SLV | Episode 47 | Going Out, Coming Home, and Not Forgetting Your Charger
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
Release Date: 07/08/2025
SLV | Episode 56 | Changes in China; Making coffee at home; 14 more weeks and Apple's new earphones... job killer?
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
Episode 56! Changes in China! No more paper tickets! How important are these anyway?! Didn’t go to the Coffee Show this year, it cost 10 RMB! Australian videos done, where to next? -Dubai? Canada? 14 more weeks! Who’s counting!? -time is flying! And Apple is releasing Airpods with built in translation?! Membership program: Contact: Keep in touch! Join our newsletter: Time stamps: 00:00 Introduction and Podcast Overview 03:06 Changes in China: No More Paper Tickets 10:50 Reflections on the Coffee Show 18:50 Semester Updates and Teaching Challenges 23:21 Completion of Australian...
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SLV | Episode 55 | Back to School, from the Great Ocean Road, and Checking in on Chinese
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
Wanted to shoot this outside but then remembered why: mosquitoes. And heat and humidity. New week and we’re back to school! How is it so far? What’s it like and what will we do? -Neat classroom with screens all over the place -Argumentative Essays -Citations and references Useful resources: Goodnotes 6, Local Send, ViiTor Translate, Y2Doc The last of the Australian videos! The Great Ocean Road and back to Beijing. And the Sept 3rd parade is over, back to normal! … Until National Day Week, that is. What will this semester bring? Learned a new words 学院好 (the study building...
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SLV | Episode 54 | Live Streams, IELTS Study Prep and the Beijing Military Preparations
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
Episode 54! Welcome TikTokers! Been active there as of late. New platform to teach on? And what am I hearing people need help on? -Reading and listening (practice dictations - USE THIS PODCAST!!) -Speaking -Not too much for Writing () -A lot of people are using Cathoven AI -Common Errors Live streams and fluency practice, is making videos a good way to learn? -This is something I’ve been recommending as of late -Helps with confidence and fluency building -You don’t have to publish them (I’ve seen a few people publishing them) Chinese books, what am I reading these days?...
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SLV | Episode 53 | Movies, Live Streams, ASMR, and Wandering the Streets of Beijing
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Episode 53! Saw Dead to Rights (南京照相馆). Heartbreaking. Lots of people die. About the Japanese invasion of Nanjing and how the atrocities were documented. During the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, postman A Chang posed as a photo developer, helping Japanese forces while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees. He later risked his life evacuating them and revealing evidence of the atrocities. -One interesting point made: one reason why the Chinese couldn’t assemble a cohesive defense against the Japanese was because of their own language barrier - the north and south didn’t speak the same...
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SLV | Episode 52 | Street Talks and Philosophy Walks
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
Episode 52 already! LIVE STREAM walk n talk! Let’s do this again! What did we see? Question: just what do you have to see when you’re travelling? IELTS Top 10 and FAQ: FREE DOWNLOAD! All over on BMAC: Top 10: FAQ: Looking to the future: what if I started a business instead? Oh and a bonus! And what is gerrymandering? “Early 19th century: from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts + , from the supposed similarity between a salamander and the shape of a new voting district on a map drawn when he was in office (1812), the creation of which was felt to favor his party; the...
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SLV | Episode 51 | Australian Adventures, AI Learning, and Cheat Sheets Galore
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
Episode 51! Not as hot, but still humid here in Beijing. Lots of rain and lots of warnings to stay away from the forests, etc. More Australian videos! A couple more to go! Should we try an ASMR video? (ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)). Then on more Chinese videos that we have ready and waiting. Let’s talk about AI and Language Learning! Our recent live stream. Summary and example prompts available . IELTS Top 10! FREE! A free cheat sheet addressing some of the things I’ve seen and heard over the years that can help students move up the bands. . Our membership now open! See our...
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SLV | Episode 50 | Books, tech and Sydney... and Ozzy and The Hulk
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
With Episode 50 we're back into the groove and thinking about just what makes a book worth saving? Shot from the second floor of the Victoria State Library, we could see that some books were off limits to touch. Why is that and who makes the choice? Next, looking at the new Huawei (really expensive!) Matebook Fold: a dual touch screen tablet and laptop combination complete with breakaway QWERTY keyboard. Neat, but worth it? Last week we had time to review some of the requirements for the different levels of the IELTS scoring system. What makes a four? What makes a six? And how to do you move...
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SLV | Episode 49 | Changping videos, Chinese Study Resources, AI Agents, and the Lychee Road
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
In episode 49 includes a look at the last of the Changping videos Looking at some Chinese Study Resources (download here: . List includes: (HSK Textbooks, Chinese Grammar Wiki, HSK Reading, Ankiweb/Ankidroid, DuChinese, iTalki. HelloTalk / Tandem, MDBG Dictionary, Chinesepod). A note on AI Agents and how they can be used for language learning (Manus, Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, NotebookLM). And we saw a movie, The Lychee Road - how was it? Based on the novel by Ma Boyong. About a low level government accountant who gets assigned a task that...
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SLV | Episode 48 | From Sydney to Beijng... we got our power banks!
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
Settling back into Beijing's heat and humidity, in Episode 48 we talk a little bit about our recent trip to Australia and the respoting of one of our videos. We also discuss a common problem with no apparent solution: dealing with the sock that gets stuck in the side-loading washing machine. A re-visit to the campus cafeteria for 麻辣香锅, a type of spicy hot pot. And, a return to our own language studies and live streaming while we do it! Oh, and a new membership program? It's in the works! PS - We received our power banks! Transcripts here: Keep in touch! Join our newsletter: ...
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SLV | Episode 47 | Going Out, Coming Home, and Not Forgetting Your Charger
Steven's Language Vlog Podcast
Episode 47 has use returning to our regular schedule. In this episode we talk a little bit about how our social habits change as we change, but do they need to? What do you miss most when you're overseas? Is it the food? The people? The fragrances? What are some of the changes we saw occur in our recent travels? And what is the latest on the power bank dilemma here in China? What is a dummy check and how do you make sure you have all of your stuff when you leave a location? And, finally, what do you do first when you return home? Oh, and a bit of a discussion on the live streams we're looking...
info_outlineEpisode 47 has use returning to our regular schedule. In this episode we talk a little bit about how our social habits change as we change, but do they need to?
What do you miss most when you're overseas? Is it the food? The people? The fragrances?
What are some of the changes we saw occur in our recent travels? And what is the latest on the power bank dilemma here in China?
What is a dummy check and how do you make sure you have all of your stuff when you leave a location?
And, finally, what do you do first when you return home?
Oh, and a bit of a discussion on the live streams we're looking to do over the summer months.
Transcripts here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-sDW4HyeAH9PssJp8kE6XWQduAHOXj7n?usp=sharing
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Time stamps:
00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:44 About the Language Vlog Podcast
01:30 Recent Activities and Updates
04:15 Travel Experiences in Australia
07:53 Live Streams and YouTube Shorts
21:47 Changes in Travel Regulations
24:53 The Concept of a Dummy Check
26:33 Post-Travel Routine
29:12 Upcoming Projects and Final Thoughts