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Benny Lewis is a digital nomad and founder of the largest language learning blog in the world, www.fluentin3months.com. He is a world traveller and after travelling non-stop for 21 years, on the road to this day with everything he owns travelling with him.

His internationally best-selling book Fluent in 3 Months, published by HarperCollins, discusses how adults can learn any language from anywhere at any age. He is a polyglot who speaks over a dozen languages (7 of which are at a fluent level or higher), though he could only speak English when he started his travels at age 21.

He has also published multiple language courses with John Murray learning.

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	Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World 3.66 avg rating — 5,838 ratings — published 2014 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language Hacking Guide 3.64 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language Hacking Spanish: Learn How to Speak Spanish - Right Away 3.93 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language Hacking French: Learn How to Speak French - Right Away 3.89 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language Hacking German 4.02 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Language Hacking Italian: Learn How to Speak Italian - Right Away 4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The No-Nonsense Guide to Language Learning: Hacks and Tips to Learn a Language Faster 3.43 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Spanish is Easy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why German is Easy 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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How I’m learning Mandarin in 2026: My Daily Routine in Taipei

Way back in 2012, I announced one of the most followed and discussed projects on this blog, of finally taking on Mandarin. It was an intensive 3 months, all taking place in Taiwan, followed by 2 months of travelling through mainland China. At the end of it, my level was independently evaluated to be around B1 (lower intermediate) spoken level (I didn't have a reading aspect to the project).

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“You don’t know a language, you live it. You don’t learn a language, you get used to it.”
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“It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday. – JIGORO KANO,”
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