The Actual Fluency Podcast for Language Learners
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
AFP 94 – Noah Oskow: English teacher in Japan
08 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 experi...
AFP 93 – Shannon Kennedy: Introvert language learning
01 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I talk to Shannon Kennedy about her experience as a language learner as well as a musician with an introverted personality.
AFP 92 – Irina Pravet: Identity, finding home and learning Finnish
27 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Easter! In this episode I talk to Irina Pravet about identity, culture, the weather and also her experience learning Finnish in Finland.
AFP 91 – Fight depression by learning languages
11 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I list reasons why language learning is a great tool against depression. I also share some tips from my personal experience.
AFP 90 – André Liss: A journey through music
03 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this unique episode Canadian hyperpolyglot André Liss takes us on a musical journey through his multilingual life so far.
AFP 89 – Amir Ordabayev: Why being lazy is great
25 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 importan...
AFP 88 – Wouter Corduwener: Learning from Tourists
19 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Learner Profiles series is back and in this episode I speak with Wouter Corduwener from the Netherlands.
AFP 87 – Tetsu Yung: Raising Multilingual Children
11 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'm joined by Tetsu Yung on his birthday!! To talk about raising multilingual children and the new polyglot event: North American Polyglot Sympo...
AFP 86 – Lindsay Williams: From tutoring to language business
04 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 tutor...
AFP 85 – Keith Swayne: Teaching Languages over Coffee
28 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I'm joined by Canadian polyglot Keith Swayne to talk about learning and teaching languages and his concept: Languages over Coffee.
AFP 84 – Alex Rawlings: Where to live and expat problems
14 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 82 – Richard Benton: Community impact of learning pt. 2
27 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 Conferen...
AFP 81 – Richard Benton: Community impact of learning pt. 1
20 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Benton comes on the podcast and shares his passion of learning languages to create positive change in his community and in the world.
AFP 80 – Ed Cooke: Memrise and the Membus project
13 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
CEO of Memrise Ed Cooke comes on the show to talk about Memrise and their latest Membus project.
AFP 79 – Michael Levi-Harris: The Hyperglot Movie (2/2)
12 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
AFP 78 – Michael Levi-Harris: The Hyperglot Movie (1/2)
09 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 77 – EvilDea (Richard Delamore): Esperanto
01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'm joined by the Esperanto youtuber EvilDea, to talk about his experience with Esperanto and how Duolingo is changing the Esperanto landscape.
AFP 76 – Connor Grooms: Spanish in a month and Baselang
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Connor Grooms comes on to the show to talk about his upcoming Documentary: Spanish in a Month and also his new language startup: Baselang.
AFP 75 – Steve Ridout: Bootstrapped language learning startup
16 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 74 – Idahosa Ness: Pronunciation Mastery
08 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mimic Method founder Idahosa comes on the show to talk about the importance of developing pronunciation when learning foreign languages.
AFP 73 – Haikaa Yamamoto: Honour Yourself, others and the planet
01 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Singer/song-writer Haikaa Yamamoto is behind the "Work of Art - A global song" project in which she sings in more than 20 languages.
AFP 72 – Daniel Krasa: Language Vagabonding
04 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 71 – Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj: Language Anxiety Part 2
21 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 includ...
AFP 70 – Kerstin Cable: German Pronunciation
14 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
AFP 69 – Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj: Language Anxiety
07 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week I'm joined by Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj who is actively researching the phenomenon of language anxiety.
AFP 67 – Roberto Salazar: More Latin and Ancient Greek
24 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 66 – Sam Horrocks: Teaching languages abroad
17 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast is back! In this episode I interview Sam Horrocks about how to use teaching a language to travel the world.
AFP 65 – Vladimir Skultety: 15+ Language Polyglot
26 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode in the Learner Profile series I'm joined by extremely talented polyglot: Vladimir Skultety. Vladimir speaks around 15 languages ...
AFP 62 – Roberto Salazar: Latin and Ancient Greek
05 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I welcome Roberto Salazar to the podcast to talk about Roberto's experience learning a variety of languages.
AFP 61 – Michał Grześkowiak: Find and maintain motivation
29 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Michal Grzeskowiak comes on the show to motivate and inspire us all to do better in our language learning.
AFP 60 – Fabrício Carraro: Learning Russian in Brazil!
22 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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...
AFP 59 – Carole Westerkamp: Language Learning and NLP
15 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode I'm joined by Carole Westerkamp and we get to talk a little about learning languages naturally and NLP.
AFP 57 – John Fotheringham: Language Mastery
01 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
John Fotheringham of LanguageMastery.com joins me to take a general chat about language learning including methods, mentality and much more.
AFP 56 – Lauren Lewis: Fi3M and Learning Russian
24 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 55 – Jimmy Mello: Language Teaching
17 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 54 – Claudio Santori: Startups and viral learning
10 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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...
AFP 53 – Anthony Metivier: Memory Palaces
03 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Metivier comes on the show to answer all my questions about memory palaces and shares an exclusive bonus with the AFP audience.
AFP 52 – Anthony Lauder: Being an Expat
27 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 51 – Chuck Smith: Duolingo and The Polyglot Gathering
20 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Chuck Smith is back to talk about the upcoming Polyglot Berlin Gathering, but we also get a rare behind the scenes look into Duolingo.
AFP 50 – Benny Lewis: Language Encouragement
20 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 48 – Mike Campbell: Sentence-based learning and Glossika
06 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
AFP 47 – Dealing with burnouts in language learning
30 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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....
AFP 46 – Gabriel Wyner: Perfect pronunciation and flashcards
23 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 45 – Robin MacPherson: Developing the method
16 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Robin MacPherson comes back to talk about language learning methods. Specifically how to develop your own, that works best for you to keep you interes...
AFP 44 – Vladimir Georgiev: Denmark and Learning Danish
09 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 43 – Benson Hoi: Programming and language learning
02 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 learn...
AFP 42 – Goals and Goal-Setting
26 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 41 – Christopher Huff: Toki Pona and Polyglot Gatherings
19 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Huff, my good friend comes on the show to talk about about learning languages, toki pona and polyglot gatherings.
AFP 40 – 10 Language learning lessons learned so far
12 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 po...
AFP 39 – André Müller: Studying linguistics and learning scripts
05 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
André Müller comes on to the show to talk about language learning, studying linguistics, conlanguages and much more.
AFP 37 – Ladan Jiracek: Travel wisdom from 80 countries
21 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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
AFP 36 – Alex Rawlings: Most multilingual student of Britain
14 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 35 – Conor Clyne: From monoglot to hyperpolyglot round 2
07 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Conor Clyne returns for a second round, where he goes into speaking languages in public, language shifting and his top tips for learning Russian.
AFP 34 – Conor Clyne: From monoglot to hyperpolyglot
31 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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!
AFP 33 – Alberto Arrighini: Self-development and motivation
24 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 Al...
AFP 32 – Kerstin Hammes: How to become a (better) teacher
17 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Kerstin Hammes from FluentLanguage.co.uk comes by the show to share ways you can become a better teacher and stop selling yourself short.
AFP 31 – Leszek Trybała: The young polyglot revolution
10 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 mu...
AFP 30 – Luca Lampariello: The Polyglot Dream
03 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 li...
AFP 29 – Judith Meyer: Learning Chinese and developing LearnYu.com
26 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 Le...
AFP 28 – Victor Berrjod: Asian languages and gold listing!
19 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 g...
AFP 27 – Anthony Lauder: From polynot to polyglot
12 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Lauder comes onto the show to talk about his approach to language learning, which focuses on what really matters. Great episode!
AFP 26 – Andrew Williams: A language a year for life
29 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 language...
AFP 25 – Robert Bigler: Translation and Interpretation
22 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Bigler, professional translator and interpreter comes on to the show to talk about learning languages and working as a professional polyglot.
AFP 24 – Simon Ager: Omniglot and Learning minority languages
15 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Ager, founder of Omniglot, comes onto the show to talk about his language learning experiences as well as discussing how he learns languages tod...
AFP 23 – Jan van der Aa: Travel the world and learn languages
08 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jan van der Aa, the famous polyglot, comes onto the show to talk about travelling the world and learning languages
AFP 22 – Chuck Smith: Polyglot Berlin and Esperanto
01 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Chuck Smith comes on to the show to talk about the Polyglot Berlin Gathering, Esperanto and some practical language learning.
AFP 21 – Richard Simcott: 20th Episode Special!
25 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Simcott joins me on this 20th episode special, where we get into language conferences, learning and much more!
AFP 20 – Sonja Lang: Toki Pona, Conlanging and the meaning of life
18 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 19 – Brian Kwong: Add1Challenge and tips for success
11 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Kwong comes on the show to talk about the latest edition of the Add1Challenge, which provides many benefits and motivation compared to learning ...
AFP 18 – Niels Iversen: A unique approach to language learning
04 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Niels Iversen, the well known forum poster from HTLAL comes on to talk about his unique approach to learning languages.
AFP 17 – Lauren Cutlip and Benny Lewis: Lauren’s Esperanto
27 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Benny Lewis and Lauren Cutlip are on the show live from Berlin to discuss the polyglot gathering as well as Lauren's Esperanto challenge!
AFP 16 – Gavan Fantom: Native Esperanto speaker
20 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 de...
AFP 15 – Ben Whately: Memrise, memory and learning
13 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Whately, COO of Memrise comes by the podcast to talk about Memrise, including the science behind and future initiatives such as premium membership...
AFP 12 – Bill Price: Language Learning Blogger
30 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Price comes on to the show to discuss language learning, finding motivation, organising your learning and what resources or materials to use.
AFP 11 – Olly Richards from IWillTeachYouALanguage.com
23 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AFP 10 – Robin MacPherson: How I Learn Languages (2/2)
16 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
AFP 09 – Robin MacPherson: Finding Home and Isolation Abroad 1/2
09 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 cu...
AFP 08 – Lindsay Dow: Language lover, blogger and TEFL-certified tutor
02 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay Dow comes on the show to share her love of languages, including learning and teaching them. She also shares her top tips!
AFP 07 – Dani Maizner: Austrian polyglot and blogger
25 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 moments...
AFP 06 – The Basics of Independent Language Learning
18 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
AFP 05 – Steve Kaufmann: Canadian superpolyglot and entreprenur
11 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Kaufmann comes on the Podcast and shares his way to speaking 12 languages, language learning in general, challenges and his website LingQ. Do no...
AFP 04 – Seán Young: How to Teach Languages the Best Way
04 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
AFP 03 – Judith Meyer: An Incredible Language Learning Journey
28 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Judith Meyer is on the Podcast and talks about her incredible journey towards speaking over 12 languages, starting with English, Esperanto and Latin. ...
AFP 02 – Ellen Jovin: Language Learning for Pure Enjoyment
21 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ha...