In today's episode I'm joined by Anthony Lauder, who I've been trying to get on the show for a long time, but due to conflicting schedules, illnesses(for both of us) and then holiday plans we were unable to do the interview – until this week!
Is your mindset holding you back from language learning success?
Mindset is a huge factor in successfully learning languages. If you develop a bad mindset, then success is almost never going to happen. In this post today I'm explaining the difference between a good and a bad mindset and my experience with some of the common mindset pitfalls I have encountered. Enjoy!
AFP 26 – Andrew Williams: A language a year for life
When Andrew Williams was younger, his father advised him to learn a new language every year. Something that Andrew has been doing ever since. He now speaks an unheard number of languages and is probably the most talented hyperpolyglot you have never heard about!
AFP 25 – Robert Bigler: Translation and Interpretation
Hello guys! It's Friday, which means another Actual Fluency Podcast. We're up to episode 25! Which is a happy quarter century.
Today on the show we have a very talented polyglot, Mr. Robert Bigler. Robert is an Austrian professional interpreter and translator and I caught up with him in Berlin to discuss what it's like to work professionally with languages. Lots of tips and tricks if you aspire to get into translation or interpretation.
5 Language Learning Lessons from Moses McCormick
UPDATE 2021: It is with incredible sadness that I have learnt of the sudden passing of Moses “Laoshu505000” McCormick. This post has been updated to include my eulogy. The original post of what we can learn from Moses is continued below.
AFP 24 – Simon Ager: Omniglot and Learning minority languages
This week I'm extremely delighted to welcome onto the show Mr. Simon Ager, founder of Omniglot.