How to learn a language in 90 days (2013)

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How To Learn a Language In 90 Days

2013

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How This Blueprint Came About?

I (Brian Kwong) Got Motivated By My Father-In-Law, Papa, Who Can’t Speak a Word of English to Learn German

This Guest Post On zenhabits Was Written By...

Stumbled on..

My Reward For Passing On

Day 91 =)Learn German in 90 Days Challenge, A 15 Min Conversation With Papa On

Day 91 As My Test

Maneesh Sethi’s KICKASS Post Was The Catalysis For My...

OVERVIEW

Why Learn a New Language?Overall Strategies

3 Keys to Success

Awesome Resources

90 Days Action Plan

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Opens Up New Worlds

Why Learn a New Language?

Meet More Hot Men orHot Women

New Confidence In Work and

In Life

Swagger

Overall Strategies

Effective Resources

And Materials

Learn And Memorize Phrases

Speak From Day 1

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Focus on 1200 Most Frequently Used Words

Effective Resources

And Materials

Learn And Memorize Phrases

Speak From Day 1

Avoid Passive Learning Tools and Methods

Memorize 13 Phrases a Day Consistently

Built In One GrammarRule Every 3 Days

Get Yourself To Speak ONLY the New Language

Practice Speaking Phrases Consistently with Language Partners

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90 Days Action Plan

Newbie Guru

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Day 1 to Day 30

Newbie

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Create Stakes and a Target Outcome For Your Challenge

Create Milestones to Hit on Day 30

Find one Language Partner on The Mixxer

Learn and Memorize 13 Phrases Everyday

Practice Speaking With Your Language Partner

Day 31 to Day 60

Semi Newbie

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Find One Tutor on italki For Grammar

Create Milestones to Hit on Day 60

Find One New Language Partner onThe Mixxer

Learn and Memorize 13 Phrases Everyday, Implement One New Grammar At a Time

Practice Speaking With Your Language Partners

Day 61 to Day 90

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Practice Shadowing to Improve your Listening and Pronunciation

Create Milestones to Hit on Day 90

Learn and Memorize 13 Phrases Everyday, Implement One New Grammar At a Time

Practice Speaking With Your Language Partners

Guru

3 Keys to Success

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1. Make Everything FUN

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2. update the world about your language challenge

Public accountability is your new best friend.

BLOG

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Forum

3. Take it one day at a time

Focus on 1200 Most Frequently Used Words

Memorize 13 Phrases a Day Consistently

AWESOME RESOURCES

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“Material Beats Method”Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Chef

Focus on 1200 Most Frequently Used Words

Memorize 13 Phrases a Day Consistently

Getting Phrases DaGeniusLab.com

Lonely Planet Phrase Book-

Ask Your Language Partner-

Assimil Series-

Phrases from every day use and for travel specific

More in depth with grammar, short dialogues

“How do you say XYZ ?”

Do a Google Search- “Most frequently used phrases in your target language”

Subjects You Are

Interested in-Ex: Comic books. Tip: Get both

language versions

Memorize 13 Phrases a Day Consistently

Memorization Tools DaGeniusLab.com

Genius for Mac-

Anki for Windows-

Genius+ for iPad and iPhone-

Best SRS active learning memorization software,very effective, what I used for my challenge (Free)

Based on Genius and much more, sign up for beta here

Even though it is passive learning, it is the best memorization software for Windows for now

Memorize 13 Phrases a Day Consistently

Finding Language Partners DaGeniusLab.com

iTalki-

The Mixxer-

Here is an extensive review on iTalki by Benny Lewis from Fluent In 3 Months

Here is a step by step video on how I found a language partner in 5 minutes on the Mixxer

Another extensive review on Verbling by Benny Lewis from Fluent In 3 Months

Please Note: Language Partners are not meant to teach you the language, unless they are teachers of course. The main goal is for you to practice speaking and listening.

Verbling-

Meetup- Meet with local language partners or people learning the same language as you

Memorize 13 Phrases a Day Consistently

A Tutor For Grammar DaGeniusLab.com

iTalki-

Craiglist-

Has affordable tutors, you can have trial lessons to make sure they are good for as low as 5 bucks

See if you can find an affordable tutor in your local area

Make sure you avoid group class so you stay active learning instead of passive learning

Edufire-

My guest post on Hack The System, 5 Hacks I Discovered From My Learn German in 90 Days Challenge

We will continue to test, experiment, and update this plan by doing language challenges ourselves.

So our next language

challenge will be...DaGeniusLab.com