Language Input Podcast

Language Input Podcast

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Language Input Podcast episodes

  • The JOY of Teaching Gaelic & the CONNECTION Languages Create - with Jason
    From his experience living in Japan & Germany as a kid and teenager, to falling in love with Gaelic and the difference that made and much more, I welcome Jason to the show today! Join us and let's talk about language acquisition!
    Here's Jason's Youtube channel: youtube.com/c/gaelicwithjason
    His Instagram: instagram.com/gaelicwithjason
    And his website: gaelicwithjason.thinkific.com
    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.
    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.
    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA
    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages
    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/
    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish
    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages
    1 hr 13 min
  • Full S2x12 The JOY of Teaching Gaelic & the CONNECTION Languages Create - with Jason

    From his experience living in Japan & Germany as a kid and teenager, to falling in love with Gaelic and the difference that made and much more, I welcome Jason to the show today! Join us and let's talk about language acquisition!  

    Here's Jason's Youtube channel: youtube.com/c/gaelicwithjason 

    His Instagram: instagram.com/gaelicwithjason  

    And his website: gaelicwithjason.thinkific.com


    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.

    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.

    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA

    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages

    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/

    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish

    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

    1 hr 13 min
  • Please, DON'T Give Up on Languages, It's NOT Your Fault if It Hasn't Worked Out Yet - with Teri

    Believe me, we've ALL been through it and let me tell you from the bottom of my heart that it's not your fault if it hasn't worked yet, it's all about the process❗


    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.

    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.

    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA

    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages

    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/

    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish

    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

    8 min
  • RESEARCH (and FACTS) on How Languages are ACTUALLY Acquired - with Bill Van Patten
    Let me bring you someone today who's done a tremendous amount of research on how the language acquisition process actually works! Join us to learn a lot about this process and welcome Bill to the show!
    Here's Bill's website: www.billvanpatten.net
    And all the references and research he mentions in the episode:
    B. VanPatten. (2019). The nature of language: A short guide to what’s in our heads. Alexandria, VA: The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
    B. VanPatten. (2017). While we’re on the topic: BVP on Language, Language Acquisition, and Classroom Practice. Alexandria, VA: The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
    B. VanPatten. (2020). Theories and language teaching. In. B. VanPatten, G. Keating & S. Wulff (Eds.), Theories in Second Language Acquisition, 3rd edition (pp. 105-127). New York: Routledge.
    B. VanPatten. (2017). Situating instructed second language acquisition within second language acquisition: Facts and consequences. Instructed Second Language Acquisition, 1, 45-59.
    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.
    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.
    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA
    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages
    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/
    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish
    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages
    1 hr 9 min
  • Full S2x11 RESEARCH (and FACTS) on How Languages are ACTUALLY Acquired - with Bill Van Patten

    Let me bring you someone today who's done a tremendous amount of research on how the language acquisition process actually works! Join us to learn a lot about this process and welcome Bill to the show!  

    Here's Bill's website: www.billvanpatten.net  

    And all the references and research he mentions in the episode:  

    B. VanPatten. (2019). The nature of language: A short guide to what’s in our heads. Alexandria, VA:  The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.  

    B. VanPatten. (2017). While we’re on the topic: BVP on Language, Language Acquisition, and Classroom Practice. Alexandria, VA: The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.  

    B. VanPatten. (2020). Theories and language teaching. In. B. VanPatten, G. Keating & S. Wulff (Eds.), Theories in Second Language Acquisition, 3rd edition (pp. 105-127). New York: Routledge.  

    B. VanPatten. (2017). Situating instructed second language acquisition within second language acquisition: Facts and consequences. Instructed Second Language Acquisition, 1, 45-59.


    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.

    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.

    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA

    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages

    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/

    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish

    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

    1 hr 9 min
  • Is Comprehensible Input Alone Enough to Learn a LANGUAGE? - with Anne
    Many people already understand that comprehensible input is the key to the entire process but still think some grammar study is necessary. Is it really that way? I'll talk about that and much more with Anne in today's episode!
    Here's Anne's channel for Spanish stories: https://youtube.com/c/SpanishFunforJuniors
    And the one for Indonesian stories: https://youtube.com/c/IndonesianFunforJuniors
    As well as her blog: https://buannesblog.com/author/buannesblog/
    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.
    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.
    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA
    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages
    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/
    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish
    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages
    1 hr 16 min
  • For Teachers: DON'T be a Lecturer, JUST CARE about the Human on the Other Side - with Sabrina
    Just care about your students, like for real. That's the foundation to helping them acquire a foreign language or anything else for that matter❗
    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.
    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.
    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA
    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages
    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/
    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish
    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages
    9 min
  • Full S2x10 Is Comprehensible Input Alone Enough to Learn a LANGUAGE? - with Anne

    Many people already understand that comprehensible input is the key to the entire process but still think some grammar study is necessary. Is it really that way? I'll talk about that and much more with Anne in today's episode!

    Here's Anne's channel for Spanish stories: https://youtube.com/c/SpanishFunforJuniors

    And the one for Indonesian stories: https://youtube.com/c/IndonesianFunforJuniors

    As well as her blog: https://buannesblog.com/author/buannesblog/

    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.

    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.

    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA

    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages

    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/

    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish

    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

    1 hr 16 min
  • For Teachers: DON'T be a Lecturer, JUST CARE about the Human on the Other Side - with Sabrina

    Just care about your students, like for real. That's the foundation to helping them acquire a foreign language or anything else for that matter❗

    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.

    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.

    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA

    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages

    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/

    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish

    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

    9 min
  • A Message of HOPE for Those STRUGGLING with Language Learning - with Laurie
    From not being able to communicate in her first trip to Spain after studying Spanish for 8 years the traditional way to the difference comprehensible input-based methods made in her life and much more, I welcome Laurie to the show today.
    Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process.
    Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish.
    🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA
    💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages
    📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/
    📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish
    ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages
    1 hr 28 min

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This is an honest, fact-based language podcast in which I’ll address the most common questions and misconceptions regarding the language learning process, from how long it actually takes to learn a…