Benny Lewis

Benny Lewis is a hyperpolyglot who can speak English, Irish, Fench, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, German, Arabic and Czech. He is the founder of Fluent in 3 Months, has several Internet courses on , and has written a few books, including Fluent in 3 Months, Language Hacks German, Language Hacks Italian, Language Hacks French, and Language Hacks Spanish.

He believes that language learning is just a means to the end to enjoying wonderful experiences in life, but anyone can learn a language.

He learned to be an engineer in college, and then went to Spain to do his work and learn Spanish. After six months, he could not hold basic conversations so he decided to abandon English entirely and focused on learning how to speak. Eventually, he did the same to French when he moved to France. He developed a series of tools for learning various languages. He does 3 month language challenges, attempting to get conversation in three months for each challenge.

He is criticized for false advertising by calling it Fluent in 3 Months as it is almost impossible to become fluent in a language in three months. However, he claims that it is always just an attempt and never a successful fluency in 3 months. It is a catchy title. He has also, by his own admission, failed a few of his challenges by his standards.

His approach to languages is to speak from day 1, even if you know only a little bit. What you are able to say becomes engrained in your conversational ability. Consistency is key. He puts far less emphasis on reading and writing in the language-learning process, something others have criticized him about.