Podcasts about my fluent podcast

Pilar sometimes feel like she's going through a little bit of a reflective/self-improvement process when she podcasts, especially in Management Café. In episode 557 of the Longform podcast (which she recommends if you're into writing), she heard Adam Grant say that podcasting is a great place for "Thinking Out Loud". Also, don't forget to remind listeners of your own name at the end of the show!And Hello! to Daniel from My Fluent Podcast, who is now also podcasting in Italian.If you're thinking of starting your own podcasting adventure, I recommend Buzzsprout as host - click here for my affiliate link, which also gets you a little discount, and Riverside FM for recording, which you can access through this other affiliate link.

Pilar talks about the difference between doing a show for fun, doing it for your business, or hosting for someone else. Just because you're doing the show as a hobby doesn't mean the quality isn't good. When Pilar and Craig started interviewing Spanish podcasters for En clave de podcast, they realised that the audio and content quality of the shows was great, even though the main driver behind podcasting was fun, and having a good time with friends. Check out episode 38 of Adventures in Podcasting with Daniel from My Fluent Podcast. Why do YOU podcast? Let me know. If you're thinking of starting your own podcasting adventure, I recommend Buzzsprout as host - click here for my affiliate link, which also gets you a little discount, and Riverside FM for recording, which you can access through this other affiliate link.

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.

Diving into the world of podcasting and language learning with our special guest, Daniel from My Fluent Podcast. Tune in to episode 310 for laughs, insights and an open invitation you won't want to miss!

Martin Johnston's favorite word is "to smooch". It's a funny verb and I like it too. Visit Martin's website rocknrollenglish.com and tune in into his great English learning Podcasts. Let's Rock N'Roll, baby!Rock N'Roll Bible Full interview here: Episode 128 of My Fluent Podcast

I'm back, podcasters!Delighted to kick off the show again, with guest Daniel Goodson, host of My Fluent Podcast, a show he set up because he wanted to take his English to the next level. This is such an inspiring story - and Daniel was so much fun to talk to, that I hope you enjoy his adventures as much as I did! You can get in touch with Daniel through myfluentpodcast.com and you can also listen to his other show: The Vocab Man.In this episode, Daniel mentions:Daniel mentions Descript and Snipd. Here's a snippet from a previous episode of this show that Daniel "snipd" and shared: https://share.snipd.com/snip/0240320a-dad5-40aa-9cc5-b8c40f391a8c Daniel mentions two of the podcasts from which he learned podcasting: The Podcast Answer Man and The Audacity to Podcast.For the full show notes, head over to If you're thinking of starting your own podcasting adventure, I recommend Buzzsprout as host - click here for my affiliate link, which also gets you a little discount, and Riverside FM for recording, which you can access through this other affiliate link.

In this episode, I have a conversation with Daniel Goodson. Daniel is a learner of English from Switzerland who started podcasting back in 2016 as a way to improve his fluency. On his show, My Fluent Podcast, he chats with language learners, teachers, friends and polyglots. He's interviewed dozens of people, including Luke from Luke's English Podcast. I used to be shy", Daniel said, "but having lots of conversations on my show made me more confident with handling personal relationships in real life too." My Fluent Podcast is not the only show he has. He's also the host of The Vocab Man, a podcast where he teaches new English expressions he learns. Have you ever heard of a more interesting way to learn vocabulary than this? I haven't. You'll hear us talk about: How and why Daniel started a podcast. How he invited Luke Thompson from Luke's English Podcast. How Daniel's English improved as a result of podcasting. Some of the guests Daniel had in the past. I hope you'll be inspired to start your own show too. Episode Links Daniel's show: My Fluent Podcast - https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/ The Vocab Man - https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/short-stories/ Daniel and I on My Fluent Podcast (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwBgDOBS4u4&t=1426s Daniel and I on My Fluent Podcast - https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/personal-storytelling-to-improve-in-your-target-language-a-podcast-interview/ A blog article I wrote about starting a podcast as a way to improve - https://fabiocerpelloni.com/start-podcasting/ My New Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/fabiofacebookpage/ My private email list - https://fabiocerpelloni.com/private/

I invited a very special language learning friend to co-host this episode with me and chat all about the joys of language learning. By now you're probably familiar with my Italian teacher, Kenny from Something Polyglot, and it was an absolute pleasure to speak with him about loving languages and finding joy in learning them. Learning a language is a long road, and there are so many challenges along the way, but something that keeps us in the language learning world is all the joy we find in the process. I hope you enjoy listening into my discussion with Kenny, and I hope it reminds you of all the exciting things you find in your own language life. If you want to hear more from Kenny, the following are language learning interviews he's done: Speaking Tongues Podcast, episode 116. Speaking Finnish (https://anchor.fm/speaking-tongues/episodes/116--Speaking-Finnish-e1paonu) My Fluent Podcast, epiosode 108 - Something Polyglot - Kenny from Belgium (https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/108-something-polyglot-kenny-from-belgium/) Language Come Up Livestream: Episode 2 with Something Polyglot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ8INq7dPHk) Polyglot Insights, Two Polyglots Speaking a Bunch of Languages in Madrid, Spain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKP0Zlaxino&t=34s) Polyglot Insights, Fellow Polyglot in Madrid shares his Learning Method and Strategies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zP2Vd9tYdg&t=15s) Kenny can also be found at: Something Polyglot website (https://somethingpolyglot.com/) Instagram: @something.polyglot Twitter: @Kenny_DB1983 Where to find me: Love, Joy, and Languages Blog (https://lovejoyandlanguages.com/) All podcast episodes can be found here (http://www.lovejoyandlanguagespodcast.com/). Instagram: @love.joyandlanguages Twitter: @LoveJoy_Lang

Summary: In this interview episode, the host of the language learning podcast My Fluent Podcast, Daniel Goodson, is interviewed by an AI called Peter about his English learning journey. Daniel shares that he has been learning English passively for many years through activities such as reading books and listening to podcasts in English. He also started his own podcast, My Fluent Podcast, to practice speaking with native speakers and improve his skills. Daniel shares that immersing himself in the language and speaking with others, whether native or non-native speakers, has helped him a lot in his learning journey. He also encourages other language learners to start their own podcasts as a way to practice and improve their skills. Show Notes: Introduction to the AI interviewer, Peter, and the topic of the episode Daniel's background as an English learner and language enthusiast What inspired Daniel to start learning English and helpful resources he has found in his journey Daniel's experiences practicing English with native speakers and the impact on his learning How Daniel started his own podcast, My Fluent Podcast, as a way to practice speaking and improve his skills Tips and advice for other language learners interested in starting their own podcasts or finding other ways to engage with native speakers Final thoughts from Daniel on the importance of starting and being creative in language learning. The complete chatGPT prompt I used:  "I want you to act as an interviewer in a language learning podcast. I will be the interviewee and you will ask me the interview questions relating to my English learning journey. I want you to only reply as the interviewer. Do not write all the conservation at once. I want you to only do the interview with me. Ask me the questions and wait for my answers. Do not write explanations. Ask me the questions one by one like an interviewer does and wait for my answers. My first sentence is “Hi”" What do you think of AI in language learning? Share it with us: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com  Open AI in on the rise. In general, ChatGPT or AI is taken the world by storm. Should we be afraid of it? I would rather say, we should use it to our benefit. We have no other choice. It's just a matter of time until it will dominate. Be prepared!!

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

Welcome back to the Relatable Voice podcast! We are back on the road headed to Switzerland to speak with Daniel Godson. Daniel is the host of the My Fluent Podcast, where I had the privilege of being featured on recently. He also is the host of The Vocab Man podcast.  Find more at: www.myfluentpodcast.com  Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/myfluentpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/myfluentpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the Relatable Voice podcast! We are back on the road headed to Switzerland to speak with Daniel Godson. Daniel is the host of the My Fluent Podcast, where I had the privilege of being featured on recently. He also is the host of The Vocab Man podcast.  Find more at: www.myfluentpodcast.com  Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/myfluentpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/myfluentpodcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday we talked about how to practice so that you could reduce the use of filler words but it felt like there was something missing. That something is the admittance that it's excess energy that often makes us use these words. So it's time to share some tips and tricks that you can do to embrace that energy surge and put it to good audio branding use!Today's Sponsor: Today's live event is sponsored by Daniel Goodson, Host of My Fluent Podcast. He wanted to share an episode swap that he did recently with Craig of Ingles Podcast about how he podcasted his way to English language fluency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As8PV0vjl48NEED A PODCAST EDITOR: We can help! https://forms.gle/RDwMEVAr9XrhVyFp8Meet Your Podcast Editor newsletter: 1 tip every Friday: https://meetyourpodcasteditor.substack.com/Host: Stephanie Fuccio: https://www.stephfuccio.com/Geopats YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeopatsPodcastWould love to hear from you: https://twitter.com/stephfuccio or https://www.linkedin.com/in/dstephfuccio This podcast was created with (affiliate links): Streamyard for recording, going live, and distributing FULL videos to LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube: https://streamyard.com?pal=5673660346007552 Buzzsprout for podcast hosting: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1907332 Acon Digital's DeVerberate to reduce echo: https://a.paddle.com/v2/click/11427/147398?link=3691 Tube Buddy to optimize YouTube: https://www.tubebuddy.com/globalpodcasteditors Stencil for YouTube thumbnail: https://getstencil.com?tap_a=9103-1801f8&tap_s=3091860-a222ae

Yesterday we talked about how to practice so that you could reduce the use of filler words but it felt like there was something missing. That something is the admittance that it's excess energy that often makes us use these words. So it's time to share some tips and tricks that you can do to embrace that energy surge and put it to good audio branding use!Today's Sponsor: Today's live event is sponsored by Daniel Goodson, Host of My Fluent Podcast. He wanted to share an episode swap that he did recently with Craig of Ingles Podcast about how he podcasted his way to English language fluency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As8PV0vjl48NEED A PODCAST EDITOR: We can help! https://forms.gle/RDwMEVAr9XrhVyFp8Meet Your Podcast Editor newsletter: 1 tip every Friday: https://meetyourpodcasteditor.substack.com/Host: Stephanie Fuccio: https://www.stephfuccio.com/Producer, Host, Editor: Stephanie Fuccio: https://www.stephfuccio.com/contact.html Geopats YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeopatsPodcastThis podcast was created with (affiliate links): Streamyard for recording, going live, and distributing FULL videos to LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube: https://streamyard.com?pal=5673660346007552 Buzzsprout for podcast hosting: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1907332 Acon Digital's DeVerberate to reduce echo: https://a.paddle.com/v2/click/11427/147398?link=3691 Tube Buddy to optimize YouTube: https://www.tubebuddy.com/globalpodcasteditors Stencil for YouTube thumbnail: https://getstencil.com?tap_a=9103-1801f8&tap_s=3091860-a222ae

Yesterday we talked about how to practice so that you could reduce the use of filler words but it felt like there was something missing. That something is the admittance that it's excess energy that often makes us use these words. So it's time to share some tips and tricks that you can do to embrace that energy surge and put it to good audio branding use!Today's Sponsor: Today's live event is sponsored by Daniel Goodson, Host of My Fluent Podcast. He wanted to share an episode swap that he did recently with Craig of Ingles Podcast about how he podcasted his way to English language fluency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As8PV0vjl48NEED A PODCAST EDITOR: We can help! https://forms.gle/RDwMEVAr9XrhVyFp8Meet Your Podcast Editor newsletter: 1 tip every Friday: https://meetyourpodcasteditor.substack.com/Host: Stephanie Fuccio: https://www.stephfuccio.com/Geopats YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeopatsPodcastWould love to hear from you: https://twitter.com/stephfuccio or https://www.linkedin.com/in/dstephfuccio This podcast was created with (affiliate links): Streamyard for recording, going live, and distributing FULL videos to LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube: https://streamyard.com?pal=5673660346007552 Buzzsprout for podcast hosting: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1907332 Acon Digital's DeVerberate to reduce echo: https://a.paddle.com/v2/click/11427/147398?link=3691 Tube Buddy to optimize YouTube: https://www.tubebuddy.com/globalpodcasteditors Stencil for YouTube thumbnail: https://getstencil.com?tap_a=9103-1801f8&tap_s=3091860-a222ae

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   

English isn't Daniel's mother tongue, but with his podcasts, My Fluent Podcast and The Vocab Guy, he is intentionally going outside his comfort zone to improve his speaking fluency. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/   Las notas del episodio y más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles están en: http://www.inglespodcast.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

Transcript:What is your go to podcast to improve your English? Video version: https://youtu.be/yCk6gxsGVAc Today's expression is go-to. So in my case, my go-to podcast to improve my English. Is

We tackle the idiom "Don't quote me on that" and give some real life examples.I came across that expression on Ep. 111 of my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast: https://youtu.be/YFR13RnpWqETranscript:I think I ordered it from Highland. Don't quote me on that. I'm not a hundred percent sure, but I think I got it from Highland. Today's expression is. Don't quote me on that.Welcome back to the Vocab, Man. I am Daniel. I come from Switzerland and my goal is to become a better English speaker. And at the same time, I want to help you out because Yeah learning together is a lot of fun. Thanks for tuning in.But the people, the inventors, the entrepreneurs who really changed the way not just America, but globally. We see the world. Um, I think it's, I don't quote me, but somewhere around 80 to 85% of the New York city land skyscrapers are made with Bethlehem steel. So it's really had it not only a local, but a national, a global impact.So there are different ways on how to use this expression. In the very beginning you could hear don't quote me on that. And in the second example The speaker just said don't quote me.So this expression is just a way of indicating or explaining to your listener that maybe what you're saying is not 100% true. And you also have to know what. To quote means. To quote something or someone is to repeat the exact words they said, or to recite the exact words written in a book. So again, When you are saying, don't quote me on that. You're just being open about the fact that what you are about to say is probably not a hundred percent trueDon't quote me on that. I might be mixing up my ears. Um but anyway, now it's this beautiful lush park.And where did I come across that expression? I'm going to tell you. So I was interviewing Vince from the Philippines for my other podcast called my Fluent Podcast. And we were talking about the topic speed listening. Speed listening to level up your target language. So basically it's like speed reading. But instead of the method of using books You just speed listen to podcasts. And that way you can learn a lot of stuff. What I mean by that is. You know, these days you can easily speed up. The audio clip in your podcast apps so that you can listen to your resources at a two times speed or three times speed etc. But now let's take a closer look at an audio snippet of episode, 111. It wasn't really that special to me when I first did it and it was because. I just thought that after a while, once you are really fluent in a given language, you should be able to just speed through. And I've heard of visually impaired individuals, , could do this because audio somehow can be sped up. Don't quote me on this because I don't have the, the specific paper, but what you can quote me on though, is that one of my co members in the Influency community said that if you speed up something, your brain is not given the time to translate. And so it really forces your brain to think in the given language that is being spoken in that tape or audio. So that is the philosophy behind it. That if you just speed it up, you're forcing your brain to comprehend the language that is being spoken.And of course it also goes the other way round. So you could just say. Can I quote you on that? So there is also the idiom. To quote someone on. Meaning to tell other people that someone said something. But i think it is more common the other way around So in the negative sense.Thank you guys for listening. Let's wrap up this episode. Don't quote me on that is a phrase said after a statement a person is not sure is correct.If you want to become part of the Vocab Man, you can send me an email. At MyFluentPodcast@gmail.com. And maybe you want to explain your favorite expression. And The Vocab Man is going to publish it. Bye

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  

In this episode, Ahmed explains the meaning of Band For Your Buck.Full transcript is further below.YouTube version: https://youtu.be/HFt28zApHhYAudiogram Version: https://share.descript.com/view/3AppeNy2rrQInterview with Ahmed on My Fluent Podcast: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/myfluentpodcast/75_Ahmad_from_Senegal.mp3The Relatable Voice Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3A2yW5OQToGoPIrIaSY14t?si=Sa89olUoRGuR_47fP7GqjgMusic: Scott_Holmes - 03 - Stomps_and_Clapshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Transcript: Bang for one's buck this expression means value in return for the money. Bang for one's buck. Welcome back to the Vocab Man, I am Daniel, and I'm really glad that you made it back on my channel or on my podcast. This time this is gonna be great, because again, we have special guest Ahmad from Senegal, who you may know from episode 32, for example. In which Ahmad explained the expression to come to terms with.And on episode 36, he was explaining to put someone on the spot.Bang for the buck, bang for the buck, bang for the buck.This expression means value in return for the money. If you get a bang for the buck, you get a better result for the amount of effort or money that you have put into something. Mind you. The word buck is an English slang for a dollar. Here we go.This is an example of this express. Which of these brands will give me the best bang for the buck. Imagine you went to the market ready to buy a mobile phone. You saw, or you see a Samsung and an Apple mobile phone. And you're asking your friend that is actually accompanying you, which of these brands will actually give me the best bang for the buck. Means if I have to put money into one of these brands, which one would I get the better deal for.Another example I guarantee this course will give you a great bang for the buck. If you don't believe me, read this unbiased on student reviews in the website. You want to buy a course or you want to sign up for an English course online, but you are not sure enough of the course that you're about to sign up for. You don't know whether it's worth it or is it effective enough or not? And a friend of you is advising you. Trying to persuade you into believing that this is actually the right one for you. And he said to you, "I guarantee this course will give you a great bang for the buck. If you don't believe me, read this on these unbiased student reviews in the website".So the positive student reviews who have already experienced the course and know how effective it is will persuade you to sign up for the course too. And here comes another example which I came across when listening to the fantastic podcast called The Relatable Voice.And the brewery makes not only a, uh, like a wood-fired pizza where the Eucharist used to be, but on the alter, they worship the, the God of beer and they make six local microbrews.Uh they're uh, some of which are. Pretty European in their tastes. And also I would say, in their alcohol content. But if you like beer and pizza and you like old churches and architecture, it's one heck of a place to go and you can get a bang for your buck there. And I loved it. So it's really excellent.The first time I went there, I said, Is it a sin that I'm here?. Yeah, I think, I think they play on that a lot. I mean, the fact that the is filled with beer is kind of a, it's kind of funny, but, uh, you know, it works and it's a staple of the region. I would recommend both of those. Another example, if you can't afford to travel abroad, I'll recommend to check online. You'll get the best bang for the buck. Imagine you wanted to go to an English speaking country staying down for a little while for a while to practice your English, but you don't have enough money to do so. So I advise you and tell you, if you can't afford to travel abroad, I'd recommend to check online. You'll get the best bang for the buck means you go online instead of paying the travel fees.You can pay a teacher or a tutor, somebody who talked to you with daily in order to practice your language. So you get a better deal compared to the traveling fees.Thank you very much guys for sticking by on the Vocab Man Podcast. Contact me: 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

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 

Audiogram version: https://share.descript.com/view/8wPOQ3qrGey  Transcript: Today's question on Quora Knows Best is how to be more focused. And the answer comes from Rafael Eliassen and it goes like this: 1. Keeping a straight poster, your body language controls, how you feel and vice versa. 2. Create a reward system. Willpower is hard to muster. When you live a mundane life, 4. Remove distractions, you can't function with multiple things, trying to take your attention. 5. The more relaxed you feel, the easier it will be to focus. Do things that make you feel less stressed. 6. Create a schedule. It will keep you on track and avoid confusion about what. 7. Practice meditation: The more aware you are about your thoughts and feelings, the better. 8. Take care of your health, eat, sleep, and exercise right to maximize productivity. 9. Be patient don't get discouraged. If you don't have laser focus after reading these. It will take time. Thank you for listening. This was Quora Knows Best. I am Daniel Goodson, the host of another show as well. It is called My Fluent Podcast in which I talk about methods and approaches on how to become fluent in a foreign language bye. Article on Quora: https://qr.ae/pGLYRX  (65) How to be more focused? - Small Business Ideas Online (quora.com): https://smallbusinessideasonline.quora.com/How-to-be-more-focused  

Audiogram version:https://share.descript.com/view/OW7tejYoHYYInteresting vocabulary in this episode:-permutations-IELTS 0:00 StartHello guys, this is the Vocab Man. I am Daniel, and this is meant to be a bonus episode. I hope you're going to like it. It is actually an excerpt of an interview I conducted with Alastair and I think that there are many gems in it and I thought that it would be a great idea to share it here.And of course, if you like it, you can also listen to the whole interview on my other podcast called My Fluent Podcast, but now let's get started.0:40 Start InterviewDo you have any favorite expression in English? I know you mentioned before that this might be a question that would come up. Instead of saying a favorite expression, I wanted to add a favorite word with numerous, kind of, varieties of it. So perhaps some of your listeners know this already, but The word "set" has 430 meanings!the word "set" in English according to the Guinness world records has 430 different meanings, depending on what you add before or after it. And also the context. So things like all set set up set go set it right, kind of set up that kind of stuff I think is I think it, it can seem so confusing. And this sort of a mixture of phrasal verbs and idioms. It's tough but I think it's sort of one of the nice things, one of the sort of weirdly beautiful things about the English language that you have these sort of different building blocks of words.And when you are going to add a different blocks together in different permutations, then it completely changes of the meaning. 1:54 Alastair's least favorite wordsIn addition to this kind of favorite word I did have 2 kind of least favorite words that that I wanted to add.And one is something that native speakers, are often terrible at. They use this word far too much and that's literally and , it's very common to see people use that in a wrong sense really saying like he, he was literally dying of laughter, all those kinds of things, which I think is just, it makes me feel, it makes me cringe if you know that expression. It's very strange use of language. And then my other thing, my other little personal battle was with, you know, people on YouTube or Instagram or or things like that, telling non-native speakers that they should stop saying words like very or don't say good, say marvelous or fantastic, or don't say very, say it incredibly, or, you know, magnificently or things like that. I think not a non-native speaker speakers should continue saying very and good and they should be very happy to say very good, because that is how people speak. And I know that some slightly artificial language exams like IELTS or things like that perhaps punish you for using these kinds of words or phrases, but ultimately you will sound a lot more natural if you start saying things like very, very good rather than say like incredibly fantastic.Just sounds very, very strange. And I don't know how many times every day I say very or I say good, and, and that is not due to not knowing these other words or not kind of not having them in my vocabulary. It's that very and good and words like that are in many cases, the most appropriate words for what you're trying to communicate.And ultimately the role of language is to communicate an idea from one person to another. And these simple words are often the most effective way of doing that So So, my last passing thoughts it is my favorite expression not very good of course, but is saying to people that that you can mainly ignore anyone who tells you to stop saying veryYeah, I love that I loved it very much because we shouldn't over-complicate it. Right. As you said communication is important and thank you very much. It was really great chatting to you 4:43 Outro Daniel GoodsonI hope you liked it, guys guys. I loved it to be honest, and I could learn a lot of things and I promise you that there will be normal episodes again in the future, but I just thought, it would be a great idea to integrate this excerpt. And as I mentioned in the beginning on My Fluent Podcast, I published the whole interview. And if you want to learn how to learn languages with podcastsThis will be A great way for you to watch the. the Youtube video as well because I always do a video your version And a podcast version So my. My Fluent Podcast Thanks and. Byefull interview: https://youtu.be/Sk55GOe_3TE My Fluent Podcast

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 

This is the audio-only version of the episode. For the video version use this link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48700225 or select the second file with the number 76.What is YOUR favorite expression? Use the link below and send in your message (audio-only, video or text-only)https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw Full Transcript: "not my circus, not my monkeys"Hello guys, this is Daniel. I am the Vocab Man. And this time we go over a very funny and cool expression. Not my circus, not my monkeys. And it actually came from Poland (originally). But. These days especially in the UK, people are using it in English too. So I had a conversation with Sadie and she is the host of an excellent podcast called Accentricity and it's all about accents and languages. So I recommend you to take a listen. But now let's see what Sadie tells us about her favorite expression. https://www.accentricity-podcast.com/ Yeah, so my favorite expression, I mean, I've got, I've got loads. But I was thinking about this beforehand and there's a Polish expression that I really like, which is I've heard it being used in English a bit more recently.So it's I hope I'm pronouncing it right. I'm probably not, but *in Polish* "Nie moj cyrk, nie moje malpy". And it means not my circus, not my monkey. And it came to mean something along the lines of, if there is a big fuss, a big mess, lots of chaos going on but it's nothing to do if you, you want to distance yourself fromit's not your problem. Not my problem, not my problem, not my circus, not my monkey. So in Polish, it's not my circus, not my monkey. And then when I've heard it in English, people usually say, not my circus, not my monkeys, so plural . But I quite like that, especially because I think there's often a lot of focus of the influence that English has on other languages and less so the influence of other languages coming in into English.And I imagine the fact I've heard this expression a lot in English recently has to do with people from Poland moving to the UK quite a lot. Andkind of that being passed over. Yeah.So I wanted to share it because of that reason I quite, I quite like it, and I think it's just a great expression as well.Isn't it?Yes.It's very useful. I use it all the time.Cool. Thank you so much, Sadie. Thank you so much. So this was all about the expression, not my circus, not my monkeys. And of course, if you want to listen to the whole interview, which lasts about one hour, so we had an excellent discussion Then I encourage you to head over to my other podcast, which is called My Fluent Podcast. And why did I like this expression as well. It's because, yeah, it has a funny connotation in a way. And I think that even people. Who. hear it for the very first time will understand. What it means. Because of the context. Do you feel like you want to share your favorite expression with us? Then you can hand over to the show notes. Because there you will find a link. Which are going to . Help you with the recording so that you can send me a voice only recording or video recording. In which you are going to tell us about your favorite expression. But of course you can drop me an email as well at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.So that's it for today. I am the Vocab Man and I just wanted to say that if this was too fast for you, of course, you can head over to the show notes because there, there will be the full transcript for you. So thanks for tuning in. And have a good one ---------If you want to listen to the whole episode with Sadie Ryan you can head over to my other podcast called My Fluent Podcasthttps://www.myfluentpodcast.com/104-accentricity-podcast-with-sadie-ryan/ https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZSpC6NaOOJhttlgpxQsDV?si=a55608aece1e4ce4In the interview with Sadie we cover topics such as:- How people react when they hear of Sadie's profession as a linguist/sociolinguist- The term "Linguist" has more than one meaning- How Sadie got involved into linguistics- Speaking with a posh accent- Remember: Everyone has an accent!- Schools should teach more the listening skill!- The best thing Sadie learned about language (Ep. mentioned)- Sadie's PhD research- Podcast recommendations (Linguistics)- Language documentation (a specific branch in linguistics)- The Podcast Accentricity - Every voice is valid- Sadie's language journey (Polish/Gaelic)- Is it easier to learn a language as a linguist?

This is the video version of episode 76. Unfortunately, it didn't work the way I wanted.If you still want to watch the video you need to click on this link: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/76-not-my-circus-not-my-monkeys/If you want to listen to the audio-only verison use this link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48700037What is YOUR favorite expression? Use the link below and send in your message (audio-only, video or text-only)https://www.videoask.com/fwegskglw Full Transcript: "not my circus, not my monkeys"Hello guys, this is Daniel. I am the Vocab Man. And this time we go over a very funny and cool expression. Not my circus, not my monkeys. And it actually came from Poland (originally). But. These days especially in the UK, people are using it in English too. So I had a conversation with Sadie and she is the host of an excellent podcast called Accentricity and it's all about accents and languages. So I recommend you to take a listen. But now let's see what Sadie tells us about her favorite expression. https://www.accentricity-podcast.com/ Yeah, so my favorite expression, I mean, I've got, I've got loads. But I was thinking about this beforehand and there's a Polish expression that I really like, which is I've heard it being used in English a bit more recently.So it's I hope I'm pronouncing it right. I'm probably not, but *in Polish* "Nie moj cyrk, nie moje malpy". And it means not my circus, not my monkey. And it came to mean something along the lines of, if there is a big fuss, a big mess, lots of chaos going on but it's nothing to do if you, you want to distance yourself fromit's not your problem. Not my problem, not my problem, not my circus, not my monkey. So in Polish, it's not my circus, not my monkey. And then when I've heard it in English, people usually say, not my circus, not my monkeys, so plural . But I quite like that, especially because I think there's often a lot of focus of the influence that English has on other languages and less so the influence of other languages coming in into English.And I imagine the fact I've heard this expression a lot in English recently has to do with people from Poland moving to the UK quite a lot. Andkind of that being passed over. Yeah.So I wanted to share it because of that reason I quite, I quite like it, and I think it's just a great expression as well.Isn't it?Yes.It's very useful. I use it all the time.Cool. Thank you so much, Sadie. Thank you so much. So this was all about the expression, not my circus, not my monkeys. And of course, if you want to listen to the whole interview, which lasts about one hour, so we had an excellent discussion Then I encourage you to head over to my other podcast, which is called My Fluent Podcast. And why did I like this expression as well. It's because, yeah, it has a funny connotation in a way. And I think that even people. Who. hear it for the very first time will understand. What it means. Because of the context. Do you feel like you want to share your favorite expression with us? Then you can hand over to the show notes. Because there you will find a link. Which are going to . Help you with the recording so that you can send me a voice only recording or video recording. In which you are going to tell us about your favorite expression. But of course you can drop me an email as well at myfluentpodcast@gmail.com.So that's it for today. I am the Vocab Man and I just wanted to say that if this was too fast for you, of course, you can head over to the show notes because there, there will be the full transcript for you. So thanks for tuning in. And have a good one ---------If you want to listen to the whole episode with Sadie Ryan you can head over to my other podcast called My Fluent Podcasthttps://www.myfluentpodcast.com/104-accentricity-podcast-with-sadie-ryan/ https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZSpC6NaOOJhttlgpxQsDV?si=a55608aece1e4ce4In the interview with Sadie we cover topics such as:- How people react when they hear of Sadie's profession as a linguist/sociolinguist- The term "Linguist" has more than one meaning- How Sadie got involved into linguistics- Speaking with a posh accent- Remember: Everyone has an accent!- Schools should teach more the listening skill!- The best thing Sadie learned about language (Ep. mentioned)- Sadie's PhD research- Podcast recommendations (Linguistics)- Language documentation (a specific branch in linguistics)- The Podcast Accentricity - Every voice is valid- Sadie's language journey (Polish/Gaelic)- Is it easier to learn a language as a linguist?

www.quora.com     https://qr.ae/pGjufJ   Chris Ebbert Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, Mid Sweden University Transcript: Realise that you may not be a failure in the eyes of someone else. Here's my story. I was 40, divorced, had left a life in New Zealand behind that had fallen apart in the most dramatic way possible, and was invited at my cousin's house in Austria to a summer party. As we ate barbecued things and drank local beer, dreams were swapped and future visions exchanged. My cousin is a sound engineer, struggling as a consultant, doing the odd gig in Vienna or Salzburg. We talked about happiness. And I heard myself saying, “maybe some day, when I am successful, I will know what happiness is.” My cousin looked at me as if I was very, very drunk. And maybe, I was. And he said, “Chris; you are the dean of a French university, a Grande Ecole at that, in Shanghai. And you say ‘some day when you are successful'?” That changed my world view. I realised then and there that it depends very much on whom we ask whether we feel like failures, or not. All I had been able to see was how badly things had gone for me in New Zealand, and how the expat position in China really was only a gap filler till I would be able to find something to replace the life I had had in NZ. That that life in Shanghai was in itself pretty cool was somehow off my radar. Perhaps you need to ask the right people? Try to understand what the average person's existence on this planet is like. Success and failure are not quantitative values. They are dangerously subjective perceptions, and require some grounding in basic values. So, stop comparing yourself to the wrong people. By comparing ourselves to stars or celebrities of some standing, we will always look bad. Here is the full episode of My Fluent Podcast with Chris Ebbert reading out loud: E56 - Do we have another personality in another language? https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/myfluentpodcast/E56_-_Do_we_have_another_personality_in_another_language.mp3  

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  

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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.

In this episode, I will be speaking with Daniel from Switzerland who is the podcast host of My Fluent Podcast.  He decided to create a podcast over 5 years ago to become a better English speaker.  If you'd like to have a listen, here it is:My Fluent PodcastTo find out more about Kimberley, head to www.kimslawofenglish.com

Alvaro's Instagram Channel:https://www.instagram.com/mc_courtain/www.myfluentpodcast.com Transcript:0:00 Alvaro's introduction to the idiom "To paper over the cracks"...and an Idiom that I like is to paper over the cracks. I like it.I've never heard that.0:53 this is good. It's good to paper over the cracks 0:20 Hello guys, this is Daniel. You're listening to the Vocab Man and you are about to listen to Alvaro from Spain, with whom I had an interview on episode 84 on my other show called My Fluent Podcast. And I asked him, which is one of his favorite idioms and that's basically the reason why we will cover the idiom "to paper over the cracks". It's a great idiom. Just a reminder. There is a transcript available.0:53 What does the idiom "To paper over the cracks" mean?This is good. It's good to paper over the cracks means like imagine a crack okay. On a wall. Right. And then you're trying to fix it. A crack is a crack. A crack is a problem in your life.Something big, a big issue in your life. I mean, I mean, you put papers, you try to cover it.You try to solve it just by putting some papersBut it's still...the crack is still there. Yeah. The crack is a still there. So apparently, apparently the problem is solved a problem and she apparently you overcame the problem but it's not, behind the paper behind the bill, the poster, the crack is still there.So I don't know. So you could say sometimes, uh, this is just a paper , over the crack or I dunno, there was some combinations, with this, but I liked that one.1:40 So even though other already gave a great explanation, I want to repeat from my point of view. So to paper over the cracks could mean to repair or to conceal or cover up something on a superficial level without addressing underlying problems.2:05 Example from Daniel GoodsonSo imagine your wall at your home and all of a sudden you discover some sort of a blemish or a crack on the wall. So it's something unpleasant. You don't want it to see for others. And that's why you decide to just cover it because yeah. To cover the unpleasant thing and you will put some paper hour, the crack. but of course it will show again. It's just a matter of time until it gets discovered again.2:45 another audio clip:Um, it's like a short term solution, you know? Cause you think, you know, you like paper over it crack, but that crack is still there, that needs to be addressed or it's going to get worse potentially. It's okay to ask someone for help. 3:00 Obama using the idiom: We can't paper over problems and we're not going to solve this if we're always just trying to be politically correct.And as you can see in the example of Obama, you can also just use to paper over problems instead of "cracks". So it's absolutely fine that way. And just so you know, well, 3:20 Why do I interview people for my podcast?Why did I interview our row on my phone podcast? It's just to come out of my comfort zone and I try to. Express myself as clear as possible.I also asked him for some expressions and idioms, because that way, if he is giving me some explanations, it will stick better in my mind. And at the same time I can cover it here on the Vocab Man , which hopefully will help you as well, which will support you in your English learning journey. So thank you very much for tuning in.And have a good one.4:09 last clipAnd this is really is a revolusionary impulse, I think to think that things are so rotten in society, the only thing we can do is to burn down the sides and start all over again. But that does seem to me to be maybe not the first thought we should have when we're thinking about a structural problem with a house.What's very interesting to me though. And this is when you start thinking about a structural problem in a house, what do you do about it? Well, one thing you try, one thing you could do temporarily is paper over the cracks. A crack appears in the house. You can put paper over it, and we use that as a metaphor of course, of papering over the cracks.What happens if you pay for over the cracks, the crack reappears. So all you've done is made a cosmetic difference. You haven't got to the structural problem. You need to do something much more substantial in order to overcome that difficulty. It might not be burning down the house. Probably not many structures can be improved, but something much more thoroughgoing needs to be done in order to bring about some sort of repair.Here is the link to the interview with Alvaro:https://myfluentpodcast.libsyn.com/85-how-to-overcome-stuttering-alvaro-from-spain

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 today's episode, Daniel Goodson joins us to talk about how much he loves learning languages. We discussed what he loves about learning English, what he finds difficult, and, most of all, what he does to improve. I believe he's a great example of self-determination and motivation to learn English. We spoke about a lot of things, from accents, receptive and productive skills, code-switching and many more things. Daniel manages the website My Fluent Podcast and from there, you can subscribe to his two podcasts: My Fluent Podcast and My Fluent Podcast (Vocabulary). Hosting the podcasts has given him the opportunity to learn English and overcome his shyness. In this interview, he showed very good control of many complex structures, combined with discourse markers that helped him stay in focus. Daniel gave us some good examples of wh- cleft sentences, relative clauses, and a not so common comparative form: the double comparative, which is a form of parallel structures. His discourse management was what stood out the most, using a wide range of ways of directing his ideas to guide us through what he was saying. Next week, I'll recycle some of the concepts I spoke about in this episode, especially the one about backchannels. I'll tell you how to improve the way you tell stories by looking at how people use anecdotes and how others react to them. I'll speak about the common problems that learners usually have and give you some ideas on how to improve. Remember to like, share, rate, and review this podcast on any platform you're subscribed to. Also, you should check out my website What You Say in English! to see how you can send me your recording to receive feedback and appear on the show. Be brave! I promise we'll have a nice conversation and you'll get to show the world what you say in English. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatyousayinenglish/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatyousayinenglish/support