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Sarah tells the origin story of her YouTube Channel (reading series), where she started out reading out loud a book in Italian. At the time she started reading on YouTube, she had only been studying Italian for 2 months! First Video: Reading in Italian until I'm Fluent of the Reading in Italian Series The Book Sarah is reading out in her series: Come Una Notte a Bali by Gianluca Gotto Italian Book Club (Facebook Group)
Bob talks about his language learning methods and how he ended up in Argentina to learn Spanish. He has been tracking his language learning progress in form of videos in which he speaks in Spanish. Video Version. Some of the topics we cover: Why Argentina? What is Comprehensible Method? Messi Inspiration for Making Language Update Videos Watching Argentinian Videos To Learn The Language Check out Bob's YouTube Channel. My Fluent Podcast was selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 15 Intermediate English Podcasts on the web.
India is a very enthusiastic learner of German from Ireland. She tells us about her language journey in which she mainly used the immersion approach to become fluent in German. The most important part of this whole method of immersion learning is obviosly your immersion. You absolutely need to have fun! India watched a lot of TV series, movies, listened to podcasts, read books and in general had a lot of fun in the process! ➡️Video Version of The Interview (with full shownotes: https://youtu.be/PZFnwsVkYo8?si=8AQd8KIR84fI7O-j Learn from her experience and become a better language learner! India even kept track of her journey in form of different stats she wrote down and through recording herself in her lovely YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@indih.244
This is part 1 of 2. Antonello Zanini from Italy is quite an inspiration to me. He is a software engineer and technical writer and is a succesful writer on Medium. Spreading knowledge through writing is his mission Daniel and Antonello discuss the importance of building a writing habit in order to improve your English writing skills (and other skills as well). Spending a lot of hours writing is not necessary to become good at it, but rather consistency and daily practice are key. Antonello shares his experience using ChatGPT as a language learning tool to replace Italki, which he feels has become more focused on selling courses and buying hours with teachers. He wrote his daily notes on ChatGPT and asked for feedback, finding that the responses are similar to what he would receive from a human. Antonello Zanini – Medium Antonello Zanini | Software Engineer and Technical Writer
In the second part of our chat with Cara Leopold. (Link to first part), we discuss the movie Groundhog Day. The episode is meant to be like a Movie Club. Cara Leopold is the creator of the Leo Listening Movie Club where she helps film-loving English learners understand and discuss movies together so they can master conversational English. Back-to-School Movie Challenge From September 13th-20th Cara is organising the Back-to-School Movie Challenge, a 1-week taste of what it's like to be in a movie club. By watching and discussing school-themed movies together, you'll learn new vocabulary, catch fast-spoken English and practice your speaking and writing skills with other movie-loving English learners. The challenge includes access to a discussion forum as well as a live Zoom session at the end to chat with me and other film lovers about the movie clips. Time stamps 0:00:01 Introduction to Groundhog Day and Movie Challenge 0:02:00 Groundhog Day 0:07:16 Childhood Impressions and Expectations 0:07:57 Hilarious Moments that Cracked Me Up 0:08:09 Appreciating Comedy and Bill Murray's Humor 0:09:28 The stages 0:11:34 Making the best of any situation 0:13:20 Profound Character Development 0:15:32 Speculations on the Length of Phil's Time Loop 0:17:32 Phil Murray's Versatility in Comedy and Drama 0:19:03 A Subtle and Brilliant Performance by Phil Murray 0:22:36 Discussing the usefulness and cultural context of certain expressions 0:25:25 Appreciating memorable scenes and lessons from the movie Links Cara's website: https://leo-listening.com/ Cara's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LeoListening/ Cara's Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caraleopold/ Back-to-School Movie Challenge https://leolistening.podia.com/back-to-school-movie-challenge
Cara Leopold is the creator of the Leo Listening Movie Club where she helps film-loving English learners understand and discuss movies together so they can master conversational English. From September 13th-20th Cara is organising the Back-to-School Movie Challenge, a 1-week taste of what it's like to be in a movie club. By watching and discussing school-themed movies together, you'll learn new vocabulary, catch fast-spoken English and practice your speaking and writing skills with other movie-loving English learners. The challenge includes access to a discussion forum as well as a live Zoom session at the end to chat with me and other film lovers about the movie clips. Cara's challenge: https://leolistening.podia.com/back-to-school-movie-challenge Cara's website: https://leo-listening.com/ Cara's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LeoListening/ Cara's Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caraleopold/ Cara's Pinterest profile: Coming soon. Spotify Playlist (Cara Leopold Interviews) Leo Listening Youtube Channel: Time stamps 0:00:02 Introduction and passion for interviewing 0:06:48 Learning French through Observation and Listening 0:08:54 Lack of focus on listening skills in education 0:11:02 Contrasting traditional language learning methods with contextual learning 0:19:08 Misconceptions about TED Talks and Transcripts 0:25:42 Overcoming Cultural References in Movies 0:28:23 The Importance of Movie Analysis and Resources 0:38:48 Challenges of Sound Mixing in Cinema and Home Entertainment 0:41:47 Translating Subtitles and Cultural References 0:44:55 American Actors Tackling South African Accents 0:46:11 Frustration with movie accents and Leo Listening's mission 0:47:52 Where to Find Cara's Online Presence Other Links Evernote (note taking app/website) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ncx0nPt9IrclOCyh77Ozv?si=ce218cfa3a854b26
Martin Johnston loves to teach English through personal stories (storytelling) and through non conventional methods. It's great to learn from him and his podcast. He really knows a thing or two about learning (teaching) a language, especially British English. His "unfiltered" podcast (Rock N'Roll English, first episode aired in 2016) with real life stories is there to improve our English. In this interview, we learn more about Martin's language story, how he ended up in Italy and went back to the UK and how his podcast came to be. It's inspiring and educational at the same time. A shout-out to Martin Johnston! "You don't have to be great to start, but if you want to be great, you have to start." Time stamps: 04:02 Who is Martin Johnston? 09:24 Italian vs Regional Dialects (e.g. Sicilian Dialects) 12:26 The Origin Story of Rock N'Roll English 15:12 The First Episode 24:47 Rock N'Roll Vocabulary Bible 28:25 The Importance of Listening 39:01 Introducing the Jungle Listening Course 40:11 Module 1: Learning New Movements (the 44 Sounds of English) 43:30 Module 2: Learning to Differentiate Between Smilar Sounds 44:46 End of Module 2 / Modul 3: Transcribing Practice 46:47 Module 4: Connected Speech and Word Changes 54:55 Rock N'Roll Family 59:08 Making a Living Out of Podcasting is Hard work! 01:03:33 Preparation 01:10:03 Favorite Word Links: Check out Martin's Jungle Listening Course https://www.rocknrollenglish.com/courses/junglelistening Check out Martin's Rock N'Roll English Podcast! The brilliant Rock N'Roll English Vocabulary Bible https://www.rocknrollenglish.com/f/rnr-vocab-bible
Video version of this podcast. You'll find the link to Sheila's Podcast (All About You Podcast) here: https://open.spotify.com/show/38xZM7ID8vP1aJR5KuFrQS?si=eaed93c8d9004870 All About You Podcast on YouTube. The Vocab Man Podcast: ▶ 113 To Be Off The Hook (Ft. Lingo Junkie) | Spreaker
Christina's Language Journey Christina has been learning many languages such as Latin Spanish
Welcome to my inspirational language learning podcast. Where I interview other language lovers. Currently, I strive to enhance my Italian skills. One podcast that has become my go-to resource is "3' Grezzi" [grezzi means raw, unedited] by Cristina Marras. Join me in this episode as I sit down with Cristina, the talented host of "3' Grezzi," a very useful podcast in Italian with a wide range of topics (the podcast is not scripted and comes with Italian transcription and English translation. On YouTube with rolling English subtitles.). In our conversation, Cristina shares her personal language journey, her passion for podcasting, and more. Resources and Links: To discover more about Cristina Marras and her artistic pursuits , visit her website, "Cristina Marras - Art, in all the wrong places." Explore "3' Grezzi" and other captivating content on Cristina's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@m.cristinamarras] Music: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
How Max From Argentina Overcame His Struggles and Became an English Teacher
Asish Dutta: The Super Learner! Asish is a determined language learner who is dedicated to improving his English skills by taking one-on-one online lessons with different teachers. At the same time, he uploads all of his sessions on his YouTube channel so that other learners can learn with him. We call that a win-win-situation. Recently, one of his videos took off
Quit your day job for your English dream! Nyssa's son helped her to start learning English again and she has come to enjoy and even love it! In this episode you'll learn more about Nyssa's journey, not only how she improved her English in such a short time, but also how she helps other English learners improve their English.
Personal storytelling can be used to improve language skills. Interview with Fabio Cerpelloni. On the previous episode 121, we learned from Lucia that we can learn through listening to other personal stories. "Everyone has a story to tell". On this episode (122) it's all about telling your own stories in order to improve in your target language. Even though Fabio Cerpelloni's personal language learning journey did not involve storytelling, he fell in love with telling stories from his own life and has even started to integrate it in his teachings. The book "Story Worthy" by Matthew Dicks inspired Fabio's podcast (Stolaroid Stories) and focus on personal storytelling. Best stories are about failure and can impact others. Fabio is currently writing a book about his personal journey of learning English and how to learn the language in an organic way. We hope that we can have him on My Fluent Podcast for a second round so that we can learn more about his inspiring journey. Thank you Fabio! What are you waiting for? Share your own anecdotes relating to language learning and contact Daniel: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com Topics / Time stamps 0:01 Introduction 1:32 Clip from Ep. 121 (Lucia Matuonto listened to more than 250 guest's stories) 2:55 Start 4:52 Fabio's story in 60 seconds 7:56 Fabio did not use storytelling in his English journey 10:18 How to start learning through storytelling 14:10 Fabio's personal language journey did not involve storytelling 17:00 Toastmaster (Public speaking) (Urmi Hossain on Fabio's Podcast Ep. 41) 20:13 Home 23:03 The book "Story Worthy" inspired Fabio to start a podcast (Stolaroidstories) and focus on telling personal stories. Fabio is writing a book about his personal journey of learning english and how to learn the language in an orccanic way. 28:19 Fabio deleted his own social media (instagram) 30:45 Book Club (Book Discussions - Fabio Cerpelloni) 36:43 Fabio's favorite expressions: "Alright" and "No worries" 39:48 Fabio's next challenge Links: https://fabiocerpelloni.com/ Fabio Cerpelloni | Facebook Fabio encourages language learners to try the "3 2 1" game to practice storytelling and language skills 3 2 1 game by Matthew Dicks: The "3 2 1" game involves choosing three concrete nouns and telling a one minute story about one of them in two minutes
Lucia from Brazil was having self-doubts about her English. Not even 2 years later, she interviewed more than 250 guests on the Relatable Voice Podcast (of course in English)! Various newspapers wrote about her. "The Star Podcaster: Lucia Matuonto" (New York Today) According to Listennotes.com her podcast is among the 0.5 % most popular podcasts*. *"This podcast is one of the top 0.5% most popular shows out of 2,985,974 podcasts globally, ranked by Listen Score (the estimated popularity score", date: december 2022. Listen to this episode and learn more about her astonishing journey, which has just started. Links: Linktree with all the links related to Lucia Matuonto. The Relatable Voice Podcast Lucia's book: Zoe the Crab Lucia Matuonto Linkedin Lucia interviewed Daniel on The Relatable Voice Podcast www.relatable-media.com
7 brave language learners accepted the challenge to do 3000 repetitions in one month in the October 2022 Glossika Challenge. Glossika is an AI based app/website. (Leran more about Glossika on episode 119) This is the video teaser. Don't forget to CHECK OUT #GlossikaChallenge on Twitter. The 7 brave participants are: Victoria Heidi (twitter:@LoveJoy_Lang): Podcast Love, Joy, and Languages Kenny(twitter:@Kenny_DB1983): www.somethingpolyglot.com Christina (twitter: @vuorille): C. Widmann (nouw.com) Elise Cutts (twitter: @elisecutts https://www.monoglotanxiety.com Kuba (twitter: @kubacki_): www.langatu.com Daniel (twitter: @DanielGoodson12): www.myfluentpodcast.com (Just so you know: My Fluent Podcast is not an affiliate to Glossika) Glossika: https://ai.glossika.com/ Attributions: Living Life by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Indie Rock by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ---- Kenny was also a guest on ep. 108 ----- myfluentpodcast@gmail.com
Ep. 119 is meant to be the intro to the Glossika Challenge which is going to be covered on ep. 120. Kenny from somethingpolyglot.com is explaining Glossika and how he experienced the challenge so far. The Glossika challenge (#GlossikaChallenge) is almost over. You were supposed to make it to 3000 repetitions in October in order to win the challenge. On episode 120, you will listen to 7 learners who went through this Glossika challenge. Who made it? Who dropped out? Tune in and learn more about it very soon! https://somethingpolyglot.com/
We are joined by the experienced English teacher and Spanish learner Craig Wealand. He is the host of the Inglespodcast and he knows his onions! (Inglespodcast – Los audio podcasts de La Mansión del Inglés) We talk about disfluencies: What are disfluencies? What are cruch words? How to reduce disfluencies? Why do we make disfluencies (crutch words etc.) while speaking? How can we become fluent speakers? Craig has been helping the English community for more than 10 years! (inglespodcast.com & mansioningles.com) How podcasting (or just recording yourself) helps you to become fluent in your target language. YouTube version of this episode http://www.inglespodcast.com/437 (Craig's version of this episode, with different intro and outro) inglespodcast - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcb1AE_IC4Dg3Hshab06Rxw Time stamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - What is "My Fluent Podcast"? 3:09 - Listen to Podcasts to hone your language skills 5:37 - Oxymoron 06:05 - Podcasting as a language learning tool - Where to begin? 7:26 - The Vocab Man (A podcast about practical English Expressions) 9:46 - How long has Craig been podcasting? 11:00 - Did Craig's prediction from about 8 years ago come true? 12:44 - Receiving Feedback from listeners 13:33 - Aprendeingles Podcast 14:33 - How to learn from Podcast interviews? 15:38 - What are evergreen podcast episodes? 17:10 - What are disfluencies? (Daniel's view) 18:20 - What are crutch words? 18:57 - What is the definition of disfluencies? 20:00 - Some examples of crutch words 20:14 - Every language is using diffent crutch words 20:56 - Why it is not wise to edit out every crutch words (ums, ahms) 22.15 - What are some other disfluencies apart from crutch words? 22:57 - Not noticing crutch words while speaking / listening 24:12 - What are the negatives of disfluencies? (Crutch words can distract you) 26:06 - Excerpt of Aprendeingles Podcast HOW TO OVERCOME DIFSLUENCIES 26:35 - Be aware of your disfluencies (first step to overcome them) 27:54 - Don't be afraid of silences 27:59 - Practical expressions (buy yourself time) 29:31 - Use technology to improve your fluency 30:40 - Descript (Video/Podcast editing software) 29:00 - Work on your proununciation 31:55 - Interview Keanu Reeves 32:32 - Using too many crutch words 35:07 - Text to speech apps (Siri, Google Assistantl, Alexa) to overcome crutch words 37:03 - Why stress will affect your fluency 39:09 - Did Craig never felt comfortable at public speaking 40:53 - Communicatoin can be difficult even for native speakers (bear this in mind) 42:10 - Start out with your own podcast and become fluent! 42:53 - Outro 43:24 - Blubbers and other mentions Interview with Luke Thompson: E28 – interview with Luke Thompson / Luke's English podcast - my fluent podcast / https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/e28-interview-with-luke-thompson-lukes-english-podcast/ I can't put my finger on it: (The Vocab Man) https://www.spreaker.com/episode/51374444 Video Clip : https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9HUPTB5DOHN29MB84d5TRfJHYpdFmM4f Music: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Scott Holmes Music - Free Music Archive
This is the second part of the interview with Urmi. For the first part, head over to 117A. What do you think will language learning look like in 10 years time? (3:57) Are you an Italiki teacher? (5:29) Why should we talk lessons with you? (English/Italian) Can the students choose the topics? (6:39) Being someone who already learned a lot of vocabulary but never has spoken the language what would you recommend that I should focus on? (8:23) Do you have a podcast recommendation for us to learn Spanish? Favorite expression (14:56) Eat one elephant at a time. Do you want to be part of My Fluent Podcast?Drop me an email: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com Urmi's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZoiI0SGU0Xo9_lNjtLWtgg Blog: https://www.myways.ca/ YouTube: 5 Ways to Learn ITALIAN on a BUSY SCHEDULE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9fmxrdOFPY
Urmi Hossain is a full-time female worker in the financial services industry. She has been working in this industry for about six years and she comes from an educational background in Finance. She is currently pursuing her CFA designation. In her free time, she volunteers for causes such as women's empowerment and giving back to the non-privileged. She is a big proponent of self- investing and continuous learning. Indeed, one of her passions is learning languages She is a side hustler. She has her own blog and Youtube Channel, and she has also written her first book, Discovering Your Identity: A Rebirth From Interracial Struggle, where she talks about her own struggle in finding her identity. She considers herself to be Italian- Bengali. Ambitious and Go-Getter are two words that describe her the most. Indeed, one of her big ambitious goals is to deliver a TED Talk Some fun facts: She is a polyglot. She can speak Italian, Bengali, English, and French fluently and Spanish at a more intermediate level. Version with transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/r907jL2yYaO Time Stamps: 0:01 What does language learning mean to Urmi? 0:56 What language does Urmi think in? 1:23 Urmi dreams in Spanish 2:44 Be comfortable with the uncomfortable. 4:12 Italian 7:19 Urmi Hossain's YouTube Channel 10:10 Fear is the dearest friend of all 12:03 Public Speaking Links: Urmi's LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/urmi-hossain Urmi's book: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0B75X14G7/ref=sr_1_2?crid=38ODHSOSYZ3W8&keywords=urmi+hossain&qid=1658373403&sprefix=urmi+hossain%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-2 Urmi's blog- https://www.myways.ca/ Urmi's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZoiI0SGU0Xo9_lNjtLWtgg If you want to be a guest on My Fluent Podcast, drop me an e-mail to myfluentpodcast@gmail.com Cheers, Daniel
This is a bonus episode. I just couldn't help myself. See for yourself. A special thank goes to Jesus who's intro was fantastic. He manages to inspire and motivate other learners. Please, follow his instagram: Jesus Mtz (@jessuss.mtz) • Instagram-Fotos und -Videos https://www.instagram.com/jessuss.mtz/ Thank you all. Your Daniel Goodson.
English learner Asyraaf from Malaysia tells his language learning story and how he managed conducting more than 100 interviews on his podcast called Content Marketing Hacks. Making the podcast helped him tremendously to become a better English speaker. YouTube version Time stamps: 4:39 Hone your English through Podcasting 7:05 Communication problems (Just roll with it!) 7:27 Getting better after every interview 08:19 Arabic, Polish, English and Malay 8:58 Serious English learning 10:06 The challenge of speaking in English 11:10 Talk to yourself / record a podcast to improve in your target language 14:03 Perfectionism in language learning 14:25 Public speaking 16:10 Future goals 17:57 English learning challenges (using the same words) 21:50 Where can we find Asyraaf
Luciana decided to leave her country (Argentina) to become bilingual. Learn more about her journey in which she ended up being in Denmark. Here is the YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/mbvQ_gxty4Q What is the BRAVE85 series? Learn more about it here: 85 - The BRAVE 85 - five interview excerpts What is the WISBOLEP competition? Learn more about it here: https://youtu.be/mhIoNh8YiVE Other Interviews of the BRAVE85 series on My Fluent Podcast: 84 - How Alvaro overcame his stuttering by speaking English 83 - Turn your EGO into an EGG and break it! Learn like a child! All the Competition Entries on 692. WISBOLEP Photo Cover art background: by Derek Oyen on Unsplash
Enrique from Spain talks about his experience when he attended several live English lessons on Teacher Zdenek's YouTube Channel. What did he like about it? What was difficult? What did he learn? We touched on several other topics such as Enrique's English journey Perfectionism in language learning. Podcasts for language learning Reading books to improve your language skills Attending a movie club YouTube version: https://youtu.be/4OXpJkkdyi4 On ep. 113 we talked about the teacher's perspective when giving a Live English Lesson. Go back and listen to Zdenek's interview first to make the most out of it. Tell your friends if you liked this episode. That will help My Fluent Podcast to grow. Thank you guys. Cheers, Daniel. Live English Lesson N°17 with Enrique - 20 October 2021 - Dogme method https://youtu.be/Ax2V5qQCMTk Live English Lesson N°27 with Enrique 29/12/2021 || Conversation || Feedback || Dogme: https://youtu.be/LPB4MeEnBWI Photo of the Cover Art by Les Argonautes on Unsplash Music: Scott Holmes
Should we throw our course books and grammar books away??? Well, maybe.... Dogme language teaching is considered to be both a methodology and a movement. Dogme is a communicative approach to language teaching that encourages teaching without published textbooks and focuses instead on conversational communication among learners and teacher. (Wikipedia: Dogme language teaching - Wikipedia) Teacher Zdenek: https://www.teacherzdenek.com/ Live English Lesson with Zdenek, The Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgB1EsC_Zo8&list=PLTF3BphrUaC2J2qtAkU4p_5c00bCUHljB Teacher Zdenek - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/TeacherZdenek Learn English Online (Zdenek's Discord channel): https://discord.com/invite/5hq6vB8WYw
Learn more about Dorota's English journey and how she became a proficient speaker who is about to run her own English School called "Dragon Dorota Słomiana". Thank you so much Dorota for shareing your experience with us! The langage community can be glad to have you! Get inspired and listen to ep. 112. Dorota: https://www.facebook.com/DragonDorota/
Trilingual English speaker Vince from the Philippines shares his valuable tips and tricks on how he became a fluent English speaker. YouTube version (without pictures): https://youtu.be/R9XySsmxYfE YouTube version with pictures: https://youtu.be/YFR13RnpWqE Transcript version: https://share.descript.com/view/cvDEBobDlD4 E-Mail: Myfluentpodcast@gmail.com Time stamps / Topics: 0:01 Introduction - Vince from the Philippines 1:28 Japanese 1:44 Sumo wrestler 2:45 Spanish and Vietnamese 4:27 Working on your enunciation 5:43 Hadar Shemesh / Rachel 6:16 Shadowing 7:22 Picking up the Argentinian Spanish 9:22 Did Vince reach his language learning goal? 9:56 Masters of English (MAOFEN) / The Influency Community (by Hadar Shemesh) 11:21 Speedlistening to improve in your target language 16:33 What helped you the most to becoma a fluent speaker? (Immersion) 17:51 Back chaining (Method by Gabriel Wyner, author of the book Fluent Forever) 19:11 SRS Space Repetition Software (ANKI) 20:43 Watching Animes, TV Shows, SciFi and real life conversations 21:28 For the love of podcasts (Tim Ferris, Stuff you should know, Lex Fridman) 22:06 Build your habits (App Habitica) 22:54 Challenge yourself 23:29 Language exchange 26:03 Outro Vocabulary 0:13 It was a nerve wracking experience (causing a lot of worry or anxiety) 0:29 It was a haphazard thing (not having an obvious order or plan) 0:38 I receded, kind of became shy (to move back or away) 0:38 I would be bullied (to bully: to treat (someone) in a cruel, insulting, threatening, or aggressive fashion) 1:01 So in effect, I am trilingual (in practice, even if not formally acknowledged.) 1:01 Trilingual (to be fluent in 3 languages) 2:0 My angle for Japanese I also took it up it was a regression because the Japanese that they had at that college was just not advanced enough. 2:49 Latinx population (Latinx is an American English neologism, sometimes used to refer to people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in the United States. The gender-neutral ⟨-x⟩ suffix replaces the ⟨-o/-a⟩ ending of Latino and Latina that are typical of grammatical gender in Spanish) Latinx - Wikipedia I wanted to better fit in (To belong to a group) Colonial past If I am not mistaken (If I am remembering correctly) It just so happened (an idiomatic expression implying that the event happened in due course without outside influence. a fateful incident lo and behold (Look and see) some enunciations (to enunciate: to say or pronounce clearly) The number one person that I would attribute to my success too reciprocate (to give and take mutually) The most prevalent Spanish To pull people up Don't quote me on this because... Not Being able to speak English would have been detrimental to me (harmful, damaging) it soared (increase rapidly above the usual level) Just keep on inching towards the beginning (to move very slowly or in a lot of short stages) One thing that I was dabbling on before was SRS spaced repetition software, but I kind of dropped it. Do you use Anki?.Yeah, I used to use it. It was my go-to, but then... Hiragana and Katakana Kanji Anime (is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, anime refers to Japanese animation, and refers specifically to animation produced in Japan) Anime - Wikipedia Sci-Fi (science fiction) I fell out of the wagon Revamping (to change or arrange something again, in order to improve it) Guilds I am all ears (is used when you want to show somebody that you're listening and ready for them to tell you something.) I sound like a fricking kid (f*ing) I'm stilll trying to get a grasp Anki Habitica Tim Ferris: https://open.spotify.com/show/00ySquPOB5twdRuFvEEc0m?si=efb2c1482bd5448d Lex Fridman: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Jla6HHJjjdWaWUXQdiGTr?si=OIO2I5_gSzygXL_DOLsp5A Stuff You Should Know https://open.spotify.com/show/0ofXAdFIQQRsCYj9754UFx?si=_NqYMqdFTKuyvUq21QPoVQ&utm_source=copy-link Rachel's English https://youtu.be/SJOnhWiJArM Hadar: https://youtu.be/ljEP_ywBm7I Music: Forces of Attraction and upbeat Party by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. E-Mail: Myfluentpodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, Tchales from Brazil and Daniel from Switzerland are going to share 4 steps on how to make the best out of Social Media in order to level up one's target language skills. We will break it down in these 4 topics Defining a goal What social media plattform to choose? What should I know before using social media? Strategies to use social media Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/ma826A4R8LY Time Stamps / Topics 2:03 STEP 1: Defining a goal 2:57 Daniel: Short-term and long-term goals 5:12 Tchales first goal (when he started out with his English journey) 6:53 Daniel's first goal was to pass the exams 8:11 Don't avoid having conversations 8:49 STEP 2: What social media plattform to choose? 9:16 YouTube / Discord 11:23 Movie night / Movie Club 13:39 Instagram 14:14 The Power of Facebook Groups 14:59 The Chat Box (Facebook Group) 16:48 Some ideas to use Instagram 20:15 STEP 3: What should I know before using social media? 20:38 Set up a meaningful bio 24:52 Use your target language in your social media 25:47 Let others correct your posts 28:07 STEP 4: Strategies to use social media 28:13 Making vocabulary based comments on YouTube with a time stamp. 32:32 Align your goal with the strategy 35:15 Create posts / Start recording videos 35:49 Medium to improve your writing skills 39:05 Calendly to orzanize your calls 40:58 Join Communities / Challenges 45:35 My Fluent Podcast community. 46:06 Outro Stories Of Language Learners Podcast The interview with Tchales on My Fluent Podcast: https://youtu.be/QnxIKDLFBdU Interview Playlist: The Klingon Language / Interview with Polyglot Andrew from Germany #103 - YouTube Also mentioned in this episode: Yes Theory - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YesTheory ------ Music: Scott Holmes: Free Music Archive - Scott Holmes Music - Upbeat party Upbeat party. Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International — CC BY-NC 4.0 Photo (Instagram) by Alexander Shatov on Unsplash blue and red square logo photo – Free Icon Image on Unsplash
It's never too late to better yourself! Dyslexic Spanish learner Charlie from the USA (Texas) keeps track of his Spanish journey in form of a YouTube channel. In this podcast interview, we talk about various methods on how charlie became fluent in Spanish (Italki online lessons, Omegle, VR Chat, Duolingo and more). Charlie is a super learner and I appreciated the time with him. I could learn a lot and you might as well. If you are into Spanish learning or if you need some inspiration for your language journey, this interview will be something for you. YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/cuAUU3aXLYo
Kenny is a multilingual online teacher on ITALKI. He is also a passionate language learner himself. In this interview, we talk about leaving our comfort zone in order to level up our language skills. How can we make introvert learners at ease so that they can speak up and improve their speaking skills? We talk about finding the right online teacher and we touch on language learning on Twitter (#Langtwt) More details in the time stamps further below. YouTube Version is not ready yet. Transcript: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/108-something-polyglot-kenny-from-belgium/ everyone is always simultaneously a student and a teacher -Jay Shetty Time stamps: 1:20 Are you more passionate about teaching or learning a language? 05:36 The moment when you feel like you know your students better than your friends 7:17 What is the most important when you are looking for an online teacher? Feeling at ease with the teacher. (the role as a teacher) 9:45 How to reach out and go about it before having the very first online lesson? 11:20 Kenny's language journey (Greek) 13:37 Making connections in your language journey 14:11 Example -> aphasia (a = not, phasia = utterance, speak) 16:52 The Speaking part of a language is often times neglected (Catalan) 19:48 Language tips for introverts (How to speak more often?) 24:04 What does the hashtag #langtwt on twitter mean? 30:12 Language learning can be a safe environment for introverts 31:30 Sbgliando si impara (While making mistakes, you can learn) 34:05 Being a perfectionist / Perfectionism doesn't help you 36:53 Teaching style 38:07 Connecting with other introverts in language learning 40:28 Italian lesson didn't work out 44:38 Avid podcast listeners can use their passion to learn languages 49:50 Producing your own language podcast 53:12 What is your favorite expression? (touched by the mushroom) ------- 54:35 END of Interview 54:36 Outro with Daniel Goodson 55:29 Trailer of next epsiode with Charlie who is learning Spanish in a very special way Other interviews with Kenny: Kenny also got interviewed by English teacher Ryan: https://youtu.be/gvbLlf-avzc Here is a clip from the Language Come Up YouTube channel: Trying to become a polyglot can give you language learning burnout https://youtu.be/h3XWthAdLQU something polyglot
Stephen Devincenzi, founder and host of SEND7 interviews Daniel Godson! Transcript version to read along while listenig: https://share.descript.com/view/rayvXsN27c9 Time Stamps: 0:00:01 Why is Stephen interviewing Daniel? 0:00:45 The bad, bad Swiss citizen 0:04:44 Weird Swiss dialect 0:06:16 The official languages of Switzerland. 0:07:59 Do Italian speakers understand Romansh? 0:08:14 Do Romansh speakers speak another Swiss language? 0:09:33 The difference between Swiss German and Standard German 0:10:20 Is Swiss German a language or just a dialect? 0:11:40 Where does Daniel live nowadays? 11:52 Did Daniel's dialect become more understandable over time? (THE TRAITOR) 13:42 Can you have a conversation in French? (Communication first) 14:46 Languages that Swiss people learn in School 15:22 Are most people successful in learning a second Swiss language? 16:25 The language situatoin in Basel 18:16 How do Swiss people speak to each other? 19:48 Swiss neutrality and the Pope guarded by Swiss guards 24:58 Direct democracy in Switzerland / Referendum 31:35 Is it true that on Sundays by law, you can't make a lot of 33:12 What is the typical Swiss dish? 38:28 Argentina 40:40 Do you like mate tea? Did the COVID situation have an effect on the mate culture? 44:47 Daniel and Maradona 46:29 Do you travel much into the other countries? Have you traveled much around Europe? 48:15 Tuscany and Barcelona 50:26 My Fluent Podcast 52:42 The future of SEND7 57:38 The Vocab Man Podcast 1:01:26 Stephen's passion about the news 1:02:24 Outro - Simple English News Daily podcasts overpassed 1 million downloads! 1:02:38 Interview with Stephen (Luke Thompson from Luke's English Podcast) Simple English News Daily | SEND7 podcast: https://www.send7.org/ Is The News good for learning English? (From LEP#766): Stephen was features on Luke's English Podcast in April 2022. Take a listen here: https://youtu.be/tn-W1x7nRSE 92 - How to learn English with a News Podcast - Simple English News Daily: This is the interview I conducted back in 2021 with Stephen. https://youtu.be/Au8tUE8jxw0 Some remarkable Swiss referendums that came to mind after recording: Exemplary Swiss work ethics: In March 2012 Swiss people voted against extra holidays. The idea was to go from 4 to 6 weeks paid holiday a year. (Swiss people really must love working!) Monthly income of 2,500 Swiss francs for every adult? No thanks! Swiss people have rejected a proposal in June 2016 to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all. Suggested was a monthly income of SFr2,500 ($2,555) for adults and SFr625 for each child. 77% opposed the plan only 23% backed it. Source: https://qr.ae/pvsuMU
John Stedman speaks 10 languages. Listen to this interview based episode of My Fluent Podcast. John, the author of the book (which is titled "The Language Secret") spent many years as a linguist in Africa and frequently met people who spoke up to ten languages. Some of them could not even read. All of them had stumbled upon The Language Secret. The Language Secret is the name of the book, that came out in 2021. I had a blast reading the book. I had a blast interviewing John as well. John was so kind and gave more background information about his journey to the Ivory Coast and to Congo in a very interesting interview. On top of that, he shared some useful learning tips with us. Now living in Germany, John specialises in teaching accelerated language-learning techniques. We wish him all the best and are eagerly awaiting the next two books. Video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/5Uc7XB5IF9g (The video comes with English subtitles, and there is a vocabulary list on a google document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12GQ3YDyjvG7IC0MWDyXLwN4mTp62MnB3bq9bLI88SbQ/edit?usp=sharing ) The Language Secret - Our Book: The Language Secret https://www.thelanguagesecret.com/our-book-the-language-secret Tunnel Lötschberg Basistunnel Nordportal - Lötschberg-Basistunnel – Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B6tschberg-Basistunnel#/media/Datei:L%C3%B6tschberg_Basistunnel_Nordportal.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0
You're gonna learn why using podcasts is a great way to learn languages and how you should use them to get the most out of it. With the help of podcasts you can easily level up your target language - in an interesting way. We got Alastair Budge (creator of the English LEARNING For Curious Minds PODCAST) onto My Fluent Podcast to talk about using podcasts as a means of learning a language. The whole philosophy behind Leonardo English is to help people improve their English in a more interesting way. In over 250 episodes, Alistair shares stories about people's lives and how things work. He kind of explains how things work. Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/VdheWK7u11w Time stamps / topics 1:47 Alastair learning Italian 6:05 Why learning languages with podcasts? 13:27 What podcast apps we should use to learn languages 18:02 Language skills that can be improved by listening to podcasts 19:57 The shadowing technique 23:36 Alexander Arguelles and shadowing 24:46 The IPA system (International Phonetic System) 29:32 What inspired Alastair to creat Leonardo English - English Learning for Curious Minds Podcasts 36:40 How Alastair comes up with new episodes 38:13 How an episode gets created 40:33 Why Alastair interviewed 250 members. 43:41 Is the podcast too hard for beginners? 46:29 Start out with your own podcast! 48:16 The word "set" in English has 430 different meanings 49:40 Least favorite words 52:39 Outro / some last words of Alastair Vocabulary list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oii-iRiLhchDJ4ZrfVWv7N9eQmAojGoCOUWHe9PX-5Y/edit?usp=sharing Alexander Arguelles YouTube channel. Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Leonardo English - English Learning for Curious Minds Podcasts: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts Episode 236 - How To Use Podcasts To Improve Your English [My Favourite Strategies] | English Learning for Curious Minds (leonardoenglish.com) Do you want to share your language learning story? Drop me an e-mail at: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com
Sadie Ryan, linguist and host of the Accentricity podcasts shares her insights into different linguistic topics. Sadie has been learning Gaelic and Polish. She is currently a university lecturer in linguistics. Sadie has a podcast called Accentricity I highly recommend listening to: www.accentricity-podcast.com Twitter: @accentricitypod
In this episode, you'll learn about the constructed language called Klingon. Why did André learn the language and where shall we start learning the Klingon language? This and many more... Please give your Feedback Share your opinion with us by sending a video, voice recording or text message! https://www.videoask.com/fr5wdrqki For example, you could tell us if it is likely that one day you will learn Klingon. Show notes are also available here: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/103-klingon/ Time stamps: 2:49 What is Klingon? 3:37 Who invented the Klingon language? 4:15 Whas it Scotty who invented Klingon? 5:54 What inspired you to learn Klingon? 9:22 How do people react when they learn that you are fluent in Klingon? 11:05 Is Klingon based on an existing language? 11:06 Is Klingon a constructed language? 11:35 The features of the Klingon languages. 15:33 How many people speak Klingon? 16:34 Is Klingon a difficult language? 18:32 Some weird features of the Klingon language. 21:42 Where to start learning Klingon? 23:57 What sort of people were attending your Klingon classes? 26:26 The Klingon community 29:56: About Klingons (and humans) eating worms, bugs and the like 33:35 Creating a language on your own 39:08 Klingon sayings 41:08 Other constructed languages 47:30 Linguistic mission in Myanmar Vocabulary: Pick up: Here: in the sense that you can pick up a language, to pick up an accent etc. Right away: immediately PhD: PhD is short for Doctor of Philosophy. This is an academic or professional degree that, in most countries, qualifies the degree holder to teach their chosen subject at university level or to work in a specialized position in their chosen field. Let's get off the ground: to begin to operate or proceed in a successful way. (I did a mistake there and said "to" instead of "off" The Klingons: The Klingons are a fictional species in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. A Linguist: has two meaning: a person skilled in foreign languages. a person who studies linguistics. For brevity. "I left it out for brevity": because of shortness of time. A phoneme: a speech sound in a language Pocket money: a small amount of money given to a child by their parents, typically on a regular basis. If I hadn't met Klingon, I wouldn't have studies: If I hadn't passed the test, I wouldn't have had/wouldn't have the opportunity to... | WordReference Forums An agglutinative language: you have a root of a word, and then you add suffixes little endings one after another, like for example in Turkish, in Hungarian and Finnish. The causative: to cause someone to do something (a suffix or a function that you can apply to a verb) A geek: an unfashionable or socially inept person. A nerd: a foolish or contemptible person who lacks social skills or is boringly studious. To derive words from other languages: have (a specified word, usually of another language) as a root or origin. "the word ‘punch' derives from the Hindustani ‘pancha'" Names and other stuff: Scotty: James Doohan Marc Okrand: the linguist who constructed the language Klingon: Leipzig: a city in E central Germany, in Saxony Zürich: is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland B'Elanna Torres: B'Elanna Torres /bɪˈlɑːnə/ is a main character in Star Trek: Voyager played by Roxann Dawson. She is portrayed as a half-human half-Klingon. L'Rell: Mary Chieffo. Mary Elizabeth Chieffo is an American actress who played the Klingon L'Rell on the series Star Trek: Discovery. Voq: Voq was a 23rd century Klingon warrior who fought in the Federation-Klingon War in the 2250s. Played by Shazad Latif. Links: Language crash course: Klingon - André Müller | PGO 2020 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i79zoCzvYFg André speaking 18 languages, watch the video here: https://youtu.be/H6tSJkR5B1w (1) Learn Klingon | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/LearnKlingon It takes a lot of time (actually, it cost money) to produce My Fluent Podcast. If you want to help, please share this episode with your friends. Of course, you may also just buy me a coffee. or send me an e-mail: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/1zXPwJl Attribution: Klingon flag. Oren neu dag Below I show you some t-shirts I really like (I am not an affiliate): https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/87774-worf-watercolor-painting https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4370342-report-to-engineeringfor-a-beating
This is PART 2 of the interview with Eugeniu aka Lingo Junkie from Moldova. Full transcript YouTube Version Vocabulary list further below! Time Stamps: 04:28 Working as a business analyst in the US 05:48 Becoming an English teacher 08:05 What is the CELTA certificate? 11:09 Taking the CELTA online: his experience 29:03 Some last important words about the CELTA 32:17 YouTube channel Lingo Junkie 38:57 Happy Friday (song) 42:06 Other projects of Eugeniu 45:44 Favourite English expressions (you're off the hook) 52:09 To take sth. with a pinch of salt / with a grain of salt 47:58 Expression And All That Jazz 54:30 Outro / Happy Friday song by Lingo Junkie Links Lingo Junkie https://youtu.be/2AUXf8Alb6M (Oatmeal) Lingo Junkie Diaries (my vlog) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQlaKuPsI6rteFggX4Y1SGiQa7Ll8_tOb thelingojunkie lingojunkie https://lingojunkie.com/ https://soundcloud.com/eugeniuprodan/popular-tracks Happy Friday Song: https://youtu.be/ifeLMFLbyVI Vocabulary: Exchange program: an arrangement in which people from different countries visit each other's country, perhaps to strengthen links between them or to improve foreign language skills. An acceleration: increase in speed or rate. So that your language skills will improve faster. TEFL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test, later: Scholastic Assessment Test The ACT: originally an abbreviation of American College Testing, is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States. TOEFL: Test Of English as a Foreign Language Jargon: special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand. "legal jargon" At a certain point: some day, at some point. Altruistic (/altruːˈɪstɪk/): showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish. CELTA: Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages A fee: a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services. To refund: to pay back (money) In air quotes: also called finger quotes (see also "scare quotes"), are virtual quotation marks formed in the air with one's fingers when speaking. (more information on Wikipedia) In that sense: In this sentence "in that sense" means "because of what I just said, it's true that..." Down the road: in the future (informal, used especially used in North America) Hands-on: practical To touch on something: deal briefly with a subject in written or spoken discussion. Technologically savvy people: f you describe someone as having savvy, you think that they have a good understanding and practical knowledge of something. [informal] (see. Collinsdictionary) Supervised: watched over by someone. Deliverables: a product of a development process. The product that you produces you need to deliver to the school. Graded: give a mark to (a student or a piece of work). Just kind of a side note here: a marginal note in a text. (Eugeniu wanted to add sth. that might not be as important as the other things mentioned before) An assessor: a person who evaluates the quality of a person or thing An accreditation body: An accreditation body is an organisation delegated to make decisions, on behalf of the higher education sector, about the status, legitimacy or appropriateness of an institution, or programme This is a legitimate certificate: conforming to the law or to rules. Dunno: = I don't know (slang) Associated with: (of a person or thing) connected with something else. Messed up: to make a mistake / to do something incorrectly An ESL teacher: English as a Second Language teacher. Teachers specialize in helping non-native speakers of all ages and levels learn the formal grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation of spoken and written English. On point: relevant and appropriate to what is happening or being discussed. Busy work: work that keeps a person busy but has little value in itself. (negative connotation) Submit a lot of, forms: To send in a lot of documents. Community feeling: better: Sense of community: a feeling that members have of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members' needs will be met through their commitment to be together." Liaising: act as a link to assist communication between (people or groups). The better way to put it: What a nice way to put it!: That's a very pleasant way of saying it! A transition: the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another A backstory: a history or background created for a fictional character in a film or television programme (here: the history of the story: detailed information) Affordable: inexpensive; reasonably priced A hobbyist: a person who pursues a particular hobby You're off the hook: no longer in difficulty or trouble
This is Part 1 of the interview. Vocabulary list further below! The full transcript is on my website. Lingo Junkie thelingojunkie lingojunkie https://lingojunkie.com/ Vocabulary list 0:11 Cheesy: cheap and of low quality. 0:19 To jot sth. down: to write briefly or hurriedly 0:33 And all that jazz: informal. used when speaking to mean "and other similar things": 3:50 To graduate: successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (in North America) high school. 4:20 Superb: admirably fine or excellent; extremely good: a superb performance. sumptuous; rich; (note: this was not the best choice of word which was used in the interview by Daniel but it was the only word that came to mind at that moment. A better choice would would have been: excellent, fantastic) 4:35 To get in the weeds: Totally immersed in or preoccupied with the details or complexities (of something) 5:32 To shoot for the moon: to try to do or get something that is very difficult to do or get an ambitious 6:10 A scholarship: a sum of money granted to a student, because of merit, need, etc., to pursue his or her studies 6:10 A host family: a family which provides board and lodging to students, usually for a fee 8:24 Albuquerque: New Mexico's largest city, sits in the high desert. 7:31 Breaking Bad: Critically acclaimed American series. Balloon fiesta: Fiesta is like a festival. 8:04 Diplomatically: tactful in dealing with people 8:11 To stand out: If something stands out, it is much better or much more important than other things of the same kind. He played the violin, and he stood out from all the other musicians. 8:17 To evolve: develop gradually. 9:01 To blend in: to look like things nearby 10:48 Intricacies: the quality or state of being complex or having many parts 12:25 Melting pot (of languages): a place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc. are mixed together. 14:07 To pretend: to behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, especially in order to deceive people or as a game 14:29 To juggle (juggling three languages at the same time): to keep (several activities) in progress, esp with difficulty. You might know the other meaning, when you throw 3 balls in the air and juggle with them. 15:57 US citizen: an inhabitant of a particular town or city. 16:25 To set foot somewhere: Enter, as in I'll never set foot in this house again. 16:31 Heritage: features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the past and still have historical importance: 17:08 Air quotes: imaginary quotation marks that you make in the air with your fingers, to show that you are using a word or phrase in an unusual way or repeating exactly what someone has said 18:12 Oatmeal: a thick, soft food made from oats boiled in milk or water, eaten hot for breakfast 18:51 Internship interview: the position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification. To check the balance: 19:28 The representative: a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others. 19:28 A statement: here in the episode: a document setting out items of debit and credit between a bank or other organization and a customer. 19:52 Unorthodox: contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox. 21:41 Twofold: so as to double; to twice the number or amount. 22:25 To embark: begin (a course of action). // go on board a ship or aircraft. 22:27 Immerse yourself... : Here: integrate yourself into the language.
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You'll find more show notes here. Video version of this episode: Vocabulary to focus on in in this episode: 01:06 hypnotist: person who uses hypnosis as a form of treatment, or sometimes entertainment: I went to a hypnotist to try to give up smoking. 02:17 God hypnos: God of sleep 02:54 to have a minor in Psychology: An academic minor degree is a university or college student's secondary declared academic discipline or field of study for their undergraduate degree. Minor degree refers to a supplemental second discipline of study and concentration that often complements the major. 01:05 anxiety: anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events. 03:37 "rural part of the US": living in or characteristic of farming or country life. Oposed to living int he city / urban life. 03:37 mind blowing: something that is so shocking, surprising, unexpected or wonderful that your brain cannot comprehend it. 08:45 to stutter: talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants. 09:37 the stakes are high: a high-stakes activity or situation involves a lot of risk or serious consequences. In the podcast the sentence "The stakes aren't really that high for us" was used. 10:12 fundraiser: 1. One, such as a person or an organization, that raises funds. 2. A social function or activity, such as a raffle or musical concert, held for raising funds. a raffle: a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize. For example: "a raffle ticket" 10:33 It started to click: Occasionally, people use click with something. This means that they like a new idea immediately or that they understand it very well and support it. The word click comes from the Dutch klikken. It has existed in English since the 1500s. It's main meaning is the sound of a clock, which sounds like click. 10:40 trance: a state of hypnosis, the way or passage through 11:44 a suggestion: an idea or plan put forward for consideration. Time Stamps / questions topics: 01:02 Who is Doug Sands, Hypnosist and language learner? 01:40 The etymology of "hypnosis" / the meaning of "hypnosis" 02:50 How Doug ended up being a hypnotist. 02:50 What inspired Doug to become a hypnotist. 04:35 Is it difficult to become a hypnotist? 05:26 Doug's mentors (Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson) and where to find a podcast about hypnosis (brain software podcast). 05:58 How hypnosis can help you to get fluent in a language or get better in a language. 11:04 Did Doug hypnotize himself before an upcoming stage show? 11:35 What are the differences between hypnosis on stage and hypnosis for therapy or change work purposes? 13:13 Can we book a hypnosis session with Doug online? 13:51 How much does a session with Doug cost? 14:33 What do people who want to be hypnotized need to prepare? 15:12 Could Doug enjoy the horror movie "Get out"? 16:21 Doug's language journey (Spanish) 17:17 Doug's language learning tips and tricks 17:47 Does Doug recomend to meditate in order to learn languages better? 18:19 Doug's favorite English expression "You can have your cake and eat it too" 18:44 Doug's favorite expression in Spanish 19:16 Where to find Doug Sands -the hypnotist. How can we learn more about hypnosis? 20:01 Doug's favorite podcasts 20:57 Blubbers (OUTRO) Doug's Website: Anywhere Hypnosis https://anywherehypnosis.com/about-us/ Meditation - Headspace https://www.headspace.com/meditation www.myfluentpodcast.com Spanish Podcast Episodes - Duolingo https://podcast.duolingo.com/spanish My Fluent Podcast's YouTube channel: My Fluent Podcast Daniel Goodson - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiIXJkeGOItMqAahqFouWig Do you want to become part of My Fluent Podcast? Drop me an E-Mail to myfluentpodcast@gmail.com Thanks for tuning in, your Daniel Goodson.
Omar from Ecuador tells us about his English journey and his experience in being a host and member of the Facebook Group Masters of English (MAOFEN). Don't forget to take a look at Omar's Instagram profile: Instagram: knowawa_english Omar Llamba – Medium https://medium.com/@alex.omar.llamba Did you like this episode? Then you might also like Ep. 96 with Gabriel from Spain. Join the Facebook Group MAOFEN! NOW Other Links: (1) Canguro English (Official) | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/225984677867281 Daily English Meetups - Free | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/daily.english.meetups Do you want to get interviewed? Drop me an E-Mail to myfluentpodcast@gmail.com Cheers Daniel
Watching the Video version of this episode is a must - if you want to make the best out of it! (Because you can read along while listening) YouTube Video. Vocabulary List/ Google Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H-tQ-giV4Pzsh603e59O_3eHsjWM61mzDbpn9cL4L-8/edit?usp=sharing Victorian Detective Interlude by peter123: http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/abwfcm2vke6b6nbmqh2v1w/victorian-detective-interlude Visit Luke Thompson's website or YouTube Channel to learn through different detective stories: 612. Another Murder Mystery Detective Story (Part 1) | Luke's ENGLISH Podcast (teacherluke.co.uk) https://teacherluke.co.uk/2019/09/06/612-another-murder-mystery-detective-story-part-1/ 724. The Mountain (Short Story for learners of English) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hOUU07WzcE Music: Kai Engel - Nocturne The songs in this album are licensed under: CC BY-NC https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel Audio files: https://freesound.org/people/Audio_Dread/sounds/528501/ 528501__audio-dread__dramatic-horror-sfx This work is licensed under the Attribution Noncommercial License. Laughs » Laugh 1.wav (211566__ballistiq85__laugh-1) https://freesound.org/people/Ballistiq85/sounds/211566/ This work is licensed under the Attribution License. https://freesound.org/s/211566/ drum roll (71133__holyghostparty__drumroll) https://freesound.org/people/HolyGhostParty/sounds/71133/ This work is licensed under the Attribution License. https://freesound.org/s/71133/ Success (60444__jobro__tada2) https://freesound.org/people/jobro/sounds/60444/ https://freesound.org/s/363920/ breathing (401336__ckvoiceover__breathing) This work is licensed under the Attribution License. https://freesound.org/people/ckvoiceover/sounds/401336/ https://freesound.org/s/401336/ Crunching bones This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License. https://freesound.org/people/spookymodem/sounds/249811/ https://freesound.org/s/249811/ revolver dropping Revolver Drop 2-01.wav This work is licensed under the Attribution License. https://freesound.org/people/SirStallsworth/sounds/155183/ dramatic organ (402095__inspectorj__dramatic-organ-a) This work is licensed under the Attribution License. https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/402095/ Magical Dissipating Effect (542826__kostas17__magical-dissipating-effect) https://freesound.org/s/542826/ This work is licensed under the Attribution License. mysterious Freesound - "mystery T19d" by Setuniman This work is licensed under the Attribution Noncommercial License. https://freesound.org/s/139035/ cinematic moments - short and suddenly » mystery T19d cape swoosh (161415__cosmicembers__cape-swoosh) Freesound - "cape-swoosh" by CosmicEmbers This work is licensed under the Attribution License. https://freesound.org/s/161415/ 237753__quistard__firework-take-off-small-pop This work is licensed under the Attribution License. Freesound - "Firework - Take off - Small pop.wav" by Quistard https://freesound.org/s/237753/ Distant Crack 2 (142015__herbertboland__1distantcrack2) Freesound - "1DistantCrack2.mp3" by HerbertBoland his work is licensed under the Attribution License. https://freesound.org/s/142015/
(I recommend to watch the interview on YouTube) After our first interview back in October 2020 with Gabriel, we want to know what has happened in the meantime on Masters of English (MAOFEN). -- Check out the first interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRmKz_KyiiA MAOFEN is a group made off learners,.They are trying to help other learners. This is not a group of teachers or native English speakers trying to tell you what you need to study. It's just the learners and they focus on topics that they want to share or discuss together. Something they have learned or something they have found out and they share it. What can be more collaborative than that?!?!?! Up to minute 38:48 the focus is on the MAOFEN group. From 38:48 on, we tackle Gabriel's language learning. ------------------------- Time Stamps: 00:59 Did the members of the MAOFEN become family? 03:15 The "Rollercoaster" - About kicking out members and changing that approach thanks to Stephen Krashen and "his" input based learning. 05:48 Why do inactive members of the facebook group not participate in any activities? 07:37 Why having hosts is crucial for the project. 09:06 What the MAOFEN group is all about. 09:48 Hosts can learn from leading the Zoom sessions as well and grow as a person. 10:54 The Facebook Group is increasing drastically (Today more than 500 members) 11:47 "Mother Theresa" - The real goal for the MAOFEN as a collaborative project. 13:30 Daniel's tips on how MAOFEN could grow / reach more potential members 15:16 Why Gabriel stopped giving lessons to MAOFEN members. Why he doesn't think it is a good idea to rely too much on a teacher. 17:22 The Ripple Effect - How Christian Saunders from Canguro English struck a chord with Gabriel and more 21:17 MAOFEN's birthday / MAOFEN Magazine 23:52 Book club (Accoubtability reader's group) A side project lead by a MAOFEN member 26:25 "50 words" challenge 27:00 "Chain reaction" - an activity which means interviewing other members 30:30 About the Zoom meetings (is actually the core activities of the group) 36:45 Where can we find the MAOFEN group? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 38:48 Start Gabriel's language learning (Filipino/Arabic) 40:22 The language ressources Gabriel uses. (SoundCloud/LingQ/BeelinguaApp/DeepL) 42:35 Why is Gabriel learning Arabic? 44:16 About forgetting the words in your mother tongue. 46:12 Becoming an interpreter 50:58 Will AI translation services make the profession of Interpreters disappear? 53:52 Outro / special thanks goes to Gabriel Other links: What you say in English Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZTI4MTcyNC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Canguro English (with Christian Saunders): https://canguroenglish.com/ Stephen Krashen – Wikipédia: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Krashen Beniko Mason: http://www.benikomason.net LingQ: https://www.lingq.com/de/ Beelinguaapp: https://www.beelinguapp.com/ www.myfluentpodcast.com About MAOFEN. Text from Facebook page: Hi, everyone! This is MAOFEN! We want to create a familiar and friendly environment where we can help each other and offer opportunities to use the English language FOR FREE. Everyone in this group is equal and, even though there are some teachers, much of the work carried out here is done by learners. We have Zoom meetings daily (once you are inside you can check out our schedule) where we talk about many different topics. Join our meetings as soon as you can, even if you feel you can't talk yet. Just listen to other people, there is no pressure. You will talk when you feel ready, don't worry. Also, you don't have to put your camera on, it is not necessary. Come inside and see for yourself. Take some time to get to know the group and see if MAOFEN is right for you. MAOFEN is a place to communicate, a place to grow, a place to help others and, finally, a place to be and feel at home. See you inside! Remember to answer our questions, please! JOIN MAOFEN NOW! #MASTERSOFENGLISH #MAOFEN #Interview #English #Learning #myfluentpodcast #ChristianSaunders #Englishlearning #independantlearner
In this episode, I'm going to introduce a new theme: Let's Podcast Together. The goal is to discuss different language learning topics and practice English together. Let's grow together! Have fun. The video version of this episode (with transcripts) is also available on YouTube! My Fluent Podcast Daniel Goodson - YouTube https://youtu.be/Kyr44gglgY4
Alvaro is an English teacher from Spain. I had the possibility to catch up with him and go deeper into the topics. So it's basically a continuation of episode 84. The episode is also available on YouTube! https://youtu.be/hyMaV4awBDg McCourtain: English Booster (@mc_courtain) • Instagram-Fotos und -Videos McCourtain's Pills - YouTube To be continued...
Interview with the host of the news Podcast SEND 7, creator and speaker Stephen Devincenzi from the UK: Here is the YouTube video version with transcripts in it: https://youtu.be/Au8tUE8jxw0 Dear listeners, let's give Stephen a joy and send him an audio message :) Send a voice message to send7 (speakpipe.com) And/or help us to grow my fluent podcast by sending an audio message: https://www.speakpipe.com/myfluentpodcast_VOCAB Links: Stephen's recommendations: Podcast 04: Why (Sometimes) Pain is Necessary When learning English – Harris English (harris-english.com) http://www.harris-english.com/podcast-04-why-sometimes-pain-is-necessary-when-learning-english/ Today, Explained - Vox https://www.vox.com/today-explained Axios Today https://megaphone.link/AXIOS5023373491 Axios Today: The House vote on the stimulus bill on Apple Podcasts Journal en français facile (rfi.fr) https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/journal-en-fran%C3%A7ais-facile/20210227-journal-en-fran%C3%A7ais-facile-27-02-2021-20h00-gmt www.myfluentpodcast.com Stephen's favorite English expression: #57 - To look forward to - Special Guest Stephen Devincenzi form SEND 7 Podcast | Spreaker
Interview with Rachel Smets - Clarity Coach and language learner/teacher. Her main passion is living abroad. Here is the video version with the English transcript/subtitles: https://youtu.be/kuL21ew7uDM Chapters: 0:26 Intro with Daniel 2:38 Start Interview - Who is Rachel Smets? 6:39 Why Rachel doesn't have a podcast 7:19 What is a Clarity Coach? 8:30 How can we imagine a "Clarity Coach Session"? 11:50 Is English really Rachel's first language? 13:00 Which languages has Rachel taught? 13:33 What does learning a language mean for Rachel? 14:28 What topics did Rachel cover in her lessons? 15:45 Conversation classes... 16:30 Which languages is Rachel fluent in? 16:55 TEDx Talk: Don't compare yourself. "stop comparing". Be the best of you, 18:54 Luck is a loser's word! 21:51 Teaser/advertisement: The Vocab Man Podcast: #40 - Don't take no for an answer - I won't take no for an answer | The Vocab Man - Fluent Vocabulary | Spreaker 22:42 Rachel Smets is the Author of the book "Awaken Your Confidence" 29:49: Do you remember the very first interview you conducted for your book? Were you nervous? 31:48 Learning languages abroad... 32:55 The biggest obstacles when it comes to learn languages 34:18 Language learning tips 36:40 Rachel doesn't use learning apps 38:25 Outro / Where can we find Rachel Smets online? Links: https://www.rachelsmets.com FB GROUP Clarity & Confidence: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CreateClarity/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelsmets/ Get out of the crab bucket: https://youtu.be/T8w8HipXEIU How to Quit your 9-5. Escape the rat race: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOeCvFiCDr6xipelvHQo-iiQ0rTLiKEy6 The video Rachel mentioned with Gary Vee: GARY VEE. LUCK is a LOSER word. https://youtu.be/0Pyw71h_xGs Rachel is also an author of the book Awaken Your Confidence: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B01KLZY1VM/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=awaken+your+confidence&qid=1614194867&sr=8-1 Living Abroad Successfully: Ted Talk: Rachel Smets: Stop comparing! Be the best YOU! | TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_smets_stop_comparing_be_the_best_you Your next step | Rachel Smets | TEDxDelftSalon - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6045pUmDqCo American Slacker Podcast - EP132- Rachel Smets on Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/american-slacker-podcast/episode/ep132-rachel-smets-58348000 Music: Scott Holmes (Upbeat Party) Upbeat Party Scott Holmes Music https://www.scottholmesmusic.com/tracks/upbeat-party/ Upbeat Party by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Interview with Lena Livinsky. Here is the video version with transcripts: https://youtu.be/bwda8HAOFSE Chapters: 0:00 Teaser: excerpt from the interview. 1:07 Introduction with Lena Livinsky - She first was afraid of sharing her voice and speaking up 2:12 Start Interview 2:55 Lena shares her thoughts what comes to her mind when she hears different "expressions/words" Daniel is saying to her. 4:05 Excerpt of the Office (season 5, episode 12 The Duel) 4:30 Lena introduces herself 5:38 Lena's first struggle when it comes to learning English in the USA coming from Poland 8:09 One of Lena's top tips on how to reach fluency 9:30 What does "accent" mean to Lena? 14:50 How did Lena change her accent? 16:40 Did Lena manage to pick a Spanish accent, too? 18:11 When Lena is speaking in Polish, can people from Poland make out an American accent?? 22:10 What is Lena's podcast the "Accented World Podcas" all about? 23:55 Then it's not the typical language learning podcast, right? It's more to inspire people and to get new ideas and new perspectives? 27:23 So was there any person or maybe a podcast which inspired Lena to start out with her podcast? 29:24 What could Lena learn from their guest? Is there any particular story which stuck with her in particular? 31:34 What is a speech language pathologist? 34:41 What is an accent coach? 36:48 Lena's accent course launched in January 2021 38:13 Who can participate in the course? For whom is the course? 39:55 How does a free accent coauch consultatoin looks like? 41:05 Which accent error patterns did Lena spot from Daniel's speech from this interview? 41:50 Where can we find Lena's content? How can we get in touch with Lena to improve our accents (or our speech)? 42:43 End of the Iinterview 42:44 Outro with music from Scott Holmes (Upbeat Party) Links: Lena Livinsky (@lena.livinsky) • Instagram-Fotos und -Videos Home - Lena Livinsky Mini Guide For Speaking English With Clarity and confidence: A Mini Guide to Accent Modification - Lena Livinsky (10) Lena Livinsky | Facebook Vocabulary / expressions from this episode to tackle on 6:42: on top of that 7:27 it was a blessing in disguise 7:52 I was enrolled in English as second language program 9:12 "Majority of my day" I spend the majority of my time working. vernacular 11:46 A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the speech variety a term generally used to refer to a local language or dialect, as distinct from what is seen as a standard language. The vernacular is contrasted with higher-prestige forms of language, such as national, literary, liturgical or scientific idiom, or a lingua franca, used to facilitate communication across a large area. 23:05 I wanted to showcase that 23:21 some things that people strive towards is, you know, being a doctor, which is beautiful or a lawyer, there's so many amazing opportunities out there. 32:31 The umbrella is very wide, so that's what a speech pathologist is. 33:43 we'll have like a G tube, a tube for eating, and then we work to try and wean them off that tube and getting them to eat by mouth 32:54 aversions to eating, 35:59 You work on the prosody, so like the melody of the language and learning all these aspects If you liked this interview, you might also like the interview Lena gave on another podcast show called "Accented" https://www.buzzsprout.com/586573/7288903-e26-lena-polish-american-accent-speech-pathologist Thank you for listening to My Fluent Podcast - don't forget to subscribe! www.myfluentpodcast.com
In this episode, we had a fantastic interview with Leo from Italy. The BRAVE 85 series goes on :) Time stamps: 4:12 What is your English learning goal? 5:46 What does it mean to you to be fluent? 8:10 Why did you chose an imput based method to learn the language? 10:19 Why did you participate in the WISBOLEP competition? 14:03 Is it a good method to record yourself if you are a beginner? 15:46 Do you ever wanted to start out your own language learning podcast? 19:31 Stephen Krashen 21:09 How can you remember vocabulary by just reading to a lot of content? 23:28 And how about you? What do you prefer or do you do both methods equally (intensive and extensive listening)? 24:25 Do you use transcripts to learn from podcasts? How do you learn from podcasts? 25:44 By any chance, do you have any recommendations when it comes to reading a book 29:04 Do you know about the internet page called youglish.com? 30:25 Learning German 36:30 What kind of movies do you like to watch? Leo asks Daniel 38:32 About accents 41:57 End of the interview 42:03 Excerpt form Luke's English Podcast episode 703. 42:49 Outro: Special thank goes to Luke Thompson 43:19 Teaser/preview of BRAVE 85 episodes (spoken by Luke Thompson) 703. Walaa from Syria – WISBOLEP Competition Winner Improve your English pronunciation using YouTube (youglish.com)
In this episode, we have an interview with the great Wafaa from Iraq. If you like the podcast, don't forget to subscribe so you won't miss any tips and tricks and get inspired for your language journey! Learning together makes more fun! 1:27 short intro by Daniel Goodson 2:10 Is it common that people from Iraq speak English or learn English? 3:44 How long have you been listening to Luke's English podcast? 5:20 Wafaa tells about the methods to learn English by having regular Skype meetings. 7:29 Is this group open for everyone or is it a closed group? 8:09 Does this group session need to be prepared beforehand? 10:29 When will Wafaa see her "virtual friends" from the Skype group? 11:43 What method did Wafaa help the most to improve in her English? 12:12 Program in USA for Iraqi teachers 13:59 What goals in terms of English learning does Wafaa have? 15:29 One of Wafaa's top tips for learning a language 16:15 Shout out to Wafaa's Skype group 18:16 Teaser of episode 84 - Intervie with Alvaro from Spain How he overcame his stuttering www.myfluentpodcast.com Music: Upbeat Party by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Free Music Archive: Scott Holmes Music - Upbeat Party
Nastya from Russia - Linguistics student from Moscow - talks about: 0:40 Who is Nastya? (introduction) 3:12 What does Linguistics mean? (granted, that question was a bit hard) 4:20 What is Nastya's grammar thesis all about? (Nastya is going to graduate next year) 6:14 Why did Nastya choose to read Stephen Krashen's book "language acquisition"? 7:57 Book challenge 9:17 Nastya shares her experience reading the book "language acquisition" by Stephen Krashen 13:20 Some methods Stephen Krashen covers in his book to become fluent 15:20 Do we need to look up every single word when listening to a podcast? 19:19 Nastya is an English and German teacher 21:25 Nastya's experience teaching during the pandemic 22:40 Let's talk about culture shocks 25:56 Podcast/YouTube recommendations 26:44 Adept English Podcast 27:57 Culips (Canadian English podcast) 28:54 Words and Their Stories 30:12 Rock n'Roll English 31:04 Today's main message: ENJOY!!! 32:11 Thank you very much Nastya! :) Books and Articles by Stephen D Krashen (sdkrashen.com) Links to Nastya's recommendations: Learn To Speak English Fluently (adeptenglish.com)
A great interview with Ricardo from Spain (he originally came from Brazil). Ricardo made a fake interview with Luke Thompson, the host of Luke's English podcast. Therefore, Ricardo used various audio clips from Luke's English podcast episodes and rearranged them and recorded some questions. This is a fantastic quite unique approach to learn English! Kudos to Ricardo! Thank you Ricardo for making us laugh! :) Here is the full fake interview with Luke Thompson: https://youtu.be/tXgO2hiXTVk Ricardos top English native speaker podcast. Year in Review -Top Stories and Headlines from the Running World in 2020 https://www.marathontrainingacademy.com/year-in-review-2020 12:15 IELTS Energy 981: Don't Be a Worry Wart with Personality Slang 15 IELTS Slang Words to Describe Personality | All Ears English Ricardo has made a reference to one of my previous guests, Tchales from Brazil, from ep. 82. 82 - Stories of Language learners - Tchales from Brazil. https://myfluentpodcast.libsyn.com/82-stories-of-language-learners-tchales-from-brazil
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