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I'm Kerstin from Fluent Language, and together with my co-host Lindsay from Lindsay does Languages, I'm on a mission to help you get excited about language learning. We both learn languages every day in our lives, and we have learnt over 15 different languages between us. In this show, we share stories, language learning news, tips, and ideas that will make you fluent...eventually.
The Fluent Show
2M ago
Welcome to the Fluent Show's annual WOTY Extravaganza ✨
Exploring AI language goals, language bots, and a global banquet from rizz to crisis mode. This episode has something for everyone!
Get the full show notes and links to all words of the year at https://www.fluent.show/243
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The Fluent Show
7M ago
Welcome to episode 242, introducing a very special guest. I'm pretty excited for this interview with my friend Josh Goldsmith from techforword. Josh is a super impressive person: UN and EU interpreter, successful entrepreneur, and an all-round sunny soul.
In this episode, you'll learn about
Interpreting - what's it like and how do you get the good jobs?
Tech for Languages - why does it change the game for language learners...and what to remember if you're scared it'll be hard to use
Artificial intelligence! - will the robot butlers become our future language tutors?
But best of all, Josh is ..read more
The Fluent Show
1y ago
Aren't words of the year the BEST?? Definitely no quiet quitting or shrinkflation over here because today is a bonus! We're coming out of goblin mode for this special topic (what a vibe shift) and having a lot of fun learning words from all over the world, including the UK, Australia, USA, Germany, Austria, Portugal and Norway.
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The Fluent Show
2y ago
In this episode, you'll learn about language exchange and how you can use it to become fluent in a new language.
My guest is Brian Heavey, international events organiser and director at Online Language Exchange & Real Events Ireland.
Brian has been running language exchange events for 10 years now, with thousands of participants learning languages together. In April 2020, he pivoted his business to create Online Language Exchange providing online exchanges during lockdown.
Brian speaks Spanish, Portuguese and a bit of Irish, and is raising a multilingual family in Dublin.
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The Fluent Show
2y ago
Shannon Kennedy is a professional musician, learner of 16 languages, and a language learning expert at Eurolinguiste, Fluent in 3 Months, and Women in Language. She's also my buddy and we have a tradition: Every year, Shannon visits the show to share how the last year went.
Don't miss this incredible conversation where Shannon shares
how she creates structure and stability for hers
the difference between goal-oriented and stats-oriented habits
pre-committing as a way to follow through on good intentions
why Shannon is definitely not learning a new language this year (I don't believe her!)
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The Fluent Show
2y ago
If you're the kind of person who doesn't want to hear about vaccines, just press "stop" now. Welcome to our 2021 Words of the Year episode - somewhat dominated by one concept.
It's another fun episode as Lindsay and I discuss all those words that made our 2022, including
vax and vacina, jab and booster
Wellenbrecher
cheugy
Chirui (チルィ)
sportsvaske
And lots more!
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The Fluent Show
2y ago
Welcome to the new year! In today's small solo episode, I'm introducing a few updates to this podcast and sharing my big projects for the year. This includes an update on my languages: some "failures" and some wins!
I'll also cover
5 great pieces of advice for you at the start of 2022
there is NO need to start learning new language just cos it's 1 January
you are allowed to listen to things in your native language if you like
commitment pays off with language learning (and podcasting)
community matters and your boundaries do too
your goals don’t always have to be achieved
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The Fluent Show
2y ago
Have you tried to set goals and track what you are studying, but things are still frustrating?
If you feel like
you are adding too many things to your list
you've no time to do all you want to really do
you've got too much stuff on the shelf and hard drive
then make sure you catch this episode because I'm here to introduce you to a super tool I've been using for years: the review! When done right, reviewing can be a powerful step into great self-leadership, and in today's episode you'll learn why and how to do it.
Join my workshop: The Power of a Good Review
Get your ticket right here
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The Fluent Show
2y ago
Ahh, kids these days, all learning Korean on TikTok! Or was it Italian by input method? In this episode, Lindsay and Kerstin went into the fascinating world of language trends.
In this episode:
How we tried to find out which languages are trending
Which languages are so hot right now
via GIPHY
Which language learning trends are floating around out there
The despacito effect, copyright Lindsay Williams
The Gangnam Squid effect?
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The Fluent Show
2y ago
An Italian native speaker and a Portuguese native speaker walk into a bar.
They are speaking to each other.
Which language are they using? Is it English or ELF? What even is ELF?
In today's episode, my guest is EU intrepreter and ELF expert Karin Reithofer. We discuss
How Karin got into her career as a freelance interpreter working in 4 languages
My non-scientific (and apparently correct!) theory about the personalities of interpreters and translators
What ELF is and who speaks it
Who owns English and whose English is correct?
How Brexit has liberated the EU (linguistically! don't come for me ..read more