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Alister budge is from malta, a small island in the middle of the mediterranean. He has lived there for about five years and says it's a great place to learn english. But like you, i have a poor cast am. We'll talk more about that later on this podcast.

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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 podcasts you can easily level up your target language - in an interesting way.

We got Alastair Budge (creator of the English LEARNING For Curious Minds PODCAST) onto My Fluent Podcast to talk about using podcasts as a means of learning a language.

The whole philosophy behind Leonardo English is to help people improve their English in a more interesting way. In over 250 episodes, Alistair shares stories about people's lives and how things work. He kind of explains how things work.

Video version of the podcast:

https://youtu.be/VdheWK7u11w

Time stamps / topics

1:47 Alastair learning Italian

6:05 Why learning languages with podcasts?

13:27 What podcast apps we should use to learn languages

18:02 Language skills that can be improved by listening to podcasts

19:57 The shadowing technique

23:36 Alexander Arguelles and shadowing

24:46 The IPA system (International Phonetic System)

29:32 What inspired Alastair to creat Leonardo English - English Learning for Curious Minds Podcasts

36:40 How Alastair comes up with new episodes