AFP 20 – Sonja Lang: Toki Pona, Conlanging and the meaning of life

Today is a very exciting episode on the Actual Fluency Podcast. Today I'm happy to present Sonja Lang, the creator of Toki Pona on the show. I had communicated briefly with Sonja over Facebook before meeting her in person in Berlin. The Toki Pona presentation, done by my friend Chris Huff, was one of the most popular ones so I KNEW I had to get Sonja on the show to pick her brain on languages, conlanging and Toki Pona of course.

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AFP 18 – Niels Iversen: A unique approach to language learning

Today I'm happy to welcome on Niels Iversen to the show, those who have frequented the HTLAL forums will be very familiar with Niels as he frequently posts on there and he has one of the most visited threads on the entire forum, where he posts in multiple languages about learning languages and his unique approach to the whole thing.

He is also very helpful in the other parts of the forums, often helping in languages that he has knowledge of.

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AFP 09 – Robin MacPherson: Finding Home and Isolation Abroad (1/2)

Today I'm very excited to welcome on to the show Robin MacPherson. Robin recently released the first episode of his excellent documentary series called “The Life of Rob” where he passionately talks about his quests for finding a place he could call home.

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Learning Multiple Languages At Once: Great Idea or Waste of Time?

I was recently approached by a fellow language learner who asked me if I could write a blog post about learning multiple languages at once, or just focusing on a single language before moving on to the next one.

Instead of me just sharing my views, I thought it would be fun to ask the question to the community and then write this blog post as a round-up type post.

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AFP 04 – Seán Young: How to Teach Languages the Best Way

On this episode of the Actual Fluency Podcast things are a bit different from the previous episodes when I bring on Seán L. Young. Seán has been in the business of language teaching for 30 years in June and is also an avid language learner on the side, having studied over 50 languages to varying degrees.

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