I just came home from my trip to Berlin to take part in the Polyglot Gathering. Last year was a life-changing event and I've literally been counting the days since I left last year until the day I could return. In this post I'll share my experience of the 2015 version and try and explain some of the differences or similarities from last year.
AFP 57 – John Fotheringham: Language Mastery
On this episode I'm very happy to welcome Mr. John Fotheringham. John runs one of the oldest blogs about language learning: Language Mastery.
AFP 56 – Lauren Lewis: Fi3M and Learning Russian
I'm super thrilled to be joined by Lauren Lewis (née Cutlip) from Fluent in 3 Months, who recently released a video series about learning Russian using the speak from day 1 approach.
Language Exchanges: The good, the bad and the ugly
I've been meaning to write my thoughts about language exchanges for a while as it is a concept which has really grown in popularity.
All around me people seem to be talking about language exchange, whether its in the form of Whatsapp, Skype, Hellotalk, or any other app or software designed for it. In other words, language exchanges seem to be all the rage at the moment.
AFP 55 – Jimmy Mello: Language Teaching
For today's podcast episode I'm very happy to welcome Jimmy Mello to the podcast. Jimmy is the author of the Mello method and has been teaching languages in Brazil for over 20 years.
AFP 54 – Claudio Santori: Startups and viral learning
This episode features Claudio Santori, who comes on to talk about what it takes to start and run a language startup, as well as how to use viral marketing to make an entire country help you learn their language.