#48 Sarah Gillespie on the Treasure Hunt of Learning a Rare Language

This episode features Sarah Gillespie, who learned conversational
Hiligaynon in just 90 days with the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge.


We actually guarantee that anyone who completes the Fluent in 3
Months Challenge will have a 15-minute conversation in their new
language after 90 days of learning. You can find out more here.


Benny and Elizabeth have a conversation with Sarah Gillespie
about her experience of learning a heritage language with few
resources as a part of the Fluent in 3 Months Challenge.


Featured Resources


Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

italki



Mentioned in this Episode


Fluent in 3 Months Challenge

italki

Sarah’s Website

Sarah’s Article on Fluent in 3 Months

Toggl

Audacity

Paul Soderquist

Illonggo Boyz



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


Learning Hiligaynon in 3 months with the Challenge

Learning heritage languages

Enjoying the learning process with songs

Using trends to learn languages

Finding resources for more obscure languages

Using lots of apps, software, and habit forming techniques
like habit stacking

How to use your target language with family and getting to
know them better



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy


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