Polyglot Perspective Podcast Taylor Torres & Lily Burke

Welcome to our seventh segment of 'Polyglot Perspective Rants' where Lily and Taylor rant all about the most pressing topics in language learning and share their opinions!

Ready to take the next step in your language learning journey and talk to native speakers? Seek to practice your language speaking skills by downloading apps such as HelloTalk, Tandem, or Lingbe? In this week's episode, Lily and Taylor talk all about their personal experiences with language exchange apps, funny stories and requests from language exchange partners, and the best practices you can take to get the most out of using these apps.

As always, this episode highlights our stories through our perspectives, the polyglot perspective.

Welcome to the 2nd episode of Season 3 of the Polyglot Perspective Podcast!

Learning languages to us aspiring polyglots changes how we see the world around us and how we interact in our everyday lives. For many of our listeners, language learning has been a great hobby with which they spend hours dedicating their lives to. Young polyglots of the world, have you heard of linguistics, want to learn more, or would be interested in majoring in this field in university?

Polina is a Russian university student studying linguistics. Polina created a student organization at her university to bring language-enthusiasts together. Some of her hobbies include reading, watching TV series and films in other languages, making videos, and running. Polina is currently studying English, Spanish, Norwegian, French, and Greek.

In this episode you’ll learn more about what studying linguistics is like in Russia from Polina’s personal experiences. This episode highlights Polina’s story through her perspective, the polyglot perspective.

Welcome to our sixth segment of 'Polyglot Perspective Rants' where Lily and Taylor rant all about the most pressing topics in language learning and share their opinions!

Have you ever felt embarrassed or ashamed about your accent when speaking to a native speaker of your target language? Have you ever reverted back to your native language because you were afraid of sounding “foreign” to a native speaker? In this week’s episode, Lily and Taylor talk all about accent discrimination, their experiences with trying to get “rid” of their accents to sound “native,” and some linguistic insights into the differences between accents and pronunciation.

As always, this episode highlights our stories through our perspectives, the polyglot perspective.

Welcome to our fifth segment of 'Polyglot Perspective Rants' where Lily and Taylor rant all about the most pressing topics in language learning and share their opinions!

Have you ever seen a video with the title, "Learn a Language in Your Sleep! (Results Guaranteed)" or "You Can Learn a Language in Your Sleep. Here's Why."? Well, we have too. But, as exciting as the concept sounds, is it actually possible to learn a language in your sleep? Tune in to this week's episode where Lily and Taylor chat about their personal experiences with sleep learning and their best recommendations for utilizing sleep to supercharge your language learning journeys. 

As always, this episode highlights our stories through our perspectives, the polyglot perspective.

Welcome to our fourth segment of 'Polyglot Perspective Rants' where Lily and Taylor rant all about the most pressing topics in language learning and share their opinions!

Are you a high school or university student? Are you dealing with the stress of school, extracurriculars, and work and are wondering if it's truly possible for you to incorporate languages into your daily life? In this episode, we talk all about the importance of consistency in language learning and small yet powerful habits to implement into your routine. 

Note: Some of these habits don't even require formal materials or technological devices! All you need is your mind and a will to learn! So, sit tight and get ready to soak in all the tips we'll share with you.

As always, this episode highlights our stories through our perspectives, the polyglot perspective.

Welcome back to the first episode of Season 3 of the Polyglot Perspective Podcast! We apologize for the hiatus and are very excited to be back! We cannot wait to share more about language learning with you all!

Learning a language not only opens doors of opportunities but also helps give insight into another’s culture. Within the United States alone (according to 2022 data published by Ethnologue) 422 languages are spoken. The U.S., being a melting pot, consists of people from various countries holding the most mixed people in the world.

Taylor Torres is a high school senior from Southern California currently learning Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and dabbling in lots of languages such as Korean and Thai. She is the founder of Polyglot Perspective and hopes to inspire youth from around the world to learn languages to bridge the gap between different cultures. 

In this episode, Taylor Torres discusses her personal experience being a mixed individual in the U.S. and will be discussing what it's like growing up in a Vietnamese-Chinese-Mexican household, along with some preconceptions of mixed people. Lastly, Torres will share what motivated her to start a multilingual, multicultural polyglot youth community as well as updates for the organization.

This episode highlights Taylor’s story through her perspective, the polyglot perspective.

Show notes: https://www.polyglotperspective.com