Connect 2 Languages

Nolwenn Gautier

Hi, I’m Nolwenn. I’m your host. Welcome to the Connect 2 Languages Podcast and community. This podcast is in English and is about many topics related to language learning and to the adaptation to a foreign culture for the ones who live abroad, so for example if you’re a French living in the UK. You can access the transcriptions on my website www.connect2languages.com

Episodes

  1. When languages define us

    19/08/2022

    When languages define us

    Sean Hopwood is one of us, by that I mean, he’s passionate about languages and could not even consider his life (or himself for that matter) without being in constant contact with other cultures. He is a translator, which is a profession that I admire, because as a polyglot, I understand how difficult and sometimes impossible it is to translate from one language to another. He is also the CEO of Day Translations (website is ,www.daytranslations.com ), It’s a translation and localization company operating in over 100+ languages worldwide. As a language expert and an entrepreneur, myself, I can only be very impressed because he built his company from scratch by going door to door asking people if they required translations, and today he has a fully remote team from all over the world & he is working and helping companies, but also individuals like me expand their operations abroad. He has worked with Fox News, TED, Bayer, Facebook, HBO, AT&T, and more. But apart from all of that, what I appreciate about him is that he’s very down to earth and the conversation we had was genuine and really interesting. He said some of the things I thought so well, basically he worded my thoughts better that I can do myself, but he also sparked some new ideas that I’ll have to explore further and especially about chow important to consider the social rules of a culture when you learn the language, and not only when you travel. So, let’s start the interview now…. You can access the full transcription: here.

    27 min
  2. Why I feel blocked when I want to speak in a foreign language?

    28/07/2022

    Why I feel blocked when I want to speak in a foreign language?

    Welcome to the Connect 2 Languages podcast Hi, this is Nolwenn, I have been a language teacher since 2010 and I created this podcast to help you create a positive connection with languages ​​and in particular with English. Learning a language is not only mastering linguistics, it is also about accepting to change your identity. SHOW NOTES It's episode 1 and I'm super happy to start this adventure with you. Today, we are going to talk about a rather particular and very unpleasant feeling, it is the feeling of feeling blocked when you want to speak in a foreign language and today I am going to take the example of foreigners who live in France and who feel blocked although they have a good level in French, by good level, I mean an intermediate level. They feel blocked, embarrassed, they are not able to express themselves as they would like. I have a lot of students like that. I myself used to feel that way with Spanish when I lived in Argentina. Where does this feeling come from? Why does it prevent you from feeling comfortable in French? We'll talk about it in a minute. Now, to get the full transcript of this episode, then head over to my website www.connect2languages.com The idea is to be able to access the transcription and also the French translation for the ones who speak French. And that is because this episode also exists in French on my other podcast, which is all in French connect2french.com And then, this week, for video tutorials, on vocabulary, go to my YouTube channel. If you like this podcast and want to support it, there are plenty of things you can do like leaving a comment i-Tunes or on social media, talking about it around you, liking my Youtube channel or even taking lessons with me 😉

    14 min

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Hi, I’m Nolwenn. I’m your host. Welcome to the Connect 2 Languages Podcast and community. This podcast is in English and is about many topics related to language learning and to the adaptation to a foreign culture for the ones who live abroad, so for example if you’re a French living in the UK. You can access the transcriptions on my website www.connect2languages.com