Colloquia

Send us a note to further the conversation. What if the traditional methods of language learning are holding us back from true fluency? Join me, Sigrist the Linguist, as I challenge conventional wisdom and share my transformative journey from laborious grammar drills to immersive experiences that make language come to life. From my escapades in ancient languages like Latin and Attic Greek to a deeply immersive experience in Mexico, we explore how cognitive linguistics and genuine communicatio...

Send us a note to further the conversation. Welcome to the very first episode of Colloquia! In this opening conversation, David Sigrist the Linguist from Immersio, explores one of the most fundamental questions: What’s the purpose of language? Language is so deeply woven into our daily lives that we rarely stop to notice its power—until we’re asked to imagine life without it. Through a thought experiment, David invites listeners to reflect on how language shapes everything we do, from morni...

Show  Notes:(0:16): What's the purpose of language?(0:20): What do we use language for?(2:14): The magical power of language(4:30): Introduction of Coloquia podcastQuotes:“Language is everywhere around us as a society, we completely rely on language to function and this is why we can so easily take it for granted and maybe don't notice it as a thing to show you this.”“Language gives us this magical like power to take very complex, socially constructed ideas and these physical and psychologically formed experiences and then package them so to speak into these words and phrases that we can then transmit to other beings who can hear them or read them and make meaning from it.”Connect with Immersio and David Sigrist:Website: https://immersio.ioInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/immersio.io/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/immersio.io/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU7-jP3r3cfWgbUA9oVFzsA