![]() I’ll post a Day 0 video in my first update article as I plan on writing an article for Day 0, Day 30, Day 60 and Day 90. So, technically not nada but I have no idea how to say nearly nothing in Spanish. And I have the same goal as everyone else in the Challenge which makes for some enlightening conversations. I’ve got a group of experienced language learners in my corner. Working with the Fi3M Challenge will be miles apart from when I first started learning French. What’s more, some of my friends from the last Challenge are taking this one with me. And I’ve seen for myself other people learning a new language from scratch in 90 days with the Fi3M Challenge. I did my first Fluent in 3 Months Challenge a few months ago to strengthen my French. This is a three-month online course that promises students they’ll have a 15-minute conversation in their target language after just 90 days. I’m going to learn Spanish by participating in the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge. My Spanish Mission: Conversational Spanish in 90 Days! I’m ready to spice things up with another language. I have a solid two years of French under my belt. And as a gift to myself, I’m going to learn Spanish. And I’ve read 27 books in French.Īll this to tell you that I am a native English speaker who is elated and surprised to be speaking French at an intermediate level. I have made lovely friends who are native French speakers. But I can hold a conversation about lots of interesting topics. Nowhere near C2 level which is native-like fluency. (Still hate them.) I changed my tools every 12 weeks. But it created a habit.Īfter many mutations, my language learning found a way to fit into my life. So, I committed to five minutes of study a day with one italki lesson per week. Especially when it came to time commitment. When I finally committed to learning French, I was a frightened little kitten. Let me tell you more about my plans… How I Learned French (The Slow Way) The last time I looked only 1% of the population in my area speaks French. I also feel a little lonely with my French here. I’d like to connect with members of my community in a deeper way. Many of my neighbors are bilingual Spanish and English speakers. I live in Southern California where Spanish is a prominent spoken language. I’m aiming to have a 15-minute conversation in Spanish after three months of learning. I’ve now spent two years learning French, using the strategies I picked up from Fi3M, and I’m at a solid intermediate level. My claim to fame is that I attempted (and failed!) to learn a foreign language ten times before finally figuring out how to do it. This Irish dude was certain that a language learning drop-out like me could learn a language. Then I found Benny Lewis, founder of Fi3M. Before finding Fi3M, I thought blogs were online diaries. I didn’t know much about the Internet either. ![]() Up until two years ago, I only spoke one language. It’s kinda trippy to be writing an article about language learning on the blog that taught me how to learn languages. I remember on Fi3M reading about Holly’s three-month mission to learn Portuguese. I’m relatively new to the online language learning universe, and I started as a writer for Fluent in 3 Months earlier this year. That was the moment at which I realized I’ve got to learn Spanish.Īnd now I’m planning to do it in just three months… Spanish in 3 Months - Really? And Who Are You, Elizabeth?! We each walked away with a little joy tucked into our pockets. I was stunned by the embrace she gave me. The woman spun around and ran up to me with arms open. !Feliz navidad! I said as I put a few apples into my cart. I realized that I knew how to say, “Merry Christmas!” in Spanish. I told her in English that I love her language but I don’t know it yet. I understood all this because we were both fluent in charades. She asked me if I wanted to sample a pear. She told me that she liked the color of my scarf. The woman excitedly started talking to me in Spanish. So, I cheated on my French language skills for five minutes and said the only Spanish phrase I knew at the time, ❼omó está usted? which means “How are you?” The woman working in the produce section spoke with a beautiful Mexican accent. But Here’s Why I Really Want to Speak SpanishĪbout a year ago, I was grocery shopping in our neighborhood store. Day 90 – Results and Table of Study Time.Day 30 – Finding a Tutor and Organizing Lessons.If you haven’t read the other articles about this mission, here are the links: In this article, she’s sharing her motivation to learn Spanish and her detailed plan. ![]() This is her first ever three month mission. ?įluent in 3 Months team member Elizabeth is learning Spanish from scratch. Full disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.
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