Hello from Kerstin and happy new year! In today's show, I've got notes for you on what really mattered for language learning in 2017, and how you can make the most out of these for your own path to fluency.
Best practices aren’t going anywhereAsk yourself what you want to achieveGet out of the house and use what you knowContribute to your communityGetting organised is the key to actually using those best practices: Plan - Track - ReviewSetting goals helps me get out of my comfort zone - I’ve never self-studied a language to this level and I can totally do itThe Year in Language Learning Events
Polyglot Gathering in BratislavaIt was warm, busy, and great to visit this Slovak cityThe organisation was outstanding and there was a real sense of interest in almost every talkA lot of people enjoyed the no-English zoneI gave a talk on how to talk to people and the feedback was very interesting (no it was NOT about chatting up girls)Already bought my ticket for 2018It was warm again, a slightly smaller event, and with so many great volunteers and organisersLangfest stood out in how media-savvy it was, there was live streaming, lots of web coverage, even a little podcasting roomMontréal is an amazing city for any polyglot A smaller meet-up, great for connectingThe podcast came back this year!! Thank you all so much for listening and supporting us.
Thank you to my wonderful guests this year: Madeline Vadkerty and Marianne Manz, Gabriel Wyner, Chuck Smith, Kris Broholm, Shannon KennedyThank you to our sponsor Clozemaster, and the future sponsors who have shown interest in supporting the Creative Language Learning PodcastA special thank you to my co-host Lindsay WilliamsPlease review!!Sponsored By:
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Links:
- What Gets Easier When You Study More Languages? by Fluent Language
- 10 Polyglot Conversations from Langfest 2017 in Montréal
- Polyglot Gathering 2017 in Bratislava
- List of Language Learning Events Around the Globe — Find where you can meet language learners
- Montreal: Beyond Bilingual - Lindsay Does Languages — An episode of Language Stories about the languages of Montreal