Coffee, Cats & Conversation ☕️ Kate Billington’s 900-Day Streak in Taiwan [991]
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Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
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Hello listeners, welcome back to Luke's English Podcast. How are you doing today? I hope you're doing fine. Joining me on the podcast in this episode in order to record some English conversation for your listening pleasure is returning guest, Kate Billington.
Hello. Why are you making a noise? What noise are you making, Luke?
Come on, you've got to know what that noise is.
What's that?
I can't hear it. What could that be? That's the sound of a huge audience of people all applauding, clapping and cheering.
I can just see you moving towards your microphone and back again. I couldn't hear anything.
You couldn't hear anything. Okay, sometimes this recording platform that we're using cuts out, it's got filters which cut out background noise and things like that. So you couldn't hear my amazing impression of a huge crowd of people all applauding all at the same time.
I thought you were going to do a voice and say my name. That's why I didn't say anything.
No, no, no. I was doing an incredible sound effect, which when this is finally put together, you'll be able to enjoy it. You should, in fact, say something like, oh my God, that was amazing.
Oh my God, that was amazing. How did you make that noise?
I've got a particular set of skills. I have all sorts of noises.
Years of podcasting.
Lots of podcasting. Kate, hello. How are you doing?
I'm very well. How are you?
I'm very well too, thanks. It's nice to have you back on the podcast. Can you believe it, Kate? It's almost exactly two years since your last appearance on this podcast.
What is Kate Billington's background and experience in teaching English?
How did that happen?
How did it happen that two years passed?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's just life, isn't it? It fills up your time, I think. Well, you would know. You've got your busy family-ing and podcasting and working and all that.
It's the sort of question my son would ask. My son is two years old at the moment and he's in that phase of asking why about absolutely everything. So we end up in some pretty deep conversations. So it's like, why is it dark? He'll say, and I say, because the sun's gone down. Why? Why has the sun gone down? And then, you know, and I have to say, well, because we're actually on a huge planet that's spinning and orbiting the sun. And as the planet spins, the sun disappears over the horizon. Why does the sun disappear over the horizon? No, it hasn't gone down. We've just spun past it. We've just spun away from it. Yeah. Yeah. So anyway, that question of how did two years pass is kind of like that, isn't it, really?
It is. Now, Kate, anyone who has started listening to this podcast in the last two years and hasn't heard episodes from before that period might not know you, Kate. So I've got some Kate facts here.
Oh, I love it. Okay, go, go.
Kate, facts which you can confirm or deny, okay?
Okay.
Don't worry. I haven't, you know, dug very deep for this.
It's made some up.
No, I don't think so. But again, you can confirm or deny whether these are true. So first thing is you are a fully qualified teacher of English as a second slash foreign slash other language. And you've got a CELTA and a DELTA. Do you have a master's?
Yes, I do. But my master's is in intercultural communication.
Ooh. Okay. Did you write a thesis or a dissertation at the end of that?
I did. My thesis was in multilingual theatre subtitling.
Specific. Multilingual theatre subtitling.
Yes, which isn't normally actually subtitling. Normally it's surtitling or supertitling, as it's sometimes called, which means that just the writing goes above the action on stage normally. Whereas subtitling, the word sub comes from the fact that the writing is normally below the action on the screen.
How does Kate apply subtitling technology in her work?
Okay, so what do we need to know about multilingual theatre surtitling?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:10
2
What is Kate Billington's background and experience in teaching English?
2:10–4:43
3
How does Kate apply subtitling technology in her work?
4:43–7:58
4
What tips does Kate have for language learning?
7:58–13:12
5
What unique experiences has Kate had living in Taiwan?
13:12–19:11
6
How does traffic and public transport in Taiwan compare to Paris?
19:11–23:37
7
What are the differences in cultural expressions between Taiwan and France?
23:37–29:56
8
What adventures has Kate had while living in Taiwan?
29:56–1:42:13
Speakers
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