Words of the Year 2023
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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 Love the show? Rate & Review it here - takes 30 seconds and means a lot to us! ? Join the Fluent Language Newsletter Find Lindsay at Lindsay Does Languages Where do you listen? Take a photo of where you're listening to the Fluent Show and share it on social media to say hello! Here's where you can tag me: Threads an ..read more
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Inside the Mind of a UN Interpreter and AI Expert: Meet Josh Goldsmith
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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
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Words of the Year 2022
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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. Where do you listen? Take a photo of where you're listening to the Fluent Show and share it on social media to say hello! Here's where you can tag me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thefluentshow Instagram: http://instagram.com/kerstin_fluent/ and #thefluentshow Link ..read more
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Learn a Language with Online Language Exchange
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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. Where do you list ..read more
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Rock Solid Habits: Reviewing ‘21 with Polyglot Shannon Kennedy
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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!) and ..read more
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Words of the Year 2021
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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! Where do you listen? Take a photo of where you're listening to the Fluent Show and share it on social media to say hello! Here's where you can tag me: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thefluentshow Instagram: http://instagram.com/ker ..read more
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5 Great Pieces of Advice for Learning a Language in 2022
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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 Where do you listen ..read more
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Why You Need to Start Reviewing Your Routine
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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 I've b ..read more
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Language Trends and Trendy Languages
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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? Where do you listen? Take a photo of where you're listening to the Fluent Show and share it on social media to say hello! Here's where you can tag me: Twitter: htt ..read more
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Bilingual Episode (German and English): Discovering ELF ?? and EU Interpreting ?? with Karin Reithofer
The Fluent Show
by Kerstin Cable
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
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