Language Chats Podcast
1) Helping migrants in Australia to improve their English: A chat with Dory Wang from SBS Learn English
Moving to a new country is never easy (did someone say culture shock?), but it can be especially challenging if you need to learn how to live your life in a different language when you get there. How ...Show More
2) Researching language to make society better: A chat with Dr Howie Manns
In this episode, we’re chatting with Dr Howard (Howie) Manns, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Monash University. We were so excited to have the chance to speak with Howie, be...Show More
3) When passions for language, tourism & Asia combine: A chat with Andrea Plawutsky
About this Language Chat In this episode, we’re chatting with Canadian-Australian Andrea Plawutsky - currently based in NSW - who has brought her interest in tourism, China and Asia together across he...Show More
When passions for language, tourism & Asia combine: A chat with Andrea Plawutsky
37:10 | Apr 8th, 2024
4) More meaningful travel experiences through culture & language
Penny is a long-time travel lover and in this episode, she tells us about her most recent international trip which was actually a bit of a reconnaissance mission… As she will soon be helping others to...Show More
5) Our favourite Language Chats so far
100 EPISODES of Language Chats have now made it out into the world! To celebrate this exciting occasion (and the start of a new year, hello 2024), we’re going back through our archive to reminisce abo...Show More
6) Working as a Community Linguist in the Northern Territory: A chat with Karla Zuluaga
In this episode, we're welcoming linguist Karla Zuluaga back to Language Chats to hear more about the interesting work she is involved in as a Community Linguist on Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory....Show More
Working as a Community Linguist in the Northern Territory: A chat with Karla Zuluaga
31:05 | Nov 20th, 2023
7) Hit the nail on the head: A chat with Rune Pedersen, host of The Idiom podcast
Feeling a bit ‘under the weather’ because it’s been ‘raining cats and dogs’? Maybe you’ve found yourself ‘in a pickle’! But if a Danish person said to you that ‘there’s no cow on the ice’ (det er inge...Show More
Hit the nail on the head: A chat with Rune Pedersen, host of The Idiom podcast
45:28 | Oct 23rd, 2023
8) Penny’s Epic Trip Around Australia!
In this episode, we’re chatting with our intrepid traveller Penny, who is on the trip of a lifetime around Australia with her family! After setting off in August 2023 for a 5-month road trip around th...Show More
9) A chat with Language Lovers AU Community members, Han-Yu Ong & Ingrid Botha
In this episode, we’re again chatting with two members of the Language Lovers AU Community based in Australia - Han-Yu Ong and Ingrid Botha - who both kindly took the time to tell us (and you!) about ...Show More
A chat with Language Lovers AU Community members, Han-Yu Ong & Ingrid Botha
28:23 | Sep 4th, 2023
10) A chat with Language Lovers AU Community members, Lily Cerôn-Fernández & Deb McLeod
In this episode, we’re chatting with two Melbourne-based members of the Language Lovers AU Community - Lily Cerôn-Fernández and Deb McLeod - who both kindly took the time to tell us (and you!) about t...Show More
A chat with Language Lovers AU Community members, Lily Cerôn-Fernández & Deb McLeod
39:19 | Aug 22nd, 2023