web01.fireside.fm Sun, 03 May 2026 22:46:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Fluent Show - Episodes Tagged with “Apps” https://www.fluent.show/tags/apps Mon, 07 Jan 2019 07:00:00 +0000 Learn a Language...Or Maybe Three! The Fluent Show is on a mission to help you get excited about language learning. We learn languages every day in our lives, and have learnt over 15 different languages between us. We share stories, news, tips, and ideas that will make you fluent...eventually. Subscribe to the show today to get your regular dose of Fluent love. It is worth clarifying that we actively want to support anti-racism and will highlight and advocate for the equality of all. Language learning means committing to tolerance of other world views, and this open mind is a core value for me. This topic deserves well considered words so here are the best Kerstin managed to put together. (https://www.fluent.show/blacklivesmatter) en-gb episodic A Podcast About Loving, Living and Learning Languages Kerstin Cable Learn a Language...Or Maybe Three! The Fluent Show is on a mission to help you get excited about language learning. We learn languages every day in our lives, and have learnt over 15 different languages between us. We share stories, news, tips, and ideas that will make you fluent...eventually. Subscribe to the show today to get your regular dose of Fluent love. It is worth clarifying that we actively want to support anti-racism and will highlight and advocate for the equality of all. Language learning means committing to tolerance of other world views, and this open mind is a core value for me. This topic deserves well considered words so here are the best Kerstin managed to put together. (https://www.fluent.show/blacklivesmatter) no languages, language learning, education, polyglot, multilingual, language class, fluent, duolingo, fluency Kerstin Cable kerstin@fluentlanguage.co.uk What Did You Learn in 2018? (with Shannon Kennedy) https://www.fluent.show/118 35f385bd-b05b-4907-8aea-4fa0d978df28 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 07:00:00 +0000 Kerstin Cable full Kerstin Cable Kerstin and Shannon chat about highlights and lessons learnt from 2019, and which languages they'll tackle next. 1:07:18 no <p>Happy New Year! 🎇</p> <p><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/zUObpMQZQbxuzb9n1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Please take 5 minutes to take our Fluent Show survey!</a></p> <p>In this episode, I hung out with friend of the podcast Shannon Kennedy to talk about saying goodbye to an old year and welcoming a new one.</p> <p>Shannon is an accomplished language learner who's studied over 10 languages including French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Russian. Her year has always been about languages, and with her recent move to work with language app <a href="http://www.languagedrops.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Drops</a>, she even chose to add more languages.</p> <p><strong>Here are the year review questions we discussed.</strong> You can use them to conduct your own review of 2018 and set goals for the next year.</p> <ul> <li>How would you sum up the year in your languages?</li> <li>What changed in your life and in your languages in 2018?</li> <li>What lessons do you think you learnt from the year 2018?</li> <li>What surprised you?</li> <li>What will you change going forward?</li> <li>Looking forward, what are your language learning goals for 2019?</li> </ul> <p><strong>Shannon's top 3 books of 2018</strong></p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://amzn.to/2LDwJZq" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Grit</a> by Angela Duckworth</li> <li> <a href="https://amzn.to/2LDx5PK" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Organised Mind</a> by Daniel J. Levitin</li> <li>Courses from the <a href="http://fr.assimil.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Assimil</a> series</li> </ul> <p><strong>Shannon's top 3 apps of 2018</strong></p> <ul> <li>Drops, naturally!</li> <li><a href="https://streaksapp.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Streaks</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lingq.com/?referral=fluentkerstin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Lingq</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Shannon's top 3 courses</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://courses.fluentin3months.com/courses/add1challenge/?affcode=138646_bzrw1f2i" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Add1 Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="https://yoyochinese.com/lesson/beginner-conversational-unit-1-lesson-1-Chinese-Is-Easier-Than-You-Think" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Yoyo Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.90daykorean.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">90 Day Korean</a></li> </ul> <p>Don't forget that <a href="http://www.womeninlanguage.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Women in Language</a> is back in March 2019!! Join us to experience this amazing 4-day conference live.</p> <p><a href="http://fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Click or tap here to read the full show notes in my blog article on www.fluentlanguage.co.uk</a></p> <p><strong>Support This Podcast</strong><br> Like all podcasts, the Fluent Show is supported by your online reviews and word of mouth. </p> <p>If you liked this episode, please tell someone about it. <a href="https://ctt.ac/00VIW" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Click here to tweet about the show</a>, go to your Podcasts app and leave us a review, or simply text a friend about the Fluent Show. Thank you! Special Guest: Shannon Kennedy.</p> language learning, polyglot, language course, education, language arts Happy New Year! 🎇

Please take 5 minutes to take our Fluent Show survey!

In this episode, I hung out with friend of the podcast Shannon Kennedy to talk about saying goodbye to an old year and welcoming a new one.

Shannon is an accomplished language learner who's studied over 10 languages including French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Russian. Her year has always been about languages, and with her recent move to work with language app Drops, she even chose to add more languages.

Here are the year review questions we discussed. You can use them to conduct your own review of 2018 and set goals for the next year.

  • How would you sum up the year in your languages?
  • What changed in your life and in your languages in 2018?
  • What lessons do you think you learnt from the year 2018?
  • What surprised you?
  • What will you change going forward?
  • Looking forward, what are your language learning goals for 2019?

Shannon's top 3 books of 2018

Shannon's top 3 apps of 2018

Shannon's top 3 courses

Don't forget that Women in Language is back in March 2019!! Join us to experience this amazing 4-day conference live.

Click or tap here to read the full show notes in my blog article on www.fluentlanguage.co.uk

Support This Podcast
Like all podcasts, the Fluent Show is supported by your online reviews and word of mouth.

If you liked this episode, please tell someone about it. Click here to tweet about the show, go to your Podcasts app and leave us a review, or simply text a friend about the Fluent Show. Thank you!

Special Guest: Shannon Kennedy.

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]]> Happy New Year! 🎇

Please take 5 minutes to take our Fluent Show survey!

In this episode, I hung out with friend of the podcast Shannon Kennedy to talk about saying goodbye to an old year and welcoming a new one.

Shannon is an accomplished language learner who's studied over 10 languages including French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Russian. Her year has always been about languages, and with her recent move to work with language app Drops, she even chose to add more languages.

Here are the year review questions we discussed. You can use them to conduct your own review of 2018 and set goals for the next year.

  • How would you sum up the year in your languages?
  • What changed in your life and in your languages in 2018?
  • What lessons do you think you learnt from the year 2018?
  • What surprised you?
  • What will you change going forward?
  • Looking forward, what are your language learning goals for 2019?

Shannon's top 3 books of 2018

Shannon's top 3 apps of 2018

Shannon's top 3 courses

Don't forget that Women in Language is back in March 2019!! Join us to experience this amazing 4-day conference live.

Click or tap here to read the full show notes in my blog article on www.fluentlanguage.co.uk

Support This Podcast
Like all podcasts, the Fluent Show is supported by your online reviews and word of mouth.

If you liked this episode, please tell someone about it. Click here to tweet about the show, go to your Podcasts app and leave us a review, or simply text a friend about the Fluent Show. Thank you!

Special Guest: Shannon Kennedy.

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]]> Top Tools for Summer 2018 https://www.fluent.show/89 a89aef59-169f-4857-80c4-907d3a24f91e Mon, 21 May 2018 07:00:00 +0100 Kerstin Cable full Kerstin Cable Top tools is back and Lindsay is back too! Catch up and learn what we're recommending for your summer 1:02:44 no <p>It's time for our seasonal countdown of what's hot in language learning. Lindsay and I have been collecting our top tools, and we select our list of top 3 recommendations on the Fluent Show.</p> <ul> <li>Lingodeer</li> <li>Text Inspector</li> <li>Talkalang</li> <li>/r/languagelearning</li> <li>FutureLearn</li> <li>Babadum</li> </ul> <p>A lovely image-based vocab game to play in your browser, made by a non-profit design studio from Poland. The range of langauges is massive!</p> <p>Plus: A news segment on what the French have been up to.. 🇫🇷🍔🌭</p> It's time for our seasonal countdown of what's hot in language learning. Lindsay and I have been collecting our top tools, and we select our list of top 3 recommendations on the Fluent Show.

  • Lingodeer
  • Text Inspector
  • Talkalang
  • /r/languagelearning
  • FutureLearn
  • Babadum

A lovely image-based vocab game to play in your browser, made by a non-profit design studio from Poland. The range of langauges is massive!

Plus: A news segment on what the French have been up to.. 🇫🇷🍔🌭

Sponsored By:

Links:

]]> It's time for our seasonal countdown of what's hot in language learning. Lindsay and I have been collecting our top tools, and we select our list of top 3 recommendations on the Fluent Show.

  • Lingodeer
  • Text Inspector
  • Talkalang
  • /r/languagelearning
  • FutureLearn
  • Babadum

A lovely image-based vocab game to play in your browser, made by a non-profit design studio from Poland. The range of langauges is massive!

Plus: A news segment on what the French have been up to.. 🇫🇷🍔🌭

Sponsored By:

Links:

]]> In Language, Are Apps All Amazing? Are All Apps Amazing? https://www.fluent.show/79 023787fe-b705-49e3-9fe9-7a44f3d4af01 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 06:30:00 +0000 Kerstin Cable full Kerstin Cable Listen in to learn how to make good use of language learning apps like Duolingo, Speechling, Memrise, and more 1:02:15 no <p><a href="http://fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/podcast-episode-79" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Click or tap here to read the full show notes in my blog article on www.fluentlanguage.co.uk</a></p> <p>In this episode, we caught up, talked about a new directive on language use in a very special setting: Childbirth! We also discussed language learning apps and how to make the most out of them. </p> Click or tap here to read the full show notes in my blog article on www.fluentlanguage.co.uk

In this episode, we caught up, talked about a new directive on language use in a very special setting: Childbirth! We also discussed language learning apps and how to make the most out of them.

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]]> Click or tap here to read the full show notes in my blog article on www.fluentlanguage.co.uk

In this episode, we caught up, talked about a new directive on language use in a very special setting: Childbirth! We also discussed language learning apps and how to make the most out of them.

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]]> Robo-Tutors and Translating Megaphones: It's the Future of Language Learning https://www.fluent.show/74 6f1c6a2b-3947-4431-be73-6ac10d7cc116 Mon, 29 Jan 2018 06:00:00 +0000 Kerstin Cable full Kerstin Cable Power up your Oculus Rift - It's the Future! 58:46 no <p><a href="http://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/podcast-episode-74" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Click or tap here to read the full show notes</a></p> <p>In the News...</p> <p>Kazakhstan is going to change the official script of its language from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet by 2025 - we admire their SMART goal setting skills and discuss what could motivate a country to make such a big change.</p> <h2>Main Topic: The Future of Language Learning</h2> <p>What does the future hold for language learners? </p> <p>When a device translates what you say directly into another language, is there even a need to learn languages anymore?</p> <p>We discuss</p> <ul> <li>Gadgets and stuff that translates our language into other languages</li> <li>How AI has made language learning apps a lot more useful</li> <li>Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as learning aids</li> <li>The good and bad sides of tech</li> </ul> Click or tap here to read the full show notes

In the News...

Kazakhstan is going to change the official script of its language from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet by 2025 - we admire their SMART goal setting skills and discuss what could motivate a country to make such a big change.

Main Topic: The Future of Language Learning

What does the future hold for language learners?

When a device translates what you say directly into another language, is there even a need to learn languages anymore?

We discuss

  • Gadgets and stuff that translates our language into other languages
  • How AI has made language learning apps a lot more useful
  • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as learning aids
  • The good and bad sides of tech

Sponsored By:

Links:

]]> Click or tap here to read the full show notes

In the News...

Kazakhstan is going to change the official script of its language from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet by 2025 - we admire their SMART goal setting skills and discuss what could motivate a country to make such a big change.

Main Topic: The Future of Language Learning

What does the future hold for language learners?

When a device translates what you say directly into another language, is there even a need to learn languages anymore?

We discuss

  • Gadgets and stuff that translates our language into other languages
  • How AI has made language learning apps a lot more useful
  • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality as learning aids
  • The good and bad sides of tech

Sponsored By:

Links:

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