We are trying to answer the question "Is "deserving" a vacation harmful?", as well as discussing some of our favourite topics:

work-life-sleep balance;

mental health days/weeks in the world of corporate work;

working hard and earning your living vs enjoying the career of your choice;

Maslow pyramid and being aware of your real needs;

the need to detox and the need to (dis)connect;

digital detox practices across traditions and cultures

Happy to welcome our guest and dear friend and colleague Marina Yalanska to discuss:

Stay tuned, subscribe not to miss the second part of our conversation with Marina, a beauty and knowledge sharer, about professional reinvention and career change.

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Reaching advanced levels on a language learning journey

What does it take?

How is it checked?

Which aims does it serve?

Inna's personal experience of taking a C1 exam in German

Yuliya's view on exam taking skills and strategies

Analyzing exam formats for advanced levels

Other relevant episodes:

https://anchor.fm/live-and-learn-podcast/episodes/On-language-certificates-and-skipping-levels-emh49e

Negotiation: definition and etymology

Knowledge, skills, competencies: etymology and definition

Being good enough

The curve of competence

The curve of self-confidence

Impostor's syndrome

Live and learn philosophy during vacation

Workation: what is there behind the brand new concept?

Teachers on vacation: self-care and continuous professional development

Vacanza studio: learning during vacation

Summer camp experience for kids and counselors

Links to previous episodes: 

On improving work-life balance https://anchor.fm/live-and-learn-podcast/episodes/On-improving-work-life-balance-eq1i7u

On learning during vacation https://anchor.fm/live-and-learn-podcast/episodes/On-learning-during-vacation-egjqkh

Learning from native speakers vs avoiding typical mistakes

To err is human

How to treat mistakes

Development language errors (child development issues in native speakers)

Psychology behind the fear of making mistakes

Creating a comfortable learning environment

Intentional mistakes for fun

Self-awareness and control in treating mistakes in L2

Is any linguistic input good enough for language learners?

Choosing the language environment

Native speakers as an example of desired linguistic input (or not?)

Correlation between linguistic input and language production

Democratisation and destandatisation of modern languages

Personal cases by podcast hosts

Top tip by Live and Learn podcast

Coming back home: what does it mean and what does it take?

Pains and lessons of repatriating

Useful models behind "culture shock" and "reverse culture shock"

Awareness: can it help?

Takeaways for further expat life

After discussing general points concerning feedback (check them out in our previous episode), we move on to discussing giving and receiving feedback in education

Kirkpatrick's model of feedback

Feedback vs takeaway in the process of education

Feedback on communication, collaboration, learning, person