My Fluent Podcast

133 Reading In Italian Until I'm Fluent - Sarah Ifeoma

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah tells the origin story of her YouTube Channel (reading series), where she started out reading out loud a book in Italian.  At the time she st...

132 Exchange Semester in Argentina - Bob from Belgium

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bob talks about his language learning methods and how he ended up in Argentina to learn Spanish. He has been tracking his language learning progress i...

131 3000 Hours of Immersion - Language Immersion Method - India from Ireland

08 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

India is a very enthusiastic learner of German from Ireland. She tells us about her language journey in which she mainly used the immersion approach t...

130 Learning English Through Writing (With The Technology Bishop)

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 1 of 2. Antonello Zanini from Italy is quite an inspiration to me. He is a software engineer and technical writer and is a succesful writ...

129 Movie Club - Groundhog Day - Discussion [PART 2]

26 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the second part of our chat with Cara Leopold. (Link to first part), we discuss the movie Groundhog Day. The episode is meant to be like a Movie Cl...

129 Movie Club - Learning English With Movies ft. Cara Leopold [PART 1]

26 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cara Leopold is the creator of the Leo Listening Movie Club where she helps film-loving English learners understand and discuss movies together so the...

128 Rock N' Roll English 🤘 Martin Johnston from the UK

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Martin Johnston loves to teach English through personal stories (storytelling) and through non conventional methods. It's great to learn from him and ...

[Swapcast] All About You Podcast - Daniel's Language Learning Journey

12 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Video version of this podcast. You'll find the link to Sheila's Podcast (All About You Podcast) here:  https://open.spotify.com/show/38xZM7ID8vP1aJR...

127 Native Speakers are Overrated - Reading has Helped Christina Learn 10 Foreign Languages so Far

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Christina's Language Journey Christina has been learning many languages such as  Latin Spanish 🇪🇸 Finnish 🇫🇮 Russian 🇷🇺 Turkish 🇹...

126 Cristina from Sardinia (Italy) - 3 minutes without editing or preparation (Podcast)

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to my inspirational language learning podcast. Where I interview other language lovers. Currently, I strive to enhance my Italian skills. One ...

125 How Max Overcame his Struggles and Became an English Teacher 🇦🇷

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How Max From Argentina Overcame His Struggles and Became an English Teacher 🇦🇷 Feeling stuck in your language learning journey? Don't worry and ...

124 Asish Dutta, Super Learner From India 🇮🇳

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Asish Dutta: The Super Learner! Asish is a determined language learner who is dedicated to improving his English skills by taking one-on-one online le...

123 Nyssa from Italy - for the love of English learning and teaching English

15 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Quit your day job for your English dream! Nyssa's son helped her to start learning English again and she has come to enjoy and even love it! In this e...

122 Personal Storytelling - Tell your Story and Improve your English - with Fabio Cerpelloni from the Stolaroid Podcast

01 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Personal storytelling can be used to improve language skills. Interview with Fabio Cerpelloni. YouTube version On the previous episode 121, we learne...

121 Lucia Matuonto from The Relatable Voice Podcast - Interviewing more than 250 guests improved her English immensly!

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lucia from Brazil was having self-doubts about her English. Not even 2 years later, she interviewed more than 250 guests on the Relatable Voice Podcas...

120 - 7 Learners in The Glossika Challenge - Danish, Greek, Spanish, German, Italian, Turkish...

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

7 brave language learners accepted the challenge to do 3000 repetitions in one month in the October 2022 Glossika Challenge.  Glossika is an AI base...

119 What is Glossika? Intro to the Glossika challenge with Kenny from SomethingPolyglot.com

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ep. 119 is meant to be the intro to the Glossika Challenge which is going to be covered on ep. 120. Kenny from somethingpolyglot.com is explaining Glo...

118 What are disfluencies and how to get rid of them - Craig Wealand

15 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by the experienced English teacher and Spanish learner Craig Wealand. He is the host of the Inglespodcast and he knows his onions! (Ing...

117B - Eat an elephant one bite at the time (Part 2)

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second part of the interview with Urmi. For the first part, head over to 117A.  What do you think will language learning look like in 10...

117A - Fear is the dearest friend of all - Urmi Hossain (Part 1)

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Urmi Hossain is a full-time female worker in the financial services industry. She has been working in this industry for about six years and she comes ...

BONUS - ChatGPT alias Peter speaking - Artificial intelligence in language learning - AI in languages

30 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a bonus episode. I just couldn't help myself. See for yourself. A special thank goes to Jesus who's intro was fantastic. He manages to inspire...

116 - Podcasting as a language learning method - Asyraaf from Malaysia

16 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

English learner Asyraaf from Malaysia tells his language learning story and how he managed conducting more than 100 interviews on his podcast called C...

115 How Luciana from Argentina ended up in Denmark - Traveling Sri Lanka, India, Australia..., Managing people in a foreign language

03 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Luciana decided to leave her country (Argentina) to become bilingual. Learn more about her journey in which she ended up being in Denmark.  Here is t...

114 Live English Lesson - The Challenge of Taking a Live Lesson on YouTube - with Enrique from Spain

18 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Enrique from Spain talks about his experience when he attended several live English lessons on Teacher Zdenek's YouTube Channel. What did he like abou...

113 The Dogme Method - focus on the student (not course books)

11 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Should we throw our course books and grammar books away??? Well, maybe.... Dogme language teaching is considered to be both a methodology and a movem...

112 From English Learner to Teacher, soon running an English School!

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn more about Dorota's English journey and how she became a proficient speaker who is about to run her own English School called "Dragon Dorota Sł...

111 SPEED LISTENING to level up your target language - Transcriptionist Vince from the Philippines

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Trilingual English speaker Vince from the Philippines shares his valuable tips and tricks on how he became a fluent English speaker.  YouTube versio...

110 Social Media to learn English (or any language) with Tchales from Brazil

21 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Tchales from Brazil and Daniel from Switzerland are going to share 4 steps on how to make the best out of Social Media in order to l...

109 Charlie's Spanish Journey - YouTuber Charlie from USA keeps track of his language journey in his YT channel

14 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

  It's never too late to better yourself! Dyslexic Spanish learner Charlie from the USA (Texas) keeps track of his Spanish journey in form of a YouT...

108 Multilingual Language teacher and learner Kenny from Belgium - Somethingpolyglot.com

01 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kenny is a multilingual online teacher on ITALKI. He is also a passionate language learner himself.  In this interview, we talk about leaving our com...

107 Catching up with Stephen Devincenzi from SEND7

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Devincenzi, founder and host of SEND7 interviews Daniel Godson! Topics are: Swiss language, Swiss food, Swiss military, Argentina and more......

106 - The Language Secret - John Stedman - How to Learn a Foreign Language: Or. How to Speak 10 Languages. Badly

12 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

John Stedman speaks 10 languages.  Listen to this interview based episode of My Fluent Podcast. John, the author of the book (which is titled "The La...

105 - How to learn languages with podcasts

05 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You're gonna learn why using podcasts is a great way to learn languages and how you should use them to get the most out of it. With the help of podca...

104 - Every voice is valid! Accentricity Podcast - Sadie Ryan from Scotland

12 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sadie Ryan, linguist and host of the Accentricity podcasts shares her insights into different linguistic topics.  Sadie has been learning Gaelic and...

103 - Klingon - Linguist and Polyglot André Müller

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, you'll learn about the constructed language called Klingon. Why did André learn the language and where shall we start learning the K...

102 - PART 2 Lingo Junkie - Eugeniu from Moldova

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is PART 2 of the interview with Eugeniu aka Lingo Junkie from Moldova. Full transcript YouTube Version Vocabulary list further below! Time Stamps...

101 - Lingo Junkie - Eugeniu from Moldova PART 1

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is Part 1 of the interview. Vocabulary list further below! The full transcript is on my website. Lingo Junkie thelingojunkie   lingojunkie  ...

100th EPISODE! ...and still not FLUENT!

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Milestone reached. Thank you all!

99 - Hypnosis to Improve Your Target Language - THE INTERVIEW

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

  You'll find more show notes here. Video version of this episode: Vocabulary to focus on in in this episode:  01:06 hypnotist: person who uses h...

98 - Omar from Ecuador about being a host and member of the MAOFEN Group

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Omar from Ecuador tells us about his English journey and his experience in being a host and member of the Facebook Group Masters of English (MAOFEN). ...

97 - learn English with text adventures

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Watching the Video version of this episode is a must - if you want to make the best out of it! (Because you can read along while listening)  YouTube ...

96 - Masters of English (MAOFEN) - collaborative project / second interview with Gabriel from Spain

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

(I recommend to watch the interview on YouTube) After our first interview back in October 2020 with Gabriel, we want to know what has happened in the...

94 Learning English with music or songs! 4 different opinions

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I'm going to introduce a new theme: Let's Podcast Together. The goal is to discuss different language learning topics and practice En...

93 - Catching up with Alvaro from Spain (ep. 84) Learn English in 1 minute

20 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alvaro is an English teacher from Spain. I had the possibility to catch up with him and go deeper into the topics. So it's basically a continuation of...

92 - How to learn English with a News Podcast - Simple English News Daily (SEND7)

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with the host of the news Podcast SEND 7,  creator and speaker Stephen Devincenzi from the UK:   Here is the YouTube video version with tr...

91 - Rachel Smets - Stop comparing! Be the best YOU!

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Rachel Smets - Clarity Coach and language learner/teacher. Her main passion is living abroad.  Here is the video version with the Engl...

90 - Lena Livinsky - Accent Coach - Speak English with Clarity and Confidence!

20 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Lena Livinsky. Here is the video version with transcripts: https://youtu.be/bwda8HAOFSE Chapters: 0:00 Teaser: excerpt from the intervi...

89 - Leo from Italy - Input based learning techniques and more

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we had a fantastic interview with Leo from Italy.  The BRAVE 85 series goes on :) Time stamps: 4:12 What is your English learning go...

88 - Wafaa from Iraq - Learn with the help of Skype groups

06 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we have an interview with the great Wafaa from Iraq. If you like the podcast, don't forget to subscribe so you won't miss any tips an...

87 - Nastya from Russia - Stephen Krashen's book Language Acquisition and more...

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nastya from Russia - Linguistics student from Moscow - talks about: 0:40 Who is Nastya? (introduction)  3:12 What does Linguistics mean? (granted, th...

86 - The Ricky Sendy Show - Ricardo from Spain (Brazil) B85

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A great interview with Ricardo from Spain (he originally came from Brazil).  Ricardo made a fake interview with Luke Thompson, the host of Luke's Eng...

85 - The BRAVE 85 - five interview excerpts

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Let me introduce the BRAVE 85 series, in which we interiview people from all over the world.  Interview excerpts: 02:25 Nastya from Russia - Stephen ...

84 - How Alvaro overcame his stuttering by speaking English and more stories

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You will hear the following stories from Alvaro (Spain): 1. How he overcame his stuttering (19:44) 2. How he became an English teacher being an archit...

83 - Turn your EGO into an EGG and break it! Learn like a child!

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Here is the YouTube version of the episode: https://youtu.be/rTbuThPqxGA?t=1 (don't forget to follow) English teacher and lifelong learner Hamid share...

82 - Stories of Language learners - Tchales from Brazil

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

 Full English Transcript. In this interview based episode, you'll learn more about Tchales from Brazil and his language podcast "stories of language...

81 You don't have to struggle to learn a language . Anthony Metivier from the Magnetic Memory Method

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony never struggles when learning a language!Find out why by listening to this interview-based episode. Memory trainer and author Anthony Metivier...

E80 - Which word or phrase makes you cringe?

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Become part of the show and send your voice message. Tell us what word makes you cringe? [email protected]    

E79 - Developing speaking skills alone

17 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever talked to yourself to learn a language? No? Maybe you should give it a try!   Robin MacPherson's video: https://www.youtube.com/watc...

E78 - Learn English through board games - Teacher Zdenek

10 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are you thinking of IMPROVING your ENGLISH? Would you be open to doing it a bit DIFFERENTLY? How does learning English with board games sound? Curious...

E77 - What you say in English - Frank Carrizo

04 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The link to the epsiode where Daniel got interviewed with Frank's feedback: https://open.spotify.com/episode/78Eia4cHCk3GgSivH3qodJ Episode 7: Daniel ...

E76 - YouTube watching is not a great way to learn a language

26 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What do people like Kris Broholm, Kerstin Cable and other enthusiastic language learners think about that? Find out in this special epsiode in which ...

When you listen to a podcast what turns you off most?

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is meant to be a bonus episode which comes from my other podcast called Quora knows best. Have fun.    

E75 - Ahmad's language learning methods - become fluent and sound like a native!

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ahmad is sharing his language learning story with us! If you want to share your story, send us an E-mail to [email protected] Podcasts menti...

E74 - Alani's experience with one to one online lessons

06 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alani's YouTube channel and video "What inspires you?" at 12.30 min of this podcast epsiode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sycvmUHkfDA www.italki.co...

E73 - How does one-on-one online lessons work?

30 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For more informatoin, go to www.myfluentpodcast.com  Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss any new language tips and tricks!  https://www.patr...

E72 - Can you become fluent in a month?

07 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.patreon.com/myfluentpodcast What's your opinion about the ad saying: "Speak German fluently in a month?" We asked learners from Spain, the...

E71 - The Spoken English Code and other language stuff

31 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview you are gonna learn about the story of an American, who moved to Italy, about his YouTube channels, his book in which he explains ho...

E70 - Español con Juan - The Story of Juan

17 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we learn more about the brilliant host of the fantastic Spanish learning podcast named Español con Juan.   Head over to https://...

E69 - Teacher Gabriel from Spain - Masters of English MAOFEN

10 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For more information and the full transcript of the interviews head to.  https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/?p=1135 In this episode, we interview non-na...

E68 - How to use DeepL to learn languages

04 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we talk about another alternative methode to become fluent. Just use word chunks you come across in your life and translate them with...

E67 - Accent prejudice - How 4 language learners speak up!

13 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode about accent prejudice, we ask different language learners if they have experienced accent prejudice.  This is the learners' perspect...

E66 - Speak English fluently through GAMIFICATION

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, you will learn about a method which will improve your speaking abilities drastically. Applying this method on a regular basis, will m...

E65 - How do I speak clearly?

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Full transcript below or directly on the website: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/?p=878 Something to realize is that you don't have to speak. Perfec...

E64 - What podcasts other learners listen to

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about some podcasts that language learners from all over the world use to learn languages.

E63 - English with Dane

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

English with Dane Podcast: https://podtail.com/podcast/english-with-dane/ https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/english-with-dane/id1457954055?ign-mp...

E62 - What podcasts are you listening to?

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Full transcript in English below: Send me a short text or an audio file (could be recorded with your mobile phone).  Tell the listeners what podcasts...

E61 B - Bonus episode connected to E61 A

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

E61 B is meant to be a bonus episode with furher explanations and vocabulary definitions to E61A. So it's basically an episode for our English learner...

E61 A - Corona overkill

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

my fluent podcast website: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/e61-a-corona-overkill-language-learning-failures-and-how-to-cope-with-them/ Podcast episod...

E60 - Slow down - You will learn better

01 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The complete transcript is on my website or directly on my show notes below. It's all for free but Please subcribe and share! https://www.myfluentpodc...

E59 - Essential mindset shifts to boost your language

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I have a look at an inspirational e-mail from polyglot and podcaster Kris Broholm, in which he gave away crucial insights in his expe...

7 tips to learn vocabulary

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is a bonus episode, where I give away 7 tips on how to learn vocabulary. If you are interested in learning English voabulary, you may also like m...

E58 - The Intermediate Plateau in Language Learning

12 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I show you a bunch of different podcasts which all cover the topic ot the intermediate plateau. How can wo overcome the intermediate ...

E57 - Make videos to improve in your target language

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I talk about Marcelo's approach how he learns English. Making several videos in your target language may be a great method to boost y...

E56 - Do we have another personality in another language?

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

www.myfluentpodcast.com Chris answers the question "Do we have another personality in another language?" in English, German, French, Swedich and Spani...

E55 - English vocabulary podcasts

14 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nick's Knack for Neologism, Victor Prep and Just Vocabulary. GRE SAT Advanced vocabulary. English vocabulary podcasts are a great source to use to exp...

E54 - Youglish to improve your speaking skills

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Show notes: https://www.myfluentpodcast.com/?p=769 www.youglish.com YouGlish.com to improve English: Pros and Cons @Virtually Native https://www.youtu...

E53 - How did you manage to learn a language completely by yourself?

29 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mikhail Kotykhov, had enough of studying. It never worked. His Motto is: Learn by doing. In this episode, Mikhail gives insights on how he could manag...

E52 - How can I improve my English vocabulary?

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this Quora series Episode, Gopalkrishna Vishwanath reads out loud his answer to the Question "How can I improve my English vocabulary?"  Quora.com

E51 - Fall in love with word lists

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

E51 is a guest episode by Kayla from the Philippines, who learns German, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, German and Spanish. Topic: Kayla never thought ...

E50 - Memorize a short paragraph

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Original Question on Quora is: What are the essential factors for speaking fluent English as a non-native English speaker? Answer to What are the...

E49 - Book Review - Virtually native

30 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For more information, please visit www.myfluentpodcast.com Youtube: Virtually native: READING Silently or READING Out Loud https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Coronavirus - vocab through news

25 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The show notes are on  www.myfluentpodcast.com   music: Night Owl by Broke For Free is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.   ...

E48 - What is the Quora series?

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I use Quora to learn English (also French). In this episode, I explain what my Quora based series of my fluent podcast is meant to be.  https://www.q...

E47 - Virtually native - become an independent learner

18 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Contact me at [email protected] https://virtuallynative.com/p/independent-learner The book virtually native is available at Amazon as well: h...

E46 - Should I give up learning English (or another target language)?

12 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

contact me: [email protected] Daniel Goodson Quora Question and answer: https://www.quora.com/English-drives-me-crazy-It-seems-no-matter-how-...

E45 - How do I develop razor-sharp focus?

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to my fluent podcast. This is the second episode of the Quora series, in which I read out loud cool Quora articles. https://www.quora.com...

E44 - How do I develop the habit of reading and speaking good English

14 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On E44 I want to present a question and answer which was published on Quora. I try to use Quora to learn about languages and to better my English in g...

E43 - 5 language learning apps

07 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of my fluent podcast I show you how I use 5 android apps to learn on my target languages.  

E42 - Bilingual narrative podcasts to learn languages

18 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

    Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/   Duolingo Spanish podcast on www.duolingo.com

E41 - another approach to learn vocab

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

E41 - another approach to learn vocab