Connect 2 Languages

How to greet shopkeepers and waiters like a local in France "People in Paris are rude!" is what many of my students told me... I'm not gonna get into a debate whether they are or not, but I'm going to tell you how to approach them ;)  How do you greet people in stores, in bars, in restaurants and so on ? I'm giving you all you need to know here. To get the full transcription, go to my website: www.connect2languages.com

Today, I'm talking about an interview with Sonia López Pérez who's been living around Nantes for a few years now. The original interview was in French and last fr over 30 minutes, but I summarized the mains points in 15 minutes here. Sonia who's originally from Mexico talks about the transition from the US to France for her two children who were 6 and 7 at the time. We're going to talk about the experience of transitioning for the children and about the 4 main differences between the two school systems.

I love discovering new cultures, I love immersing myself in a country, I learn so much from it, I love being able to speak different languages, but today, I’m not going to talk about the benefits of living abroad, today I want to talk about the cost of living abroad. Today, I want to talk about the people who choose to go live abroad because they simply want to, not for life threatening situations, not for a job opportunity, not for love, just because they feel like it. To react to this episode and share your experience, find me on social media ;)

Today, we’re going to talk about the things to consider when learning a language. Whether you’re a beginner or you’ve got an intermediate level, there is more to consider than linguistics. So, in this episode, I will list the things to be considered when learning a language. There are all of the linguistic aspects of the language of course like the grammar, the vocabulary, the syntax, but there's also some other aspects that a lot of my students don't consciously think of. I'm going to share with you concrete activities I do with my students to help them approach their learning journey more efficiently. What about you, what do you think should be considered when learning a language?  Let me know, you can send me an email or reach out on social media: look for Connect 2 Languages ;)

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.