Hey everyone! Welcome to the Polyglot Perspective Podcast with Taylor Torres. I am an American teen who is currently learning both Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. I enjoy learning languages because I believe it helps us connect with and better understand our culture and communicate with others on a more profound level. I decided to create the Polyglot Perspective Podcast because it came to my attention that 20% of American students grades K-12 are currently learning a foreign language, the numbers declining each year, being one of the most concerning aspects of the American education system. For ..read more

Welcome to the Polyglot Perspective Podcast with Taylor Torres! Have you ever wondered how teen hyper-polyglots have the motivation to learn so many languages? Well, in this episode, you get to hear from teen language learner, Jasmine Purnomo, as she discusses her journey learning three languages. Jasmine was born and raised in America, and is ethnically Indonesian and Chinese. She understands and speaks a bit of Indonesian, is currently learning Spanish in school, and is self-studying Japanese due to her appreciation of Japanese culture and Anime. In this episode, we discuss the importance of ..read more

Welcome to our seventh segment of 'Polyglot Perspective Rants' where Lily and Taylor rant all about the most pressing topics in language learning and share their opinions! Ready to take the next step in your language learning journey and talk to native speakers? Seek to practice your language speaking skills by downloading apps such as HelloTalk, Tandem, or Lingbe? In this week's episode, Lily and Taylor talk all about their personal experiences with language exchange apps, funny stories and requests from language exchange partners, and the best practices you can take to get the most out of us ..read more

Welcome to the 2nd episode of Season 3 of the Polyglot Perspective Podcast! Learning languages to us aspiring polyglots changes how we see the world around us and how we interact in our everyday lives. For many of our listeners, language learning has been a great hobby with which they spend hours dedicating their lives to. Young polyglots of the world, have you heard of linguistics, want to learn more, or would be interested in majoring in this field in university? Polina is a Russian university student studying linguistics. Polina created a student organization at her university to bring lang ..read more

Welcome to our sixth segment of 'Polyglot Perspective Rants' where Lily and Taylor rant all about the most pressing topics in language learning and share their opinions! Have you ever felt embarrassed or ashamed about your accent when speaking to a native speaker of your target language? Have you ever reverted back to your native language because you were afraid of sounding “foreign” to a native speaker? In this week’s episode, Lily and Taylor talk all about accent discrimination, their experiences with trying to get “rid” of their accents to sound “native,” and some linguistic insights into t ..read more

Welcome to our fifth segment of 'Polyglot Perspective Rants' where Lily and Taylor rant all about the most pressing topics in language learning and share their opinions! Have you ever seen a video with the title, "Learn a Language in Your Sleep! (Results Guaranteed)" or "You Can Learn a Language in Your Sleep. Here's Why."? Well, we have too. But, as exciting as the concept sounds, is it actually possible to learn a language in your sleep? Tune in to this week's episode where Lily and Taylor chat about their personal experiences with sleep learning and their best recommendations for utilizing ..read more

Welcome to our fourth segment of 'Polyglot Perspective Rants' where Lily and Taylor rant all about the most pressing topics in language learning and share their opinions! Are you a high school or university student? Are you dealing with the stress of school, extracurriculars, and work and are wondering if it's truly possible for you to incorporate languages into your daily life? In this episode, we talk all about the importance of consistency in language learning and small yet powerful habits to implement into your routine.  Note: Some of these habits don't even require formal materials o ..read more

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Polyglot Perspective Podcast! We've been on a bit of a hiatus for the past year but we are back and are more than ready to continue sharing both our personal experiences with language learning as well as those of various international guests with you!  For Season 3, we will be hearing from different voices within the language Instagram, YouTube, and social media communities. From chatting about what it's like to be a language learning creator on these platforms to sharing the truth about language related majors in university and beyond, we cultivated ..read more

Welcome to our third segment of 'Polyglot Perspective Rants' where Lily and Taylor rant all about the most pressing topics in language learning and share their opinions! Have you ever come across Youtube videos with titles like, "How to Learn (insert language) in 7 days?" or "How I learned to speak (insert languages) in 24 hours?" In this episode, we talk all about Youtube clickbait in the polyglot community, as well as our opinions on titles on these videos/Polyglot youtubers, how these videos can act as a source of motivation and demotivation, and how we should go about comparing our la ..read more

Welcome back to the sixth episode of Season 2 of the Polyglot Perspective Podcast! When learning a language, reading, writing, listening and speaking tie into our learning journey. Among the four, many people believe speaking is the most difficult. Many learners lack confidence, and don’t know how to go about talking to native speakers in their target language. Sam Coates is a university student studying business analytics and accounting. Sam was born in New York but moved to Jamaica as a toddler (as his family is Jamaican) and returned to the U.S at 14. Some of his hobbies include doing track ..read more