43: Ungleiche Startbedingungen

In Deutschland ist der Winter eingebrochen. Wir sprechen über die schönen und nervigen Seiten von Schnee: Es geht um Schlittenfahren, Schneeballschlachten, braune Matsche, Glätte, Verkehrsunfälle und ausgefallene Züge. Doch der Sommer kommt bestimmt und so freuen wir uns schon je ...  Show more

Zuerst erklären wir, was es bedeutet, wenn jemand "mit seinem Latein am Ende ist". Danach teilt Manuel seinen Frust über die Kommunikation mit dem Landesamt für Einwanderung, also der Berliner Ausländerbehörde: Dort ist man weder telefonisch noch per E-Mail erreichbar – und die a ...  Show more

Today we’re replaying an essential What to Say When You Hear Something Racist episode in which Elena shares her simple framework for responding to racism and demonstrates how she recently put it into action while antiquing (because unfortunately, racism is everywhere).  ...

Rod The English Teacher kindly joined me to talk about his difficulties facing and overcoming adversity in his life. We spoke about not giving up when you had a disability or limiting belief, as well as tips to work on your English, and finally a bit about accent reduction - is i ...  Show more

 Phil asks a really tricky question: "I am feeling extremely frustrated with the Chinese teachers I've found on there. They don't seem to understand that I want to practice speaking. They all seem to insist on trying to go over grammar rules, shovel loads of new vocabulary on ...

🤥 From people claiming to learn a language in 24 hours to those shouting that "all YouTube polyglots are FAKE!", the online language learning world is fraught with controversy and vitriol. So what's the truth? And can a so-called "YouTube polyglot" (man, I hate that term) commen ...  Show more