Susanna Zaraysky is an american polyglot who has been a major influencer in the polyglot community for years, she's done a TEDx talk, written multiple books, and even produced a feature length documentary: Saved By Language documenting the state of the endangered language Ladino.
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Show Notes and Resources
In the episode:
- What got Susanna excited about foreign culture and languages
- Why music is really powerful when learning foreign languages
- Why input is underrated
- Why Susanna cares about language preservation, and why you should too
- Loads more!
Resources Mentioned:
- CreateYourWorldBook – Susanna's website and blog
- LanguageIsMusic – Susanna's book on using music in language learning
- One-Eyed Princess – What is it like to live in a 3D world with 2D vision as an adult?
- Saved By Language – Documentary on the endangered language Ladino
- Saving Endangered Languages Through Music (TEDx)
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Kris is the founder of Actual Fluency, and has spent the last 8 years becoming an expert in language learning software, methods, and techniques.
He lives in Denmark and speaks 5+ languages at varying levels. His other interests are Wine, Online Marketing, and Travelling.