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Click or tap here to read the full shownotes. Follow up on a topic: Pop Music Bilingual lyrics, Spanglish and Justin Bieber of all people winning a Latin grammy. Lindsay brings up the Despacito Effect and we discuss if that's a thing. If you love music, check out our pop music episode . Top Tools for Winter 2018 Here are the nominees - listen to the show to find out how they can help you learn lan...

These days, the Polyglot Gathering pulls in hundreds of language learners who share and enjoy community in the heart of Europe. A lot of this is thanks to Chuck's contributions, along with the wonderful Polyglot Gathering team. This year, Chuck published his first language learning app, Amikumu . What is Amikumu? Want to text another person and ask them to meet up and practice a language...without...

Beware listeners: This episode contains a discussion of a few English swearwords, so if you are listening with kids please skip the first 20 minutes. And on to what's in this show: Language Stories : Lindsay has a new podcast, reporting back from her adventures around the language landscapes of cities like Montréal, New York, and more. Even after 20 years of English , I still don't know all the wo...

On this show, I spoke to Gabriel (Gabe) Wyner , a well known name to many language learners thanks to his bestselling book "Fluent Forever". In this interview, you will get to know the story of "Fluent Forever", the approach he takes to language learning, and a little bit about what makes him tick as a person. The theme I saw come through in Gabe's approach was that of engineering language learnin...

Words in the Wild: Equality and Tea I've been out in the wild, seeing and discussing words in the English language, and in this episode I presented the best of them to Lindsay to discuss what they can reveal about us and about society. First, we discussed social justice words. What really IS mansplaining? Is it just a word to describe any occasion when a man explains something to a woman? Or is th...

In this episode, I'm presenting two interviews with women who are working to change people's lives through the power of language. Madeline, Interpreter for Survivors of Torture and Trauma Community Interpreter Madeline Vadkerty gives me an overview of what it is like to interpret for survivors of torture and trauma. This interview was an incredible chance to learn more about interpreting from her,...

In this episode, polyglot expert Shannon fills in for Lindsay - we catch up on our language learning and Duolingo, and then discuss why and how reading makes you fluent and smart and cultured. Remember: If you visit our sponsor Clozemaster at www.clozemaster.com/cllp , you'll be supporting the Creative Language Learning Podcast for free! Listen to find out.. Why did Duolingo wait so long to releas...

This podcast episode is a bit like a Wundertüte - a lucky dip bag of interviews with wonderful people who made the 2017 Langfest event what it was. Thank you so much to all of these lovely people - Langfest was motivating, informative, energising, and of course very, very multilingual. Here's a taste of what you'll find inside the episode: Could you become a multilingual parent? We've all seen the...

Speaking your new language for the first time can be so nerve-wracking! Will they switch to English? Are you good enough? Will you even get the words out? In today's episode, join me to start beating those gremlin questions.

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? Li...

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

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: Great advice for English speakers who want to have early success in a new language Language learning is such a complicated jigsaw puzzle, so how can we really track what we...

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! S...

We love having you back with the show. WELCOME if you are a new subscriber. HIGH FIVE if you've always been with us. A lot has happened over the last 8 months and in this show you will hear stories about... The new languages Lindsay has been studying - and why she often changes them How we watch TV in other languages The joys of learning minority languages Our favourite podcasts and blog articles...

This episode of the Creative Language Learning Podcast is as fun as ever, covering the ultimate Good, Bad and Struggling and our Top 5 Language Learning Tools of 2016/17. Our Favourite Language Learning Tools for Autumn/Winter 2016 Listen to the show to get the detailed recommendations, and here is a quick index. 1) Lyricstraining.com This website is awesome!! It pulls in music videos from YouTube...

Do you speak Sindarin? In this episode, Lindsay and I went full-on nerd and we were loving it! The world of fictional languages is richer than a London billionaire, and we have researched and collected the most awesome fictional languages for you to learn about. In this episode, you'll hear the new Good, Bad and Struggling followed by the Ultimate Fictional Languages Chart. Here in the shownotes,...

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Hey everyone, welcome to episode 49 of the Creative Language Learning Podcast. The Good, The Bad and The Struggling Routines lapsing for the summer, looking forward to September, and permission to half-ass online courses in this week's catch-up with Lindsay and Kerstin. What's your Good, Bad and Struggling? We'd love to hear from you guys on this one. If you want to share what's good, bad and diff...

Hello and welcome to Episode 48 of the Creative Language Learning Podcast! We started off our episode with some insights into what's going on with our language learning - in a new format! It's called the good, the bad and the struggling. Listen in and tell us what you think! What's your Good, Bad and Struggling? We'd love to hear from you guys on this one. If you want to share what's good, bad and...

In this episode, we let you guys take us where you wanted us to go with your awesome listener messages. Some of What We Talked About Where to go when you travel to Lithuania (home of our first listener) Great tips for studying Korean , like how to study the grammar and where to go next after learning Hangul script Is there ever a perfect language course that is not too slow and not too fast? How t...

Don't forget to catch the mention of our good friends at Flashsticks , the language learning post-it guys. You can purchase vocabulary post-it notes in 8 languages and get 10% off with the code KERSTIN10 - or just download the free Flash Academy app . When you reach the higher language levels, it's not enough to just study. How does it feel to reach a level where you are looking for ways to go bey...

In our introduction, we take you on a tour de force German kids' TV, Icelandic football cheering, and the pronunciation of Montréal. Don't forget to catch the mention of our good friends at Flashsticks , the language learning post-it guys. You can purchase vocabulary post-it notes in 8 languages and get 10% off with the code KERSTIN10 - or just download the free Flash Academy app. What is Snapchat...

Episode 44 is kindly sponsored by our friends at Flashsticks. Check out their new app Flash Academy is out now. It's a language playground offering you light lessons, games and quizzes. Go check it out for free at Flash Sticks and get 10% off everything at the site with code KERSTIN10. Learning a Language In-Country Learning a language where it is spoken is one of the Top 5 wishes on every learner...

Dear listeners, As this is our first show since the UK's historic EU referendum, we wanted to take a minute to talk to you guys about Brexit, Britain's exit from the European Union. Lindsay and I both stand firmly on the side of "Remain", the campaign that did not want British people to vote for leaving the EU. For me as a German citizen, it is particularly heartbreaking to see my adopted home cou...

Oour good friends at Flashsticks are back as podcast sponsors - go check out their awesome new app and post-it notes in 8 languages at Flashsticks.com and claim 10% discount using code KERSTIN10. "This is one of the most important things that we can do as humans - to constantly strive to learn about things that we don't understand." An organization dedicated to raising awareness of language divers...