In this short solo episode, Kerstin announces the launch of her brand new German pronunciation course. It's been something long anticipated and it's finally here.

Check out Speak German like a Native today to get the special podcast deal and learn how to speak German with your best accent ever.

You also get a special appearance from slightly angry Kerstin to learn home truths about goal setting.

If your current language learning goal is "fluency" or "a 15 minute conversation", then you need to listen to this episode.

It's important to follow these rules, particularly the first one. Don't be overambitious, instead be specific and accountable. That's the way to achieve goals regularly and be rewarded every time.

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In this short solo episode, Kerstin announces the launch of her brand new German pronunciation course. It's been something long anticipated and it's finally here.

Check out Speak German like a Native today to get the special podcast deal and learn how to speak German with your best accent ever.

You also get a special appearance from slightly angry Kerstin to learn home truths about goal setting.

If your current language learning goal is "fluency" or "a 15 minute conversation", then you need to listen to this episode.

It's important to follow these rules, particularly the first one. Don't be overambitious, instead be specific and accountable. That's the way to achieve goals regularly and be rewarded every time.

Big news for the ladies of the Creative Language Learning Podcast in episode 20: Lindsay is engaged and Kerstin is married! 

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• What makes a German wedding and an English engagement special
• Lindsay's and Kerstin's recent language learning updates - we've been learning Semaphore and Welsh!
• How do you use Memrise for language learning?
• Lindsay's exact process for learning a new way of communicating with online resources
• Should you speak early? Is there any reason to hold back?

Can you really learn a language using mobile apps? on Languages around the Globe

Summer is my favourite season, so you won't have to guess hard to work out which tip I chose as the big tip of the week!

1) Get outside and away from all your screens for a summer's learning session

2) Make Language Study your first task of the day with Early Morning Study Sessions

3) Watch your foreign movie...but watch the commentary!

• Memrise Semaphore Course
• Collins Easy Learning Dictionaries
• Ap Geriaduron, Welsh dictionary app
• LEO, German dictionary app and website
• Omniglot, a huge language resource
• Micro Robert, the French monolingual dictionary

Are you in an international relationship? Maybe a bilingual one? Tell us your story of living across borders in the comments or over on Facebook!

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Big news for the ladies of the Creative Language Learning Podcast in episode 20: Lindsay is engaged and Kerstin is married! 

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• What makes a German wedding and an English engagement special
• Lindsay's and Kerstin's recent language learning updates - we've been learning Semaphore and Welsh!
• How do you use Memrise for language learning?
• Lindsay's exact process for learning a new way of communicating with online resources
• Should you speak early? Is there any reason to hold back?

Can you really learn a language using mobile apps? on Languages around the Globe

Summer is my favourite season, so you won't have to guess hard to work out which tip I chose as the big tip of the week!

1) Get outside and away from all your screens for a summer's learning session

2) Make Language Study your first task of the day with Early Morning Study Sessions

3) Watch your foreign movie...but watch the commentary!

• Memrise Semaphore Course
• Collins Easy Learning Dictionaries
• Ap Geriaduron, Welsh dictionary app
• LEO, German dictionary app and website
• Omniglot, a huge language resource
• Micro Robert, the French monolingual dictionary

Are you in an international relationship? Maybe a bilingual one? Tell us your story of living across borders in the comments or over on Facebook!

“Languages are ultimately designed to bring people together.”

Welcome to an inspiring interview with one of my favourite language bloggers: Ron Gullekson from Language Surfer. His relaxed language learning attitude will make you so comfortable. 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why Ron's blog is called Language Surfer
• How formal language learners all know what "drawing a line down the middle" means :)
• How Ron structures his on curriculum for language learning
• Which level of language learning you might be at if you studied Arabic for 8 hours a day..for 64 weeks!
• Free listening, and how soon you can start doing this in your own study routine
• How to create your organic SRS system

I had secretly expected Ron to choose tip 3 as a music fan, but his own choice was tip 1: Get out and talk to people.

1) Meet up in conversation groups offline

2) Find local podcasts by switching itunes to the country's store

3) Learn with music on Spotify

• Language Surfer
• Language Master Key: How to Unlock your Brain's Ability to Learn any Language on Amazon UK or Amazon US
• Forvo, a website helping you learn new pronunciations
• Readlang, to help you analyze texts and create Flashcards based on what you learn
• Readlang review from Fluent's guest writer Ricky Rutledge

“Languages are ultimately designed to bring people together.”

Welcome to an inspiring interview with one of my favourite language bloggers: Ron Gullekson from Language Surfer. His relaxed language learning attitude will make you so comfortable. 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why Ron's blog is called Language Surfer
• How formal language learners all know what "drawing a line down the middle" means :)
• How Ron structures his on curriculum for language learning
• Which level of language learning you might be at if you studied Arabic for 8 hours a day..for 64 weeks!
• Free listening, and how soon you can start doing this in your own study routine
• How to create your organic SRS system

I had secretly expected Ron to choose tip 3 as a music fan, but his own choice was tip 1: Get out and talk to people.

1) Meet up in conversation groups offline

2) Find local podcasts by switching itunes to the country's store

3) Learn with music on Spotify

• Language Surfer
• Language Master Key: How to Unlock your Brain's Ability to Learn any Language on Amazon UK or Amazon US
• Forvo, a website helping you learn new pronunciations
• Readlang, to help you analyze texts and create Flashcards based on what you learn
• Readlang review from Fluent's guest writer Ricky Rutledge

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Episode 18 was packed full of language learning news and chat with Lindsay from Lindsay does Languages, my trusty and lovely co-host. I hope you'll join us for all the debate and learning!

We discussed

In Episode 16, I'm introducing our new co-host: Lindsay Dow from Lindsay Does Languages I’m bringing Lindsay in for more Creative Language Learning Podcast because she's just been so much fun for you to listen to.

"How the Language you Speak Changes your View of the World" in the Independent

closely related Does your Language Shape how you Think? in the NY Times

Lindsay's tip of the week was tip number 1, of course because she is completely involved in the awesome Script Challenge this year. Unplug your computer, get a book from the library and write down those words.

1) Go Old Skool with handwriting

2) Use your internal thesaurus when you get stuck

3) Play video games in another language (here's a relevant article from Learn out Live)

This episode is brought to you by FlashSticks, the printed language learning post-its. Use code KERSTIN10 for 10% off.

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