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my fluent podcast website: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/e61-a-corona-overkill-language-learning-failures-and-how-to-cope-with-them/ Podcast episode as video: https://youtu.be/pad01Shktww Daniel Goodson: I had a plan, a great plan. The Corona virus has ruined that plan, in which I wanted to learn vocabulary in a specific way. I tried to find another approach to learn English. More on this episode... Ep. 61 has two sections, the first one is about the actual topic in which I talk about a huge mistake. This is for everyone to listen, weather you are an English learner or a native English speaker. In section 2 (it's on Ep. 61 B), I will go about some English expressions and give additional English tips. That bonus episode is tailored for our English learners.  This episode is connected to another episode which was released on the 25th of January.  It's the episode between episode "49 book review, virtual native", and episode "48 What is the Quora series?" On that bonus episode, I explained how I wanted to learn vocabulary through news, to be more precise, through Corona news.  Further information:  You may watch this episode (61) on video, too: https://youtu.be/pad01Shktww. That way, you can read along to the subtitles while listening to the podcast.  Show notes: You'll find the show notes (you may download subtitles) on www.myfluentpocast.com or you can read along the subtitles/transcript right here: Right? And then I see the disinfectant, but knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that? Social distancing will be with us through the summer. Don't worry, guys. This episode of my  fluent podcast is whether about the president Donald Trump, nor about social distancing. This time I totally screwed up though I've set myself an unreachable goal and this is a setback for me and had a negative influence on my language learning motivation. You will learn about the details soon. Welcome,  dear language learners for the first time, I will do this episode in two parts. First, I will explain the current topic. After that, there will be a section for our English learners in which I go about some expressions and definitions, and by the way, the whole transcript - this applies to the audio as well as what I say - is available on our show notes or on the website, myfluentpodcast.com let's get started. So what are the takeaways for this episode? I will give them to you beforehand. At the end, I will repeat them again and give additional explanations. So number one, always set yourself SMART goals. Number two, don't stick to your methods by any cost and the focus here lies on the words "by any cost". Number three is more of a general advice. Don't beat yourself up and just be aware that learning a language is a long term process. There are ups and downs, that is normal. And number four is enjoy your language journey. Never forget that: it should be a pleasure. We should see the positive things. And this is something I need to bear in mind always. And to be honest, this is more of a personal episode this time in which I reflect my own decisions or learning approach, and this is a subject  (topic)  that I am a bit uncomfortable to talk about in a way. Well, this is partly because I have set myself a goal, an unreachable goal. I have totally screwed up. Anyway, I will pull myself together now. And just talk about it. Hey buddy, you need to pull yourself together. Pull yourself together. While on Saturday, it was the 25th of January, I published an episode about a topic, vocabulary, retention. Well in my opinion, this is one of the most important topics. When it comes to learning a language, and the name of that episode is Corona virus vocab through news, it seems like as if I already knew it, I did not number the episode back then, and the idea was to number the newer episode when I have followed all my own suggestions. And reached my goal. I wanted to make like a review of that approach, that good things and the bad things. So in a nutshell, back then I wanted to learn new vocabulary by reading compelling content in the news to retain information for good. You need to come across the vocabulary again and again, and then why? Chances are you will remember them for good. Meaning it will go to your long term memory. And that should be our goal. I mean, we want to learn in order to being able  to using the vocabulary and I decided to focus on the information about the coroner virus. That way I would come across similar word combinations and learn more. Of course, I would use flashcards and other tools to support my endeavor. Of course, all turned out in a slightly different way. All right. If you want, you can go back. It's the episode between episode "49 book review, virtual native", and I episode "48 What is the Quora series?" On that episode I explained how I wanted to go about that idea in more detail. So what happened? You'll may already have a guess. I couldn't foresee that this virus would have such an immense impact on our world. It seems to me, today the news are focusing only on that matter. It's always the Corona virus. I can understand that. And actually for my project, it would be perfect because that's what I wanted, right? Come across similar word combinations again and again, sort them out and learn them with different tools. The problem was. I got fed up about it. I couldn't stand it anymore. The matterer is very, very negative and I did not want to focus only on such negative things. So besides that, the goal I've set to myself became very difficult. Once the news wrote only about that matter. It was just too much for me to handle, but why did I not change my goal into some things similar? I don't have an answer to that. I guess I got just a bit depressed about it and left it alone. So let's have a look at our giveaways. Which I mentioned in the beginning. Let's come back to number one, set yourself smart goals. Okay. Perhaps the goal might have been smart at the beginning, but once it became the topic number one of the whole world, it definitely became a very bad goal. Maybe another person would have pulled together and just stick to this plan. For me, I just, I couldn't, because in this situation I had not the right mindset to it and not enough time, not the energy. Poor baby. Oh, you poor thing. So the second takeaway was don't stick to our methods by any cost. We must stick to the plan on welfare as well. Usually it's the other way round. It is set yourself a goal and then stick to your plan. But in this particular situation, I would say it doesn't serve Next up, number three, don't beat yourself up. Be aware that learning a language is a long term process. Even though I said in the beginning of this show that it is a setback for me and I had a negative influence on my language learning motivation. While that was true, but now I'm again on my wife, I am back on track. So there is no worry about that, but I tend to beat myself up a bit. The problem is also that comparing yourself to others who are far better speakers, for example, is not a doll. Good idea. And that's the case with me. I compare too much. No, no. Good idea. Number four, race. Enjoy your language journey. Don't take it too seriously. In the end, it should make fun to learn and once your gut tells you that you absolutely don't, enjoy it, you should change something up. I mean, it's a great hobby and should bring us joy. And actually that's what I am doing. I started out with my podcast back in 2016 and to be honest, I had a huge gap in between, and this was a period in which I couldn't publish due to personal reasons, but the most important thing is that. I didn't give up. There's a little pain going on. Okay. Don't give up. Hang on. This is a test. If you have a mantra called, please don't give up on it, and I'm still podcasting with even more power and more motivation so that I can share all of my tips with you. Dear listeners. And this must have first section of this episode. I'll head over to the second in a minute, but before, a few words to those who are not learning English. Thanks for listening to this rather personal story about my failure. If you have any suggestions for future episodes. If you have a language learning question, please feel free to send me an email to myfluentpodcast@gmail.com. I am Daniel Goodson, the host of my fluent podcast, learn from and with a language learner. So let's have to the English learning part. And for that I ask you kindly to go to episode 61 B. 61 B. Thanks The song you are listening to right now is called road trip by Scott Holmes. The other one you could hear was indie rock by Scott Holmes as well. Oh, and please don't forget to subscribe. I am on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, and all the well known podcast services. If you want to reach out to me, you can also go and find me on Instagram. My nickname oi Instagram is myfluentpodcast, or just send me an email to myfluentpodcast@gmail.com. . Bye. Your Daniel Goodson. myfluentpodcast@gmail.com music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/coronavirus-words-guide/social-distance Obama: Screw up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4424&v=E8SFpzWzC2M&feature=emb_logo  

The complete transcript is on my website or directly on my show notes below. It's all for free but Please subcribe and share! https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/e60-slow-down Full Transcript: 0 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:05.360 Hello friends this episode is all about slowing down 1 00:00:06.340 --> 00:00:10.740 So please relax and enjoy the ride on our language story. 2 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:13.860 I'm Daniel Goodson, the Language learner. 3 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:16.060 This is my fluent podcast. (Itunes, Stitcher, spotify) 4 00:00:18.140 --> 00:00:22.140 I thought I'd do something a little different this weekend and record. 5 00:00:22.300 --> 00:00:27.900 an episode on the go about a topic which is not directly something to do with learning languages. 6 00:00:28.340 --> 00:00:30.340 Well, at least not 100% 7 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:34.000 What I will still intecrate some language learning elements, of course. 8 00:00:35.300 --> 00:00:37.600 It's more of a self-awareness thing. 9 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:38.600 nist time 10 00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:41.480 Don't forget those who are not into this. 11 00:00:42.140 --> 00:00:45.840 There will be normal episodes in the future. Don't worry about that. 12 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:53.300 Well, actually I went for a walk in the forest. Fortunately, I live about four minutes on foot. 13 00:00:53.860 --> 00:00:54.860 by the forest 14 00:00:55.020 --> 00:00:57.220 And several thoughts came to mind... 15 00:00:57.700 --> 00:00:58.700 ...while I was walking... 16 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.480 The audio quality was not very good. So I recorded afterwards. 17 00:01:04.060 --> 00:01:07.160 Although I must say the ambience noise... 18 00:01:07.580 --> 00:01:08.180 ..in the background.. 19 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:10.480 ...are from my recordings. 20 00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:11.940 This is incredible! 21 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:14.940 The sound of the birds 22 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:16.380 the chirping (frogs and toads, grasshoppers and many more animals and insects) 23 00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:19.460 And just the sound of of my foot. 24 00:01:20.860 --> 00:01:24.560 Walking on on the Leafs. They look just great. 25 00:01:25.460 --> 00:01:32.660 time is of the coronavirus in general I notice how quiet it got without the airplane noises and so on 26 00:01:33.580 --> 00:01:40.380 so often times when I go for a walk I put my noise canceling headphones on and it's a Pity it. Really 27 00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:44.200 Why don't you just listen to your surroundings? 28 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:45.380 ...of the nature... 29 00:01:45.940 --> 00:01:46.840 Go to the forest. 30 00:01:47.460 --> 00:01:50.760 Recharge your batteries to regain your energy. 31 00:01:51.820 --> 00:01:54.820 And it's even more important in the age of the internet. 32 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:59.360 I mean I find myself watching all these YouTube videos. 33 00:02:00.580 --> 00:02:03.980 And when I finished I don't even remember. 34 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:05.840 the first video so 35 00:02:06.780 --> 00:02:09.480 The question is, how can I learn from? 36 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:10.540 all... 37 00:02:11.140 --> 00:02:12.640 from all of this information 38 00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:16.020 It's no good for me. I can see that. (It's not good for my health.) 39 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:18.620 I'm not focused anymore. So.. 40 00:02:19.220 --> 00:02:21.720 ...I want you to make aware of the importance of being... 41 00:02:22.200 --> 00:02:28.000 ...balanced and (not to be) rushing into things especially when it comes to learning languages. 42 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.820 I mean all these promises out there in the internet. 43 00:02:32.140 --> 00:02:35.740 learning English in 3 months or in 1 month or 44 00:02:36.420 --> 00:02:37.020 in a year 45 00:02:38.320 --> 00:02:41.020 Why do we need to learn in such a short period of time? (Better: in such a rush) 46 00:02:41.720 --> 00:02:42.520 cured of time 47 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:44.920 normally it is not necessary so (under normal circumstances) 48 00:02:45.460 --> 00:02:47.160 I try to not. 49 00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:51.140 Get overwhelmed by charging too much pressure... 50 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:51.920 on myself. (Sorry, this sentence is probably useless - I'm stilly learning) 51 00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:54.740 If you are balanced you will also be able to.. 52 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:02.674 ...learn better. I'm not saying I'm the most balanced person, but I'm working on getting closer to that goal. I have set 53 00:03:02.737 --> 00:03:03.180 myself. 54 00:03:03.700 --> 00:03:05.700 All right. Let's go back to the forest. 55 00:03:06.260 --> 00:03:15.060 Why don't you go to the forest or another place which is quiet and maybe bring your sticky notes or flashcards with you. 56 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.000 And then just sit on the bench or on the stone. 57 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:22.480 and learn the English vocabulary 58 00:03:23.480 --> 00:03:25.480 and just take a breath and 59 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:27.020 Take your time. 60 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:28.500 because 61 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:32.600 Life has become too too fast too quick. So 62 00:03:33.220 --> 00:03:34.820 time to time we should just 63 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:36.200 slow down 64 00:03:37.340 --> 00:03:38.140 relax 65 00:03:38.540 --> 00:03:39.340 just 66 00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:40.560 Focus 67 00:03:40.980 --> 00:03:43.980 Trying to do to become a more focused person. 68 00:03:44.780 --> 00:03:49.180 the thing is I strongly believe if you are balanced if you 69 00:03:49.860 --> 00:03:56.560 If you're balanced, you'll be able to be more focused and subsequently you will reach your goal earlier. 70 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:58.800 So this just a tip. (in the sense: this is meant to be an advice) 71 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:00.700 Self-awareness tip... 72 00:04:01.700 --> 00:04:02.600 from me and 73 00:04:05.720 --> 00:04:07.820 you will think about this and 74 00:04:08.880 --> 00:04:09.780 Thanks for tuning in. 75 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:12.500 This was my fluent podcast. Bye, your Daniel Goodson (by WEBVTT) music: https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Colossal_Stillness/Breathe_New_Life Breathe New Life by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution License. If you have any suggestions for the podcast, contact me: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com

Sarah tells the origin story of her YouTube Channel (reading series), where she started out reading out loud a book in Italian.  At the time she started reading on YouTube, she had only been studying Italian for 2 months!  First Video: Reading in Italian until I'm Fluent of the Reading in Italian Series  The Book Sarah is reading out in her series: Come Una Notte a Bali by Gianluca Gotto Italian Book Club (Facebook Group)

Bob talks about his language learning methods and how he ended up in Argentina to learn Spanish. He has been tracking his language learning progress in form of videos in which he speaks in Spanish. Video Version. Some of the topics we cover: Why Argentina? What is Comprehensible Method? Messi Inspiration for Making Language Update Videos Watching Argentinian Videos To Learn The Language Check out Bob's YouTube Channel.  My Fluent Podcast was selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 15 Intermediate English Podcasts on the web.

India is a very enthusiastic learner of German from Ireland. She tells us about her language journey in which she mainly used the immersion approach to become fluent in German. The most important part of this whole method of immersion learning is obviosly your immersion. You absolutely need to have fun! India watched a lot of TV series, movies, listened to podcasts, read books and in general had a lot of fun in the process! ➡️Video Version of The Interview (with full shownotes: https://youtu.be/PZFnwsVkYo8?si=8AQd8KIR84fI7O-j  Learn from her experience and become a better language learner! India even kept track of her journey in form of different stats she wrote down and through recording herself in her lovely YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@indih.244

This is part 1 of 2. Antonello Zanini from Italy is quite an inspiration to me. He is a software engineer and technical writer and is a succesful writer on Medium.  Spreading knowledge through writing is his mission Daniel and Antonello discuss the importance of building a writing habit in order to improve your English writing skills (and other skills as well). Spending a lot of hours writing is not necessary to become good at it, but rather consistency and daily practice are key.   Antonello shares his experience using ChatGPT as a language learning tool to replace Italki, which he feels has become more focused on selling courses and buying hours with teachers. He wrote his daily notes on ChatGPT and asked for feedback, finding that the responses are similar to what he would receive from a human. Antonello Zanini – Medium  Antonello Zanini | Software Engineer and Technical Writer

In the second part of our chat with Cara Leopold. (Link to first part), we discuss the movie Groundhog Day. The episode is meant to be like a Movie Club.  Cara Leopold is the creator of the Leo Listening Movie Club where she helps film-loving English learners understand and discuss movies together so they can master conversational English.  Back-to-School Movie Challenge From September 13th-20th Cara is organising the Back-to-School Movie Challenge, a 1-week taste of what it's like to be in a movie club. By watching and discussing school-themed movies together, you’ll learn new vocabulary, catch fast-spoken English and practice your speaking and writing skills with other movie-loving English learners. The challenge includes access to a discussion forum as well as a live Zoom session at the end to chat with me and other film lovers about the movie clips. Time stamps 0:00:01 Introduction to Groundhog Day and Movie Challenge  0:02:00 Groundhog Day 0:07:16 Childhood Impressions and Expectations 0:07:57 Hilarious Moments that Cracked Me Up 0:08:09 Appreciating Comedy and Bill Murray's Humor 0:09:28 The stages 0:11:34 Making the best of any situation 0:13:20 Profound Character Development 0:15:32 Speculations on the Length of Phil's Time Loop 0:17:32 Phil Murray's Versatility in Comedy and Drama  0:19:03 A Subtle and Brilliant Performance by Phil Murray 0:22:36 Discussing the usefulness and cultural context of certain expressions 0:25:25 Appreciating memorable scenes and lessons from the movie Links Cara’s website: https://leo-listening.com/  Cara’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LeoListening/ Cara’s Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caraleopold/ Back-to-School Movie Challenge https://leolistening.podia.com/back-to-school-movie-challenge 

Cara Leopold is the creator of the Leo Listening Movie Club where she helps film-loving English learners understand and discuss movies together so they can master conversational English. From September 13th-20th Cara is organising the Back-to-School Movie Challenge, a 1-week taste of what it's like to be in a movie club. By watching and discussing school-themed movies together, you’ll learn new vocabulary, catch fast-spoken English and practice your speaking and writing skills with other movie-loving English learners. The challenge includes access to a discussion forum as well as a live Zoom session at the end to chat with me and other film lovers about the movie clips. Cara's challenge: https://leolistening.podia.com/back-to-school-movie-challenge Cara’s website: https://leo-listening.com/  Cara’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LeoListening/ Cara’s Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caraleopold/  Cara’s Pinterest profile: Coming soon. Spotify Playlist (Cara Leopold Interviews) Leo Listening Youtube Channel:  Time stamps 0:00:02 Introduction and passion for interviewing 0:06:48 Learning French through Observation and Listening  0:08:54 Lack of focus on listening skills in education  0:11:02 Contrasting traditional language learning methods with contextual learning  0:19:08 Misconceptions about TED Talks and Transcripts  0:25:42 Overcoming Cultural References in Movies  0:28:23 The Importance of Movie Analysis and Resources  0:38:48 Challenges of Sound Mixing in Cinema and Home Entertainment 0:41:47 Translating Subtitles and Cultural References  0:44:55 American Actors Tackling South African Accents 0:46:11 Frustration with movie accents and Leo Listening's mission 0:47:52 Where to Find Cara's Online Presence   Other Links Evernote (note taking app/website) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ncx0nPt9IrclOCyh77Ozv?si=ce218cfa3a854b26 

Martin Johnston loves to teach English through personal stories (storytelling) and through non conventional methods. It's great to learn from him and his podcast. He really knows a thing or two about learning (teaching) a language, especially British English.  His "unfiltered" podcast (Rock N'Roll English, first episode aired in 2016) with real life stories is there to improve our English.  In this interview, we learn more about Martin's language story, how he ended up in Italy and went back to the UK and how his podcast came to be. It's inspiring and educational at the same time. A shout-out to Martin Johnston! "You don't have to be great to start, but if you want to be great, you have to start." Time stamps: 04:02 Who is Martin Johnston? 09:24 Italian vs Regional Dialects (e.g. Sicilian Dialects) 12:26 The Origin Story of Rock N'Roll English 15:12 The First Episode  24:47 Rock N'Roll Vocabulary Bible 28:25 The Importance of Listening  39:01 Introducing the Jungle Listening Course 40:11 Module 1: Learning New Movements (the 44 Sounds of English) 43:30 Module 2: Learning to Differentiate Between Smilar Sounds 44:46 End of Module 2 / Modul 3: Transcribing Practice  46:47 Module 4:  Connected Speech and Word Changes 54:55 Rock N'Roll Family 59:08 Making a Living Out of Podcasting is Hard work! 01:03:33 Preparation  01:10:03 Favorite Word Links: Check out Martin's Jungle Listening Course https://www.rocknrollenglish.com/courses/junglelistening Check out Martin's Rock N'Roll English Podcast! The brilliant Rock N'Roll English Vocabulary Bible https://www.rocknrollenglish.com/f/rnr-vocab-bible

Christina's Language Journey Christina has been learning many languages such as  Latin Spanish 🇪🇸 Finnish 🇫🇮 Russian 🇷🇺 Turkish 🇹🇷 Catalan Ancient Greek 🏛️ French 🇫🇷 Italian 🇮🇹 Albanian 🇦🇱 Sign language 🤟 Swahili 🇰🇪 In this interview, you'll learn about how Christina learn these languages. We also talk about - dialects, twitter for language learning, Toki Pona (constructed language) and more.  Some quotes: "all my English teachers for all my school years were German. So that's why I say learning from native speakers is overrated because I learned my English completely from German people."  "Nothing improves your language skills faster than a captivating story." "you don't need to learn a dictionary by heart. You just read a book. Let the story grip you. And  you'll have to look up a word now and then, of course, but it doesn't feel like studying." Table of Contents: Intro by Daniel Goodson  (0:00) Start Interview (01:40) Glossika challenge - snippet from episode 120 (5:21) Grammar is important (6:35) Horror of Learning Spanish (Blog) (12:33 Have the courage to abandon a book (15:16) Dialects are beautiful (18:26) Toki Pona, a language with 120 words (27:53) Using Twitter to learning languages (42:17)  Favorite idioms/expressions (45:54) To Lose One's Marbels Vocabulary: "That's one nifty thing". = Stylish or smart.  More to come... Links and Resources: The Pluriglot: Christina's Twitter account.🐦For language enthusiasts. The Horror of Learning Spanish:  Nothing improves your language skills faster than a captivating story. Christina's Blog on Substack for Spanish leaners.  Contact Daniel: MyFluentPodcast@Gmail.com 

Welcome to my inspirational language learning podcast. Where I interview other language lovers. Currently, I strive to enhance my Italian skills. One podcast that has become my go-to resource is "3' Grezzi" [grezzi means raw, unedited] by Cristina Marras. Join me in this episode as I sit down with Cristina, the talented host of "3' Grezzi," a very useful podcast in Italian with a wide range of topics (the podcast is not scripted and comes with Italian transcription and English translation. On YouTube with rolling English subtitles.). In our conversation, Cristina shares her personal language journey, her passion for podcasting, and more. Resources and Links: To discover more about Cristina Marras and her artistic pursuits , visit her website, "Cristina Marras - Art, in all the wrong places." Explore "3' Grezzi" and other captivating content on Cristina's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@m.cristinamarras] Music: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How Max From Argentina Overcame His Struggles and Became an English Teacher 🇦🇷 Feeling stuck in your language learning journey? Don't worry and never give up! In this episode, we share Max's language learning story and how he became an English teacher, despite struggling at first.  Table of Contents: Bumpy start (0:00) Paralyzing fear of speaking English (4:09) The time after Max dropped out of school (6:04) Speaking practice came later (8:05) Learning English as an introvert (10:30) Tips and tricks for introverted learners (13:00) Couch Surfing to learn a language (16:54) English teacher, private tutor, YouTuber, Video creator(18:33) What to expect on Max's YouTube channel (23:07) Favorite expressions: Off The Top Of My Head / To Do Justice Vocabulary: Mate 🧉: Mate is a South American herbal beverage with a bitter taste, known for its stimulating properties and social tradition. To plug sth.: to promote or advertise sth., often in a self-promotional manner.  if you will allow me to plug my YouTube channel. It is called I'm Max and I will teach you English To leave your​/​a mark (on): to make a lasting impact or impression on something or someone. I want them to experience the world fully  in English and leave their mark in it. Vanity metrics: vanity metrics refer to superficial or meaningless statistics that may appear impressive but hold little actual value or impact. Daniel: And where do you see your YouTube channel in five year? Max: Well, I mean, hopefully a lot bigger and with a lot more subscribers and really, I don't care about the numbers really. Those are vanity metrics. Wishy-washy: feeble or insipid in quality or character. Key Take-Aways: Don't compare yourself with others in the sense that you are beating yourself up. Instead, focus on your targets and compare to your younger self.  Having a clear goal in mind can help you become the person you want to be. Reviewing and consolidating knowledge is crucial to establish a solid foundation for future progress.  Don't be too focused or obsessed with the idea of becoming fluent.  Links and Resources: I'm Max and I'll teach you English: Max's YouTube channel📱 Couch Surfing: A website where you can connect with locals. You can stay with locals and meet travelers.🌍A perfect method also to make a language exchange or to learn a language. Learn English with TV Series (RealLife English):  https://youtu.be/soZc03vH_qQ (Learn English With Rap Songs / Eminem https://youtu.be/o82oNazflnc (Lern English With Queen)

Asish Dutta: The Super Learner! Asish is a determined language learner who is dedicated to improving his English skills by taking one-on-one online lessons with different teachers. At the same time, he uploads all of his sessions on his YouTube channel so that other learners can learn with him. We call that a win-win-situation. Recently, one of his videos took off🚀 and reached over 1.2 million views, which is unbelievable.  Imagine, million of people watching you how you progress in your language journey! ➡️ Do you have a story to tell? Do you have a book about languages 📖? Then it's time to get interviewed on My Fluent Podcast! Drop me an E-Mail: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com  Key Terms: Language: Language learning takes more than just learning vocabulary. It's about food, culture and many more Having different teachers will help you grow: Every teacher or language partner is different. You'll learn different methods and learn about different types of characters. This will help you in your language journey. Stop being afraid of making mistakes: Asish overcame his fear and uploads his learning sessions. It sort of gave him an extra boost. He doesn't care what others are thinking about him and his errors. Vocabulary: Sanskrit: Sanskrit is an Old Indo-Aryan language that arose in South Asia. It is regarded as the ancient language in Hinduism, where it was used as a means of communication and dialogue by the Hindu Celestial Gods. Sanskrit is known for its structure, writing, and alphabet, and has been used as a philosophical language in the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism Swami Vivekananda: Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world Table of Contents: What does Language mean to Asish? (00:06) English Language in India (3:42) The Languages Asish Speaks (4:19) 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ The different learning methods (8:56) Writing and Correcting Process (9:53) Asish Dutta's YouTube Channel (11:31) The Video that got over 1.2 Million Views (14:30) (THE VIDEO IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE) Meditation in Language Learning (17:13) 🧘🧘 Long-term Goal (19:06) Acting and Cartoons in Language Learning (20:29) Having your own Talkshow to Improve in your Target Language (21:53) The Researcher (23:20) Favorite English Word (26:37) Links and Resources: William Wordsworth: 📜William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature. He attended Hawkshead Grammar School, where his love of poetry was firmly established and, it is believed, where he made his first attempts at verse. He is best known for Lyrical Ballads (1667), which he wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Clapingo: ☎️Clapingo is a platform that allows users to practice conversations with various speakers across the country. It provides a judgment-free space for people to improve their English speaking skills through 1-on-1 video calls. 📱 Cambly: ☎️A website that connects language learners with native speakers for language exchange. 🌍 Quillbot ai: 🤖QuillBot is an AI-powered paraphrasing tool designed to help people rewrite and enhance any sentence, paragraph, or article. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to rearrange word order and natural language understanding (NLU) to understand the context of the text.📝

Quit your day job for your English dream! Nyssa's son helped her to start learning English again and she has come to enjoy and even love it! In this episode you'll learn more about Nyssa's journey, not only how she improved her English in such a short time, but also how she helps other English learners improve their English. 🚀 Nyssa has many plans for the future and we are sure to hear more about her in future episodes. 🎥Video version  Www.nyssanai.com Key Terms: - It's never too late to start learning a language or to restart your language journey 📖. - Challenge yourself by speaking spontaneously (and recording yourself) and take your language skills to the next level! - Don't be afraid to make mistakes. It's always important to start something, even if you're not prepared. There is no ideal moment! Vocabulary 🖊️:🎤 Off the cuff: (idiom) Without preparation  Pursuing your dreams: (idiom) To work toward that which one most desires or hopes to do, have, or accomplish in life. Table of Contents / Time Stamps ⌛: Intro - Nyssa's English journey(0:58) Languages at school (3:47) Passion of English (4:28)  Christian Saunders (6:52) Christian is/was quite an inspiration to Nyssa. YouTube Channel Off the Cuff 🗣🎙️ - Speak spontanuously and improve your English  (12:39) Listen to Roberto, the inventor of the game on episode 66 - Speak English fluently through GAMIFICATION Mistakes (18:18) Dialects and accents of Italy (20:45) Pronunciation is a challenge (24:54) Consume different podcasts, videos etc. to get used to different ways of speaking (26:38) Books  (29:00) 📚 Tip: Word Wise on Kindle(30:50) Learning tools (37:32) Future English projects (38:04)  Favorite English expression (40:28) Start before you are ready (42:49) 🎬 Excuses (51:20) Outro (1:03:30) Links and Resources: Www.nyssanai.com Instagram: @nyssa.sbloccailtuoinglese Facebook: Nyssa - Sblocca il tuo inglese LIVE | English class with Canguro English: Canguro English is a YouTube Channel hosted by Christian Saunders. With his channel, Christian is trying to change the way the world learns English. Canruo English has also a podcast, which is one of my go-to podcasts relating linguistics.  The Chat Box: A facebook group which helps you become a more active English learner so that you speak/record more ofen. 🌍 MAOFEN Masters of English: Very active Facebook English learning community.📝 Check out Ep. 69 Masters of English with Gabriel from Spain Music: Scott Holmes: Scott Holmes Music - Upbeat party - Free Music Archive Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.  

Personal storytelling can be used to improve language skills. Interview with Fabio Cerpelloni. YouTube version On the previous episode 121, we learned from Lucia that we can learn through listening to other personal stories. "Everyone has a story to tell". On this episode (122) it's all about telling your own stories in order to improve in your target language.   Even though Fabio Cerpelloni's  personal language learning journey did not involve storytelling, he fell in love with telling stories from his own life and has even started to integrate it in his teachings. The book "Story Worthy" by Matthew Dicks inspired Fabio's podcast (Stolaroid Stories) and focus on personal storytelling. Best stories are about failure and can impact others.  Fabio is currently writing a book about his personal journey of learning English and how to learn the language in an organic way. We hope that we can have him on My Fluent Podcast for a second round so that we can learn more about his inspiring journey. Thank you Fabio! What are you waiting for? Share your own anecdotes relating to language learning and contact Daniel: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com  Topics / Time stamps 0:01 Introduction 1:32 Clip from Ep. 121 (Lucia Matuonto listened to more than 250 guest's stories) 2:55 Start  4:52 Fabio's story in 60 seconds 7:56 Fabio did not use storytelling in his English journey 10:18 How to start learning through storytelling 14:10 Fabio's personal language journey did not involve storytelling 17:00 Toastmaster (Public speaking) (Urmi Hossain on Fabio's Podcast Ep. 41) 20:13 Home  23:03 The book "Story Worthy" inspired Fabio to start a podcast (Stolaroidstories) and focus on telling personal stories. Fabio is writing a book about his personal journey of learning english and how to learn the language in an orccanic way. 28:19 Fabio deleted his own social media (instagram) 30:45 Book Club (Book Discussions - Fabio Cerpelloni) 36:43 Fabio's favorite expressions: "Alright" and "No worries" 39:48 Fabio's next challenge Links:  https://fabiocerpelloni.com/  Fabio Cerpelloni | Facebook Fabio encourages language learners to try the "3 2 1" game to practice storytelling and language skills 3 2 1 game by Matthew Dicks: The "3 2 1" game involves choosing three concrete nouns and telling a one minute story about one of them in two minutes

Lucia from Brazil was having self-doubts about her English. Not even 2 years later, she interviewed more than 250 guests on the Relatable Voice Podcast (of course in English)! Various newspapers wrote about her. "The Star Podcaster: Lucia Matuonto" (New York Today) According to Listennotes.com her podcast is among the 0.5 % most popular podcasts*. *"This podcast is one of the top 0.5% most popular shows out of 2,985,974 podcasts globally, ranked by Listen Score (the estimated popularity score", date: december 2022. Listen to this episode and learn more about her astonishing journey, which has just started.  Links: Linktree with all the links related to Lucia Matuonto. The Relatable Voice Podcast Lucia's book: Zoe the Crab Lucia Matuonto Linkedin Lucia interviewed Daniel on The Relatable Voice Podcast www.relatable-media.com    

7 brave language learners accepted the challenge to do 3000 repetitions in one month in the October 2022 Glossika Challenge.  Glossika is an AI based app/website. (Leran more about Glossika on episode 119) This is the video teaser. Don't forget to CHECK OUT #GlossikaChallenge on Twitter.  The 7 brave participants are: Victoria Heidi (twitter:@LoveJoy_Lang): Podcast Love, Joy, and Languages  Kenny(twitter:@Kenny_DB1983): www.somethingpolyglot.com  Christina (twitter: @vuorille): C. Widmann (nouw.com)  Elise Cutts (twitter: @elisecutts https://www.monoglotanxiety.com  Kuba (twitter: @kubacki_): www.langatu.com Daniel (twitter: @DanielGoodson12): www.myfluentpodcast.com      (Just so you know: My Fluent Podcast is not an affiliate to Glossika) Glossika: https://ai.glossika.com/  Attributions:  Living Life by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Indie Rock by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ---- Kenny was also a guest on ep. 108  ----- myfluentpodcast@gmail.com   

Ep. 119 is meant to be the intro to the Glossika Challenge which is going to be covered on ep. 120. Kenny from somethingpolyglot.com is explaining Glossika and how he experienced the challenge so far. The Glossika challenge (#GlossikaChallenge) is almost over.  You were supposed to make it to 3000 repetitions in October in order to win the challenge.  On episode 120, you will listen to 7 learners who went through this Glossika challenge. Who made it? Who dropped out? Tune in and learn more about it very soon! https://somethingpolyglot.com/   

We are joined by the experienced English teacher and Spanish learner Craig Wealand. He is the host of the Inglespodcast and he knows his onions! (Inglespodcast – Los audio podcasts de La Mansión del Inglés)  We talk about disfluencies: What are disfluencies? What are cruch words? How to reduce disfluencies? Why do we make disfluencies (crutch words etc.) while speaking? How can we become fluent speakers? Craig has been helping the English community for more than 10 years! (inglespodcast.com & mansioningles.com) How podcasting (or just recording yourself) helps you to become fluent in your target language.  YouTube version of this episode http://www.inglespodcast.com/437 (Craig's version of this episode, with different intro and outro) inglespodcast - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcb1AE_IC4Dg3Hshab06Rxw  Time stamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - What is "My Fluent Podcast"? 3:09 - Listen to Podcasts to hone your language skills 5:37 - Oxymoron 06:05 - Podcasting as a language learning tool - Where to begin? 7:26 - The Vocab Man (A podcast about practical English Expressions) 9:46 - How long has Craig been podcasting? 11:00 - Did Craig's prediction from about 8 years ago come true? 12:44 - Receiving Feedback from listeners 13:33 - Aprendeingles Podcast 14:33 - How to learn from Podcast interviews? 15:38 - What are evergreen podcast episodes? 17:10 - What are disfluencies? (Daniel's view) 18:20 - What are crutch words? 18:57 - What is the definition of disfluencies? 20:00 - Some examples of crutch words 20:14 - Every language is using diffent crutch words 20:56 - Why it is not wise to edit out every crutch words (ums, ahms) 22.15 - What are some other disfluencies apart from crutch words? 22:57 - Not noticing crutch words while speaking / listening 24:12 - What are the negatives of disfluencies? (Crutch words can distract you) 26:06 - Excerpt of Aprendeingles Podcast HOW TO OVERCOME DIFSLUENCIES 26:35 - Be aware of your disfluencies (first step to overcome them) 27:54 - Don't be afraid of silences 27:59 - Practical expressions (buy yourself time) 29:31 - Use technology to improve your fluency 30:40 - Descript (Video/Podcast editing software) 29:00 - Work on your proununciation 31:55 - Interview Keanu Reeves 32:32 - Using too many crutch words 35:07 - Text to speech apps (Siri, Google Assistantl, Alexa) to overcome crutch words 37:03 - Why stress will affect your fluency 39:09 - Did Craig never felt comfortable at public speaking 40:53 - Communicatoin can be difficult even for native speakers (bear this in mind) 42:10 - Start out with your own podcast and become fluent! 42:53 - Outro 43:24 - Blubbers and other mentions Interview with Luke Thompson: E28 – interview with Luke Thompson / Luke's English podcast - my fluent podcast / https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/e28-interview-with-luke-thompson-lukes-english-podcast/  I can’t put my finger on it: (The Vocab Man) https://www.spreaker.com/episode/51374444  Video Clip : https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx9HUPTB5DOHN29MB84d5TRfJHYpdFmM4f  Music: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party  Scott Holmes Music - Free Music Archive   

This is the second part of the interview with Urmi. For the first part, head over to 117A.  What do you think will language learning look like in 10 years time? (3:57) Are you an Italiki teacher? (5:29) Why should we talk lessons with you? (English/Italian) Can the students choose the topics? (6:39) Being someone who already learned a lot of vocabulary but never has spoken the language what would you recommend that I should focus on? (8:23) Do you have a podcast recommendation for us to learn Spanish? Favorite expression (14:56) Eat one elephant at a time.  Do you want to be part of My Fluent Podcast?Drop me an email: myfluentpodcast@gmail.com  Urmi's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZoiI0SGU0Xo9_lNjtLWtgg  Blog: https://www.myways.ca/ YouTube: 5 Ways to Learn ITALIAN on a BUSY SCHEDULE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9fmxrdOFPY