Benny Lewis
Irish language learner and author who founded Fluent in 3 Months.
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- Benny Lewis is an Irish author and blogger, best known for Fluent in 3 Months, the website where he documents trying to learn a language in about three months.
- He argues for speaking from the first day.
- He studied electronic engineering at University College Dublin.
- He wrote Fluent in 3 Months (2014) and the Language Hacking course books with Teach Yourself, and National Geographic named him a Traveler of the Year in 2013.
Key facts
- Born
- 1981 or 1982, Ireland1
- Fluent in 3 Months
- Founder and CEO; documenting his attempts from 20091
- Books
- Fluent in 3 Months (2014); Language Hacking Spanish, French, German and Italian (with Teach Yourself)1
- Education
- Electronic engineering, University College Dublin1
- Recognition
- National Geographic Traveler of the Year, 2013; two TEDx talks1
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