Language Input Podcast

From her experience with languages in Germany, the US or her native Japan, to the power of reading and story-listening and much more, today I welcome Beniko to the show❗ Here's Beniko's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwjJajEkI7Sg4FjvHq2eHoA The Stories First Foundation website: https://www.storiesfirst.org/  And Beniko's personal website: http://beniko-mason.net/publications/  And here's Kathrin Shechtman's Youtube channel for stories in German: https://www.youtube.com/c/kathrinshechtman Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

Consciously studying grammar rules and memorizing vocabulary has absolutely NOTHING to do with the way the actual language mechanism works❗ Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

From being super passionate about languages but not getting results because of the traditional grammar approach, to her experience teaching Spanish and Japanese in Australia and much more, today I welcome Kelly to the show❗ Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

From his experience living in Japan & Germany as a kid and teenager, to falling in love with Gaelic and the difference that made and much more, I welcome Jason to the show today! Join us and let's talk about language acquisition!   Here's Jason's Youtube channel: youtube.com/c/gaelicwithjason  His Instagram: instagram.com/gaelicwithjason   And his website: gaelicwithjason.thinkific.com Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

Believe me, we've ALL been through it and let me tell you from the bottom of my heart that it's not your fault if it hasn't worked yet, it's all about the process❗ Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

Let me bring you someone today who's done a tremendous amount of research on how the language acquisition process actually works! Join us to learn a lot about this process and welcome Bill to the show!   Here's Bill's website: www.billvanpatten.net   And all the references and research he mentions in the episode:   B. VanPatten. (2019). The nature of language: A short guide to what’s in our heads. Alexandria, VA:  The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.   B. VanPatten. (2017). While we’re on the topic: BVP on Language, Language Acquisition, and Classroom Practice. Alexandria, VA: The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.   B. VanPatten. (2020). Theories and language teaching. In. B. VanPatten, G. Keating & S. Wulff (Eds.), Theories in Second Language Acquisition, 3rd edition (pp. 105-127). New York: Routledge.   B. VanPatten. (2017). Situating instructed second language acquisition within second language acquisition: Facts and consequences. Instructed Second Language Acquisition, 1, 45-59. Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

Many people already understand that comprehensible input is the key to the entire process but still think some grammar study is necessary. Is it really that way? I'll talk about that and much more with Anne in today's episode! Here's Anne's channel for Spanish stories: https://youtube.com/c/SpanishFunforJuniors And the one for Indonesian stories: https://youtube.com/c/IndonesianFunforJuniors As well as her blog: https://buannesblog.com/author/buannesblog/ Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

Just care about your students, like for real. That's the foundation to helping them acquire a foreign language or anything else for that matter❗ Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

From not being able to communicate in her first trip to Spain after studying Spanish for 8 years the traditional way to the difference comprehensible input-based methods made in her life and much more, I welcome Laurie to the show today. Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages

From not being a "good" student and not enjoying the process at all to absolutely loving it, Teri is gonna tell us about the huge difference comprehensible input made in her life as a language learner and later on in her students as well. And much more, of course! Welcome to season 2 of the Language Input Podcast, in which I'll start a series of many interviews with language teachers, polyglots, language learners... to help you better understand the language learning process and try to convince you that we can ALL learn ANY language while enjoying the process. Follow me on all my social media for new daily content related to language learning, especially if you're looking to learn my native language Spanish. 🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VQO82Gf2c-bmiTPI2h7fA 💻Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/spanishnaturalanguages 📹 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishnaturalanguages/ 📱 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalanguagesspanish ✍️Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaturaLanguages