Why does pop music matter for language learning?

• What influence does the industry have for which music gets made and which doesn't?
• Why is English such a convenient language for pop music?
• How should you incorporate pop music into your language learning routine...or should you?
• Where can language learners find music in their own target language?
• Who are our favourite artists in other languages?

• How to Use Spotify for Language Learning
• Quora: Why do non-English speaking countries listen primarily to English-sung songs instead of producing modern/pop songs in their own languages?
• Guardian: Behind the music: What it costs European acts to sing in their own languages

  In dance music it's generally more important how lyrics sound than what they actually mean. Artists with English as a second language can be less judgmental about what's deemed a cliche.

• 10 Great Songs That Topped US Charts But Weren’t Performed In English
• Foreign language songs that got to Number 1 in the UK
• The Hottest German Lesson in Town: Deutschland 83 and Major Tom (PLUS Free Lyric & Vocab Sheet
• How I Built This, an NPR Podcast
• Honest Reggaeton (not 100% SFW)

Notable collaborations include Despacito with Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber, and Bailando with Enrique Iglesias, Sean Paul et al.

• Alt.Latino Podcast
• Residente by Residente), an album exploring the artist's international heritage

• New York Times Popcast
• KCON Music Festival)

Check out Stromae, KRO, Prince Pi, Indochine, Robyn (in English).

• Our European Day of Music Live Episode
• Lindsay's #songsaturday Playlist

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Welcome to Creative Language Learning Podcast episode 56, with our popular roundup of this season's hottest language learning resources and tools.

Lindsay has been watching Terrace House, a Japanese reality tv show.

I found Bore Da, a Welsh breakfast show that displays key vocab right on the screen. Its app even gives you individual items with associated vocab lists.

Anyone remember pop-up video? How could would it be to have pop-up vocab video?!

Grab your sunglasses, get out into the sunshine, and try these brand new language learning resources. This season, we're not all about online learning anymore as you'll hear how Lindsay and I are applying our best tips outside too.

• How to: Bullet Journal for Effective Language Learning

Play the game at www.clozemaster.com

• Find a charity shop in the UK in this directory

And here's what's awesome too.

• Need inspiration? Start your search with disney classic "Let It Go"
• Type your favourite show + your target language into the YouTube search bar

Advanced geeks can even create their own Anki cards using the subtitles on offer (we saw a talk about this at the Polyglot Gathering, but it kinda went over my head -- if you want to go for it, start here.

• Search for a word or watch a movie while following the script to get the most out of this for learning languages
• Check out this example of scripts mentioning Twin Peaks in English and Spanish

Welcome to Creative Language Learning Podcast episode 56, with our popular roundup of this season's hottest language learning resources and tools.

Lindsay has been watching Terrace House, a Japanese reality tv show.

I found Bore Da, a Welsh breakfast show that displays key vocab right on the screen. Its app even gives you individual items with associated vocab lists.

Anyone remember pop-up video? How could would it be to have pop-up vocab video?!

Grab your sunglasses, get out into the sunshine, and try these brand new language learning resources. This season, we're not all about online learning anymore as you'll hear how Lindsay and I are applying our best tips outside too.

• How to: Bullet Journal for Effective Language Learning

Play the game at www.clozemaster.com

• Find a charity shop in the UK in this directory

And here's what's awesome too.

• Need inspiration? Start your search with disney classic "Let It Go"
• Type your favourite show + your target language into the YouTube search bar

Advanced geeks can even create their own Anki cards using the subtitles on offer (we saw a talk about this at the Polyglot Gathering, but it kinda went over my head -- if you want to go for it, start here.

• Search for a word or watch a movie while following the script to get the most out of this for learning languages
• Check out this example of scripts mentioning Twin Peaks in English and Spanish

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In episode 55, friend of the show Kris Broholm from Actual Fluency joined me to discuss mindset and accountability in language learning that come from a place of reality and gentle confidence.

Tune in to hear us chat and share:

We revisit perspectives on the 4 tendencies framework Lindsay and I discussed in episode 32. Kris is on record as an Obliger, saying:

"It would be Embarrassing to tell people that I gave up."

You can take a test to determine your own tendency here.

Your feedback is extremely important to the show. It gives us inspiration, topics, ideas, and it makes us happy. Find us on Twitter and Instagram using hashtag #cllp

You can help our show by going on itunes and leaving us a review yourself - we are invisible without your help!

Special Guest: Kris Broholm.

In episode 55, friend of the show Kris Broholm from Actual Fluency joined me to discuss mindset and accountability in language learning that come from a place of reality and gentle confidence.

Tune in to hear us chat and share:

We revisit perspectives on the 4 tendencies framework Lindsay and I discussed in episode 32. Kris is on record as an Obliger, saying:

"It would be Embarrassing to tell people that I gave up."

You can take a test to determine your own tendency here.

Your feedback is extremely important to the show. It gives us inspiration, topics, ideas, and it makes us happy. Find us on Twitter and Instagram using hashtag #cllp

You can help our show by going on itunes and leaving us a review yourself - we are invisible without your help!

Special Guest: Kris Broholm.

Support The Fluent Show

It's one of my favourite episodes of the year - the live clips are in, so you can experience the Polyglot Gathering in 2017 with the Creative Language Learning Podcast as we bring you interviews, impressions and fun from the conference floor.

Here's just a hint of what's inside:

• Wonderful best wishes to you awesome listeners in German, Indonesian, Esperanto, Portuguese, Slovak, Korean, and more!
• Slovakia Travel Tips and insights into their unlikely national sport
• Fiel's call to arms -- how to bring more love into language learning
• The special vocabulary and handy rule 15 of Esperanto grammar
• What Gareth Popkins taught us about polyglotism...and what it has to do with your love life

If our episode inspired you to come and participate in a Polyglot event, check out the 2 big international conferences on the calendar:

• Langfest in Montréal, Canada -- get 25% discount when you enter promo code KERSTIN
• Polyglot Conerence in Reykjavík, Iceland

"Polyglot" is nothing to be scared of - not anymore!

If this conference has shown me anything, it's that this community called "polyglots" is ever evolving and slowly becoming an ever more supportive, familial group. It's great to see what people of all ages and backgrounds contribute...and of course it feels so fun when you're back home and suddenly realize your phone keyboard now has a Swedish dictionary installed.

To learn more about smaller events near you, check out 8 Life-Changing Language Learning Events Around the Globe here on the blog.

It's one of my favourite episodes of the year - the live clips are in, so you can experience the Polyglot Gathering in 2017 with the Creative Language Learning Podcast as we bring you interviews, impressions and fun from the conference floor.

Here's just a hint of what's inside:

• Wonderful best wishes to you awesome listeners in German, Indonesian, Esperanto, Portuguese, Slovak, Korean, and more!
• Slovakia Travel Tips and insights into their unlikely national sport
• Fiel's call to arms -- how to bring more love into language learning
• The special vocabulary and handy rule 15 of Esperanto grammar
• What Gareth Popkins taught us about polyglotism...and what it has to do with your love life

If our episode inspired you to come and participate in a Polyglot event, check out the 2 big international conferences on the calendar:

• Langfest in Montréal, Canada -- get 25% discount when you enter promo code KERSTIN
• Polyglot Conerence in Reykjavík, Iceland

"Polyglot" is nothing to be scared of - not anymore!

If this conference has shown me anything, it's that this community called "polyglots" is ever evolving and slowly becoming an ever more supportive, familial group. It's great to see what people of all ages and backgrounds contribute...and of course it feels so fun when you're back home and suddenly realize your phone keyboard now has a Swedish dictionary installed.

To learn more about smaller events near you, check out 8 Life-Changing Language Learning Events Around the Globe here on the blog.

Support The Fluent Show