web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:31:02 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Fluent Show - Episodes Tagged with “Ellen Jovin” https://www.fluent.show/tags/ellen%20jovin Mon, 07 May 2018 07:00:00 +0100 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 Learning and Speaking 20+ Languages in New York City https://www.fluent.show/87 b51e9d3c-ab11-4941-bc0d-a2aff3fcb8cd Mon, 07 May 2018 07:00:00 +0100 Kerstin Cable full Kerstin Cable Ellen Jovin, author of Words and Worlds of New York, talks about languages, book addictions, and how you learn best when you do what you love 1:15:46 no This week, I talk to language and grammar fanatic Ellen Jovin. Ellen has spent the last (nearly) decade learning and forgetting over 20 languages, and reviewing hundreds of language learning materials. In this interview, you will learn about How to select the best materials for teaching yourself a language How to grow as a person through using Facebook Why it doesn't matter if a language is hard Why Ellen stopped going to language classes How even the best book can be one you don't enjoy, and what to do when that happens How to use the city, even the building you live in, to learn more languages Why Ellen has reviewed hundreds of materials, but won't tell me (or you!) which one is the best one Why being true to yourself is a better way to learn languages Quotes from Ellen Jovin Ellen is a joy to talk to and to listen to. She has so much love for language and a great way with words, so this interview was packed full of great quotes. "In 2009 I suddenly realised (..) that I can really learn a lot without ever going to class." "I feel a kinship with Slavic languages. There's so much grammar and I love grammar so much that I'm sitting there with my eyes open in disbelief that they could possibly have this many forms." "I feel as though it might really transform my life outlook if I took Latin." "I feel like what I'm doing is true. It's honest. I'm not studying languages because I think I should study them. I'm studying them because it makes me feel happy." "I don't really care about [forgetting languages I've studied]. I did it because I enjoyed the process. It opens up a world into another culture, it enables you to make new friends who are native speakers of other languages....and how is that not worthwhile?" "In a teach yourself environment you really have to tap into the interesting capacity for play, for humour." Special Guest: Ellen Jovin. language learning, polyglot, language course, education, languages, learn english, bilingualism, linguistics This week, I talk to language and grammar fanatic Ellen Jovin. Ellen has spent the last (nearly) decade learning and forgetting over 20 languages, and reviewing hundreds of language learning materials.

In this interview, you will learn about

  • How to select the best materials for teaching yourself a language
  • How to grow as a person through using Facebook
  • Why it doesn't matter if a language is hard
  • Why Ellen stopped going to language classes
  • How even the best book can be one you don't enjoy, and what to do when that happens
  • How to use the city, even the building you live in, to learn more languages
  • Why Ellen has reviewed hundreds of materials, but won't tell me (or you!) which one is the best one
  • Why being true to yourself is a better way to learn languages

Quotes from Ellen Jovin

Ellen is a joy to talk to and to listen to. She has so much love for language and a great way with words, so this interview was packed full of great quotes.

"In 2009 I suddenly realised (..) that I can really learn a lot without ever going to class."

"I feel a kinship with Slavic languages. There's so much grammar and I love grammar so much that I'm sitting there with my eyes open in disbelief that they could possibly have this many forms."

"I feel as though it might really transform my life outlook if I took Latin."

"I feel like what I'm doing is true. It's honest. I'm not studying languages because I think I should study them. I'm studying them because it makes me feel happy."

"I don't really care about [forgetting languages I've studied]. I did it because I enjoyed the process. It opens up a world into another culture, it enables you to make new friends who are native speakers of other languages....and how is that not worthwhile?"

"In a teach yourself environment you really have to tap into the interesting capacity for play, for humour."

Special Guest: Ellen Jovin.

Sponsored By:

Links:

]]> This week, I talk to language and grammar fanatic Ellen Jovin. Ellen has spent the last (nearly) decade learning and forgetting over 20 languages, and reviewing hundreds of language learning materials.

In this interview, you will learn about

  • How to select the best materials for teaching yourself a language
  • How to grow as a person through using Facebook
  • Why it doesn't matter if a language is hard
  • Why Ellen stopped going to language classes
  • How even the best book can be one you don't enjoy, and what to do when that happens
  • How to use the city, even the building you live in, to learn more languages
  • Why Ellen has reviewed hundreds of materials, but won't tell me (or you!) which one is the best one
  • Why being true to yourself is a better way to learn languages

Quotes from Ellen Jovin

Ellen is a joy to talk to and to listen to. She has so much love for language and a great way with words, so this interview was packed full of great quotes.

"In 2009 I suddenly realised (..) that I can really learn a lot without ever going to class."

"I feel a kinship with Slavic languages. There's so much grammar and I love grammar so much that I'm sitting there with my eyes open in disbelief that they could possibly have this many forms."

"I feel as though it might really transform my life outlook if I took Latin."

"I feel like what I'm doing is true. It's honest. I'm not studying languages because I think I should study them. I'm studying them because it makes me feel happy."

"I don't really care about [forgetting languages I've studied]. I did it because I enjoyed the process. It opens up a world into another culture, it enables you to make new friends who are native speakers of other languages....and how is that not worthwhile?"

"In a teach yourself environment you really have to tap into the interesting capacity for play, for humour."

Special Guest: Ellen Jovin.

Sponsored By:

Links:

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