177 episodes
The Actual Fluency Podcast for Language Learners Kris Broholm
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4.6 • 21 Ratings
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The Actual Fluency Podcast features inspirational stories from world-class language learners, industry experts, and regular people who embraced multilingualism in one way or another.
In the episodes we dive deep down in the why that pushed people to learn a new language, the how to figure out how they best achieved it, and of course a lot of great stories of the experiences that speaking multiple languages can bring to people's lives.
We also talk about apps, methodology, and education to try and find ways to shorten the path to mastery.
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June 2022 Update - Post Pandemic Stress Disorder, Moving Countries, Podcast
Kris comes back with a quick update to announce the return of the Actual Fluency podcast.
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AFP 186: Rosemary Salomone - The Rise of English
In this episode I'm joined by Rosemary Salomone to discuss the role of English on a global academic level, and some of the challenges faced by minorities and non-english native speaking students and countries in the world.
Rosemary is the Kenneth Wang Professor of Law at St. John's University in Queens, New York. Prior to joining the legal academy, she taught English to international students, developed bilingual programs for immigrant students, and was a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she taught education law and language policy.
Check out Rosemary's new book here: The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language: https://amzn.to/3Fafmdx
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AFP 185: Sadelle Wiltshire - Learning at Different Ages and Minority Languages
In this podcast episode I'm joined by Sadelle Wiltshire, who shares her story of learning languages at different ages, including her passion for Irish and the community of learners she's found for the language.
Sadelle's website:
https://www.sadellewiltshire.com/
The Fluent in 3 Months Challenge:
https://actf.lu/fi3m-challenge
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AFP 184: Rick Dearman - Using Forums in Language Learning
In this episode Kris is joined by Rick Dearman to talk about using forums to help support you in your language learning, language conferences, and much more.
Special thanks to OPTILINGO for sponsoring the podcast. You can check out this innovative language learning app, designed to make you SPEAK a language by going to https://optilingo.com
To find out more about Rick go to:
https://forum.language-learners.org/
https://autodidactic.info/
Announcement: The podcast is now on YouTube!
That means you can watch this episode as a video, by going to the Actual Fluency YouTube channel. Watch as Kris learns the trials and tribulations of video editing to create a whole new dimension of the podcast.
Thank you so much for listening!
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AFP 183 - Jennifer Degenhardt: Better School Learning and Creating Inclusive Materials
In the episode I'm joined by Spanish Teacher and Educational Author, Jennifer Degenhardt.
We go over why school language learning is in such a bad state in many schools, and what innovative and energetic teachers like Jennifer can do to improve the results the kids get from the classroom.
We also talk about her diverse and inclusive range of educational materials, as well as her experience spending a year learning Spanish abroad in latin America.
=== SPONSOR
This episode is sponsored by OptiLingo. Go check out a modern language learning app that focuses on speaking EARLY without the boring drills and grammar memorisation. Try OptiLingo: https://optilingo.com
=== EPISODE RESOURCES
Jen's Website: https://digilangua.co/
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AFP 182 - Liz Sharma from Talk The Streets on Portuguese
In the episode I'm joined by Portuguese teacher and YouTuber Liz Sharma to talk about Portugal, Portuguese (European vs Brazilian) and how Liz moved from the U.K to Portugal.
Since I just moved to Portugal myself I got to ask a lot of curiosity-driven questions, including what Portuguese learners normally struggle with.
=== SPONSOR
This episode is sponsored by OptiLingo. Go check out a modern language learning app that focuses on speaking EARLY without the boring drills and grammar memorisation. Try OptiLingo: https://optilingo.com
=== EPISODE RESOURCES
Talk The Streets: https://talkthestreets.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAHp6bCNcUg6PTHaZ-hI3Bw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkthestreets/
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Customer Reviews
Great motivation for language learners!
I love this podcast! I am working my way through all of the old ones as well as listening to some of the newer ones! The polyglot community seems an exciting, interesting and open one, and who knows one day I might get there! Keep them coming Kris!
Could be interesting but is all over the place.
The discussion could be interesting but the discussion is not coherent and the focus on Russian as an example language makes this discussion tedious and irrelevant to the potential majority of listeners as let’s face it, who wants to learn Russian!?
Listen to Chris! It’s good for your health!
Many language-related podcasts want to teach you a language. Chris and his podcast explore a different assumption: suppose I have a clean slate, what would I like to know about languages? And from this maieutical question starts his great journey into the exotic land of languages and language learners.
You may already know most of what is being discussed or you may not, you may disagree with some of the interviewees or you may discover a true gem among the speakers; the podcast will always make you reflect on languages. This is a truly healthy diet for anyone with an interest in them.
5 stars for the one star of the show!