The Fluent Show

What You Are is What You Say (Language and Identity)

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Welcome to Episode 28, a fun collection of language learning news. Lindsay and I shared our progress in Japanese and Welsh, read out wonderful listener feedback, and finally moved on to 3 big news items.

What's it like when your language changes to express who you are?

The episode features an interview with J from Compassionate Language Learner who identifies as gender-neutral and has some fabulous things to say about the topic.

  • Swedish introduces "hen" pronoun
  • Oxford Dictionary introduces "Mx" as a new honorific
  • Fluent's Quick Guide to Language Blogging for Beginners
    • See The World in a New Way with Emoji

    An emoji is ‘word of the year’, but is it even a word? Is this good? * Emoji word of the year

    • Lindsay’s Video: Is Emoji a Language?
      • African Languages Aren’t English

      The East African Council has just switched its lead language from English to Kiswahili.

      • Could Kiswahili become an African lingua franca?

        • We love hearing from you!

        Tips of the Week

        Lindsay’s tip is using the Interlinear books method of learning a language.

        Only two tips in this episode: 1) Make weekly commitment meet-ups such as going to exercise classes with a language buddy 2) Discover Binaural songs and Interlinear Books

        And Even More Interesting Links!
        • List of Placeholder Expressions by Language
        • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
        • The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
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