The Fluent Show: Language Events, Language Careers, Language Inspiration

About this Episode

This episode is brought to you with support from Other Cats to Whip, a cute French book that you can buy for 10% off using the code FLUENT.

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What was language learning like before the internet?
What’s so great about an event like the Language Show?
Our ideas for Langathon and Language Speed Dating
Language and Careers: What’s out there beyond Teaching and Translating?
Lindsay’s passionate explanation of “Primary Languages” in the UK, and how to instil a language passion for life in younger learners
Our appreciation of multilingual actors and subtitles in TV and movies

Our podcast also featured a short interview with Dan McIntyre from the University of Huddersfield and our discussion around what fluency involved.

Tip of the Week

Lindsay chose Tip 2 as the winning tip for this episode and added more great ideas on how you can present to people, even when they are not learning your language.

1) Draw a trilingual vocab chart to practice vocab divergence

2) Prepare a presentation for your tutor or buddy

3) Swipe in two languages using the Swiftkey Keyboard app