When I first moved to the UK 15 years ago, I thought Welsh was dying out.
But did you know that people went on protest marches and even got ARRESTED to keep this language alive?
In this podcast episode, I bring you interviews with Welsh learners and teachers, sharing their own passions for this ancient language.
Read moreIn this interview with passionate polyglot Judith Meyer, she shares how she learnt over 14 languages, how you can get over the intermediate plateau, and why learning any other language than English takes a little passion.
We talked about
Oh...and we did it in two languages! Listen in to find out more.
Read more““Languages are ultimately designed to bring people together.””
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Welcome to episode 19 of the Creative Language Learning Podcast, featuring a current article of the week and an inspiring interview with one of my favourite language bloggers: Ron Gullekson from Language Surfer. His relaxed language learning attitude will make you so comfortable.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
"I want to get used to the idea of being lost as soon as possible."
I had secretly expected Ron to choose tip 3 as a music fan, but his own choice was tip 1: Get out and talk to people.
1) Meet up in conversation groups offline
2) Find local podcasts by switching itunes to the country's store
3) Learn with music on Spotify
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Hey, welcome to lucky episode 13 of the Creative Language Learning Podcast. In this episode, I'll be sharing a delicious foodie article and talking about Kid World Citizens with Becky Morales.
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Out of the following three tips, Becky chose number 1 as her favourite tip - personalize your language learning experience by building your own vocab decks.
1) DIY your Memrise Courses
2) Start with Pronunciation (here's Gabriel Wyner's take)
3) Incorporate all the senses into your vocab learning habits (Science Daily)
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Heartwarming video of Brazilian students practicing with elderly Americans
Kid World Citizen : Becky's Website
The Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners, Becky's book onAmazon.co.uk and on Amazon.com (Buy through this link to support my podcast!)
In Episode 12 of the Creative Language Learning Podcast, I interviewed a fellow podcaster! Chris Broholm is a language learner with a big mission: 10 Languages in 10 Years!
Listen to our interview to find out more about
Who everybody's favourite owl is!
How Chris built up his own support community of inspiring language learners through the Actual Fluency Podcast
Whether there is a best way to approach language learning methods
What to think about when you set yourself an ambitious goal like Chris Broholm's 10 Languages in 10 Years
The importance of bewaring information overload
The language learning method that you absolutely must try out
And why trying it out is all that we can tell you to do!
“As long as you’re doing something, you’re doing it right.”
And most importantly...
We talk about Language Book Club and how much we're looking forward to it!
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Chris chose Tip 1 as his favourite, because goal setting is still WAY undervalued in learning a new language.
Tip 1: set your chosen Fluency level (travel fluent, job fluent?)
Tip 2: Be a historical linguist
Word origins and vocab divergence can help with remembering words
Look up "etymology"
Tip 3: Sprint with the Language Challenge
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Actual Fluency Episode 32 with me talking about how to be an independent online teacher
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