head, like in this video!And I know the sound cuts out after 15 seconds. Every time I come back to YouTube shorts, I'm disappointed that they are still way behind TikTok (and even Instagram Reels). They don't let you add music beyond 15 seconds unless you risk using pirated sounds. Dumb!Follow me on those platforms @irishpolyglot to see much more frequent uploads!
After getting everything I own in the world into one bag, of course its lost on my first flight!😂 Benny Lewis 2022-07-07 | I am completely nomadic again and everything I own in the world fits into my hand luggage and one checked bag. Woohoo!I know some people can go further and can travel with just hand luggage AND not have a base to leave their stuff at. I don't know if I'll get that far because I have technology like a second monitor and bulky laptop for livestreaming and editing videos I want to travel with that makes that harder.The catch with this lifestyle though, is that if the airline loses your bag, it's kind of like your house with all your worldly possessions in it getting "lost". Quite stressful indeed!!This summer is a really crazy time to get back into travels; with airlines and airports understaffed, bags are going missing, sometimes for weeks on end, and loads of flights are getting cancelled. Fortunately, I ended up getting my bag back after a few days of wearing the exact same clothes, just when I was about to give up and go buy and entire new wardrobe. Phew!
How to travel the world cheaply: All my best travel hacking tips, as I start my nomadic life again Benny Lewis 2022-07-02 | Hello from Day One in my life rebooting my nomadic ways, from São Paulo, Brazil. To celebrate hitting the road again finally, I wanted to give this very detailed and free presentation with all travel hacking tips I've used in my 20 years as a nomad (bar a few years settled in the US), for anyone else who is considering travelling soon.Topics covered include:02:15 Start of presentation06:00 Benny's Story07:58 Traveling Hacks08:20 Reducing Expenses08:30 Finding cheap flights15:08 Finding cheap accommodation20:04 - Points and Miles (reward schemes from credit cards)25:57 - Internationally Friendly ATM card27:43 - More expenses reduction tips29:50 - Practise your language learning with locals36:30 Making Money while Travelling36:34 - Positions that Benny has had42:25 - Positions held during budget travels45:39 - Ideas and Advice - Traveling Careers53:28 - Global Work and Travel56:50 - Q and AAlso, if you want to take stress out of all this planning and paying for your own trips, I highly recommend the sponsor of this video, Global work and travel:fluentin3months.com/gwt-webinar
Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp headquarters right now... Benny Lewis 2021-10-04 | More videos like this consistently on my TikTok account: tiktok.com/@irishpolyglot
Pace: How long does mental health recovery take? Benny Lewis 2021-07-03 | After the overwhelmingly positive response to my personal update video 9 months ago, I took some time to continue with my mental health recovery and waited until I was ready before I got into making a series like this, but the time has come.The pandemic has been a tough time for many people, so I know a lot of you may be struggling with your own life challenges. With that in mind, I’ll try my best to share what’s worked for me to get to a better place in dealing with my own challenges.In today’s first video of the mental health series, I took on PACE.The question of how long it takes to feel better can be on many people’s minds, so I did my best to share my views on this. I hope some of you find this helpful!00:00 Intro00:12 Recovering from my 4 big Ds01:13 Series coming01:33 My struggles with pace02:59 Encouragement for your pace03:15 Timeline of my recovery: Early stages04:00 Thinking about pushing myself too soon04:52 Where I currently am05:16 Takeaways05:54 Conclusion
Friend Like Me from Aladdin 🧞: Multilingual & acted out Benny Lewis 2021-04-04 | I took "Friend Like Me" from the original animated Disney's Aladdin and acted out each scene, while singing it in multiple different languages and dialects, based on the original dubs in those languages I was most confident in.Languages I covered include European and Latin American Spanish, European and Canadian French, European and Brazilian Portuguese, German and Italian, while trying to act out as close as I could get to the original animated version, almost frame-by-frame at some places, playing all characters while I'm at it.I actually recorded this two years ago, and it was a great creative outlet to help me cope with some difficult changes I was going through in my life, but I only managed to get around to the editing part of it this year! Hopefully the audio isn't muted by YouTube!If you enjoyed this, definitely check out "One Jump Ahead": youtube.com/watch?v=pOHblFi3YCw
Oh, the places youll go thanks to language learning! Tribute to Moses McCormick in 51 languages Benny Lewis 2021-03-27 | The amazing Moses McCormick (aka laoshu505000) recently passed away, so the language learning community has come together for this big send-off collaboration. Hopefully, you like this idea of mine. I organized all the contributors (with help from Tetsu Yung and Richard Simcott), coordinated their submissions, and did all the edits (yes, all those effects were by me). Thanks to Jonathan Seabolt for gathering the footage of Moses used and music is by Jordan Grigg.I got the inspiration to do this video from this one: youtube.com/watch?v=ahv_1IS7SiE . In my version, we each translated our lines to our assigned languages, of the poem "Oh, the places you'll go" by Dr. Seuss, which has that optimistic sense of adventure in life that I always associated with Moses. He will truly be missed, and I hope this tribute is worthy of the legend himself.Don't forget to subscribe to my channel for a different spin on language learning and foreign language videos, as well as a series of upcoming videos about recovering from hard times to get your mojo back. Or check out my other links below for my content elsewhere.Leave a comment if you'd like to translate the subtitles file, so the video is more accessible in other languages! Also, please feel free to share your favourite Moses moments, or what you most enjoyed about this video in the comments too!Otherwise, see all the other excellent contributors to this project and how to find them, in the table of contents:00:00 Intro00:09 IrishBenny Lewis (me, this channel), fluentin3months.com , twitter.com/irishpolyglot , instagram.com/irishpolyglot , tiktok.com/@irishpolyglot00:20 WelshGareth Popkins, howtogetfluent.com00:25 FrenchTetsu Yung, @AskTetsu 00:35 MandarinXiaoma @xiaomanyc 00:44 AramaicPatrick Khory @Patrick.Khoury 01:00 ScotsMaureen languagelearningjourney.com01:09 NahuatlAnja Spilker zaloalanguages.com01:17 ThaiStujay Raj jcademy.com mindkraft.com01:26 CatalanMatias Barmat polyglotassociation.org01:41 LaoAndrew Gibler01:46 Arabic (MSA)Jeff Netto youtube.com/JNatAlkhimia02:00 SlovakLýdia Machová languagementoring.com02:10 EsperantoPeter Baláž polyglotgathering.com02:23 RomaniTrisha Dunbar02:30 Northern SamiGeorges Awaad youtube.com/channel/UCgALwHyYx-EdIMh40CQUMSA 02:42 HakkaMichael Campbell glossika.com02:57 GermanHeidrun Tóth-Loesti03:05 SwedishSteve Kaufmann lingq.com03:16 TibetanTim Keeley https://kyusan-u.academia.edu/TimDeanKeeley03:37 MacedonianRichard Simcott polyglotconference.com03:49 FoochowMarcus Thang04:04 CroatianShannon Kennedy eurolinguiste.com youtube.com/eurolinguiste04:14 CircassianJonty Yamisha optilingo.com04:23 PortugueseDiogo Pereira Almanacy04:32 Taiwanese/HokkienIsrael Lai rhapsodyinlingo.com04:44 GuaraniLindsay Williams lindsaydoeslanguages.com05:00 HawaiianJared Gimbel05:14 AfrikaansLindie Botes lindiebotes.com @LindieBotes 05:25 MiskitoKolby Palmer05:32 IcelandicDerek T. Allen05:39 TagalogDean Gocon05:48 SwahiliKhadydja N'doye06:05 KlingonAndré Müller06:24 SpanishMiguel Ariza multilingualbronxite.wordpress.com06:35 Kurdish (Sorani)Andy Cordery06:47 JapaneseYemi06:58 TurkishImaddedin Fatah07:04 PolishLuca Lampariello lucalampariello.com07:12 HungarianAlex Rawlings alexrawlings.co.uk07:19 LadinoCarlos Yebra López ladino21.org07:27 GreekJudith Meyer learnlangs.com07:33 CantoneseSara Maria Hasbun youtube.com/c/misslinguistic07:49 RussianSusanna Zaraysky createyourworldbook.com07:57 HebrewPaul Jorgensen @Langfocus 08:05 ASL & EnglishFrankie Light youtu.be/eA3dUjyI8Jc08:13 NorwegianMark Pentleton radiolingua.com08:22 SerbianDaniel Ferguson08:36 ItalianElisa Polese speakfromdayonewithelisa.com08:48 RomanianBajkai-Fabian Robert09:04 TamilChristine @PolyglotStories 09:16 Outro#Laushu505000Forever
It was Agatha All Along (Wandavision) in 8 international dubs #shorts Benny Lewis 2021-02-22 | If you've been enjoying the show "Wandavision", did you know that it's entirely dubbed to a bunch of languages? Just click in the top-right when playing the video on Disney+ and you'll see it. Not just the main dialogue, but even the catchy songs!To show that, I grabbed snippets from 8 of the non-English editions, put them into one audio and digitally put myself in place of Agatha in some of her scenes from this iconic and super catchy ending to Episode 7 of the show.I'd say "spoilers", but that's kind of unavoidable given the title of the song. Hopefully, you've had the weekend to catch up, and if not, you are avoiding social media until you do 🤣. I saw #agathaallalong trending on Twitter on Friday, so the Internet is spoiling this regardless!(Correction: In the burnt in captions, I should have put が instead of は for the Japanese part)If you like this style of fun short video, don't forget to follow me on TikTok where I upload stuff like this regularly: tiktok.com/@irishpolyglot
Whatever happened to Benny Lewis? A personal update Benny Lewis 2020-10-12 | You may have seen Benny Lewis active online years ago, but not so much recently. Why is that? In today's very personal update, I explain why I haven't been uploading much in recent years. I decided to be vulnerable and share some major life struggles that I've been going through. The timestamps in the video are:00:00 Intro01:21 Burnout02:42 Debt04:50 Divorce06:57 Depression09:15 ConclusionFollow my other social media for more frequent updates:instagram.com/irishpolyglottwitter.com/irishpolyglottiktok.com/@irishpolyglotMy absolute lowest point was in 2018. Fortunately, I've been able to turn things around and am feeling better and on the road to recovery from all the separate issues I've had, with varying degrees of progress on each. I wanted to give some context around my struggles before I share ways that I've dealt with these issues to help me get to a better place.I know this isn't the content I typically used to upload, but I imagine a lot of you are struggling in your own unique ways in 2020, so maybe my upcoming "actionable" videos on this theme can help.I also am very much aware that other people have had their own difficult struggles, so I'm not trying to use this video to say I'm worse off than others, since I am aware I am lucky in some other ways. This is just my story that I wanted to share, to help reduce stigma against being open about mental health issues and difficult times.These rough years also sapped energy from my language learning projects and they were mostly on hold for several years, but I've finally started re-activating them this year thanks to the progress I've made. So, all of this does ultimately tie back into having that mental energy to learn languages, that you may have originally followed me for.Hopefully, this series helps some other people struggling. Thanks for watching!
Language Hacking Podcast LIVE Q&A with Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy Benny Lewis 2020-06-29 | Subscribe to the Language Hacking Podcast:* Apple Podcasts: fluentin3months.com/apple-podcast* Stitcher: stitcher.com/podcast/language-hacking* Spotify: languagehacking.com/spotifyHere are the questions we tackled in this live edition of the podcast: 2:30 I’m learning Spanish & my target is 1 hour per day which I’m meeting. Sometimes I struggle to know the most effective use of this time, in particular, how much of this time should I spend reviewing previous learning, and how much should I spend on new concepts? Or is it perhaps better to have a routine like 3 days of learning new concepts, then on the 4th day review these concepts? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! 5:35 Am I alone in thinking: I can’t learn, Past , Present and Future???Can’t I get by an easier way? 9:48 What's the best routine to have to learn the target language in both of yours opinions. 15:32 Based on your extensive language learning what format, method or additional support (flash cards, software, etc.) would you NOW include and recommend for Full Immersion to get the maximum benefit? 21:18 My question is: How can you pick up a language even if you can't practice speaking it very often? For example, will you pick up parts of a language if you listen to music/watch television shows in that language frequently, despite not being able to speak it very often? 26:10 Is it possible that people can learn language fluently in three months? How it will happen? 37:53 I took a three-year break from learning Spanish. Do you have any tips for getting back into studying a language after a long break? 46:32 What do you recommend to maintain languages you have previously worked on? 50:47 Can someone learn a second language for the first time in their mid 40s and be fluent? Have you seen this often before? 53:17 Do you have any suggestions about study methods for a stay at home parent with three young children, as well as ADHD?
Aladdins One Jump Ahead, in several languages & acted out Benny Lewis 2020-03-22 | This video has been a long-term project of mine, that I somehow managed to record the video of entirely in my living room, using green screens I threw together. Despite that, I think that I managed to maintain a pretty decent feel for the original animated movie!I sing the actual lyrics from the non-English official Disney versions in European and Latin American Spanish, European and Canadian French, European and Brazilian Portuguese, German and Italian, while trying to act out as close as I could get to the original animated version, playing all characters while I'm at it.I really hope you enjoy this!! Please share it with a Disney fan or fellow language learning friend, and let me know your thoughts about it in the comments below!
The surprising origin of Luck of the Irish Benny Lewis 2020-03-17 | Happy St. Patrick's Day! I figured I'd make this video to explain the actual origin of the term "Luck of the Irish". Enjoy, let me know your thoughts in the comments and subscribe!
12 years as IrishPolyglot on YouTube: 🔴Live behind the scenes look & Q&A of some of my best uploads Benny Lewis 2018-10-28 | On October 28th 2006, I created this YouTube channel, and came up with the name "Irish Polyglot". I used it to comment on other videos for a few months and then got into making my own. While I didn't upload my first video immediately, it still marks an important day for me, as I entered the YouTube world, started engaging with others online (several years before I had a blog or twitter) and thought about what kind of message I could start getting out there to encourage language learners.Join me in this livestream, where I will go back and re-watch some of my best videos with you, and give you some backstory to them, and answer any questions you may have had about them!
How to learn French: Live Q&A with *your* biggest challenges addressed Benny Lewis 2018-08-17 | Finding French tricky? Particular parts of the language particularly hard for you? Then come and ask the author of "Language Hacking French" in this everyone's-welcome livestream!---------------A month ago, I was enjoying Nice in the south of France, and next week I'll be in Montréal for Langfest, so I figured while I'm deep in French mode, I'd help you guys out with any issues you had with the language yourselves. Looking forward to your questions!NOT learning French? Then join the stream on my other channel as soon as this one ends, where I'll take questions about any language or language learning issues in general: youtube.com/watch?v=hq3DOVp00CA
Is 10 the cut-off critical age? Response to bogus news Benny Lewis 2018-05-11 | Multiple articles have been making the rounds in language learning news, and even been shared by BBC, with "proof" that the critical age in language learning is 10. Let's investigate how solid this claim is, and find multiple holes that show some pretty weak ways they reached this conclusion.Join me in this livestream, where I pick it apart with several arguments, and join in on the discussion!
Get over uncertainty when talking to natives? And other Qs for Benny live from Add1Challenge Benny Lewis 2018-05-08 | I recently had a private live Q&A for those taking part in the Add1Challenge (http://add1challenge.com), and they had so many great questions, that I wanted to finish getting through their suggested topics in this video that I'll share with you guys!Immediately after this, I'll open things up to you in a separate live video on my other channel, youtube.com/fluentinthreemonths, so make sure you're subscribed over there, and/or click this link and use the "set reminder" option so you don't miss it: youtube.com/watch?v=m2uqtyR3FrEIf you want to prioritize your own question being answered, then that video would be better for you than this one, but if you just want to hear good language learning questions answered, join me here!I'll be happy to take follow-up questions expanding on anything I discuss in this live session, but new questions should wait until the stream on the Fluent in 3 Months channel!
St. Patrick’s Day / Irish language & culture Q&A 🇮🇪☘ Benny Lewis 2018-03-17 | In this live unscripted video on Paddy's Day, I answer manny questions all about Ireland, the Irish language, Irish culture, St. Patrick's Day, or anything along those lines.Enjoy!
Irish name pronunciation crash course Benny Lewis 2018-03-17 | Find the pronunciation of Irish names, based on spelling, to be confusing? Then this ~1 minute video with 6 quick rules is for you!This isn't exhaustive (I've a more detailed video that goes into the rules in more depth here: youtube.com/watch?v=DU9w9qLynwE ), but it should help you most of the time to fix the biggest problems you might face when it comes to how to say names of people from Ireland!Please keep in mind that I had to skip a LOT to make this video as short as it is, so feel free to leave comments on my more in-depth video (already more than a half a million views!) if I don't cover it there!I referenced some other links, so be sure to check out my page on Irish resources here: fluentin3months.com/irish-learning-resourcesAnd here is a playlist of videos about learning Irish and videos that I've made IN Irish (with subtitles):youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSQr1fqNSIPJcNw0OwoTZwn9_tf9VtafWEnjoyed this video? Subscribe to my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=irishpolyglotWatch me speak at TEDx: youtube.com/watch?v=0x2_kWRB8-AFollow Benny on Twitter: twitter.com/irishpolyglotJoin thousands of language learners around the world at the Fluent in 3 Months Facebook community: facebook.com/fluentin3months
How well do Americans understand Irish slang? (Ft. Thomas Frank) Benny Lewis 2018-03-16 | Can you guess the meaning of these Irish slang terms? I put my American friend, Thomas Frank, to the test to see if he could!Thomas Frank makes videos about learning, studying, life hacking and more over on his channel: youtube.com/user/electrickeye91This video was inspired by a clip from Ellen in an interview with Hugh Laurie where he tests her on British slang. Original clip here: youtube.com/watch?v=wYmrg3owTREAnd here is a playlist of videos about learning Irish and videos that I've made IN Irish (with subtitles):youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSQr1fqNSIPJcNw0OwoTZwn9_tf9VtafWEnjoyed this video? Subscribe to my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=irishpolyglotWatch me speak at TEDx: youtube.com/watch?v=0x2_kWRB8-AFollow Benny on Twitter: twitter.com/irishpolyglotJoin thousands of language learners around the world at the Fluent in 3 Months Facebook community: facebook.com/fluentin3months
Time management & project completion tips⏱⌚ Benny Lewis 2018-03-13 | My main project to start my year off, has been to "reset" my workflow and schedule and time management issues, that have prevented me from getting into big projects like language learning for the last while.I've learned many things, and I'd like to share them in this live video. I'll be happy to take questions, while I share my thoughts. Feel free to join and you might pick up a tip that helps you with your own project management issues!**OTHER LIVE VIDEOS THIS WEEK**Note that from now on, *general* language learning Q&As will be on the official Fi3M YouTube channel (not this one), so make sure to subscribe here: youtube.com/fluentinthreemonthsOther upcoming live videos include:1. General Language Learning Qs*: Monday 12th 4PM New York / 1PM San Francisco / 8PM London / 9PM Paris youtube.com/watch?v=7hOjXftlkhc(This is on the fluentinthreemonths channel, and the next two are on this channel)2. Time management & project completion tips: Tuesday 13th 6PM New York / 3PM San Francisco / 10PM London / 11PM Paris(This video)3. St. Patrick’s Day / Irish language Q&A: Saturday 17th Midday New York / 9AM San Francisco / 4PM London (& Dublin!) / 5PM Parisyoutube.com/watch?v=OE-CgENcpkE
20 of your Language Learning Questions Answered (Click timestamps to go straight to your favourite!) Benny Lewis 2018-01-27 | In this live session, I answered all the questions I possibly could, as people passed them on to me! Click the timestamps below to go straight to the question you find most interesting!If you want to be sure that the next time I do one, I won't miss your question (I tend to answer all the earliest Qs and then only a few of the later ones), just click the 🔔 icon and you'll be a part of the "notification squad" to not miss the moment I go live in future!01:08 When I pronounce the Spanish R sometimes it sounds like an English “d” sound. Is that normal sometimes?03:26 Have you noticed some changes within the languages you’ve learned? I know sometimes language adapts to new modern ways.05:51 What are some tips for learning Korean?07:45 What are some tips for learning French speaking and pronunciation, especially for someone who has already learned Spanish?10:24 Will you come to Bratislava again this year for the Polyglot Gathering?12:09 Sometimes I know what I want to say in Spanish, and I can think of it during a group conversation…but not fast enough to say it out loud. Is that still making progress?15:21 Will there be more Language Hacking books in other languages?18:36 How much practice do you put into maintaining your languages?20:29 How do I learn how to read Irish?23:01 I've plateaued in my Mandarin learning. My busy schedule is limiting me to lots of passive input (mostly listening, reading and basic speaking). Any advice?25:56 What are some examples of intermediate goals? I speak four times per week. speaking easily is my top priority but I don't know what I should focus on.29:20 Do you mix up your languages when you speak? What can you do to keep them separate?33:08 How many languages can a well-prepared person learn in a year?36:42 Any tips for learning ASL (American Sign Language)?39:02 Do you have any tips for advancing from conversational level in Spanish to closer to mastery?41:53 Is it better to learn the language first and then learn to read?44:19 How do logic skills, such as the skills you use to solve puzzles, do math, and other stuff, help with language learning?46:31 What are some tips to learn noun genders in French?50:43 What's the best French Grammar book in English in your opinion?52:33 If I can't talk to anyone and I want to learn Japanese, could I talk to myself?
Project Pyramid: Breaking your language learning goals down to make them achievable Benny Lewis 2018-01-26 | A quick live video about breaking your projects into smaller parts
⏰📅Routine Reset project: Working on efficient time-management to improve future learning projects Benny Lewis 2018-01-19 | Update: starting an hour later than planned because Spectrum internet went down "in the area" (Manhattan??). Sorry!I haven't had a good go at a language learning project for some time, and the reason is that a few obstacles have stood in my way, the largest of which has been bad time management! So, rather than announce a new learning project and hope for the best, I'm starting this year with a series of projects specifically to fix these issues ahead of time, and that way when I start my next language learning project, it can run smoothly and efficiently!Join me as I discuss my plans for my "routine reset" project, and see how some of what I'm doing might apply to you!
Why we love Brazilians 🇧🇷 (with Tim from Tim Explica) - video in Portuguese Benny Lewis 2017-12-13 | After spending over a year in Brazil 🇧🇷, there are many things I've come to love about this country, and so I invited Tim from "Tim Explica" while he was in New York and we shared what makes Brazil special to us!This is loosely based on an article I wrote on my blog years ago that has been warmly received by Brazilians: fluentin3months.com/why-i-love-braziliansTim makes videos for Brazilians learning English, and you can check out his stuff here: youtube.com/channel/UCGxIAAnrhkCy6H2DRz-t6QwHere are other videos Tim & I have made together:youtube.com/watch?v=vReqG39g4xk(More soon!)If you like this video, please subscribe and click the bell icon 🔔, so you don't miss other videos. Tim and I have another video coming up soon!
Language Learning Q answered by a Polyglot live - now with clickable timestamps & live subtitles! Benny Lewis 2017-11-22 | What are the pressing questions in your language learning project? People joined me live to ask and I did my best to get to as many as I could. I got to the following questions, so click the timestamps to go straight to that point in the video!02:22 Do you ever get "brain fog" while studying?" Similar to "writer's block", where you want to be productive, but just can't complete anything. 5:05 Can you update us on your Mandarin mission?7:13 What activities do you like to do now IN another language? (not study) 10:42 Have you ever felt really close to giving up on a language? How did you manage to turn those feelings around to keep going? 14:06 What resources do you recommend for Dutch and Korean? 15:51 What's the most efficient way to get better at speaking English, especially pronunciation? 20:10 I teach beginners, so do you think speaking is the most important thing at that level? 24:01 How do you manage your language learning time with other projects if you're a full-time student? Specifically for learning a completely new language. 26:43 Do you feel that you became less nationalist/patriotic after a learning other languages and communicating with other cultures in their mother tongue? 29:51 How long do you think it would take to learn German from A1 to B2 or C1 35:03 I can speak very fluently and understand almost everything, but when I try to read something, I realize that I need a lot of vocabulary. How do I fix this? 38:38 How do you decide "okay, I'm not going to learn any more languages. I'm instead going to focus on what I've already taken on." When do you decide enough is enough? 41:20 How do you keep from feeling guilty when you give up a language because it isn't a good fit? You can't get back those hours. 45:03 Once you feel pretty comfortable with your level in a language, how do you go about learning some of the local slang? Especially if you don't live in the target country. 48:49 Tips for practising listening and speaking and applications and platforms to improve these skills? 49:37 I have been using memory tricks for learning words like you did for la gare and Garfield in the train station :). I find that it works well for nouns and adjectives, but I'm having trouble applying that to verbs and the conjugations. Any tips to help? 51:10 I'm currently living in Paris while learning French. However every time I try to speak French, people hear my accent and switch to English. How do you deal with this? 52:04 What do you think of Second Life for speaking practice? 53:32 Are you thinking to make a WhatsApp language group? 54:42 If I know very little Spanish, and want to learn more in a nursing world, would your new hacking Spanish book help me speak to my patients at the clinic I work at? 58:00 Any suggestions for cheap-free language learning for a time pressed grad student? Focusing on Italian, Spanish and French. 59:35 When language programs such as Teach Yourself or Assimil say you'll get to B2 level on completion, do you believe this is the case or an exaggeration? 1:01:19 How do you decide when to start learning another language?I like to do specific themes in my livestreams, so once in a while I'll do a "free for all" on language learning issues, in a stream like this one, where you can ask anything related to language learning. By letting you guys get it out of your system, this helps us stay on topic in other streams :DMake sure you've clicked the 🔔 bell icon next to the subscribe button, so you get notified when I go live in future videos, and you can join in!Thanks for watching :)
Discussion on accents & pronunciation in foreign languages with Idahosa from Mimic Method Benny Lewis 2017-10-14 | This live stream was a chance for me to talk to Idahosa Ness and pick his brain on Accents & Pronunciation for when people are learning foreign languages. Check it out and enjoy! And see the comments for timestamps to go straight to a point you'd like most in the video!And make sure to check out Idahosa's brand new courses that he's just launched:ki236.isrefer.com/go/Benny_FR_MC_Sales/Fluent3M (French)ki236.isrefer.com/go/Benny_SP_MC_Sales/Fluent3M (Spanish)ki236.isrefer.com/go/Benny_GR_MC_Sales/Fluent3M(German)ki236.isrefer.com/go/Benny_PT_MC_Sales/Fluent3M(Portuguese)These are referral links, which means I'll get a small commission on any sale, but the price is the same for you. Appreciate the support, and I'm genuinely sharing these new products with you guys because I just love Idahosa's stuff and am so excited he has new tools for language learners out. Go check it out!
Professional Language Learner: How to Earn from your Passion Benny Lewis 2017-09-15 | "For many people, language learning is what they do in their spare time. What if you could make a living from your passion? Benny Lewis has been traveling the world for almost 13 years, learning languages professionally, and will share different ways you could potentially do this, too."(Original description of the talk)By popular demand, I updated my 2015 Polyglot Conference talk and gave it right here on YouTube, live! You'll be able to clearly see the presentation slides (harder on the original one), and I pause to answer questions that my live viewers had. Click the pinned comment for clickable timestamps to go straight to the part of the video you'd find most useful!If you've wondered about the many kinds of jobs you could find while you travel, that involve languages, or that can help fund your language learning adventures, or are just interested in hearing how many careers work, then you won't want to miss this!
29 of your language learning questions answered (live!) - list & clickable timestamps in 1st comment Benny Lewis 2017-09-14 | I went through 29 completely different questions that you had on your mind, and answered them live! See the pinned comment for the full list and the timestamp, so you can go straight to the one you are most interested in.That way, I save you the time, if you can't watch the entire hour ;)********OTHER STREAM THIS WEEK********(Times all in Eastern (New York). -3 for Pacific, +5 for London, +6 for Paris/Berlin/Madrid, +14 for Sydney)- Friday 3pm: Professional Language Learner: How to Earn from your PassionMake sure to subscribe to my channel and click the 🔔 icon to get notified when I go live for these.
Book reading/Q&A: Language Hacking Spanish🇪🇸 by Benny Lewis, published by Teach Yourself Benny Lewis 2017-09-14 | Join Benny Lewis for this informal discussion of one of the #languagehacking books published just one year ago: Language Hacking Spanish 🇪🇸This stream was originally live, so you can see me answer questions about the language hacking method or about the book and its contents.To make sure to catch me live next time to ask me questions during the streams, make sure to click the 🔔 icon next to "subscribe"!See the book here: fluentin3months.com/language-hacking-spanish and follow my author profile on Goodreads here: goodreads.com/author/show/4707764.Benny_Lewis********OTHER STREAMS THIS WEEK********(Times all in Eastern (New York). -3 for Pacific, +5 for London, +6 for Paris/Berlin/Madrid, +14 for Sydney)- Thursday 2pm: General Language & Travel Q&A- Friday 3pm: Professional Language Learner: How to Earn from your Passion[I'll also be livestreaming my gaming in my downtime, so if you are interested in that, see the links at the end of this description]Make sure to subscribe to my channel and click the 🔔 icon to get notified when I go live for these.
📖 Book reading and Q&A: Fluent in 3 Months, published by HarperCollins (replay: originally live) Benny Lewis 2017-09-12 | In today's (originally live video), I had an informal discussion of my first published book and instant international best-seller: "Fluent in 3 Months - How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World", and interacted with people for any questions they had. I read sections from the book, to give you an idea of what to expect from it, if you are curious. Since this was live, I stopped to answer any related questions you may have throughout the stream! Make sure to click the 🔔 icon next to "subscribe" and you'll be able to join me in future live sessions. I'll likely do another reading and Q&A of Fluent in 3 Months before the end of the year.See the book here: fluentin3months.com/fi3m-book-all and follow my author profile on Goodreads here: goodreads.com/author/show/4707764.Benny_Lewis********OTHER STREAMS THIS WEEK********(Times all in Eastern (New York). -3 for Pacific, +5 for London, +6 for Paris/Berlin/Madrid, +14 for Sydney)- Wednesday 9pm: Language Hacking Spanish book reading and Q&A- Thursday 2pm: General Language & Travel Q&A- Friday 3pm: Professional Language Learner: How to Earn from your Passion[Most of these days, I'll also be livestreaming my gaming in my downtime, so if you are interested in that, see the links at the end of this description]Again, make sure to subscribe to my channel and click the 🔔 icon to get notified when I go live for these. I can answer very quick questions in comments after a video is up, but I tend to get to them slowly & if a detailed answer is required, I can't really help in a comment, so you should try to catch me live if you can! :)
Polyglot Events: Benny & Lindsay chat about gatherings & conferences for language learners Benny Lewis 2017-08-23 | Before attending Lang Fest, with a bunch of other Polyglots, so just before going, I met up with Lindsay to talk about this and other events, for those of you curious!If you'd like to attend Lang Fest this year (Updated: August 2018, use code BENNY to get 15% off here: montreal.langfest.orgCheck out Lindsay's channel here: youtube.com/user/LindsayDoesLanguagesSome events we mentioned that you can find online:1. LangFest, Montreal, 21-26 August: http://montreal.langfest.org2. Polyglot Gathering (location to be decided for 2019)3. Polyglot Conference, Reykjavík in 2017, and Slovenia for 2018: http://polyglotconference.comThen there's also:Language Show Live, London 13-15 October: http://www.languageshowlive.co.uk/london, Glasgow 2018 (date TBD) http://www.languageshowlive.co.uk/scotlandExpoLingua Berlin, 17-18 Nov, 2017 http://www.expolingua.com/enAnd you can find worldwide Esperanto Events: esperanto-usa.org/en/node/1488
24+ of your Language Learning Questions Answered Benny Lewis 2017-07-30 | This was a live video, but instead of watching the whole thing, just click the following timestamps to go directly to the question you are interested in: 4:53 - How quickly should one seek out native speakers when learning a language?7:14 - What is your record time getting to a C level, and in which language?9:40 - How would you go about thinking in a language?12:21 - Do you recommend learning Esperanto before or after learning German?15:17 - What language, if any, are you learning or improving these days?17:21 - How do you practise ASL (American Sign Language)?BOOSTED COMMENT 19:22 - How do you boost a language that you have studied before but haven’t practised for a while?23:22 - How can I use your Language Hacking Spanish book to reach B2 in Spanish?25:05 - How competent in Gaeilge (Irish) is the average Irishman? If I was learning it, could I use it with them?30:17 - What’s your favourite foreign movie that you don’t think you would’ve known about had you not studied the language?31:40 - If someone wanted to learn a language like Russian on a severe budget, what tips would you have for them?36:40 - Will there be any other Language Hacking books coming out?38:48 - Have you tried using Twitter to find language exchange partners? Sounds like an interesting idea.40:09 - How long would you say it takes to get back up to your previous level in a language after a couple of years away? I left China two years ago and hate the idea of starting again.41:29 - I have 5 hours per day to study Italian. What’s the best way to use this time?44:33 - How much do you read? How? And what kind of books?46:47 - Have you found Irish speakers in New York?48:22 - I’m studying French, but getting lazier and lazier about it. How do you study a language without getting bored?52:48 - How do you get over the fear of talking with people?57:30 - I’m learning Spanish on Duolingo but don’t have any opportunities to put it to use. Please suggest what to do.1:00:48 - How would you prepare for a holiday where your target language is spoken?1:02:43 - How do I not forget my second language while I’m in a foreign country studying a third language?1:06:54 - Do you use the same approach when learning any new language?1:08:09 - Is it helpful to learn Latin for studying European languages?Otherwise, see the following specific topics of "Getting started", "Pronunciation", "Travel/Country/Culture" & "General Language Learning" on my Mixer profile. You should follow thatYou can create a log-in there in seconds by signing up with a Microsoft account you’d likely have through an Xbox/Outlook/Skype etc. account. If you don’t, then making a new account takes a few extra seconds.Here's my profile:mixer.com/polyglotWhen there, click “Sign up” in the top-right to link your account, and then click 💙 on the top-left on my profile, so that you can ask your question(s) once I’m live!
Breaking news: Input vs Output & Steve Kaufmanns YouTube channel turns 10 (collaborative video) Benny Lewis 2017-07-14 | Today (July 13th) in 2007, Steve Kaufmann uploaded his first video... about his chair. Still, it's an incredible milestone to have reached, to be consistently encouraging the Internet for an entire decade! So a bunch of us got together to make this collaborative video in the style of a news broadcast, for "PNN" (Polyglot News Network), to celebrate it, and to finally put the input vs outputt language learning methods to the battle that the language learning community has been waiting for!
How to Hack your Hearing 👂🎧🙉: Five Ways to Optimise How You Hear Benny Lewis 2017-06-03 | I have trouble hearing in my left ear, so I’m always searching for innovative ways to “hack my hearing” so it doesn’t interfere with my work or my everyday life. I also live on a very busy street in Manhattan, and the ambient noise often disrupts my focus, and can make it hard to get good-quality audio in my videos.Luckily, audio technology has come a long way in the past few years. And not just for people like me with hearing trouble - there’s TONS of new tech out there for anyone interested in optimising how they hear.In this video, I summarise my favourite ways to hack your hearing, which you can use to get a better audio experience in all sorts of situations. Here are the products I mention in the video:‘Here’ Earphones amazon.com/Here-One-Wireless-Smart-Earbuds/dp/B01FWJH4VG/&tag=fluein3mont-20: earphones that can selectively reduce certain noises and enhance others.Bose noise-cancelling headphones amazon.com/Bose-QuietComfort-Wireless-Headphones-Cancelling/dp/B01E3SNO1G/&tag=fluein3mont-20: headphones that use standard noise-cancelling technology.focus@will amazon.com/Focus-At-Will-Your-Productivity/dp/B01LZUMHTY/&tag=fluein3mont-20: a music subscription service that finds the best music to improve your focus.Noise gate: info coming soon: http://www.audacityteam.orgAdobe Audition amazon.com/Adobe-Audition-Prepaid-Subscription-Download/dp/B01N7IN318/&tag=fluein3mont-20: professional audio workstation for precision mixing, finishing and editing.Sennheiser RS 195 RF wireless headphones amazon.com/Sennheiser-RS-195-Wireless-Headphone/dp/B00SJ4INFI/&tag=fluein3mont-20: headphone system with many adjustable settings, including balance control for those with hearing difficulties in one ear.
I dont understand in 18 languages repeated over 10 minutes, for when youre really confused! Benny Lewis 2017-05-26 | If you are ever *really* confused, then send someone this video of 3 polyglots saying "I don't understand" in 18 languages!Note that I made a mistake because of translating too many phrases too quickly, and the German should read "Ich verstehe es nicht" or "Ich verstehe's nicht". Sorry I forgot that! And since I don't speak Korean, I found the text online but I really should have double checked with a native speaker, or with Lindsay herself, since I wrote *모르겠습니다* and the correct way would have been 모르겠어니다.Make sure to check out this video explaining these translations: youtube.com/watch?v=e8RgxvOw0msHuge thanks to youtube.com/user/LindsayDoesLanguagesand youtube.com/user/IWTYAL for collaborating with me to make this video happen!
Im sorry/Excuse me in 18 languages repeated over 10 minutes for when you really want to apologize Benny Lewis 2017-05-26 | If you are ever feeling *really* sorry, then send someone this video of 3 polyglots apologizing or saying "excuse me" in 18 languages!Note that we threw this together at the last minute, and because of that we weren't consistent in the translations we were going for (so "Es tut mir Leid" is "I'm sorry" in German, but I had "Entschuldigung" instead). Sorry about that! Make sure to check out this video explaining these translations: youtube.com/watch?v=e8RgxvOw0msHuge thanks to youtube.com/user/LindsayDoesLanguagesand youtube.com/user/IWTYAL for collaborating with me to make this video happen!
Benny, Olly & Lindsay collaborative basic phrases intro Benny Lewis 2017-05-19 | Olly (from I will teach you a language), Lindsay (from Lindsay Does Languages) and I have made a few fun collab videos you've been seeing on my channel lately, so it only makes sense that all three of us should show up in one video! Actually, that's not good enough now that I think of it. Let's make it 3! This week I've uploaded the first one, covering the basic phrase "Thank you" - and next week I'll upload the other two. Here's this week's one:youtube.com/watch?v=PcXwrpCM4PwWe each decided on a balance of our best languages, favourite languages, or languages the other two didn't know. And then we put them on repeat for 10 minutes, in case you are SUPER grateful to someone and want a video to spend 10 minutes saying as much in many languages :DGreat to finally share these videos with all of you. I hope you enjoy them!
