The Foreign Exchange Program

In this episode, we test each other's abilities to understand puns in another language by sharing some hand-picked jokes off the internet. We also discovered why learning puns in your target language could actually be quite a useful tool in your language learning tool belt! 

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In this episode, we are sharing things that stood out to us regarding parenting in the US and Japan. Neither of us is a parent, so we’re not speaking from personal experience, but rather things we’ve picked up from the media or people around us. Parenting and education demonstrate their cultural values and expectations in society. Find out what they are with our insights and comment on this episode with what you think.

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In this episode, we decided to go back to our Linguistics roots and perform a little research experiment on ourselves. We observed our speech (in Sadie's case, when she speaks English - and in Akane's case, when she speaks Japanese) and tried to notice if our non-native language was having any effect on us. The results were surprising, to say the least. SPOILER: Our speech and language processing HAVE been affected. If this kind of thing sounds interesting to you, please listen! If you have any similar experiences, we'd love to hear about them too. 

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In this episode, we discuss often misspelled words both in English and Japanese. Some certain misspelling errors are more common for native speakers rather than second or foreign language learners interestingly. What kind of misspelled words are often found in native speakers' writing and why they happened?  

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In this episode, we touch on some differences we've noticed between drinking cultures in Japan and the US. We covered lots of ground - from getting drunk with your bosses and "nominication" (飲みニケーション), to drinking games and what time to show up at parties.

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In this episode, we shared our difficulties in pronouncing certain words in our second languages, English and Japanese. Also, we shared our own experiences and our students' as well.

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In this episode, we talk about our experiences dealing with regional dialects and accents in our non-native languages. We also delve a little bit into how it feels speaking with an accent when using a foreign language. 

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In this episode, we discussed natural disasters in Japan and the U.S. What kind of natural disasters exist in each country and how people prepare for them, such as evacuation ways, drills, and people's awareness. It is possible that your migrated country has natural disasters that you have never experienced or even you do not have any ideas about them. We shared how we can prepare for natural disasters when we move to a new country. 

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In this episode, we shared our experiences regarding safety after we moved to a foreign country. Also, we discussed how our safety awareness has been changed and how we can maintain a good sense of safety awareness. Moving to another country is exciting, but at the same time we need to learn how to stay safe, so we shared some tips living in Japan and the U.S.

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