The Actual Fluency Podcast for Language Learners
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The Actual Fluency Podcast for Language Learners
The Actual Fluency Podcast features inspirational stories from world-class language learners, industry experts, and regular people who embraced multilingualism in one way or another. In the episodes we dive deep down in the why that pushed people to learn a new language, the how to figure out how...
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AFP 193 - Comprehensible Input and Toki Pona with Joel ( jan Telakoman)
In this episode I'm joined by Toki Pona speaker Joel, also known as jan Telakoman. During the call we discuss comprehensible input as one of the stron...
AFP 192: Virtual Reality Language Learning with Katie Pascoe
Katie from Dynamic Languages comes on the podcast to share what the future of virtual reality might look like. During the conversation we also cover t...
AFP 191 - Benny Lewis: Recovery from bad times, Korean Mission, and the Fluent in 3 Months Bootcamp
In this episode we catch up with Fluent in 3 Months founder Benny Lewis about his latest language learning mission (Korean), the new and improved Flue...
AFP 190 - Luca Lampariello: The Impact of Mindset on Language Learning
In this episode, Kris and Luca Lampariello discuss the importance of building confidence and identity in a language to overcome perfectionism and fear...
AFP 189 - Emily Harris: Language Learning, Culture, and Perfectionism as a Transracial Adoptee
In this podcast episode, language learner and transracial adoptee Emily Harris discusses her own experiences as an adoptee when it comes to learning h...
AFP 188: Cara Leopold - Expat Experiences, Listening Skills, and Movie Club
In this podcast episode, I'm joined by Cara Leopold, an English listening specialist, and founder of Leo Listening to talk about her experience learni...
AFP 187 - Heidi Lovejoy: Perfectionism and Language Learning
In this episode of the Actual Fluency Podcast, host Kris Broholm interviews Heidi Lovejoy, the creator and host of The Love, Joy and Languages Podcast...
June 2022 Update - Post Pandemic Stress Disorder, Moving Countries, Podcast
Kris comes back with a quick update to announce the return of the Actual Fluency podcast.
AFP 186: Rosemary Salomone - The Rise of English
In this episode I'm joined by Rosemary Salomone to discuss the role of English on a global academic level, and some of the challenges faced by minorit...
AFP 185: Sadelle Wiltshire - Learning at Different Ages and Minority Languages
In this podcast episode I'm joined by Sadelle Wiltshire, who shares her story of learning languages at different ages, including her passion for Irish...
AFP 184: Rick Dearman - Using Forums in Language Learning
In this episode Kris is joined by Rick Dearman to talk about using forums to help support you in your language learning, language conferences, and muc...
AFP 183 - Jennifer Degenhardt: Better School Learning and Creating Inclusive Materials
In the episode I'm joined by Spanish Teacher and Educational Author, Jennifer Degenhardt.
We go over why school language learning is in such a b...
AFP 182 - Liz Sharma from Talk The Streets on Portuguese
In the episode I'm joined by Portuguese teacher and YouTuber Liz Sharma to talk about Portugal, Portuguese (European vs Brazilian) and how Liz moved f...
AFP 181 - Olle Linge: Hacking Chinese and Academic vs Non-Academic Learning
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In this episode I'm joined by Olle Linge from Hacking Chinese to talk about his "random" jo...
AFP 180 - Hēmi Kelly: Māori Language and Culture
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Editor's Note: A previous version of this episode had some audio issues, which have been fi...
AFP 179 - Kerstin Cable: Women in Language and Teaching Careers in Languages
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One of the most popular guests of the podcast returns to share all the details for her upcoming pro...
AFP 178 - Lina Vasquez: Mindset, Psychology, and Self-development
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In this episode I'm joined by my friend Lina Vasquez, an amazing polyglot who shares her passion for languages, sel...
AFP 177 - Gloria Spagnoli: Find Your Confidence and Inner Resources
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In this episode I'm joined by Italian teacher Gloria Spagnoli who shares her insights as both a language learner an...
AFP 176 - Maria Ortega Garcia: Connecting Deeper with Languages!
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In this episode I'm joined by Spanish teacher Maria Ortega Garcia, who shares unique insights as both a language le...
AFP 175 - Tetsu Yung: Raising Children in 5 Languages
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In this episode Tetsu Yung returns to update on his childrens' language learning (5 languages!) and talks in detail...
AFP 174 - Peter Strang: From the UK to Russia
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In this episode I'm joined by Peter Strang from the United Kingdom, who took up a position as English teacher in Ru...
AFP 173 - Anthony Metivier: Mental Well-Being and the Victorious Mind
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In this episode I'm joined by podcast regular Anthony Metivier, to talk about his new book The Victorious Mind, men...
AFP 172 - Dick Howeson: From CD-ROM to App learning with uTalk
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In this episode I'm joined by Richard 'Dick' Howeson from uTalk to discuss how he started the company, and develope...
Podcast Update: April 2020
In this unnumbered Actual Fluency episode I'm getting into a few updates as of April 2020.
Here's what you'll hear about in the episode:
T...
AFP 171 - Matt vs Japan: The Mass Immersion Approach
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In this episode I'm happy to be joined by Matt from "Matt vs Japan" to share his ideas about immersion (Mass Immers...
AFP 170 - Mark Pentleton: From Teacher to Language Podcaster (Coffee Break Languages)
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In this episode I'm extremely honoured to be joined by one of my very own podcasting idols. Mark has been running C...
AFP 169 - Sweeps Episode: Events and Plans for 2020
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In this episode I preview 2020, and share a few updates about Actual Fluency.
The regular episodes with guest...
AFP 168 - John Fotheringham: Inside the Language Podcaster's Studio (Part 2)
PART 2! > John Fotheringham, a fellow language podcaster comes on the show to do an experiment. Instead of a traditional interview, we are chatting as...
AFP 167 - John Fotheringham: Inside the Language Podcaster's Studio (Part 1)
John Fotheringham, a fellow language podcaster comes on the show to do an experiment. Instead of a traditional interview, we are chatting as two langu...
AFP 166 - Ekaterina Matveeva: Language Alter Ego and Cultural Intelligence
Ekaterina Matveeva comes on the show to talk about her amazing polyglot story, as well as the concept of the language alter ego and cultural personali...
AFP 165 - Lea Tiralarc: 5000+ lessons as an online teacher and the staircase method
On this episode, I chat to French teacher Lea Tiralarc, who's taught over 5000 lessons on italki about her experiences as a teacher and a learner. We...
AFP 164 - Scott Young: A Year Without English and Ultralearning Languages
On this episode I chat to entrepreneur, blogger and author Scott Young about his experiences learning 4 languages in a single year (without speaking a...
AFP 163 - Mait Müntel: From discovering the Higgs-Boson to language learning
On this episode I chat to Lingvist founder Mait Müntel, who was part of the Higgs-Boson discovery team at CERN.
His big passion is furthering h...
AFP 162 - Jonty Yamisha: Heritage language learning and practical advice
On this episode I chat to Jonty Yamisha, who took it upon himself to learn his heritage language of Circassian as an adult.
He shares a lot of...
AFP 161 - Jon Mahoney: Around the world in 900+ days and mastering Russian
On this episode I chat to Jon Mahoney, who went on a trip around the world that lasted over 900 days. We also get into his story of living in Ukraine,...
AFP 160 - Steve Kaufmann: YouTube, Travelling, and learning languages when retired
On this episode I catch up with Steve Kaufmann to hear what he's been up to in the last 5 years since he was last on the podcast. We also chat about h...
AFP 159 - Nelson Dellis: Using Memory techniques for languages
On this episode of the podcast I chat with Grandmaster of Memory and 4x US Memory Champion Nelson Dellis about his mission to learn Dutch, his heritag...
AFP 158 - Ben Worthington: Improve your English and pass the IELTS exam!
On this episode of the podcast I chat with Ben from IELTSPodcast, about how you can improve your 4 key skills in English, and specific tips and advice...
AFP 157 - Pablo Roman: Japanese in 6 months and DreamingSpanish
Pablo Roman, founder of DreamingSpanish comes on the show to talk about his experiences learning Japanese in 6 months, learning Thai, and developing m...
AFP 156 - Iker Uriarte: italki past, present, and future
Head of Marketing for italki: Iker Uriarte comes on the show to share his language background and how he got involved with italki. He also shares some...