The Fluent Show

Climbing Mount Language from Basecamp to Summit


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Beware listeners: This episode contains a discussion of a few English swearwords, so if you are listening with kids please skip the first 20 minutes.

And on to what's in this show:

Language Stories: Lindsay has a new podcast, reporting back from her adventures around the language landscapes of cities like Montréal, New York, and more.

Even after 20 years of English, I still don't know all the words. We discuss an English slang word that was news to me.

Tip: The Psychology of Rewards

We discussed why and how you can reward yourself when you reach those study goals.

Language Learning Misconceptions

Here's the list we discussed on the show:

  • Children learn their first language effortlessly
  • Younger learners learn languages more easily than older learners
  • Intelligent people are better at learning languages
  • Immersion is the best way to learn a language
  • Grammar study is detrimental to second-language acquisition
  • Learning a second language hinders the development of the first language
  • Once a child can speak a language, the language-learning process is complete
  • Consider: All these ideas and beliefs are widespread, but none of them are true when taken at face value!

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    Links:

    • List of common misconceptions about language learning - Wikipedia
    • Stephen Krashen on Language Learning in the Polyglot Community — 1. Comprehensible input
    2. Patience
    3. No forced production (this is SO very much where schools go wrong)
  • What does choad mean? choad Definition. Meaning of choad. OnlineSlangDictionary.com
  • But WHY!!! Would You Learn a Language? Is Learning a Language Useful? by Fluent Language
  • New Podcast: Becky Morales on Perfect Pronunciation and Having 4 Bilingual Kids by Fluent Language
  • ‘We’re told we’re anti-Welsh bigots and fascists’ – the storm over Welsh-first schooling | Education | The Guardian
  • Ignore the Guardian: A bilingual education is best for our children – Nation.Cymru
  • Language Stories — Lindsay's new podcast
  • Savage Lovecast
  • Amazon.com: Second Language Acquisition Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching (9780472034987): Steven Brown, Jenifer Larson-Hall: Books
  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - IMDb
  • ...more
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