contact me: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com Daniel Goodson Quora Question and answer:  https://www.quora.com/English-drives-me-crazy-It-seems-no-matter-how-hard-I-try-I-cant-get-along-well-with-it-Should-I-give-up Check out the anwer text from Mikhail Kotykhov ("English is not a science. It's a skill. Don't study it. Use it.") Music:  Night owl by Broke For Free. Free  is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.  https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP

E46 - Should I give up learning English (or another target language)?

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 Sarah tells the origin story of her YouTube Channel (reading series), where she started out reading out loud a book in Italian.  At the time she started reading on YouTube, she had only been studying Italian for 2 months!  First Video: Reading in Italian until I'm Fluent of the Reading in Italian Series  The Book Sarah is reading out in her series: Come Una Notte a Bali by Gianluca Gotto Italian Book Club (Facebook Group)

133 Reading In Italian Until I'm Fluent - Sarah Ifeoma

Bob talks about his language learning methods and how he ended up in Argentina to learn Spanish. He has been tracking his language learning progress in form of videos in which he speaks in Spanish. Video Version. Some of the topics we cover:  Why Argentina? What is Comprehensible Method? Messi Inspiration for Making Language Update Videos Watching Argentinian Videos To Learn The Language  Check out Bob's YouTube Channel.  My Fluent Podcast was selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 15 Intermediate English Podcasts on the web.

132 Exchange Semester in Argentina - Bob from Belgium

India is a very enthusiastic learner of German from Ireland. She tells us about her language journey in which she mainly used the immersion approach to become fluent in German. The most important part of this whole method of immersion learning is obviosly your immersion. You absolutely need to have fun! India watched a lot of TV series, movies, listened to podcasts, read books and in general had a lot of fun in the process! ➡️Video Version of The Interview (with full shownotes: https://youtu.be/PZFnwsVkYo8?si=8AQd8KIR84fI7O-j  Learn from her experience and become a better language learner! India even kept track of her journey in form of different stats she wrote down and through recording herself in her lovely YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@indih.244

131 3000 Hours of Immersion - Language Immersion Method  - India from Ireland

This is part 1 of 2. Antonello Zanini from Italy is quite an inspiration to me. He is a software engineer and technical writer and is a succesful writer on Medium.  Spreading knowledge through writing is his mission Daniel and Antonello discuss the importance of building a writing habit in order to improve your English writing skills (and other skills as well). Spending a lot of hours writing is not necessary to become good at it, but rather consistency and daily practice are key.    Antonello shares his experience using ChatGPT as a language learning tool to replace Italki, which he feels has become more focused on selling courses and buying hours with teachers. He wrote his daily notes on ChatGPT and asked for feedback, finding that the responses are similar to what he would receive from a human. Antonello Zanini – Medium  Antonello Zanini | Software Engineer and Technical Writer

130 Learning English Through Writing (With The Technology Bishop)

In the second part of our chat with Cara Leopold. (Link to first part), we discuss the movie Groundhog Day. The episode is meant to be like a Movie Club.  Cara Leopold is the creator of the Leo Listening Movie Club where she helps film-loving English learners understand and discuss movies together so they can master conversational English.  Back-to-School Movie Challenge From September 13th-20th Cara is organising the Back-to-School Movie Challenge, a 1-week taste of what it's like to be in a movie club. By watching and discussing school-themed movies together, you’ll learn new vocabulary, catch fast-spoken English and practice your speaking and writing skills with other movie-loving English learners. The challenge includes access to a discussion forum as well as a live Zoom session at the end to chat with me and other film lovers about the movie clips. Time stamps 0:00:01 Introduction to Groundhog Day and Movie Challenge  0:02:00 Groundhog Day 0:07:16 Childhood Impressions and Expectations 0:07:57 Hilarious Moments that Cracked Me Up 0:08:09 Appreciating Comedy and Bill Murray's Humor 0:09:28 The stages 0:11:34 Making the best of any situation 0:13:20 Profound Character Development 0:15:32 Speculations on the Length of Phil's Time Loop 0:17:32 Phil Murray's Versatility in Comedy and Drama  0:19:03 A Subtle and Brilliant Performance by Phil Murray 0:22:36 Discussing the usefulness and cultural context of certain expressions 0:25:25 Appreciating memorable scenes and lessons from the movie Links Cara’s website: https://leo-listening.com/  Cara’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LeoListening/ Cara’s Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caraleopold/ Back-to-School Movie Challenge https://leolistening.podia.com/back-to-school-movie-challenge 

E46 - Should I give up learning English (or another target language)?

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