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	Podcast:		The Fluent Show
	Episode:		Be Like a Waffle (Language Learning in Country)
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		01:08:18
	Publish Date:		2016-07-03 16:00:00
	Description:		Episode 44 is kindly sponsored by our friends at Flashsticks. Check out their new app Flash Academy is out now. It's a language playground offering you light lessons, games and quizzes. Go check it out for free at Flash Sticks and get 10% off everything at the site with code KERSTIN10. Learning a Language In-Country Learning a language where it is spoken is one of the Top 5 wishes on every learner's bucket list. In this episode, we explore stories and tips about language learning - including Lindsay's travels to Costa Rica, and what Kerstin's English was like on day 1 in England. What's different between home learning and in-country learning? The risk and benefit of having a "home library" for language learning How can you build your in-country vocabulary? Why having no choice is the single best thing you can do for your language skills The three types of in-country learning: Short Stay, Mid-Stay and Complete Life Change How to rank and assess your language level on the "Kerstin Cable Breakfast Food Scale" German learners! Kerstin is inviting you to come to Germany and speak for a week at the Fluent German Retreat Exactly what to do when people correct you as you speak another language What does it mean when you start to dream and think in another language? Plus: Bonus Secret We started off the show comparing a few Duolingo notes, and finally find out what happens when you finish a Duolingo skill tree. Links and Resources from this Show Becoming Fluent book by Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts Creative Language Learning Podcast Episode 32 - the one about habit building Learn German in Germany with Kerstin at the Fluent German Retreat Lindsay's "Learning x in x" Series on Youtube Derren Brown David Blaine's interview Paul McKenna - stage hypnotist and self help guy You Can Be On The Show! Do you want to become a part of the Creative Language Learning Podcast? Then send us your feedback! We would love you to record a voicemail on your phone and email it to kerstin@fluentlanguage.co.uk -- send us a question or a comment so you can be on the show. Got Duolingo or Flashsticks Academy on your phone? Then take a picture and send it to kerstin@fluentlanguage.co.uk or tweet @kerstinhammes and @ldlanguages #cllp to see your "learner phone" featured in a future show.
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