Actual Fluency Podcast

Actual Fluency Podcast

By Kris BroholmEducationLanguage Learning
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Actual Fluency Podcast episodes

  • Tetsu Yung: Raising Children in 5 Languages
    Kris Broholm interviews Tetsu Yung about raising his children to speak five languages. They discuss Yung's specific method for fostering multilingualism and how the approach has evolved as his children have grown older.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Peter Strang: From the UK to Russia
    Kris Broholm interviews Peter Strang about his move from the UK to rural Russia. Peter shares his experience becoming an English teacher, learning Russian, and assimilating into the local culture, eventually marrying and raising a family there. They discuss the challenges of full integration.
    1 hr 13 min
  • Anthony Metivier: Mental Well-Being and the Victorious Mind
    Kris Broholm and guest Anthony Metivier discuss mental health and well-being. They explore how language learning positively impacts mental balance, provides purpose, and fosters connection. Metivier's new book, "The Victorious Mind," offers insights into holistic mental health.
    1 hr 18 min
  • Dick Howeson: From CD-ROM to App learning with uTalk
    Kris Broholm interviews Dick Howeson from uTalk, who shares his personal struggles with French language learning in school. Howeson discusses the evolution of language education technology, from early interactive video and CD-ROMs to modern app-based learning, tracing uTalk's history. He also highlights the shortcomings of traditional teaching methods.
    58 min
  • Podcast Update: April 2020

    In this unnumbered Actual Fluency episode I'm getting into a few updates as of April 2020.

    Here's what you'll hear about in the episode:

    • Why the podcast was on a minor break
    • Why you shouldn't necessarily feel pressured to learn a new language during the pandemic
    • What happened to the Polyglot Cruise
    • New Course Launch: Bite-Size Languages
    • What else is new on Actual Fluency
    • What is happening to the polyglot events around the world, which ones do I hope to attend?

      • This podcast is brought to you by OPTILINGO!

      Check them out here: https://optilingo.com

      33 min
    • Matt vs Japan: The Mass Immersion Approach
      Kris Broholm hosts Matt vs Japan to discuss his "all Japanese, all the time" mass immersion concept. They explore this extreme immersion method for fast, high-level language acquisition, including its application to other languages. Kris questions the method's efficacy, and Matt addresses his criticisms.
      1 hr 17 min
    • AFP 168 - John Fotheringham: Inside the Language Podcaster's Studio (Part 2)

      PART 2! > John Fotheringham, a fellow language podcaster comes on the show to do an experiment. Instead of a traditional interview, we are chatting as two language podcasters, sharing experiences, takeaways, and lessons learnt from over 5 years of podcasting. 

      PART 1: https://anchor.fm/actualfluency/episodes/AFP-167---John-Fotheringham-Inside-the-Language-Podcasters-Studio-Part-1-e7po88

      If you liked this episode, please let us know!

      Show Links:

      LanguageMastery.com - John's Blog and Podcast

      Social:

      @LanguageMastery

      Facebook

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      💰 You can get a $10 credit when you book your first lesson by clicking HERE

      1 hr 6 min
    • AFP 167 - John Fotheringham: Inside the Language Podcaster's Studio (Part 1)

      John Fotheringham, a fellow language podcaster comes on the show to do an experiment. Instead of a traditional interview, we are chatting as two language podcasters, sharing experiences, takeaways, and lessons learnt from over 5 years of podcasting. 

      If you liked this episode, please let us know!

      Show Links:

      LanguageMastery.com - John's Blog and Podcast

      Social:

      @LanguageMastery

      Facebook

      ==============

      📣 This podcast is sponsored by Italki! Learn REAL language through the power and convenience of personal tutoring lessons, for any language at VERY affordable rates.

      💰 You can get a $10 credit when you book your first lesson by clicking HERE

      1 hr 40 min

    About Actual Fluency Podcast

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    Conversations with language learners, polyglots and teachers about what actually works when learning a language: methods, motivation and the messy reality of fluency.