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My Fluent Podcast

Daniel Goodson

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Have you ever struggled becoming fluent in any language? Learn with an upper-intermediate English learner and join his long term language journey. Together we are stonger!
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My Fluent Podcast - E60 - Slow down - You will learn better
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05/01/20 • 4 min

The complete transcript is on my website or directly on my show notes below. It's all for free but Please subcribe and share!

https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/e60-slow-down

Full Transcript:

0 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:05.360 Hello friends this episode is all about slowing down

1 00:00:06.340 --> 00:00:10.740 So please relax and enjoy the ride on our language story.

2 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:13.860 I'm Daniel Goodson, the Language learner.

3 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:16.060 This is my fluent podcast. (Itunes, Stitcher, spotify)

4 00:00:18.140 --> 00:00:22.140 I thought I'd do something a little different this weekend and record.

5 00:00:22.300 --> 00:00:27.900 an episode on the go about a topic which is not directly something to do with learning languages.

6 00:00:28.340 --> 00:00:30.340 Well, at least not 100%

7 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:34.000 What I will still intecrate some language learning elements, of course.

8 00:00:35.300 --> 00:00:37.600 It's more of a self-awareness thing.

9 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:38.600 nist time

10 00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:41.480 Don't forget those who are not into this.

11 00:00:42.140 --> 00:00:45.840 There will be normal episodes in the future. Don't worry about that.

12 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:53.300 Well, actually I went for a walk in the forest. Fortunately, I live about four minutes on foot.

13 00:00:53.860 --> 00:00:54.860 by the forest

14 00:00:55.020 --> 00:00:57.220 And several thoughts came to mind...

15 00:00:57.700 --> 00:00:58.700 ...while I was walking...

16 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:03.480 The audio quality was not very good. So I recorded afterwards.

17 00:01:04.060 --> 00:01:07.160 Although I must say the ambience noise...

18 00:01:07.580 --> 00:01:08.180 ..in the background..

19 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:10.480 ...are from my recordings.

20 00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:11.940 This is incredible!

21 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:14.940 The sound of the birds

22 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:16.380 the chirping (frogs and toads, grasshoppers and many more animals and insects)

23 00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:19.460 And just the sound of of my foot.

24 00:01:20.860 --> 00:01:24.560 Walking on on the Leafs. They look just great.

25 00:01:25.460 --> 00:01:32.660 time is of the coronavirus in general I notice how quiet it got without the airplane noises and so on

26 00:01:33.580 --> 00:01:40.380 so often times when I go for a walk I put my noise canceling headphones on and it's a Pity it. Really

27 00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:44.200 Why don't you just listen to your surroundings?

28 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:45.380 ...of the nature...

29 00:01:45.940 --> 00:01:46.840 Go to the forest.

30 00:01:47.460 --> 00:01:50.760 Recharge your batteries to regain your energy.

31 00:01:51.820 --> 00:01:54.820 And it's even more important in the age of the internet.

32 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:59.360 I mean I find myself watching all these YouTube videos.

33 00:02:00.580 --> 00:02:03.980 And when I finished I don't even remember.

34 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:05.840 the first video so

35 00:02:06.780 --> 00:02:09.480 The question is, how can I learn from?

36 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:10.540 all...

37 00:02:11.140 --> 00:02:12.640 from all of this information

38 00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:16.020 It's no good for me. I can see that. (It's not good for my health.)

39 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:18.620 I'm not focused anymore. So..

40 00:02:19.220 --> 00:02:21.720 ...I want you to make aware of the importance of being...

41 00:02:22.200 --> 00:02:28.000 ...balanced and (not to be) rushing into things especially when it comes to learning languages.

42 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.820 I mean all these promises out there in the internet.

43 00:02:32.140 --> 00:02:35.740 learning English in 3 months or in 1 month or

44 00:02:36.420 --> 00:02:37.020 in a year

45 00:02:38.320 --> 00:02:41.020 Why do we need to learn in such a short period of time? (Better: in such a rush)

46 00:02:41.720 --> 00:02:42.520 cured of time

47 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:44.920 normally it is not necessary so (under normal circumstances)

48 00:02:45.460 --> 00:02:47.160 I try to not.

49 00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:51.140 Get overwhelmed by charging too much pressure...

50 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:51.920 on myself. (Sorry, this sentence is probably useless - I'm stilly learning)

51 00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:54.740 If you are balanced you will also be able to..

52 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:02.674 ...learn ...

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Personal storytelling can be used to improve language skills. Interview with Fabio Cerpelloni.

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  • On the previous episode 121, we learned from Lucia that we can learn through listening to other personal stories. "Everyone has a story to tell".
  • On this episode (122) it's all about telling your own stories in order to improve in your target language.
  • Even though Fabio Cerpelloni's personal language learning journey did not involve storytelling, he fell in love with telling stories from his own life and has even started to integrate it in his teachings. The book "Story Worthy" by Matthew Dicks inspired Fabio's podcast (Stolaroid Stories) and focus on personal storytelling. Best stories are about failure and can impact others.
  • Fabio is currently writing a book about his personal journey of learning English and how to learn the language in an organic way. We hope that we can have him on My Fluent Podcast for a second round so that we can learn more about his inspiring journey. Thank you Fabio!

What are you waiting for? Share your own anecdotes relating to language learning and contact Daniel: [email protected]

Topics / Time stamps

0:01 Introduction

1:32 Clip from Ep. 121 (Lucia Matuonto listened to more than 250 guest's stories)

2:55 Start

4:52 Fabio's story in 60 seconds

7:56 Fabio did not use storytelling in his English journey

10:18 How to start learning through storytelling

14:10 Fabio's personal language journey did not involve storytelling

17:00 Toastmaster (Public speaking) (Urmi Hossain on Fabio's Podcast Ep. 41)

20:13 Home

23:03 The book "Story Worthy" inspired Fabio to start a podcast (Stolaroidstories) and focus on telling personal stories. Fabio is writing a book about his personal journey of learning english and how to learn the language in an orccanic way.

28:19 Fabio deleted his own social media (instagram)

30:45 Book Club (Book Discussions - Fabio Cerpelloni)

36:43 Fabio's favorite expressions: "Alright" and "No worries"

39:48 Fabio's next challenge

Links:

https://fabiocerpelloni.com/

Fabio Cerpelloni | Facebook

Fabio encourages language learners to try the "3 2 1" game to practice storytelling and language skills

3 2 1 game by Matthew Dicks: The "3 2 1" game involves choosing three concrete nouns and telling a one minute story about one of them in two minutes

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In this episode, I'm going to introduce a new theme:

Let's Podcast Together.

The goal is to discuss different language learning topics and practice English together. Let's grow together!

Have fun.

The video version of this episode (with transcripts) is also available on YouTube!

My Fluent Podcast Daniel Goodson - YouTube

https://youtu.be/Kyr44gglgY4

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My Fluent Podcast - Daniel Goodson takes a break in Italy
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09/16/16 • 2 min

Be consistent even in your holidays

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The interviews in order to improve my English go on. Big shout out goes to Kris Broholm who was willing to get interviewed by me, the English learner.

He is a very wise language learner who gives away his tips and tricks. His mission: 10 languages in 10 years. He is proficient in English, Danish, German, and can understand and converse in limited fashion with Esperanto, Russian, and Hungarian.

Www.myfluentpodcast.com

Www.actualfluency.com

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You will hear the following stories from Alvaro (Spain):

1. How he overcame his stuttering (19:44)

2. How he became an English teacher being an architect (32:22)

3. How he raised his children bilingually (biculturally) (42:52)

Don't forget to subscibe to the podcast! That way you are helping my fluent podcast to grow.

See also the YouTube version with subtitles:

https://youtu.be/mKF7qKT62zQ

McCOURTAIN: English Booster (@mc_courtain) • Instagram-Fotos und -Videos

McCourtain's Pills - YouTube

vocabulary I'd like to tackle:

word-of-mouth

turning point

[DOWNLOAD Audio Version of WISBOLEP Round 1 – 85 LEPsters – 310MB]

692. WISBOLEP Competition Entries – Listen & Vote! | Luke’s ENGLISH Podcast (teacherluke.co.uk)

️🎧 125. The Pink Gorilla Story - Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson - Podcast (podinstall.com)

208. Travelling in Indonesia (Part 1) This was the episode Alvaro wanted to recommend, not part 2

https://teacherluke.co.uk/2014/08/29/208-travelling-in-indonesia-part-1/

209. Travelling in Indonesia (Part 2) | Luke’s ENGLISH Podcast (teacherluke.co.uk)

www.myfluentpodcast.com

Music:

Free Music Archive: Scott Holmes Music - Stomps and Claps

Stomps and Claps by Scott Holmes Music is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Did you like this episode? You might also like the last episode 83 with Hamid from Pakistan, who was also a WISBOLEP competitor.

My fluent podcast link: https://myfluentpodcast.libsyn.com/

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My Fluent Podcast - E70 - Español con Juan - The Story of Juan
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07/17/20 • 30 min

In this episode, we learn more about the brilliant host of the fantastic Spanish learning podcast named Español con Juan.

Head over to https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/?p=1131 to read the full transcript of the interview!

https://1001reasonstolearnspanish.com/spanish-shy/

Juan has a YouTube channel as well: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoHJ7PkM6T92LwgJgrnDhWA

1. Part of the Interview's transcript:

Hello.

I'm fine. Thank you very much. It's so nice having you here on my fluent podcast.

It's an honor. It's an honor. Thank you. Thank you for your invitation!

My name is Juan , I'm a Spanish. I am from a small city in the South of Spain called Granada.

I started to learn English when I was about 19 or 20, more or less or very late when I was about 29 or something like that, that I decided to come to England to London to prove my English because , as in your situation, I didn't have anybody to talk to. I was reading on, um, watching movies? So I decided one summer, OK I went to the UK to London for three months. I was sure that in three months my English would be very, very good. I will become fluent bilingual and every time I have many, many high expactations, um, and then I came here and after three months I realized it wasn't enough. So I decided to stay for another three months and then another three months like that, you know, because I was never happy with my English. So, um, eventually I found here friends, I made friends, I found a job, so I stayed here and I've been here for 23 years now. My English is still not good enough. So I have, uh, I have to stay there.

And you were a Professor at the university is that right?

I studied psychology in Spain. , when I came here, , I wanted to work as a psychologist maybe, but my English wasn't good enough to do that. So, I decided to become a language teacher. I could teach, I could teach French and Spanish in the schools and then I did different things always related to languages until I found a job at the university at university college, London, which is a very good place, very prestigious university.

And I've been teaching there for maybe 15 years. Until last year, last year, I quit my job and now I'm working full time on the internet. I have a podcast and a youtube channel. It has been a long trip. Yeah.

So when did you start exactly with your podcast?

I think I started like seriously in 2017 I have been doing other things before similar, but it wasn't really a podcast because, um, I mean, , I'm not, very young now, so, uh, I didn't know how podcasts or Youtube work. I have. I have to learn how to use them. I had to learn how, you know, how to use them forlanguages to teach languages. So at the beginning I was doing like, it wasn't a podcast it was more like audio activities. You know, I was working out in university, so I wanted to create a listening practice for my students. So I created some short dialogues , or I interviewed some of my colleagues, taught university in Spanish. I was creating, like listening activities for my students basically for a couple of years. Then in 2017, I did a little bit of research and I discovered that I could do other things. Uh, So I started with the podcast yes. Three years ago. Yeah.

So was there anybody or anything that inspired you. To do the podcast or was there any idols or Do you like listening to other podcasts? Maybe Yeah

Well, I remember that he was listening to this podcast maybe, you know, a coffee break, coffee break, English, Spanish coffee break, French. They have different languages. You know it?

Yes. I know. I know it. I have listened to it, but it has been quite a while.

Yeah. I don't, I don't listen to it anymore, but I remember that, I liked the, you know, the, the boys of the, of the guy who was doing it and, uh, he was, I liked the atmosphere, you know , they, they create, , yeah. in the podcast Because I thought I could do something similar.

I didn't like the fact that it was everything in English, because for example, when they are teaching in French or German, they speak in English most of the time. So because. I didn't like that. I liked the atmosphere. The guy is it comes across very nice, you know, very closely. Um, I was trying to learn German for a while.

I was, I was listening to them until I realized that most of the time was , They were talking in English. I understand why they do. I understand why they do it, but no, they didn't work for me.

And speaking about atmosphere, I must say when I came across your podcast for the very first time. I was so impressed because yeah.

I remember, I think you were washing your, you, you were, , doing the ,...

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My Fluent Podcast - E55 - English vocabulary podcasts
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03/14/20 • 23 min

Nick's Knack for Neologism, Victor Prep and Just Vocabulary. GRE SAT Advanced vocabulary.

English vocabulary podcasts are a great source to use to expand your vocabulary. In this episode, 3 great vocabulary based podcasts are introduced which are: Nick's Knack for Neologism, Victor Prep and Just Vocabulary. They are all GRE SAT Advanced vocabulary podcasts. Most certainly, there will at least be one omong them which you'll love. Word lovers and vocab learner will love this episode.

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/gre-sat-advanced-english-vocab-62162

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/victorprep-vocab-podcast

https://justvocabulary.com/blog/

www.myfluentpodcast.com

Vocabulary List:

https://www.podchaser.com/lists/english-vocabulary-107a4QvE0d

You can buy me a coffee here:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/1zXPwJl

English podcast Youtube groupe.

Discuss and share information about great podcasts which will help you to become a better English learner:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/1573098656066102

music:

Scott_Holmes_-_04_-_Upbeat_Party

Upbeat Party by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Inspiring__Upbeat_Music/Scott_Holmes_-_Upbeat_Party

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How Max From Argentina Overcame His Struggles and Became an English Teacher 🇦🇷

Feeling stuck in your language learning journey? Don't worry and never give up! In this episode, we share Max's language learning story and how he became an English teacher, despite struggling at first.

Table of Contents:
  • Bumpy start (0:00)
  • Paralyzing fear of speaking English (4:09)
  • The time after Max dropped out of school (6:04)
  • Speaking practice came later (8:05)
  • Learning English as an introvert (10:30)
  • Tips and tricks for introverted learners (13:00)
  • Couch Surfing to learn a language (16:54)
  • English teacher, private tutor, YouTuber, Video creator(18:33)
  • What to expect on Max's YouTube channel (23:07)
  • Favorite expressions: Off The Top Of My Head / To Do Justice
Vocabulary:
  • Mate 🧉: Mate is a South American herbal beverage with a bitter taste, known for its stimulating properties and social tradition.
  • To plug sth.: to promote or advertise sth., often in a self-promotional manner.
    • if you will allow me to plug my YouTube channel. It is called I'm Max and I will teach you English
  • To leave your​/​a mark (on): to make a lasting impact or impression on something or someone.
    • I want them to experience the world fully in English and leave their mark in it.
  • Vanity metrics: vanity metrics refer to superficial or meaningless statistics that may appear impressive but hold little actual value or impact.
    • Daniel: And where do you see your YouTube channel in five year? Max: Well, I mean, hopefully a lot bigger and with a lot more subscribers and really, I don't care about the numbers really. Those are vanity metrics.
  • Wishy-washy: feeble or insipid in quality or character.
  • Key Take-Aways:
    • Don't compare yourself with others in the sense that you are beating yourself up. Instead, focus on your targets and compare to your younger self.
    • Having a clear goal in mind can help you become the person you want to be.
    • Reviewing and consolidating knowledge is crucial to establish a solid foundation for future progress.
    • Don't be too focused or obsessed with the idea of becoming fluent.
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My Fluent Podcast currently has 148 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Language, Language Learning, Podcasts, English, Self-Improvement and Education.

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The episode title '96 - Masters of English (MAOFEN) - collaborative project / second interview with Gabriel from Spain' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on My Fluent Podcast is 22 minutes.

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