Actual Fluency Podcast

Actual Fluency Podcast

By Kris BroholmEducationLanguage Learning
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Actual Fluency Podcast episodes

  • AFP 146 - Shannon Kennedy: Women in Language

    Shannon Kennedy is on the show to talk about the upcoming Women in Languages conference (March 7-10, 2019) and some of her other projects.

    http://womeninlanguage.com

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    📣 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 going to languageteacher.co

    43 min
  • AFP 145 - Katie Harris: The Joy of Languages

     Katie Harris comes on the show to share how her joy of languages started, and her philosophies for learners today.

    We also get around her current projects like her blog; JoyOfLanguages and language retreats.

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    📣 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 going to languageteacher.co

    1 hr 11 min
  • AFP 144 - Sara Maria Hasbun: From Translator to Business Owner with 3000+ freelancers

     Sara Maria Hasbun from Meridien Linguistics comes on the show to share how she went from translating to founding a linguistics consultant company that now works with over 3000 freelance translators.

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    📣 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 going to languageteacher.co

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    Show Links

    Meridian Linguistics   www.meridianlinguistics.com

    Misslinguistic              www.misslinguistic.com

    Instagram                   misslinguistic

    Twitter                         mslinguistic

    Facebook                    Misslinguistic

    1 hr
  • Aviva Levin: Coincidental French Teacher in British Colombia
    Kris Broholm welcomes Aviva Levin, a teacher who unexpectedly started teaching French in British Columbia despite limited prior skills. They discuss her journey into language instruction, methods for engaging students, and the unique dynamics of French learning across Canada, including textbook choices.
    47 min
  • Amarinder Grewal: Pidgins and Creoles
    Kris Broholm and guest Amarinder Grewal discuss pidgins and creoles, exploring these fascinating contact languages. Amarinder shares his background growing up in multilingual Detroit, Michigan, and explains how this experience sparked his interest in the topic.
    1 hr 4 min
  • Kerstin Cable on Goalsetting and New Year's Resolutions
    Kris Broholm welcomes Kerstin Cable to discuss effective strategies for setting and tracking language learning goals. They explore the utility of New Year's resolutions, debating whether they are beneficial or should be avoided for sustained progress. The conversation offers practical insights for achieving linguistic aims.
    1 hr 19 min
  • Lucas Bighetti: The silent method and parrot conversation
    Kris Broholm welcomes Lucas Bighetti, who shares his journey from failing languages in school to becoming a passionate learner. Lucas explains how a joke Russian textbook sparked his interest. They discuss his unique "silent method" and the "parrot conversation" technique for language acquisition.
    1 hr 13 min
  • AFP 138 - Elisa Polese: Teaching Multiple Languages at Once
    Elisa Polese from Italy comes on the show to share her method of teaching 13 different languages, even teaching several of them with students at the same time.
    In the episode we also talk about the importance of speaking early, grammar, traditional learning vs modern learning, and how you can avoid mixing up your languages when you're learning multiple at the same time.
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    📣 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 going to http://languageteacher.co
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    Show Links:
    https://speakfromdayonewithelisa.com/
    https://actualfluency.com
    http://polyglotconference.com
    http://polyglotbratislava.com
    http://langfest.org
    1 hr 5 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.