The Fluent Show - Episodes Tagged with “Productivity”

What To Do When You Fail To Reach Your Goals

Kerstin Cable — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 07:00:00 +0100

After our live episode for number 100, we're rolling 'back to school' and reviewing summer motivation and new routines before cracking on with our topics this month.

In The News

We discussed this BBC news article about a pedantic (?) rule in French grammar...and who's trying to get rid of it. The language, ever changing, but who thought THIS untouchable rule would be questioned?

How To Refresh Your Language Learning Goals

In this episode we focused on the big topic of goals. Do you EVER get everything done that you aim to do in language learning?

Here's what we discussed

How we think about achieving or failing to achieve our own language goals
What the word for "failing to achieve" should be (call me maybe, Merriam-Webster)
The hidden information you only get from a failed language goal
The two sides of reviewing language goals on deadline day: data and motivation
6 Strategies for refreshing your language learning goals and dealing with disappointment
What is a good tracking method to make sure you actually work on your goals?
Whether to re-set or abandon a goal if you didn't achieve it

A Song For When You Wonder If Your Progress Will Disappear Because You Didn't Reach A Goal

Everything stays
Right where you left it
Everything stays
But it still changes
Ever so slightly
Daily and nightly
In little ways
When everything stays

And here's a wonderfully helpful quote from Ira Glass

Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

And finally, more life advice from "Adventure Time"

Equality, Tea, and Spicing up your Language Learning

Kerstin Cable — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0100

Words in the Wild: Equality and Tea

I've been out in the wild, seeing and discussing words in the English language, and in this episode I presented the best of them to Lindsay to discuss what they can reveal about us and about society.

First, we discussed social justice words. What really IS mansplaining? Is it just a word to describe any occasion when a man explains something to a woman? Or is there more to it?

What do you think of the social justice words like hepeating, mansplaining, manel, and the responding #notallmen and broflakes?

And our second word in the wild was tea - short and sweet, but is this even translateable?

Motivation Tips

Even though this is not Lindsay's average October of falling leaves and dropping temperatures, we took a deep dive into the season to discuss how you can get motivated for learning a language in autumn/fall.

Plus, we've got some absolute evergreen tips mixed in for you to help anyone learning a language by themselves. Learning a language by yourself is not always easy, and motivation is a huge challenge. There are so many interesting and exciting ways to get going, so here are some of our best:

You can read our full list of motivation tips in detail at www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/podcast-episode-67

Little tip: Try our sponsor Clozemaster as your new app addiction. Get it done in the morning, and you'll be set for the day.

The Guide to Knowing Your Language Learning Style

Kerstin Cable — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 23:00:00 +0000

This episode is about habits and how we build and create them. Listen to find out what our tendencies are and how we use them to make our language routines.

What motivates us to do things?

What motivates us to keep going?

Do you set yourself goals and always meet them?

Or do you hate goals?

Are you likely to spend weeks just looking for the perfect textbook before you start?

Or are goals only meaningful when others set them for you?

Or do you only set them when they make sense?

Do This:

In the episode, we dove deep into the Four Tendencies Framework developed by Gretchen Rubin, which is all about how you motivate yourself to keep going and to do things.

Take this quiz before or during the show to get the most out of it. Can't wait to read about your results!

We answer a bunch of intriguing questions in this episode such as:

How can you use your tendency for language learning?

What is the best ever way of researching language learning methods?

Which tendency is perfect for the ultimate self-guided language learner?

Do some tendencies profit more from classes and masterminds than others?

Links and Resources from This Show

Happier Podcast

QUIZ: What's Your Tendency?

Kris Broholm getting up at stupid o'clock in the morning

Terrifying Little Girl with a Clown

Big TV Show Library from Episode 31

Parkrun

Takeaway Of The Week

Try and be aware of the four tendencies and look for how they influence you, but also people around you.

We Want To Hear From You!!

Please comment or tweet us (#cllp, and we're @kerstinhammes and @ldlanguages) and tell us what your tendencies are.

Do you think your tendency influences how you learn a language?

Do you have ideas for how you can work with the tendency?

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This episode is about habits and how we build and create them. Listen to find out what our tendencies are and how we use them to make our language routines.

Brought to you by Lindsay's course Successful Self Study.