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Today's episode is all about MEMORIZATION with Ronald Johnson from 'The craft of memory'.

Is it worth it? And what to do if people answer in English instead of the local language? This episode includes 5 tips to speak the local language abroad!

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In this episode, Elysse and I talk about making language learning LESS overwhelming and MORE digestable. Elysse shares some great tips you can apply to your language learning! Let us know below what you think about this method!   

Other Method mentioned in this Episode: 

 - Focusing on 1 skill for a certain period, how to plan it: https://youtu.be/ULUUhlxRf7g 

About Elysse:

 -Youtube Channel ElysseSpeaks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_f...

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elyssedavega/ 

About Polyglot Insights: 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marjolein.p... 

About this episode: 00:00-07:50 

About the Method 07:50-11:27 

How to Make Learning Less Overwhelming 11:27-15:44

How to Plan your Weekly and Monthly Goals 15:44-19:15 How to Learn Multiple Languages 

Prefer to watch this interview on Youtube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEBXLVmwgfA&t

Learn more about Italy's language varieties through Francesco's story and his RESOURCE LIBRARY with more than 600 links!  

www.linguedialetti.it 

https://www.twitch.tv/lafornator/

Prefer to see our faces? Watch the video on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/bIg04RLwxN4

Ciao for now,

Marjolein

Hola a tots! In this video, Laura from Coach Polyglot taught me some HILARIOUS CATALAN EXPRESSIONS and USEFUL WORDS you can USE FROM DAY 1!

Prefer Youtube? Check it out here: https://youtu.be/OLWmErvy_j0

Laura's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CouchPolyglot

Laura's podcast in Catalan: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mPgiqwRhrP4E3tUtCiDX9

Laura's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/couch_polygot

* Fun fact about ‘FORCA AL CANUT’:

Even though nowadays natives interpret and use ‘salud i forca al canut’ to wish strength to the male part, originally it was probably meant to wish people wealth since it referred to the pipe people stored coins in:

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/salut-i-for%C3%A7a-al-canut.968451/

Deu!

Marjolein

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Laura from Couch Polyglot and I talked about LEARNING METHODS and MINDSET SHIFTS that are necessary to see RESULTS. 

Laura's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CouchPolyglot

Laura's podcast in Catalan: https://open.spotify.com/show/0mPgiqw...

Laura's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/couch_polyg... 

We also talked about: Italki: https://bit.ly/3zmCsfx 

Other great things for learning:

The Language Community: https://thelanguagecommunity.mn.co/

Things you should avoid saying  (or thinking) when you're learning a language. 

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Happy learning and hope to see you soon !

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