This episode features Nissa, who learned conversational Bengali in just 90 days with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge.

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Nissa shares about learning a less-commonly-taught language, and coming to understand herself through languages.

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Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

Understanding the world and herself better through languages
Studying French in high school as a good student but still not being able to speak the language
Breaking through the comprehension wall
Learning Bengali with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge
Learning a language with few or no resources
Making real progress in a short period of time by focusing on processes
Overcoming perfectionism and fear of making mistakes
How to best undertake a 90 Day Challenge and Dream Teams
Learning with a nonnative speaker
Best ways to utilize a language tutor
Learning Yupik, an Eskimo language
Giving up on languages

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy

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#30 Nissa on learning Bengali in 3 Months

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#30 Nissa on learning Bengali in 3 Months