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

Language Hacking

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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