Here on the show, we love to celebrate this day. 3 years ago, Lindsay and I got together to bring you a HUGE quiz, we’ve made videos, we’ve spoken lots of European languages. We even have a European Day of Languages playlist on Spotify!

And today, this special episode will bring you a quiz with a twist and you can play along.

Europe doesn’t just have the obvious languages, so this might get tricky but we’re ready to give it a good go!

These show notes do NOT include the links for all the different languages mentioned on the show, because that would be spoiling the quiz for you.

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In today's episode, I had planned a Q&A but what you'll hear is more of a Q&D: a question and discussion session with special guest Olly Richards from I Will Teach You A Language. You already know Olly from our recent episode documenting how we made a German course together, but in fact he's also a language learner just like me.

Click or tap here to read the full show notes in my blog article on www.fluentlanguage.co.uk

Do you have fun when you're learning a language?

Do you think it's possible to have 100% fun in language learning?

Do you enjoy the language learning process? Or do you only really love speaking to people?

Join our discussion and share your answers in the comments below! I'm looking forward to reading how you treat "fun" in language learning!

Thank you to Olly for this episode introduction and to Live Lingua for sponsoring our show.

Special Guest: Olly Richards.

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After our live episode for number 100, we're rolling 'back to school' and reviewing summer motivation and new routines before cracking on with our topics this month.

We discussed this BBC news article about a pedantic (?) rule in French grammar...and who's trying to get rid of it. The language, ever changing, but who thought THIS untouchable rule would be questioned?

In this episode we focused on the big topic of goals. Do you EVER get everything done that you aim to do in language learning?

Here's what we discussed

Everything stays

And here's a wonderfully helpful quote from Ira Glass

Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

And finally, more life advice from "Adventure Time"

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Listeners, this is a big question and let me tell you I wrote several pages of notes to answer it. Listener Simon from Dublin was feeling a MAJOR case of frustration and wrote in to the show. Here's some of what he said:

Sometimes I just cannot seem to lock down a concept in the language I'm learning, no matter how much I try.

These mental blocks can be demotivating. They force me to use simpler sentences than I know I can produce. They make me feel uncertain when trying to express certain concepts, and they can cause frustration when they seem like they're always going to be stopping my progress. Sometimes these blocks are the reason a person thinks they're not good at learning languages.

There's a truth about learning any language: Frustration is real and it's normal and it's extemely ennoying! Once you start to feel it, you have reached a new stage of growth...expect to be frustrated for a few years.

Frustration's good sides are:

You cannot really eliminate all of this and fix every mental block, but you can REDUCE and EMBRACE the frustration.

Here's how to do it:

More about all this in the episode - click play and I hope you'll find it helpful.

Thank you to Stephen for this episode introduction and to kick-ass language learning app Clozemaster for supporting this show.

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Lindie Botes is a designer, polyglot, and popular YouTuber sharing videos with her audience of over 55,000 viewers. She loves to study languages from all over the world, including Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Hungarian.

In this interview, you'll get to know Lindie and her unique language learning story, including:

"I don't think there's a single school in South Africa that teaches Japanese as a subject"

You'll also find out how to say Lindie's name correctly, and what my surname sounds like in Japanese!

Special Guest: Lindie Botes.

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Wow wow wow wow, our episode 100 live show was a blast, with busy chatroom and over 80 listeners tuning in live from all around the world. Today's podcast episode is a replay of that live broadcast, featuring five amazing guests.

Long one, but worth it!

We pitched Richard, Kylie and Gabriel against each other in Lindsay's fiendish episode 100 quiz - you'll have to listen in to find out who won. Play along - would you have known the answers?

And finally, we played "Conversation Starters" with

Thank you all SO much for continuing to listen to the Fluent Show!

"Skype. Sometimes it works."

Plus another thank you to our sponsor Clozemaster, the free language app designed to help you keep up your langauge learning habit with ease.

Special Guests: Benny Lewis, Gabriel Wyner, Kylie Sturgess, Richard Simcott, and Shannon Kennedy.

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We are so excited to be celebrating the 100th episode of the Fluent Show, and you are invited!

Mark your diary! The live show will take place

ON 16 AUGUST 2018 AT 16:00 BST

The live page is going to be at www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/100, so make sure you've got that page ready to go in your browser.

If you know other language lovers and you'd like them to join our party, please share a quick message to them on instagram or twitter.

Tweet and tell the world you're coming!

Download and share this image to tell folks on Instagram that you're joining our party - you can tag us @lindsaydoeslanguages and @kerstin_fluent

5 Lessons From Travelling The World

Read Lindsay's 5 lessons from travelling the world and her list of travel phrases for connecting with anyone, anywhere, over on the blog..

For a taster of the world trip, check out this video:

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This week’s question comes from Instagram:

I speak French, Arabic, English.. I’d like to start learning German but I really have no idea how to begin because I’ve already started but ended up by giving it up, I’ve found it a little bit tricky and I couldn’t devote a lot of time for it because I’m still working on my English, I’m confused now.

We've all probably got that one language we studied in the past...but somehow things didn't really go anywhere. So how can you get back with that language?

You need a clean slate. Shake it off, and put your past experiences behind you. Then note your new wishes. You are starting again.

This can be very straightforward. Last time you picked up German, you noticed a few difficulties and perhaps they took you by surprise. The good news is that these cannot surprise you anymore. Ask yourself what you could do to prevent the same problems when you start again.

If you’re learning English and you’ve got limited time, then you won’t be ultra fluent in German this month. That’s no problem. Think about what you can do in German. Believe it or not, you will STILL learn stuff. I have spent about 6 hours on Chinese so far, over 2 months, and still I now know a few characters and words.

This is about managing your expectation.

Note on materials:

Reviews are not always the best thing, but they’re a good start. Look for reviews of a publisher’s GERMAN course, not the whole series.

With all that in place, you are set up for success. Remember, language learning is a habit. If you feel you’re stuck, focus on what you do not what you should see.

Thanks to Clozemaster, that’s it, please rate & review. It helps other people find the Fluent Show. Or tell a friend about us - you'll look so cool and in the know.

Thank you to listener David Evans for this episode introduction in Hebrew.

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Is it possible to start learning a language from scratch when you're in your 30s? With a baby and a dog (and a husband) to look after?

Of course it is!

In this podcast episode, I am speaking to my friend Daniela. She's a writer and teacher, and about to spend a month in Germany.

Daniela wants to learn German, so she got in touch to ask me:

She wants to get there!

This is a conversation in which I helped her set meaningful goals and explore how she can benefit from learning. And we recorded it so that you can benefit too!

Join Us And Answer My 7 Questions

Click or tap here to read the full list of coaching questions in my article on www.fluentlanguage.co.uk

Special Guest: Daniela Uslan.

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