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What was language learning like before the internet?
What’s so great about an event like the Language Show?
Our ideas for Langathon and Language Speed Dating
Language and Careers: What’s out there beyond Teaching and Translating?
Lindsay’s passionate explanation of “Primary Languages” in the UK, and how to instil a language passion for life in younger learners
Our appreciation of multilingual actors and subtitles in TV and movies


Our podcast also featured a short interview with Dan McIntyre from the University of Huddersfield and our discussion around what fluency involved.

Tip of the Week

Lindsay chose Tip 2 as the winning tip for this episode and added more great ideas on how you can present to people, even when they are not learning your language.

1) Draw a trilingual vocab chart to practice vocab divergence

2) Prepare a presentation for your tutor or buddy

3) Swipe in two languages using the Swiftkey Keyboard app

Links and Interesting Stuff from This Show


Podcast: Episode 13 with Becky Morales about raising bilingual children
Daniel Brühl
Monsters by Gareth Edwards
The Add 1 Challenge
The Lingo Show on the BBC
Babel Language Magazine
Learning English with Phrasal Verbs, Lindsay's new online course


Language Learning Events around the World

Language Show Live

Polyglot Gathering

Polyglot Conference

Polyglot Workshops