Abundate: Learning a language is not what you think

This one's been a long time coming... I've been raving about this incredible person to friends and family for months, but this week I'm finally letting some of her light shine on my online networks, too.Meet Mina, an Afghan women's rights activist whom I've had the privilege of working with for just over 6 months now.One thing I'm learning about activism is that this stuff takes time and a LOT of patience. Mina continues to show up for her people and for the country she loves, with good and b...

How does perfectionism sometimes work against your goals and values, preventing you from making progress?Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join the School of Certainty and start your journey towards confident and effective communication: abundate.org/soc

Hedvig speaks with Ady Namaran Coulibaly about African Languages Week, Language Services Providers like her company Bolingo, and the essential role these play in understanding the cultural and linguistic nuances across the African continent.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/19.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join the School of Certainty and start your journey towards confident an...

Lindsay Williams from “Lindsay Does Languages” brings her 10+ years of experience helping language learners better understand themselves so they can learn more effectively. We speak about the many different kinds of language learners and learner personality types she’s worked with over the years, where to start when you’re interested in learning a new language, overcoming procrastination, and learning Guarani.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.ab...

Hedvig speaks with Eman Abdo, an English to Arabic translator and author of Egypt’s Localization Guide, about learning languages through video games, how Arabic is easier to learn than most people think, and how translation is more difficult than we might expect.If you’re one of those people who has been wondering about learning another language, but you’re not sure which language might be right for you, then there’s a little exercise for you at the end of the episode.For the full show notes ...

You know what works for me won't always work for you. The reason we need to tailor language learning is because your language learning needs, goals, ambitions, lifestyle and brain are different from anyone else's. But there are a few things I've noticed learners do that really boosts their progress and confidence in a language.In this episode we delve into 3 things that excellent language learners do differently.If you dare to be excellent and want to find a 4th thing that language learners d...

What are the perks and drawbacks of being a cultural chameleon? Hedvig spoke with Danai Krokou, serial migrant and multitalented business development consultant, polyglot and polymath, about the positive and negative aspects of moving country. Danai shares an important benefit for your professional horizons.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/15.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join...

There are so many transferable skills that you build through language learning. One of them is self-trust. But it's also one of those things you need to build gradually in order to learn, too. In this episode I discuss some of the benefits of language learning, why self-trust is key, and how you might work to build this in your language learning or across other areas of your life, too.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join the School of Cert...

Why are many language learning methods so clinical when the process of learning languages is such a natural human activity? Tamara Marie, Founder of Spanish Con Salsa, joined Hedvig for a conversation about learning language through music and dance.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/13.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join the School of Certainty and start your journey towards conf...

Does language influence how you think, what you do, and how you see the world? Hedvig speaks with Panos Athanasopoulos about linguistic relativity.For the full show notes including more guest information and links, visit podcast.abundate.org/12.Join the School of CertaintyDon’t let your language worries hold you back any longer. Join the School of Certainty and start your journey towards confident and effective communication: abundate.org/soc