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Easy Languages: Stories of Language Learning

By: Rita Raffaele and the teams from Easy Languages
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  • Who said language learning has to be difficult? Join Rita, Raffaele and the teams from the Easy Languages network as they share their stories of language learning and answer your questions. Members get bonus content, monthly Q&As, discounts and many more perks. Learn more at easy-languages.org/podcast!
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Episodes
  • 22: It’s a Wrap (For Now)

    22: It’s a Wrap (For Now)
    Apr 4 2023
    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 for the future… stay tuned on the Easy Languages YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/learnlanguages) and on our website: easy-languages.org (https://www.easy-languages.org/) On behalf of the Easy Languages team, thanks for listening, and happy language learning!
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    1 min
  • 21: 4 Asian Languages You Can Learn Together (With Hyperpolyglot & Author Tim Keeley)

    21: 4 Asian Languages You Can Learn Together (With Hyperpolyglot & Author Tim Keeley)
    Feb 28 2023
    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 insights into the historical and cultural ties that bind 4 of the major East Asian Languages: Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese. Tim explains - examples in support - the fascinating similarities these languages share and how it is an advantage to learn them together. Show Notes Polyglot Conference (https://polyglotconference.com) Polyglot Gathering (https://www.polyglotgathering.com/2023/en/) Polyglots mentioned in this episode: Richard Simcott (https://speakingfluently.com/about/) Luca Lampariello (https://www.lucalampariello.com/home/) Judith Meyer (https://learnlangs.com) Map of Japan (https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/japan) Ryukyuan languages, Japan (https://www.2m.com.au/blog/ryukyuan-language-japan/) Chinese Dynasties Timeline (https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chem/hd_chem.htm) Scripts & Language Structure: Alexandre de Rhodes & the Vietnamese Script (https://saigoneer.com/saigon-heritage/9498-street-cred-alexandre-de-rhodes-and-the-birth-of-chữ-quốc-ngữ) Hiragana, Katakana & Romaji (https://8020japanese.com/japanese-characters-explained/) Old Names for Japan (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Yamato-damashii) Korean Script (Hangul) (https://www.mondly.com/blog/hangul-korean-alphabet-pronunciation/) “Japan Made English” (Wasei-Eigo) (https://kokoro-jp.com/culture/4587/) Particles in Korean & Japanese (https://medium.com/@nathanchinster/korean-and-japanese-particle-and-grammar-similarities-9ad0d9e48e71)
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    39 mins
  • 20: New Languages for New Worlds: ConLangs and the Case of Esperanto

    20: New Languages for New Worlds: ConLangs and the Case of Esperanto
    Feb 20 2023
    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 Eastern Europe, where Esperanto was created in 1887. In the second part of the episode, we answer questions from two of our listeners, Anna and Joanna. Tune in and join the language talk! Show Notes Esperanto Esperanto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto) (Wikipedia) 16 Grammar Rules (https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Esperanto/Grammar_Rules) (Wikiversity) 6 Basic Phrases in Esperanto (https://hinative.com/questions/12667329#answer-30637006) (HiNative) World Esperanto Congress (https://uea.org/kongresoj/UK) (Universala Esperanto-Asocio, in Esperanto) Other Constructed Languages (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructed_languages) (Wikipedia) Latino sine Flexione (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latino_sine_flexione) Klingon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language) Naʼvi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%CA%BCvi_language) Dothraki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dothraki_language) Valyrian languages (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valyrian_languages) Elvish languages (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvish_languages_(Tolkien)) Toki Pona (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_Pona) 13 Sentences to Deconstruct a Language How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (https://tim.blog/2007/11/07/how-to-learn-but-not-master-any-language-in-1-hour-plus-a-favor/) (The Tim Ferriss blog)
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    27 mins
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