The Actual Fluency Podcast for Language Learners

On this episode I'm joined by Anja Spilker (CEO and Founder of Zaloa Languages, where we talk about the positive effects learning languages and travelling can have on mental health.

Nothing in this episode is medical or …

Lucas Bighetti comes on the podcast to talk about his techniques learning many languages quickly. Some of his ideas include: The silent method, parrot conversation, and much more!

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Elisa Polese from Italy comes on the show to share her method of teaching 13 different languages, even teaching several of them with students at the …

Travel Blogger and all-around awesome person Michele Frolla (of The Intrepid Guide) comes on the show to share her tips and advice on how you can …

The new season is here! Happy December! Scottish polyglot Maureen Millward comes on to show to share her love for learning languages, the new …

In this episode Kris sits down to review the season that's just finished, and talks about the future for the podcast and much more. This podcast is sponsored by Glossika. Online sentence-based language courses …

In this episode Kris sits down to review the season that's just finished, and talks about the future for the podcast and much more. This podcast is sponsored by Glossika. Online sentence-based language courses …

In this final interview of the current season one of the first true fans of the podcast; Miroslav Šedivý finally makes an appearance and shares the …

On this show Josh Koehn talks about his early passion for language learning, and gives some examples of how he interacts with his community using his languages. This podcast is sponsored by Glossika. Online …

On this episode we change the topic a little to talk about how one polyglot; Conor Clyne has been using his languages to enhance his travelling …

Be sure to listen to part 1! In this episode I'm put on the spot by my good friend Dave Prine as we quickly dive into the super heavy topics of what the pursuit of language learning means, and the importance of not …

In this episode I'm put on the spot by my good friend Dave Prine as we quickly dive into the super heavy topics of what the pursuit of language learning means, and the importance of not comparing yourself to other …

In this episode Glossika founder Mike Campbell comes on the show for the first time in 3 years and shares some more musings on effective language learning. Including the power of repetition and contextual …

On this episode Kris welcomes legendary polyglot community contributor Susanna Zaraysky! Susanna is the author of multiple books, and most recently a …

On this episode Kris chats to Azren Raju about learning languages, the intricate psychological battle that your brain is doing when learning new …

In this episode of the podcast Langfest Organizer Joey Perugino comes on and talks about his billingual upbringing, organising the Montreal Language Festival, and learning languages (of course!) LangFest Montreal is …

Ukranian polyglot Alexander Mynzak comes on the podcast and shares his love for learning languages which led him to establish a language school in …

American Expat in Madrid, Daniel Welsch comes on the show to talk about his experience learning Spanish, moving to Madrid and making a living as an English teacher and blogger/youtuber. Learn more about Daniel …

Russian polyglot Artem Nazarov comes on the podcast to talk about his experience learning languages, including how he rapidly learnt similar …

Lukas van Vyve comes on to the show to talk about his way to learning a lot of languages in a relatively short period of time. Lots of practical advice and discussions in this one. This podcast is sponsored by Glossika. …

In this week's special episode Kris shares some of his own mental health battles, and the importance of reaching out and seeking help when you need it. This episode is brought to you by Glossika language courses. Check …

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The podcast returns with one of the most popular guests of all times to discuss how to maintain and reactivate languages at every stage of your …

Gabriel Wyner's language learning app recently broke all records to become the most crowdfunded app of all time! here we talk about how it all happened.

Today's guest is my good friend Alex Voloza and during the show we talk about mindfulness, and how to become succesful at learning languages.

We often hear about people who discovered language learning at a very young age, but not every learner has that exact story. My guest today Kalle …

We're back from Manchester England! In this episode I talk about my recent experience transitioning from a freelancer to a full-time employee when it …

In this episode I welcome Sarah Barrett to talk about her company Lingotastic, where she introduces young children to foreign languages with games and songs

In this episode I welcome Michael Mischkot to talk about his experience learning languages through sentences and immersion (but no classroom classes!)

Visually impaired Chenelle comes on to the show to share her inspirational story and experience learning languages.

In this episode I answer listener questions about language learning, travelling, Denmark and much more.

In this week's episode I'm joined by Richard DeLong, an American who has lived in Eastern Europe most of the last 14 years to share his experiences on foreign language learning.

In this week's thematic episode I invite Moshe Sherizen on the podcast to talk about the Yiddish language and the culture behind it.

Time for another Actual Fluency Podcast! This week I talk to Lydia Machova about her experiences learning languages, interpreting, and her concept of language mentoring.

This week I talk to Alex Strick van Linschoten about his experiences learning language from the "usual" romance languages to the more obscure.

Season 5 Premiere! Listen for language learning wisdom and stories from the founder of "How to Get Fluent": Gareth Popkins!

In this episode I welcome Dimitrios Polychronopoulos to share his language learning story with the rest of us.

In this episode I chat to Agnieszka Murdoch about language learning and her recent projects.

In this episode i chat to Tim Keeley to learn more about his extraordinary life of travelling and language learning.

To learn more about Indonesian and the culture behind it, I invited Fiel Sahir on the podcast to give us all the details.

On the show I welcome Andrew Feinberg to talk about how he got into languages and eventually learn Norwegian and contribute to Duolingo.

During the 2016 Polyglot Gathering I had the pleasure to sit down with Gold List Method creator and all-around legend Mr. David James.

This week I'm happy to welcome long-time listener Christian from Tazmania on to the show to talk about identity, culture and building relationships …

On today's program I'm joined by Eleanor Wroblewski, a passionate language learner, student and aspiring comedian to talk about all things language learning, and the state of language learning in the US.

On this Learner Profiles episode I'm joined by Noah Oskow, who works as an English teacher in rural Japan. During the episode we talk about his experience learning Hebrew and Japanese and how that experience shaped him …

On this episode I talk to Shannon Kennedy about her experience as a language learner as well as a musician with an introverted personality.

Happy Easter! In this episode I talk to Irina Pravet about identity, culture, the weather and also her experience learning Finnish in Finland.

In this episode I list reasons why language learning is a great tool against depression. I also share some tips from my personal experience.

In this unique episode Canadian hyperpolyglot André Liss takes us on a musical journey through his multilingual life so far.

It's time for more learner profiles! In this episode we get into Amir Ordabayev's backstory and find out how he learns languages and the most important criteria for success.

The Learner Profiles series is back and in this episode I speak with Wouter Corduwener from the Netherlands.

Today I'm joined by Tetsu Yung on his birthday!! To talk about raising multilingual children and the new polyglot event: North American Polyglot …

In this episode I catch up with Lindsay Dow from LindsayDoesLanguages to talk about how much her business has grown since last time and language tutoring.

I'm joined by Canadian polyglot Keith Swayne to talk about learning and teaching languages and his concept: Languages over Coffee.

I catch up with legendary Alex Rawlings to talk about where to live in the world, the expat problem and his latest a-ha moments in language learning.

Richard Benton is back for part 2! In this episode we continue to talk about using language learning as a force of good and also the Polyglot …

Richard Benton comes on the podcast and shares his passion of learning languages to create positive change in his community and in the world.

CEO of Memrise Ed Cooke comes on the show to talk about Memrise and their latest Membus project.

Michael Levi Harris who wrote and stars in The Hyperglot movie, is back to wrap up the conversation we started last week. In this episode we continue to talk about language learning and also get into more details about …

Michael Levi-Harris comes on to the show to talk about his life as a language learner and his movie: The Hyperglot. This is part 1 of 2.

Today I'm joined by the Esperanto youtuber EvilDea, to talk about his experience with Esperanto and how Duolingo is changing the Esperanto landscape.

Connor Grooms comes on to the show to talk about his upcoming Documentary: Spanish in a Month and also his new language startup: Baselang.

On this episode I'm joined by ReadLang founder: Steve Ridout to talk about how he started readlang, and how a software startup can offer freedom.

Mimic Method founder Idahosa comes on the show to talk about the importance of developing pronunciation when learning foreign languages.

Singer/song-writer Haikaa Yamamoto is behind the "Work of Art - A global song" project in which she sings in more than 20 languages.

In this learner profile we get to hear the story of how Daniel Krasa became a hyperpolyglot and what advice he has for new learners today.

As promised here is the missing part of my talk with language anxiety researcher Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj. In this episode we get the full picture …

On today's episode I welcome back Kerstin Cable to discuss pronunciation with an emphasis on German and we also get into her latest course which aims to improve your German pronunciation.

This week I'm joined by Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj who is actively researching the phenomenon of language anxiety.

Roberto Salazar returns to the show to tell us why we should consider learning Latin and/or Ancient Greek and how we can make the best of it.

The podcast is back! In this episode I interview Sam Horrocks about how to use teaching a language to travel the world.

In this third episode in the Learner Profile series I'm joined by extremely talented polyglot: Vladimir Skultety. Vladimir speaks around 15 languages …

In this episode I welcome Roberto Salazar to the podcast to talk about Roberto's experience learning a variety of languages.

Michal Grzeskowiak comes on the show to motivate and inspire us all to do better in our language learning.

Fabrício Carraro comes on the show for the first edition of Learner Profiles. A type of episode designed to show you how other people learn languages.

In today's episode I'm joined by Carole Westerkamp and we get to talk a little about learning languages naturally and NLP.

John Fotheringham of LanguageMastery.com joins me to take a general chat about language learning including methods, mentality and much more.

Lauren Cutlip returns to the show and talks about her experience learning Russian as well as being a part of the Fluent in 3 Months team.

Jimmy Mello comes on the show to talk about teaching languages for more than 20 years and how his own personal method: The Mello Method came to be.

Claudio Santori comes on the show to talk about language learning software-based start-ups and share his recent experience of going viral in Lithuania.

Anthony Metivier comes on the show to answer all my questions about memory palaces and shares an exclusive bonus with the AFP audience.

Anthony has been living in the Czech Republic for over 10 years and comes on to the show to share his tips and tricks for aspiring expats.

Chuck Smith is back to talk about the upcoming Polyglot Berlin Gathering, but we also get a rare behind the scenes look into Duolingo.

In the season finale of the podcast I'm joined by none other than Benny Lewis. We talk about language encouragement, the community, and much more.

On today's podcast episode I'm joined by Glossika founder, Michael Campbell. Mike and I talk about sentence-based language learning and how Glossika works. We also get into the state of language learning today, as well …

How to deal with burnouts as a language learner. In this episode I talk extensively about feeling burned out and what you can do to get back on track.

Gabriel Wyner comes on the show to talk about how you can perfect your pronunciation in foreign languages, as well as how make awesome flashcards.

Robin MacPherson comes back to talk about language learning methods. Specifically how to develop your own, that works best for you to keep you interested.

Today I'm talking to Vladimir Georgiev, a Bulgarian national who ventured on to Learn Danish and even live in Denmark for an extended period of time.

On today's show I'm happy to welcome Benson Hoi, a programmer by day and aspiring polyglot by night. Benson talks about programming and language …

In this week I'm doing something a bit different and talking about goals and goal-setting, just in time for new year's resolutions.

Chris Huff, my good friend comes on the show to talk about about learning languages, toki pona and polyglot gatherings.

In today's episode I'm back doing another solo episode, and this time I'm talking about 10 lessons I've learnt about language learning by doing the …

André Müller comes on to the show to talk about language learning, studying linguistics, conlanguages and much more.

Ladan Jiracek, who's travelled to as many as 80 countries around the world, comes on the show to share his best travel tips and tricks

Alex Rawlings comes on to the show to share his journey to 12+ languages. We talk about general language learning, natural learning and much more.

Conor Clyne returns for a second round, where he goes into speaking languages in public, language shifting and his top tips for learning Russian.

On this episode: The Language Tsar, Conor Clyne, who went from speaking one language out of high school to now speaking over 10 of them!

Motivation to learn a language is one of the hardest topics out there. How do we get motivated? I asked this question to 5am-riser and succesaholic …

Kerstin Hammes from FluentLanguage.co.uk comes by the show to share ways you can become a better teacher and stop selling yourself short.

On today's episode I'm joined by 17-year old Leszek Trybała, to hear about how he finds the motivation to study flashcards several hours a day and …

Luca Lampariello joins me for this 30th celebratory special to share exactly what it means to live the Polyglot Dream and how languages changed his …

Judith Meyer shares her best tips and tricks for learning Mandarin Chinese as well as introducing us to the wonders of her automagic Chinese course LearnYu

Victor Berrjod comes onto the show to talk about his passion for asian languages and how he uses a method known as goldlisting to memorise vocab and …

Anthony Lauder comes onto the show to talk about his approach to language learning, which focuses on what really matters. Great episode!

Andrew Williams started learning a language a year, when he was young, after his father advised him to so. He now speaks an unheard number of …

Robert Bigler, professional translator and interpreter comes on to the show to talk about learning languages and working as a professional polyglot.

Simon Ager, founder of Omniglot, comes onto the show to talk about his language learning experiences as well as discussing how he learns languages today.

Jan van der Aa, the famous polyglot, comes onto the show to talk about travelling the world and learning languages

Chuck Smith comes on to the show to talk about the Polyglot Berlin Gathering, Esperanto and some practical language learning.

Richard Simcott joins me on this 20th episode special, where we get into language conferences, learning and much more!

Sonja Lang comes on the show to talk about her language: Toki Pona, conlanging in general and how it helped in her search for the meaning of life.

Brian Kwong comes on the show to talk about the latest edition of the Add1Challenge, which provides many benefits and motivation compared to learning …

Niels Iversen, the well known forum poster from HTLAL comes on to talk about his unique approach to learning languages.

Benny Lewis and Lauren Cutlip are on the show live from Berlin to discuss the polyglot gathering as well as Lauren's Esperanto challenge!

Gavan Fantom, native Esperanto speaker is on the show to talk about how he was brought up with Esperanto as a first language. We also talk in great details about the language itself along with practical tips and …

Ben Whately, COO of Memrise comes by the podcast to talk about Memrise, including the science behind and future initiatives such as premium memberships!

Bill Price comes on to the show to discuss language learning, finding motivation, organising your learning and what resources or materials to use.

Olly is a well known polyglot and blogger, who comes on the show to talk about language learning, with particular emphasis on Cantonese and Japanese.

Robin MacPherson returns to the show to tell us exactly how he adds languages today and how that differs from when he first started. Lots of gold in …

Robin MacPherson is on the show and shares his intense story of the difficulties he faced when trying to live in a foreign country and learning the …

Lindsay Dow comes on the show to share her love of languages, including learning and teaching them. She also shares her top tips!

Dani Maizner: Austrian polyglot and blogger comes on to the show to share how she learned 9 languages to varying degrees. She also shares a-ha …

On this first solo episode Kris takes you through his trifecta of language learning which includes a ton of great websites and resources to help you …

Steve Kaufmann comes on the Podcast and shares his way to speaking 12 languages, language learning in general, challenges and his website LingQ. Do not miss this Episode!

Seàn Young has taught Languages for more than 30 years and comes on the Podcast to share his philosophies and ninja tricks on how to become a better language teacher. We also go into how he learns languages and how to …

Judith Meyer is on the Podcast and talks about her incredible journey towards speaking over 12 languages, starting with English, Esperanto and Latin. She also shares her best language learning tips, that helped her to …

Ellen Jovin swings by the Podcast to talk about her love of language learning and gives her opinion on the best way to learn languages today. Ellen has studied 17 languages to various degrees and within the Podcast you …