{"id":2945,"date":"2013-08-25T20:28:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T03:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=2945"},"modified":"2018-04-03T08:39:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T15:39:55","slug":"the-year-without-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/25\/the-year-without-english\/","title":{"rendered":"My Next Project &#8211; The Year Without English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Year Without English - Introduction\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/73107593?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last year, in October, I finished the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/mit-challenge\/\">MIT Challenge<\/a>. 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We&#8217;ll even have the pleasure of getting hands-on advice from another famous polyglot, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fi3m.com\/\">Benny Lewis<\/a>, as we start our journey.<\/p>\n<p>Wish us luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, in October, I finished the MIT Challenge. Now, I&#8217;m proud to announce my next yearlong learning project The Year Without English. As with the MIT Challenge, I&#8217;ve made a central page where I&#8217;ll post all the daily conversation logs and the videos for each leg of the trip. 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