Easy Languages: Stories of Language Learning Podcast
1) 22: It’s a Wrap (For Now)
It’s a wrap for season 1! The Easy Languages Podcast is taking a break. We hope you have enjoyed the past 21 episodes, found our language stories interesting, and our tips useful and actionable. As fo...Show More
2) 21: 4 Asian Languages You Can Learn Together (With Hyperpolyglot & Author Tim Keeley)
Join Rita in this special episode and listen to our remarkable guest, Tim Keeley - a hyperpolyglot & author - as he tells us about his fantastic life journey in 30 languages and gives us valuable insi...Show More
3) 20: New Languages for New Worlds: ConLangs and the Case of Esperanto
In this episode we introduce artificial languages: a group of languages spoken, among other places, on Avatar's Pandora, or Tolkien's Middle-Earth. But the first stop of our trip is actually in Easter...Show More
4) 19: The Hardest Language in the World (Isn’t the One You Think…)
What makes some languages harder to learn than others? In this episode, we attempt to entangle the objective factors - as to why a language is complex - from the subjective ones. We also dedicate a se...Show More
5) 18: This is Why We Use Subtitles in 2 Languages
Join Rita and Raffaele in this new episode as they discuss the importance of using comprehensible input throughout your language learning journey, and how a certain degree of difficulty is needed and ...Show More
6) 17: The Spirit of the Sakha Language (Yakut) With Tatiana O. & Olga Y. From Easy Sakha
Yakutia, also known as the Sakha Republic, the land where the Taiga meets the Tundra, is one of the coldest inhabited areas in the world and home to one of the most unique and thrilling languages and ...Show More
7) 16: Språkmelodi, or the Sound of Swedish: Fredrik's Language Journey Around the World
In this episode, we have a guest: Fredrik grew up in a small town close to Gothenburg, Sweden, but has lived in Australia, Turkey, Hungary, and Spain, where he lives now. When he's not studying langua...Show More
8) 15: Reasons You Should Join an Online Language Learning Community
In this episode, we discuss why you should consider joining an online language-learning community if it still needs to be made the case. And there is no lack of reasons to do so! You can also listen...Show More
9) 14: New Year, New Language: SMART Resolutions That Actually Stick
Happy New Year, language lovers! Have you ever set a new year's resolution to learn a new language? If so, you're not alone! Learning a new language is a common goal for many people at the start of th...Show More
10) 13: More Than Words - The Importance of Culture in Language Learning With Marian B. From Easy Welsh
Meet Marian Brosschot from Easy Welsh as she discusses, with Rita, how Culture and language are inseparable. Marian was raised bilingual Welsh-Dutch at home in Wales. She traveled quite a bit and has...Show More