My Fluent Podcast
This is a language learning podcast, which shall inspire you. Daniel Goodson interviews language lovers and shares his insights with the world.
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133 Reading In Italian Until I'm Fluent - Sarah Ifeoma
12/03/2023
133 Reading In Italian Until I'm Fluent - Sarah Ifeoma
Sarah tells the origin story of her (reading series), where she started out reading out loud a book in Italian. At the time she started reading on YouTube, she had only been studying Italian for 2 months! First Video: of the The Book Sarah is reading out in her series: Come Una Notte a Bali by Gianluca Gotto (Facebook Group)
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132 Exchange Semester in Argentina - Bob from Belgium
10/23/2023
132 Exchange Semester in Argentina - Bob from Belgium
Bob talks about his language learning methods and how he ended up in Argentina to learn Spanish. He has been tracking his language learning progress in form of videos in which he speaks in Spanish. . Some of the topics we cover: Why Argentina? What is Comprehensible Method? Messi Inspiration for Making Language Update Videos Watching Argentinian Videos To Learn The Language Check out . My Fluent Podcast was selected by Feedspot as one of the on the web.
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131 3000 Hours of Immersion - Language Immersion Method - India from Ireland
10/08/2023
131 3000 Hours of Immersion - Language Immersion Method - India from Ireland
India is a very enthusiastic learner of German from Ireland. She tells us about her language journey in which she mainly used the immersion approach to become fluent in German. The most important part of this whole method of immersion learning is obviosly your immersion. You absolutely need to have fun! India watched a lot of TV series, movies, listened to podcasts, read books and in general had a lot of fun in the process! ➡️ of The Interview (with full shownotes: Learn from her experience and become a better language learner! India even kept track of her journey in form of different stats she wrote down and through recording herself in her lovely YouTube Channel:
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130 Learning English Through Writing (With The Technology Bishop)
09/20/2023
130 Learning English Through Writing (With The Technology Bishop)
This is part 1 of 2. Antonello Zanini from Italy is quite an inspiration to me. He is a software engineer and technical writer and is a succesful writer on Medium. Spreading knowledge through writing is his mission Daniel and Antonello discuss the importance of building a writing habit in order to improve your English writing skills (and other skills as well). Spending a lot of hours writing is not necessary to become good at it, but rather consistency and daily practice are key. Antonello shares his experience using ChatGPT as a language learning tool to replace Italki, which he feels has become more focused on selling courses and buying hours with teachers. He wrote his daily notes on ChatGPT and asked for feedback, finding that the responses are similar to what he would receive from a human.
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129 Movie Club - Groundhog Day - Discussion [PART 2]
08/26/2023
129 Movie Club - Groundhog Day - Discussion [PART 2]
In the second part of our chat with Cara Leopold. (Link to ), we discuss the movie Groundhog Day. The episode is meant to be like a Movie Club. Cara Leopold is the creator of the Leo Listening Movie Club where she helps film-loving English learners understand and discuss movies together so they can master conversational English. Back-to-School Movie Challenge From September 13th-20th Cara is organising the , a 1-week taste of what it's like to be in a movie club. By watching and discussing school-themed movies together, you’ll learn new vocabulary, catch fast-spoken English and practice your speaking and writing skills with other movie-loving English learners. The challenge includes access to a discussion forum as well as a live Zoom session at the end to chat with me and other film lovers about the movie clips. Time stamps 0:00:01 Introduction to Groundhog Day and Movie Challenge 0:02:00 Groundhog Day 0:07:16 Childhood Impressions and Expectations 0:07:57 Hilarious Moments that Cracked Me Up 0:08:09 Appreciating Comedy and Bill Murray's Humor 0:09:28 The stages 0:11:34 Making the best of any situation 0:13:20 Profound Character Development 0:15:32 Speculations on the Length of Phil's Time Loop 0:17:32 Phil Murray's Versatility in Comedy and Drama 0:19:03 A Subtle and Brilliant Performance by Phil Murray 0:22:36 Discussing the usefulness and cultural context of certain expressions 0:25:25 Appreciating memorable scenes and lessons from the movie Links Cara’s website: Cara’s YouTube channel: Cara’s Linkedin profile: Back-to-School Movie Challenge
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129 Movie Club - Learning English With Movies ft. Cara Leopold [PART 1]
08/26/2023
129 Movie Club - Learning English With Movies ft. Cara Leopold [PART 1]
Cara Leopold is the creator of the where she helps film-loving English learners understand and discuss movies together so they can master conversational English. From September 13th-20th Cara is organising the , a 1-week taste of what it's like to be in a movie club. By watching and discussing school-themed movies together, you’ll learn new vocabulary, catch fast-spoken English and practice your speaking and writing skills with other movie-loving English learners. The challenge includes access to a discussion forum as well as a live Zoom session at the end to chat with me and other film lovers about the movie clips. Cara's challenge: Cara’s website: Cara’s YouTube channel: Cara’s Linkedin profile: Cara’s Pinterest profile: Coming soon. (Cara Leopold Interviews) : Time stamps 0:00:02 Introduction and passion for interviewing 0:06:48 Learning French through Observation and Listening 0:08:54 Lack of focus on listening skills in education 0:11:02 Contrasting traditional language learning methods with contextual learning 0:19:08 Misconceptions about TED Talks and Transcripts 0:25:42 Overcoming Cultural References in Movies 0:28:23 The Importance of Movie Analysis and Resources 0:38:48 Challenges of Sound Mixing in Cinema and Home Entertainment 0:41:47 Translating Subtitles and Cultural References 0:44:55 American Actors Tackling South African Accents 0:46:11 Frustration with movie accents and Leo Listening's mission 0:47:52 Where to Find Cara's Online Presence Other Links (note taking app/website)
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128 Rock N' Roll English 🤘 Martin Johnston from the UK
08/17/2023
128 Rock N' Roll English 🤘 Martin Johnston from the UK
Martin Johnston loves to teach English through personal stories (storytelling) and through non conventional methods. It's great to learn from him and his podcast. He really knows a thing or two about learning (teaching) a language, especially British English. His "unfiltered" podcast (Rock N'Roll English, first episode aired in 2016) with real life stories is there to improve our English. In this interview, we learn more about Martin's language story, how he ended up in Italy and went back to the UK and how his podcast came to be. It's inspiring and educational at the same time. A shout-out to Martin Johnston! "You don't have to be great to start, but if you want to be great, you have to start." Time stamps: 04:02 Who is Martin Johnston? 09:24 Italian vs Regional Dialects (e.g. Sicilian Dialects) 12:26 The Origin Story of Rock N'Roll English 15:12 The First Episode 24:47 Rock N'Roll Vocabulary Bible 28:25 The Importance of Listening 39:01 Introducing the Jungle Listening Course 40:11 Module 1: Learning New Movements (the 44 Sounds of English) 43:30 Module 2: Learning to Differentiate Between Smilar Sounds 44:46 End of Module 2 / Modul 3: Transcribing Practice 46:47 Module 4: Connected Speech and Word Changes 54:55 Rock N'Roll Family 59:08 Making a Living Out of Podcasting is Hard work! 01:03:33 Preparation 01:10:03 Favorite Word Links: Check out Martin's Course Check out Martin's Rock N'Roll English ! The brilliant Rock N'Roll English
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[Swapcast] All About You Podcast - Daniel's Language Learning Journey
08/12/2023
[Swapcast] All About You Podcast - Daniel's Language Learning Journey
You'll find the link to Sheila's Podcast (All About You Podcast) here: . :
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127 Native Speakers are Overrated - Reading has Helped Christina Learn 10 Foreign Languages so Far
06/11/2023
127 Native Speakers are Overrated - Reading has Helped Christina Learn 10 Foreign Languages so Far
Christina's Language Journey Christina has been learning many languages such as Latin Spanish 🇪🇸 Finnish 🇫🇮 Russian 🇷🇺 Turkish 🇹🇷 Catalan Ancient Greek 🏛️ French 🇫🇷 Italian 🇮🇹 Albanian 🇦🇱 Sign language 🤟 Swahili 🇰🇪 In this interview, you'll learn about how Christina learn these languages. We also talk about - dialects, twitter for language learning, Toki Pona (constructed language) and more. Some quotes: "all my English teachers for all my school years were German. So that's why I say learning from native speakers is overrated because I learned my English completely from German people." "Nothing improves your language skills faster than a captivating story." "you don't need to learn a dictionary by heart. You just read a book. Let the story grip you. And you'll have to look up a word now and then, of course, but it doesn't feel like studying." Table of Contents: Intro by Daniel Goodson (0:00) Start Interview (01:40) Glossika challenge - snippet from (5:21) Grammar is important (6:35) Horror of Learning Spanish (Blog) (12:33 Have the courage to abandon a book (15:16) Dialects are beautiful (18:26) Toki Pona, a language with 120 words (27:53) Using Twitter to learning languages (42:17) Favorite idioms/expressions (45:54) To Lose One's Marbels Vocabulary: "That's one nifty thing". = Stylish or smart. More to come... Links and Resources: : Christina's Twitter account.🐦For language enthusiasts. : Nothing improves your language skills faster than a captivating story. Christina's Blog on Substack for Spanish leaners. Contact Daniel:
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126 Cristina from Sardinia (Italy) - 3 minutes without editing or preparation (Podcast)
06/05/2023
126 Cristina from Sardinia (Italy) - 3 minutes without editing or preparation (Podcast)
Welcome to my inspirational language learning podcast. Where I interview other language lovers. Currently, I strive to enhance my Italian skills. One podcast that has become my go-to resource is "3' Grezzi" [grezzi means raw, unedited] by Cristina Marras. Join me in this episode as I sit down with Cristina, the talented host of "3' Grezzi," a very useful podcast in Italian with a wide range of topics (the podcast is not scripted and comes with Italian transcription and English translation. On with rolling English subtitles.). In our conversation, Cristina shares her personal language journey, her passion for podcasting, and more. Resources and Links: To discover more about Cristina Marras and her artistic pursuits , visit her , "Cristina Marras - " Explore "3' Grezzi" and other captivating content on Cristina's YouTube channel: ] Music: Scott Holmes - licensed under a .
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125 How Max Overcame his Struggles and Became an English Teacher 🇦🇷
05/17/2023
125 How Max Overcame his Struggles and Became an English Teacher 🇦🇷
How Max From Argentina Overcame His Struggles and Became an English Teacher 🇦🇷 Feeling stuck in your language learning journey? Don't worry and never give up! In this episode, we share Max's language learning story and how he became an English teacher, despite struggling at first. Table of Contents: Bumpy start (0:00) Paralyzing fear of speaking English (4:09) The time after Max dropped out of school (6:04) Speaking practice came later (8:05) Learning English as an introvert (10:30) Tips and tricks for introverted learners (13:00) Couch Surfing to learn a language (16:54) English teacher, private tutor, YouTuber, Video creator(18:33) What to expect on Max's YouTube channel (23:07) Favorite expressions: Off The Top Of My Head / To Do Justice Vocabulary: Mate 🧉: Mate is a South American herbal beverage with a bitter taste, known for its stimulating properties and social tradition. To plug sth.: to promote or advertise sth., often in a self-promotional manner. if you will allow me to plug my YouTube channel. It is called I'm Max and I will teach you English To leave your/a mark (on): to make a lasting impact or impression on something or someone. I want them to experience the world fully in English and leave their mark in it. Vanity metrics: vanity metrics refer to superficial or meaningless statistics that may appear impressive but hold little actual value or impact. Daniel: And where do you see your YouTube channel in five year? Max: Well, I mean, hopefully a lot bigger and with a lot more subscribers and really, I don't care about the numbers really. Those are vanity metrics. Wishy-washy: feeble or insipid in quality or character. Key Take-Aways: Don't compare yourself with others in the sense that you are beating yourself up. Instead, focus on your targets and compare to your younger self. Having a clear goal in mind can help you become the person you want to be. Reviewing and consolidating knowledge is crucial to establish a solid foundation for future progress. Don't be too focused or obsessed with the idea of becoming fluent. Links and Resources: : Max's YouTube channel📱 : A website where you can connect with locals. You can stay with locals and meet travelers.🌍A perfect method also to make a language exchange or to learn a language. : (Learn English With Rap Songs / Eminem (Lern English With Queen)
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124 Asish Dutta, Super Learner From India 🇮🇳
01/29/2023
124 Asish Dutta, Super Learner From India 🇮🇳
Asish Dutta: The Super Learner! Asish is a determined language learner who is dedicated to improving his English skills by taking one-on-one online lessons with different teachers. At the same time, he uploads all of his sessions on his YouTube channel so that other learners can learn with him. We call that a win-win-situation. Recently, one of his videos took off🚀 and reached over 1.2 million views, which is unbelievable. Imagine, million of people watching you how you progress in your language journey! ➡️ Do you have a story to tell? Do you have a book about languages 📖? Then it's time to get interviewed on My Fluent Podcast! Drop me an E-Mail: Key Terms: Language: Language learning takes more than just learning vocabulary. It's about food, culture and many more Having different teachers will help you grow: Every teacher or language partner is different. You'll learn different methods and learn about different types of characters. This will help you in your language journey. Stop being afraid of making mistakes: Asish overcame his fear and uploads his learning sessions. It sort of gave him an extra boost. He doesn't care what others are thinking about him and his errors. Vocabulary: Sanskrit: Sanskrit is an Old Indo-Aryan language that arose in South Asia. It is regarded as the ancient language in Hinduism, where it was used as a means of communication and dialogue by the Hindu Celestial Gods. Sanskrit is known for its structure, writing, and alphabet, and has been used as a philosophical language in the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism : Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world Table of Contents: What does Language mean to Asish? (00:06) English Language in India (3:42) The Languages Asish Speaks (4:19) 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ The different learning methods (8:56) Writing and Correcting Process (9:53) Asish Dutta's YouTube Channel (11:31) The that got over 1.2 Million Views (14:30) (THE VIDEO IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE) Meditation in Language Learning (17:13) 🧘🧘 Long-term Goal (19:06) Acting and Cartoons in Language Learning (20:29) Having your own Talkshow to Improve in your Target Language (21:53) The Researcher (23:20) Favorite English Word (26:37) Links and Resources: : 📜William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature. He attended Hawkshead Grammar School, where his love of poetry was firmly established and, it is believed, where he made his first attempts at verse. He is best known for Lyrical Ballads (1667), which he wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. : ☎️Clapingo is a platform that allows users to practice conversations with various speakers across the country. It provides a judgment-free space for people to improve their English speaking skills through 1-on-1 video calls. 📱 : ☎️A website that connects language learners with native speakers for language exchange. 🌍 : 🤖QuillBot is an AI-powered paraphrasing tool designed to help people rewrite and enhance any sentence, paragraph, or article. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to rearrange word order and natural language understanding (NLU) to understand the context of the text.📝
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123 Nyssa from Italy - for the love of English learning and teaching English
01/15/2023
123 Nyssa from Italy - for the love of English learning and teaching English
Quit your day job for your English dream! Nyssa's son helped her to start learning English again and she has come to enjoy and even love it! In this episode you'll learn more about Nyssa's journey, not only how she improved her English in such a short time, but also how she helps other English learners improve their English. 🚀 Nyssa has many plans for the future and we are sure to hear more about her in future episodes. Key Terms: - It's never too late to start learning a language or to restart your language journey 📖. - Challenge yourself by speaking spontaneously (and recording yourself) and take your language skills to the next level! - Don't be afraid to make mistakes. It's always important to start something, even if you're not prepared. There is no ideal moment! Vocabulary 🖊️:🎤 Off the cuff: (idiom) Without preparation Pursuing your dreams: (idiom) To work toward that which one most desires or hopes to do, have, or accomplish in life. Table of Contents / Time Stamps ⌛: Intro - Nyssa's English journey(0:58) Languages at school (3:47) Passion of English (4:28) Christian Saunders (6:52) Christian is/was quite an inspiration to Nyssa. Off the Cuff 🗣🎙️ - Speak spontanuously and improve your English (12:39) Listen to Roberto, the inventor of the game on - Speak English fluently through GAMIFICATION Mistakes (18:18) Dialects and accents of Italy (20:45) Pronunciation is a challenge (24:54) Consume different podcasts, videos etc. to get used to different ways of speaking (26:38) Books (29:00) 📚 Tip: Word Wise on Kindle(30:50) Learning tools (37:32) Future English projects (38:04) Favorite English expression (40:28) Start before you are ready (42:49) 🎬 Excuses (51:20) Outro (1:03:30) Links and Resources: Instagram: Facebook: : Canguro English is a YouTube Channel hosted by Christian Saunders. With his channel, Christian is trying to change the way the world learns English. Canruo English has also a , which is one of my go-to podcasts relating linguistics. A facebook group which helps you become a more active English learner so that you speak/record more ofen. 🌍 Very active Facebook English learning community.📝 Check out E Music: Scott Holmes: .
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122 Personal Storytelling - Tell your Story and Improve your English - with Fabio Cerpelloni from the Stolaroid Podcast
01/01/2023
122 Personal Storytelling - Tell your Story and Improve your English - with Fabio Cerpelloni from the Stolaroid Podcast
Personal storytelling can be used to improve language skills. Interview with Fabio Cerpelloni. On the previous episode , we learned from Lucia that we can learn through listening to other personal stories. "Everyone has a story to tell". On this episode (122) it's all about telling your own stories in order to improve in your target language. Even though Fabio Cerpelloni's personal language learning journey did not involve storytelling, he fell in love with telling stories from his own life and has even started to integrate it in his teachings. The book "Story Worthy" by Matthew Dicks inspired Fabio's podcast (Stolaroid Stories) and focus on personal storytelling. Best stories are about failure and can impact others. Fabio is currently writing a book about his personal journey of learning English and how to learn the language in an organic way. We hope that we can have him on My Fluent Podcast for a second round so that we can learn more about his inspiring journey. Thank you Fabio! What are you waiting for? Share your own anecdotes relating to language learning and contact Daniel: Topics / Time stamps 0:01 Introduction 1:32 Clip from (Lucia Matuonto listened to more than 250 guest's stories) 2:55 Start 4:52 Fabio's story in 60 seconds 7:56 Fabio did not use storytelling in his English journey 10:18 How to start learning through storytelling 14:10 Fabio's personal language journey did not involve storytelling 17:00 Toastmaster (Public speaking) ( on Fabio's Podcast ) 20:13 Home 23:03 The book "Story Worthy" inspired Fabio to start a podcast (Stolaroidstories) and focus on telling personal stories. Fabio is writing a book about his personal journey of learning english and how to learn the language in an orccanic way. 28:19 Fabio deleted his own social media (instagram) 30:45 Book Club () 36:43 Fabio's favorite expressions: "Alright" and "No worries" 39:48 Fabio's next challenge Links: Fabio encourages language learners to try the "3 2 1" game to practice storytelling and language skills 3 2 1 game by Matthew Dicks: The "3 2 1" game involves choosing three concrete nouns and telling a one minute story about one of them in two minutes
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121 Lucia Matuonto from The Relatable Voice Podcast - Interviewing more than 250 guests improved her English immensly!
12/04/2022
121 Lucia Matuonto from The Relatable Voice Podcast - Interviewing more than 250 guests improved her English immensly!
Lucia from Brazil was having self-doubts about her English. Not even 2 years later, she interviewed more than 250 guests on the Relatable Voice Podcast (of course in English)! Various newspapers wrote about her. "The Star Podcaster: Lucia Matuonto" (New York Today) According to her podcast is among the 0.5 % most popular podcasts*. *"This podcast is one of the top 0.5% most popular shows out of 2,985,974 podcasts globally, ranked by Listen Score (the estimated popularity score", date: december 2022. Listen to this episode and learn more about her astonishing journey, which has just started. Links: with all the links related to Lucia Matuonto. The Relatable Voice Lucia's book: Lucia on The Relatable Voice Podcast
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120 - 7 Learners in The Glossika Challenge - Danish, Greek, Spanish, German, Italian, Turkish...
11/02/2022
120 - 7 Learners in The Glossika Challenge - Danish, Greek, Spanish, German, Italian, Turkish...
7 brave language learners accepted the challenge to do 3000 repetitions in one month in the October 2022 Glossika Challenge. Glossika is an AI based app/website. (Leran more about Glossika on ) is the video teaser. Don't forget to CHECK OUT #GlossikaChallenge on Twitter. The 7 brave participants are: Victoria Heidi (twitter:): Podcast Kenny(twitter:): Christina (twitter: ): Elise Cutts (twitter: Kuba (twitter: ): Daniel (twitter: ): (Just so you know: My Fluent Podcast is not an affiliate to Glossika) Glossika: Attributions: Life by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ---- Kenny was also a guest on -----
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119 What is Glossika? Intro to the Glossika challenge with Kenny from SomethingPolyglot.com
10/28/2022
119 What is Glossika? Intro to the Glossika challenge with Kenny from SomethingPolyglot.com
Ep. 119 is meant to be the intro to the Glossika Challenge which is going to be covered on ep. 120. Kenny from somethingpolyglot.com is explaining Glossika and how he experienced the challenge so far. The Glossika challenge (#GlossikaChallenge) is almost over. You were supposed to make it to 3000 repetitions in October in order to win the challenge. On episode 120, you will listen to 7 learners who went through this Glossika challenge. Who made it? Who dropped out? Tune in and learn more about it very soon!
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118 What are disfluencies and how to get rid of them - Craig Wealand
10/15/2022
118 What are disfluencies and how to get rid of them - Craig Wealand
We are joined by the experienced English teacher and Spanish learner Craig Wealand. He is the host of the Inglespodcast and he knows his onions! () We talk about disfluencies: What are disfluencies? What are cruch words? How to reduce disfluencies? Why do we make disfluencies (crutch words etc.) while speaking? How can we become fluent speakers? Craig has been helping the English community for more than 10 years! ( & ) How podcasting (or just recording yourself) helps you to become fluent in your target language. of this episode (Craig's version of this episode, with different intro and outro) Time stamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - What is "My Fluent Podcast"? 3:09 - Listen to Podcasts to hone your language skills 5:37 - Oxymoron 06:05 - Podcasting as a language learning tool - Where to begin? 7:26 - The Vocab Man (A podcast about practical English Expressions) 9:46 - How long has Craig been podcasting? 11:00 - Did Craig's prediction from about 8 years ago come true? 12:44 - Receiving Feedback from listeners 13:33 - Aprendeingles Podcast 14:33 - How to learn from Podcast interviews? 15:38 - What are evergreen podcast episodes? 17:10 - What are disfluencies? (Daniel's view) 18:20 - What are crutch words? 18:57 - What is the definition of disfluencies? 20:00 - Some examples of crutch words 20:14 - Every language is using diffent crutch words 20:56 - Why it is not wise to edit out every crutch words (ums, ahms) 22.15 - What are some other disfluencies apart from crutch words? 22:57 - Not noticing crutch words while speaking / listening 24:12 - What are the negatives of disfluencies? (Crutch words can distract you) 26:06 - Excerpt of Aprendeingles Podcast HOW TO OVERCOME DIFSLUENCIES 26:35 - Be aware of your disfluencies (first step to overcome them) 27:54 - Don't be afraid of silences 27:59 - Practical expressions (buy yourself time) 29:31 - Use technology to improve your fluency 30:40 - Descript (Video/Podcast editing software) 29:00 - Work on your proununciation 31:55 - Interview Keanu Reeves 32:32 - Using too many crutch words 35:07 - Text to speech apps (Siri, Google Assistantl, Alexa) to overcome crutch words 37:03 - Why stress will affect your fluency 39:09 - Did Craig never felt comfortable at public speaking 40:53 - Communicatoin can be difficult even for native speakers (bear this in mind) 42:10 - Start out with your own podcast and become fluent! 42:53 - Outro 43:24 - Blubbers and other mentions Interview with Luke Thompson: / I can’t put my finger on it: (The Vocab Man) Video Clip : Music: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party
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117B - Eat an elephant one bite at the time (Part 2)
09/28/2022
117B - Eat an elephant one bite at the time (Part 2)
This is the second part of the interview with Urmi. For the first part, head over to . What do you think will language learning look like in 10 years time? (3:57) Are you an Italiki teacher? (5:29) Why should we talk lessons with you? (English/Italian) Can the students choose the topics? (6:39) Being someone who already learned a lot of vocabulary but never has spoken the language what would you recommend that I should focus on? (8:23) Do you have a podcast recommendation for us to learn Spanish? Favorite expression (14:56) Eat one elephant at a time. Do you want to be part of My Fluent Podcast?Drop me an email: Urmi's YouTube channel: Blog: YouTube: 5 Ways to Learn ITALIAN on a BUSY SCHEDULE:
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117A - Fear is the dearest friend of all - Urmi Hossain (Part 1)
08/15/2022
117A - Fear is the dearest friend of all - Urmi Hossain (Part 1)
Urmi Hossain is a full-time female worker in the financial services industry. She has been working in this industry for about six years and she comes from an educational background in Finance. She is currently pursuing her CFA designation. In her free time, she volunteers for causes such as women's empowerment and giving back to the non-privileged. She is a big proponent of self- investing and continuous learning. Indeed, one of her passions is learning languages She is a side hustler. She has her own blog and Youtube Channel, and she has also written her first book, Discovering Your Identity: A Rebirth From Interracial Struggle, where she talks about her own struggle in finding her identity. She considers herself to be Italian- Bengali. Ambitious and Go-Getter are two words that describe her the most. Indeed, one of her big ambitious goals is to deliver a TED Talk Some fun facts: She is a polyglot. She can speak Italian, Bengali, English, and French fluently and Spanish at a more intermediate level. Version with transcript: Time Stamps: 0:01 What does language learning mean to Urmi? 0:56 What language does Urmi think in? 1:23 Urmi dreams in Spanish 2:44 Be comfortable with the uncomfortable. 4:12 Italian 7:19 Urmi Hossain's YouTube Channel 10:10 Fear is the dearest friend of all 12:03 Public Speaking Links: Urmi's LinkedIn: Urmi's book: Urmi's blog: Urmi's Youtube Channel: If you want to be a guest on My Fluent Podcast, drop me an e-mail: Cheers, Daniel
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BONUS - ChatGPT alias Peter speaking - Artificial intelligence in language learning - AI in languages
07/30/2022
BONUS - ChatGPT alias Peter speaking - Artificial intelligence in language learning - AI in languages
This is a bonus episode. I just couldn't help myself. See for yourself. A special thank goes to Jesus who's intro was fantastic. He manages to inspire and motivate other learners. Please, follow his instagram: Thank you all. Your Daniel Goodson.
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116 - Podcasting as a language learning method - Asyraaf from Malaysia
07/16/2022
116 - Podcasting as a language learning method - Asyraaf from Malaysia
English learner Asyraaf from Malaysia tells his language learning story and how he managed conducting more than 100 interviews on his podcast called Content Marketing Hacks. Making the podcast helped him tremendously to become a better English speaker. Time stamps: 4:39 Hone your English through Podcasting 7:05 Communication problems (Just roll with it!) 7:27 Getting better after every interview 08:19 Arabic, Polish, English and Malay 8:58 Serious English learning 10:06 The challenge of speaking in English 11:10 Talk to yourself / record a podcast to improve in your target language 14:03 Perfectionism in language learning 14:25 Public speaking 16:10 Future goals 17:57 English learning challenges (using the same words) 21:50 Where can we find Asyraaf
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115 How Luciana from Argentina ended up in Denmark - Traveling Sri Lanka, India, Australia..., Managing people in a foreign language
07/03/2022
115 How Luciana from Argentina ended up in Denmark - Traveling Sri Lanka, India, Australia..., Managing people in a foreign language
Luciana decided to leave her country (Argentina) to become bilingual. Learn more about her journey in which she ended up being in Denmark. Here is the YouTube version of this episode: What is the BRAVE85 series? Learn more about it here: - The BRAVE 85 - five interview excerpts What is the WISBOLEP competition? Learn more about it here: Other Interviews of the BRAVE85 series on My Fluent Podcast: - How Alvaro overcame his stuttering by speaking English - Turn your EGO into an EGG and break it! Learn like a child! All the Competition Entries on Photo Cover art background: by on
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114 Live English Lesson - The Challenge of Taking a Live Lesson on YouTube - with Enrique from Spain
06/18/2022
114 Live English Lesson - The Challenge of Taking a Live Lesson on YouTube - with Enrique from Spain
Enrique from Spain talks about his experience when he attended several live English lessons on . What did he like about it? What was difficult? What did he learn? We touched on several other topics such as Enrique's English journey Perfectionism in language learning. Podcasts for language learning Reading books to improve your language skills Attending a movie club YouTube version: On ep. 113 we talked about the teacher's perspective when giving a Live English Lesson. Go back and listen to Zdenek's interview first to make the most out of it. Tell your friends if you liked this episode. That will help My Fluent Podcast to grow. Thank you guys. Cheers, Daniel. Photo of the Cover Art by on Music: Scott Holmes
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113 The Dogme Method - focus on the student (not course books)
06/11/2022
113 The Dogme Method - focus on the student (not course books)
Should we throw our course books and grammar books away??? Well, maybe.... Dogme language teaching is considered to be both a methodology and a movement. Dogme is a communicative approach to language teaching that encourages teaching without published textbooks and focuses instead on conversational communication among learners and teacher. (Wikipedia: ) Live English Lesson with Zdenek, The Playlist: Learn English Online (Zdenek's Discord channel): https://discord.com/invite/5hq6vB8WYw
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112 From English Learner to Teacher, soon running an English School!
06/06/2022
112 From English Learner to Teacher, soon running an English School!
Learn more about Dorota's English journey and how she became a proficient speaker who is about to run her own English School called "Dragon Dorota Słomiana". Thank you so much Dorota for shareing your experience with us! The langage community can be glad to have you! Get inspired and listen to ep. 112. Dorota: 🗣️The Chat Box (Facebook Group to hone your English): 🗣️MAOFEN, Masters Of English (Facebook Group to hone your English skills); https://www.facebook.com/groups/maofen/
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111 SPEED LISTENING to level up your target language - Transcriptionist Vince from the Philippines
05/30/2022
111 SPEED LISTENING to level up your target language - Transcriptionist Vince from the Philippines
Trilingual English speaker Vince from the Philippines shares his valuable tips and tricks on how he became a fluent English speaker. YouTube version (without pictures): YouTube version with pictures: Transcript version: E-Mail: Time stamps / Topics: 0:01 Introduction - Vince from the Philippines 1:28 Japanese 1:44 Sumo wrestler 2:45 Spanish and Vietnamese 4:27 Working on your enunciation 5:43 Hadar Shemesh / Rachel 6:16 Shadowing 7:22 Picking up the Argentinian Spanish 9:22 Did Vince reach his language learning goal? 9:56 Masters of English (MAOFEN) / The Influency Community (by Hadar Shemesh) 11:21 Speedlistening to improve in your target language 16:33 What helped you the most to becoma a fluent speaker? (Immersion) 17:51 Back chaining (Method by Gabriel Wyner, author of the book Fluent Forever) 19:11 SRS Space Repetition Software (ANKI) 20:43 Watching Animes, TV Shows, SciFi and real life conversations 21:28 For the love of podcasts (Tim Ferris, Stuff you should know, Lex Fridman) 22:06 Build your habits (App Habitica) 22:54 Challenge yourself 23:29 Language exchange 26:03 Outro Vocabulary 0:13 It was a nerve wracking experience (causing a lot of worry or anxiety) 0:29 It was a haphazard thing (not having an obvious order or plan) 0:38 I receded, kind of became shy (to move back or away) 0:38 I would be bullied (to bully: to treat (someone) in a cruel, insulting, threatening, or aggressive fashion) 1:01 So in effect, I am trilingual (in practice, even if not formally acknowledged.) 1:01 Trilingual (to be fluent in 3 languages) 2:0 My angle for Japanese I also took it up it was a regression because the Japanese that they had at that college was just not advanced enough. 2:49 Latinx population (Latinx is an American English neologism, sometimes used to refer to people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in the United States. The gender-neutral ⟨-x⟩ suffix replaces the ⟨-o/-a⟩ ending of Latino and Latina that are typical of grammatical gender in Spanish) I wanted to better fit in (To belong to a group) Colonial past If I am not mistaken (If I am remembering correctly) It just so happened (an idiomatic expression implying that the event happened in due course without outside influence. a fateful incident lo and behold (Look and see) some enunciations (to enunciate: to say or pronounce clearly) The number one person that I would attribute to my success too reciprocate (to give and take mutually) The most prevalent Spanish To pull people up Don't quote me on this because... Not Being able to speak English would have been detrimental to me (harmful, damaging) it soared (increase rapidly above the usual level) Just keep on inching towards the beginning (to move very slowly or in a lot of short stages) One thing that I was dabbling on before was SRS spaced repetition software, but I kind of dropped it. Do you use Anki?.Yeah, I used to use it. It was my go-to, but then... Hiragana and Katakana Kanji Anime (is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, anime refers to Japanese animation, and refers specifically to animation produced in Japan) Sci-Fi (science fiction) I fell out of the wagon Revamping (to change or arrange something again, in order to improve it) Guilds I am all ears (is used when you want to show somebody that you’re listening and ready for them to tell you something.) I sound like a fricking kid (f*ing) I'm stilll trying to get a grasp Tim Ferris: Lex Fridman: Stuff You Should Know Rachel's English Hadar: Music: Forces of Attraction and upbeat Party by is licensed under a . E-Mail:
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110 Social Media to learn English (or any language) with Tchales from Brazil
05/21/2022
110 Social Media to learn English (or any language) with Tchales from Brazil
In this episode, Tchales from Brazil and Daniel from Switzerland are going to share 4 steps on how to make the best out of Social Media in order to level up one's target language skills. We will break it down in these 4 topics Defining a goal What social media plattform to choose? What should I know before using social media? Strategies to use social media Transcript: Time Stamps / Topics 2:03 STEP 1: Defining a goal 2:57 Daniel: Short-term and long-term goals 5:12 Tchales first goal (when he started out with his English journey) 6:53 Daniel's first goal was to pass the exams 8:11 Don't avoid having conversations 8:49 STEP 2: What social media plattform to choose? 9:16 YouTube / Discord 11:23 Film Club / Movie Club 13:39 Instagram 14:14 The Power of Facebook Groups 14:59 The Chat Box (Facebook Group) 16:48 Some ideas to use Instagram 20:15 STEP 3: What should I know before using social media? 20:38 Set up a meaningful bio 24:52 Use your target language in your social media 25:47 Let others correct your posts 28:07 STEP 4: Strategies to use social media 28:13 Making vocabulary based comments on YouTube with a time stamp. 32:32 Align your goal with the strategy 35:15 Create posts / Start recording videos 35:49 Medium to improve your writing skills 39:05 Calendly to organize your calls 40:58 Join Communities / Challenges 45:35 My Fluent Podcast community. 46:06 Outro The interview with Tchales on My Fluent Podcast: Interview Playlist: Also mentioned in this episode: ------ Music: Scott Holmes: Upbeat party. Photo (Instagram) by on
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109 Charlie's Spanish Journey - YouTuber Charlie from USA keeps track of his language journey in his YT channel
05/14/2022
109 Charlie's Spanish Journey - YouTuber Charlie from USA keeps track of his language journey in his YT channel
It's never too late to better yourself! Dyslexic Spanish learner Charlie from the USA (Texas) keeps track of his Spanish journey in form of a YouTube channel. In this podcast interview, we talk about various methods on how charlie became fluent in Spanish (Italki online lessons, Omegle, VR Chat, Duolingo and more). Charlie is a super learner and I appreciated the time with him. I could learn a lot and you might as well. If you are into Spanish learning or if you need some inspiration for your language journey, this interview will be something for you. YouTube Version: 🖊️ Transcript version: 🕒🕒🕒Time stampts: 1:01 Intro 1:40 Start Interview 2:22 What inspired you to learn Spanish in 2019? 2:55 Growing up with dyslexic without knowing 4:02 Dyslexic in more detail 4:57 Finding out about being dyslexic 6:17 Over 250 one-on-one online lessons 9:36 Inspiring other Spanish learners 10:40 YouTube channels that inspired Charlie 12:50 Shadowing / Copycatting Simple Stories in Spanish. 15:24Doing the shadowing technique (example) 16:50 VR chat (Virtual reality chat) 21:58 Fortnite 27:35 Almost having a 800 day streak (Duolingo) 34:25 Omegle 49:06 It's never too late to better yourself - Charlie's favorite expression 56:34 Where to find Charlie's Spanish journey? https://www.youtube.com/c/CharliesSpanishJourney Small Town Spanish Teacher Simple Stories in Spanish: The Podcast What is dyslexia?
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108 Multilingual Language teacher and learner Kenny from Belgium - Somethingpolyglot.com
05/01/2022
108 Multilingual Language teacher and learner Kenny from Belgium - Somethingpolyglot.com
Kenny is a multilingual online teacher on ITALKI. He is also a passionate language learner himself. In this interview, we talk about leaving our comfort zone in order to level up our language skills. How can we make introvert learners at ease so that they can speak up and improve their speaking skills? We talk about finding the right online teacher and we touch on language learning on Twitter (#Langtwt) More details in the time stamps further below. YouTube Version: Transcript: everyone is always simultaneously a student and a teacher -Jay Shetty Time stamps: 1:20 Are you more passionate about teaching or learning a language? 05:36 The moment when you feel like you know your students better than your friends 7:17 What is the most important when you are looking for an online teacher? Feeling at ease with the teacher. (the role as a teacher) 9:45 How to reach out and go about it before having the very first online lesson? 11:20 Kenny's language journey (Greek) 13:37 Making connections in your language journey 14:11 Example -> aphasia (a = not, phasia = utterance, speak) 16:52 The Speaking part of a language is often times neglected (Catalan) 19:48 Language tips for introverts (How to speak more often?) 24:04 What does the hashtag #langtwt on twitter mean? 30:12 Language learning can be a safe environment for introverts 31:30 Sbgliando si impara (While making mistakes, you can learn) 34:05 Being a perfectionist / Perfectionism doesn't help you 36:53 Teaching style 38:07 Connecting with other introverts in language learning 40:28 Italian lesson didn't work out 44:38 Avid podcast listeners can use their passion to learn languages 49:50 Producing your own language podcast 53:12 What is your favorite expression? (touched by the mushroom) ------- 54:35 END of Interview 54:36 Outro with Daniel Goodson 55:29 Trailer of next epsiode with Charlie who is learning Spanish in a very special way Other interviews with Kenny: Kenny also got interviewed by English teacher Ryan: https://youtu.be/gvbLlf-avzc Here is a clip from the Language Come Up YouTube channel: Trying to become a polyglot can give you language learning burnout https://youtu.be/h3XWthAdLQU : Italki of Kenny:
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