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Linguistics and Language Podcasts

Looking for podcasts about language and linguistics? Here’s a comprehensive list with descriptions! I’ve also mentioned if shows have transcripts. If there are any I missed, let me know!

Linguistics

Lingthusiasm A podcast that’s enthusiastic about linguistics by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne (that’s me!). Main episodes every third Thursday of every month, with a second bonus episode on Patreon. (Transcripts for all episodes)

Because Language Every week Daniel, Ben, and Hedvig cover the news in linguistics and tackle a particular topic. (previously Talk the Talk) (Transcripts for all episodes after release)

The Vocal Fries Every episode Carrie Gillon & Megan Figueroa tackle linguistic discrimination in relation to a particular group. (Transcripts for some episodes)

En Clair A podcast about forensic linguistics from Dr Claire Hardaker at Lancaster University. Episodes released monthly, with a range of topics from criminal cases to literary fraud. (Transcripts for all episodes)

Accentricity From Sadie Durkacz Ryan, a lecturer in sociolinguistics at Glasgow University. Season one has six episodes.

Field Notes Martha Tsutsui Billins interviews linguists about their linguistic fieldwork. (Transcripts for all episodes)

History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences sub-30 minute episodes about the history of linguistics from James McElvenny, with the occasional interviews.

The Language Revolution Changing UK attitudes to languages.

Lexis A conversation about linguistics with a topical UK focus, from Matthew Butler, Lisa Casey, Dan Clayton and Jacky Glancey.

Kletshead A podcast about bilingual children for parents, teachers and speech language therapists from Dr. Sharon Unsworth. Also in Dutch.

Linguistics Lounge A podcast about language and discourse with Tony Fisher and Julia de Bres. Transcripts for all episodes.

CorpusCast from Dr Robbie Love, available alongside other shows in the Aston University podcast feed or in video format.

Life and Language Michaela Mahlberg chats with her guests about life and why language matters.

Toksave – Culture Talks A podcast from the PARADISEC Archive, where the archived records of the past have life breathed back into them once again.

Theory Neutral Covering typology and descriptive grammars with Logan R Kearsley.

PhonPod Podcast Interview-based podcast about phonetics and phonology.

Linguistics Careercast A podcast devoted to exploring careers for linguists outside academia.

Language

The Allusionist Stories about language and the people who use it, from Helen Zaltzman (Transcripts for all episodes) (my review).

Grammar Girl Episodes are rarely longer than 15 minutes, but they’re full of tips about English grammar and style for professional writing, and more! (Transcripts for all episodes).

A Language I Love Is… A show about language, linguistics and people who love both. An interview-based podcast hosted by Danny Bate.

Word of Mouth BBC Radio 4 show exploring the world of words with Michael Rosen.

America the Bilingual Dedicated to the pursuit of bilingualism in the USA.

Words & Actions A podcast about how language matters in business, politics and beyond.

Subtitle A podcast about languages and the people who speak them, from Patrick Cox and Kavita Pillay. For those who miss Patrick’s old podcast, The World in Words.

The Parlé Podcast from Canadian Speech-Language Pathologist Chantal Mayer-Crittenden.

Slavstvuyte! A podcast for everyone who is fascinated by Slavic languages from Dina Stankovic.

Subtext A podcast about the linguistics of online dating.

Conlangs

Conlangery Particularly for those with an interest in constructed  languages, they also have episodes that focus on specific natural  languages, or linguistic phenomena. Newer episodes have transcripts.

Linguitect Matt, Rowan and Liam explain linguistic topics and talk about how to build them into your conlang.

Dictionaries

Word For Word From Macquarie dictionary, with a focus on Australian English.

Fiat Lex A podcast about making dictionaries from Kory Stamper & Steve Kleinedler. One season.

Word Matters From the editors at Merriam-Webster, hosted by Emily Brewster, Neil Serven, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolowski. 

English

Unstandardized English Interview-based podcast. Disrupting the language of racism and white supremacy in English Language Teaching.

History of English Meticulously researched, professionally produced and engaging content on the history of English. (My reviews: episodes 1-4, episodes 5-79, bonus episodes).

Lexicon Valley Hosted by John McWhorter.

That’s What They Say Every week linguist Anne Curzan joins Rebecca Kruth on Michigan public radio for a five minute piece on a quirk of English language.

A Way With Words A talk-back format show on the history of English words, cryptic crosswords and slang.

Words/etymology

Something Rhymes With Purple Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth uncover the hidden origins of language and share their love of words.

Telling our Twisted Histories Kaniehti:io Horn brings us together to decolonize our minds– one word, one concept, one story at a time.

Word Bomb Hosts Pippa Johnstone and Karina Palmitesta explore one word per week, using particular words for a deep dive into linguistic and social issues. (Transcripts for all episodes)

Words for Granted In each episode Ray Belli explores the history of a common English word in around fifteen minutes.

Lexitecture Ryan, a Canadian, and Amy, a Scot share their chosen word each episode.

Bunny Trails Shauna and Dan discuss idioms and other turns of phrase.

Translation

Troublesome Terps The podcast about the things that keep interpreters up at night. See also back episodes of Alexander Drechsel’s old podcast LangFM.

In Languages other than English

Parler Comme Jamais A French language podcast from Binge Audio.Monthly episodes from Laélia Véron.

Sozusagen A German language podcast of weekly 10 minute episodes.

Språket A Swedish language podcast from Sveriges Radio about language use and change.

Språktalk A Norwegian language podcast with Helene Uri and Kristin Storrusten from Aftenposten.

Klog på sprog A Danish language podcast that playfully explores the Danish language.

Kletshead A Dutch language podcast about bilingual children for parents, teachers and speech language therapists from Dr. Sharon Unsworth. Also in English.

BabelPodcast A Portuguese language podcast from Brazil, hosted by Cecilia Farias and Gruno.

War of Words A Spanish language podcast about linguistics from Juana de los Santos, Ángela Rodríguez, Néstor Bermúdez and Antonella Moschetti.

Con la lengua fuera A Spanish language podcast from Macarena Gil y Nerea Fernández de Gobeo.

Hablando mal y pronto A Spanish language conversational podcast from Santiago, Juan and Magui.

Back Catalogue

These are podcasts that had a good run of episodes and are no longer being produced.

Spectacular Vernacular A podcast that explores language … and plays with it Hosted by Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer for Slate. Transcripts available. 19 episodes from 2021 and 2022.

Science Diction a podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Hosted by Johanna Mayer, this is a production from WNYC Science Friday. 42 episodes from 2020-2022.

The World in Words From PRI (2008-2019)

How Brands are Build (season 1 of this show focuses on brand naming)

Very Bad Words A  podcast about swearing and our cultural relationship to it. 42 episodes from 2017 and 2018.

The Endless Knot is not strictly a language podcast, but they often include word histories, linguistics podcast fans episode may find their colour series particularly interesting.

Given Names (four part radio series from 2015, all about names. My review)

Odds & Ends

There are also a number of podcasts that have only a few episodes, are no longer being made, or are very academic in their focus:

The Black Language Podcast Anansa Benbow brings you a podcast dedicated to talking about Black people and their languages. Five episodes from 2020.

Speculative Grammarian Podcast (from the magazine of the same name, about 50 episodes from Dec 2009-Jan 2017)

Linguistics Podcast (on YouTube, around 20 episodes in 2013 introducing basic linguistic concepts)

Evolving English: Linguistics at the Library (8 episodes 2018), from the British Library.

Language Creation Society Podcast (8 episodes, 2009-2011)

LingLab (very occasionally updated podcast from graduate students in the Sociolinguistics program at NC State University)

Hooked on Phonetics five episodes from Maxwell Hope from 2019 and 2020.

Glossonomia Each episode is about a different vowel or consonant sound in English. 44 episodes from 2010-2014.

Distributed Morphs An interview-based podcast about morphology, from Jeffrey Punske. Eight episodes in 2020.

Word to the Whys a podcast where linguists talk about why they do linguistics. Created by TILCoP Canada (Teaching Intro Linguistics Community of Practice). 10 episodes in 2020 and 2021.

The Weekly Linguist An  interview podcast about the languages of the world and the linguists who study them from Jarrette Allen and Lisa Sprowls. 21 episodes in 2021.

Silly Linguistics (ad hoc episode posting, but episode 7 is an interview with Kevin Stroud for History of English fans)

Linguistics After Dark Eli, Sarah and Jenny answer your linguistics questions in hour-ish long episodes.

WACC Podcast (guest lectures at Warwick Applied Linguistics)

Sage Language and Linguistics

Let’s Talk Talk

Queer Linguistics has a couple of episodes, with a bit of classroom vibe

GradLings An occasionally-updated podcast for linguistics students at any stage of study, to share their stories and experiences.

Canguro English A podcast about language for people learning languages. 103 episodes from 2018-2021.

Why is English? A podcast about how the English language got to be the way it is, from Laura Brandt. Seven episodes from 2020 and 2021. 

Animology Vegan blogger Colleen Patrick Goudreau uses her love of animals as a starting point for exploring animal-related etymologies. 27 episodes from 2017-2020.

Wordy Wordpecker Short weekly episodes from Rachel Lopez, charting the stories of English words. 14 episodes from 2018.

Speaking of Translation A monthly podcast from Eve Bodeux & Corinne McKay. 10 episodes from 2020-2021.

Se Ve Se Escucha (Seen and Heard) Language justice and what it means to be an interpreter, an organizer and bilingual in the US South, from the Center for Participatory Change. Episodes from 2020.

This is an updated listing from October 2023. I’m always excited to be able to add more podcasts to the list, so if you know of any linguistics/language podcasts not here, please let me know! I wait until a show has at least 3 episodes before I add it to the list, and I like to let people know when transcripts are available.

accepting that you’re objectively weird & owning it is infinitely better than being constantly desperate to appear normal to people who don’t even matter to you

How To Romanticise Language Learning

TL = Target Language

Buy a new folder, highlighters and journal all in a specific colour for your TL

Find a drama/series to fall in love with

Create music playlists for different moods (e.g. aggressive rap/upbeat pop/sad songs/old classics)

Cook a traditional meal from the country of your TL

Make a summary sheet of some big historical event that shaped the country of your TL

Learn about the traditional dress (and colour significance) from your TL country

Compose a song in your TL

Research into famous art from your TL country (e.g. Japanese Irezumi) and try to recreate it in a sketchbook

Find a classic tale written in your TL (e.g. War and Peace in Russian)

Make an aesthetic Pinterest board that summarises your TL

Research into classic architecture built in your TL country

Designate a special area to study your TL (and make that area minimalist/pretty)

Make an aesthetic Pinterest board about travelling to your TL country

Write a poem in your TL

Write a short story in your TL

Keep a diary in your TL

Find a favourite YouTube channel in your TL

Write up a list of reasons why you're learning this TL and pin it up on the wall (read whenever you need motivation!)

nature really did THAT with their sounds!

It’s a bright and beautiful sunny day a cool breeze and the sun shining down warmly on your face. You go for a drive. Bikini/beachwear on,you grab a cooler some drinks maybe some lunch. You park the car and you open your door and head for the trunk you grab your stuff and maybe you brought a dog. So you harsh your dog and start walking. You head for the sandy hill you go through the little bit of trees and past the picnic tables, the bbq grills and the bathrooms. You getting closer and closer to the hill. Now for the real exercise you make sure you have everything in the right position and start your climb. Once you reach the top there’s no going back. Fighting the sand and using all your leg muscles you reach the top. From here it gets easier you start towards the beach but before you can go to the water you have to find a place for your stuff. Usually you have little hills that are nice and private as most people usually choose to be closer to the water. You get situated and head towards the water. You feel the wind blowing in your face and you can see the waves crashing and the seagulls flying above. You dip your feet in the water. It’s ice cold but it feels amazing. After about two seconds the water gets warmer and you go even further out and the water starts hitting your face and getting you soaked. But you feel like a kid. You splash in the water and run your fingers through the water. You watch as wave after wave approaches you and you looks in the water to see the sand at the bottom. You look to see if you can spot any little animals. Whether it’s jellyfish,sand dollars and even crab,sometimes little fishies. It depends on the season. With ever step you take you feel the salt from the water touch your legs. Seaweed shells and other things picked up from the water brush up against your legs too. You stand in the water and stare at the bright blue sky with few clouds and the sun hitting your face. You feel at peace here. As beach lovers do.

i love you physical media ❤️ i love you cds ❤️ i love you vinyl ❤️ i love you cassettes ❤️ i love you dvds ❤️ i love you blurays ❤️ i love you paperback books ❤️ i love you comics ❤️

We should turn Speak Your Language Day into Speak Your Language Week, in my opinion. Maybe Month. Que tal?

RB if you agree :)

Awww ♥️

The calm feeling of wandering through an old and empty bookshop ♡

#michi

reblog to give some hugs and flowers to your mutual 🤗🫂💐🌷🌹💐

stressed? have some beach noises 💙 🌊

Peace of mind 🌊 !.

If anyone hasn’t been to the ocean in a while

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I want to acknowledge all those who are making decisions to explore the unknown this year. Whether that be trying a new craft, going to therapy, attending school, traveling somewhere new, changing your look, practicing new behaviors and ways of being, reading a new author, applying for a job, starting a creative project, beginning a healing regime - or really doing anything that feels like a step into new territory. It’s important to recognize how much courage it takes to leave an established comfort zone in order to grow. Even if you’re taking baby steps you are still moving forward. You are brave. Keep going. 

#LearningJapanese #sstellestudiess

Links:

For watching/listening/reading:

Listening Reading Method links: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/listening%20reading%20method

Rec list (titles and links to novels, audiobooks etc): https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/rec%20list

Lets plays: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/lets-plays

Massive Immersion Approach Immersion Wiki (google drive with notes, and a ton of resources, a ton of condensed audio, resources, etc): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gDpwFl07a0EO_pTHLLVn_Waz2GXwwSE1 

Audio Immersion Links: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/post/657151785912385536/audio-immersion-loop

General study resources links:

Japanese resources tag (a bit messy as some are in japanese reference instead, but here’s some of the main resources): https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/japanese%20resources

Japanese reference tag: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/japanese%20reference

Chinese resources tag (also messy, some in chinese reference instead): https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/chinese%20resources

Chinese reference tag: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/chinese%20reference

Memrise and Anki SRS Flashcard Decks:

Memrise decks: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/memrise

Specifically tagged ‘memrise decks’ for only posts with links: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/memrise-decks

Anki decks: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/anki

Specifically tagged ‘anki decks’ for only posts with links: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/anki-decks

Translator apps, Reader tool apps, Comprehensible Input Resources:

translators: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/translation-apps

reader apps: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/reader

comprehensible input resources (youtubes and books): https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/comprehensible-input

Study Plans, Goals, Progress:

Study plan (my tag for study plans and goal setting - I also break these down into more tags by ‘month-study-plan,’ ‘month-goals,’ ‘month-progress,’ and just ‘month’ if you did want to search by month): https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/study%20plan

Notes from @yue-muffin, tagged for now under ‘japanese notes’: https://rigelmejo.tumblr.com/tagged/japanese%20notes

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Some recent links:

Most below have japanese subtitles (courtesy of @a-whump-muffin, you can search for more with 実況 which is used for the phrase “let’s play”)

Crisis Core: a female player (no jpn subs): https://youtu.be/XG9V-EtxKYY or https://youtu.be/CvGjIe_JzYU a male player: https://youtu.be/YqYxcEpagSM

nier automata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXPngowycCM another male player (belle): https://youtu.be/GBs_ruu7X98

KH1: male player: https://youtu.be/tLDag2eK590

KH2: male player: https://youtu.be/C2XjNDILpog female player: https://youtu.be/QkDpVpItndM

drakengard 3: https://youtu.be/QGSqRtpSLQk

Ratchet and Clank video game ‘movies’: 1 - https://youtu.be/QG7CsYg2n-s  2 - https://youtu.be/7aYmYaDFIAU 3 - https://youtu.be/_r8adhW0-44

Persona games: Persona 3 (lets player does not talk much, guy):  https://youtu.be/H5xm7tJJc2Q

Persona 3 (guy reads lines he considers picking): https://youtu.be/Acv8N7XKk0I

Love and Redemption L-R links:

https://www.shushengbar.net/%E7%90%89%E7%92%83%E7%BE%8E%E4%BA%BA%E7%85%9E-the-glass-beauty-%E5%8D%81%E5%9B%9B%E9%83%8E/

the glass maiden - eng translation: https://lazycatchronicles.wordpress.com/2020/10/23/the-glass-maiden/

audiobook: https://www.ximalaya.com/youshengshu/28810646/

chinese text: http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=309223

Carmilla L-R Links:

Carmilla english audiobook: https://youtu.be/KIPg_RaZwxY

Carmilla french audiobook: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOWTYUar6NK8Qn7niKNw7Vp0z5YE5t7Z

Carmilla english text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10007/10007-h/10007-h.htm

Carmilla french text: https://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/vents/Lefanu-carmilla.pdf

Misc Tools:

japanese manga translations in chinese: https://www.chinese-forums.com/forums/topic/27354-grand-comic-reading-project/

analyze chinese texts difficulty, and make generated vocabulary lists: http://www.zhtoolkit.com/apps/wordlist/create-list.cgi

Bidiread - make parallel texts: https://jzohrab.github.io/bidiread/#

Immersion Wiki, Database - contains study materials for tons of languages, including condensed audio for shows, graded readers, textbooks, fiction, etc: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p4vHiONiDmLdfJD8UqEax9qmjRkjBE4R

Radio Garden - a website where you can listen to radio all over the world: http://radio.garden/listen/fm93-6/eANty5xN 

Misc Materials:

Dracula audiobook (french): https://youtu.be/l0hdBpzGpYY

Frankenstein audiobook (french): https://youtu.be/vHg_Zgmgi1U

Pride and Prejudice audiobook (Orgueil et Préjugé - french) - https://youtu.be/PoJOHHn79_4

Carmilla book (french): https://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/vents/Lefanu-carmilla.pdf

Carmilla book (english): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10007/10007-h/10007-h.htm

DeFrancis Chinese Readers Audio: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31539&PN=16&TPN=3

Bilinguis French Alice in wonderland (with audio): http://bilinguis.com/book/alice/fr/en/c1/

Bilinguis Japanese Alice in wonderland: http://bilinguis.com/book/alice/jp/en/

Bilinguis Chinese Alice in wonderland (simplified, traditional is also available): http://bilinguis.com/book/alice/zh/en/

Bilinguis Chinese Sherlock Holmes: http://bilinguis.com/book/baskerville/zh/en/

FSI Chinese: https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/FSI/fsi-chinese-mandarin.html

FSI Basic French (a note there’s other French courses): https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/FSI/fsi-french-basic.html

FSI Japanese headstart: https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/FSI/fsi-japanese.html#

Japanese Audio Lessons: https://www.japaneseaudiolessons.com/how-to-speak-japanese/

Nature Method books with audio:

Français par le Methode Nature audio: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf8XN5kNFkhdIS7NMcdUdxibD1UyzNFTP

Francaise par le Methode Nature book: https://archive.org/details/jensen-arthur-le-francais-par-la-methode-nature

Poco à Poco Spanish audio: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf8XN5kNFkhe4D2BPBKaUb2JvDHuzAGPI

Poco a Poco book: https://archive.org/details/pocopocoelementa00hallrich

Learn Italian by the Nature Method audio: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf8XN5kNFkhfQonvCySTrKEUV742WzshJ

Learn Italian by the Nature Method book: https://archive.org/details/LitalianoSecondoIlMetodoNatura

Learn Japanese with video games (lessons):

The Complete JLPT N5 Grammar Video(Game) Textbook: https://youtu.be/_ojVS-KgDEg

The Complete JLPT N4 Grammar Video(Game) Textbook: https://youtu.be/M0yEOIEuaDg

Game Gengo - makes lessons, here’s their Learn Japanese with FF7 Remake: https://youtu.be/GB1BkptBr9w

Game Grammar - has lessons, here’s their Learn Japanese with Pokemon: h ttps://youtu.be/-stbdKehONw

Japanese Quest - has many lessons, here’s their Japanese Quest - All Lessons in Order playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUiSI6qGVDKsXmMW0GnjV–kUTLhsKN-K

*Notes: the tag ‘rec list’ is most likely to find any link to audio, novels, lets plays. My actual studying process and updates/changes/observations is in ‘progress’ and ‘month progress’ tags generally, or monthly ‘month goals’ ‘month study plan’ updates.

#LearningEnglish #sstellestudiess 1

so weird how in english some words are really just used in expressions and not otherwise… like has anyone said “havoc” when not using it in the phrase “wreaking havoc”? same goes for “wreaking” actually…

reply with more, i’m fascinated

#LearningMalayalam #sstellestudiess 1

Resource List for Learning Malayalam

Hello! Do you want to learn Malayalam but don't know where to start? Then I've got the perfect resource list for you and you can find its link below! Let me know if you have any suggestions to improve it. Here is what the resource list contains;

"Handmade" resources on certain grammar concepts for easy understanding.

Resources on learning the script.

Websites to practice reading the script.

Documents to enhance your vocabulary.

Notes on Colloquial.

Music playlists

List of podcasts/audiobooks And a compiled + organized list of websites you can use to get hold of grammar!

Google Docs

MALAYALAM RESOURCE LIST

MALAYALAM RESOURCE LIST Join South Asian Languages server for learning more about the Malayalam Language : https://discord.gg/H2Cj6gP6RW In

#love

#LearningFrench #sstellestudiess 3

📓 websites for french learning

Completely in French:

TV5 MONDE Apprendre le français - has a lot of good listening exercises

Le Point du FLE - redirects to a lot of good French content and comprehension exercises

RFI Savoirs - there are a few collections here that look interesting

Links I found on Quebec’s website:

Banque de dépannage linguistique (BDL)

Banque d’exercices de français (bank of French exercises)

For English speakers:

Lawless French - covers a large variety of basic subjects

Français interactif (from University of Texas at Austin) - includes a textbook

Tex’s French Grammar - grammar lessons and exercises with fun characters

#LearningFrench #sstellestudiess 2

FRENCH RESOURCES

Textbooks

French Grammar and Usage

Le Bon Usage

Verb Exercises (15 tenses + 3 other topics)

Lessons

France Université Numeratique (like Coursera)

Alliance Française on FUN [A1] [A2] [B1]

LanguageTransfer (excellent audio lessons)

FluentU on YT (advice on natural spoken French etc.)

Online Dictionaries

Larousse

Trésor de la Langue Française

Reading + Listening

RFI Savoirs* (current affairs in B1-2 level French)

FranceCulture.fr (very good radio + podcasts)

Passerelles (very nice podcast, intermediate level)

EuroNews

Arte (documentary + cultural television)

innerFrench (youtube channel)

CultureMag.fr

*link to English-language site; scroll down to access site in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin, or Arabic

Art + Literature

Wikilivres (free public domain books in French)

Film Recommendations (subjective!)

Bilinguis (bilingual translations of classics)

#LearningFrench #sstellestudiess

bon matin! c’est tôt pour moi, hmm? today I’ll be sharing some online resources for learning french ranging from vocab lists to full on courses! i hope you find these useful - the internet really is precious when learning languages! <3

⁎⁺˳✧༚ frenchtoday.com

this website threatens to put me out of business and I couldn’t be more delighted! vocab lists galore, free lessons, tips to work on your pronunciation, articles on french culture and even stories and poetry. i haven’t looked at everything available on there, but from what I’ve seen, it’s pretty useful!

⁎⁺˳✧༚ frenchpod101.com

this is a free course you can take, with options for absolute beginners and those already a little familiar with the language. it looks to be good for conversational french and is an easy, no nonsense starting point for beginners, who i know from experience are often easily overwhelmed.

⁎⁺˳✧༚ coffee break french

this is one I’m not quite as familiar with but has come to me highly recommended. it’s a podcast that covers the basics as well as providing dialogues and example role plays. give it a try and let me know how you find it!

⁎⁺˳✧༚ innerfrench (chaîne de YouTube)

this is a really interesting channel! you get to learn french through a variety of different topical discussions and he speaks slowly enough for you to get most of what he’s saying even if you’re a relative beginner, which can make you feel super smart :)

bien, c’est tout! i hope these recs are alright, and I hope we meet again soon~ a bientôt!

antique perfume bottles. some are transparent

things to add to your journals

song lyrics for a specific mood

spotify codes for favourite songs

receipts from a trip

envelope for gifts from any small children you know

pages to press flowers in

ticket stubs

fortune cookie readings

daily three-card tarot pulls

watercolour paper for art

page cutouts

watercolours just in general

pressed flowers

other dried herbs

sketches (taped or glued in)

morning/evening routines

colour in the leftover paper backing from stickers and glue/tape it in

friendship bracelets that may have broken or come off

grocery lists or other shopping lists (glue in if written on other paper)

book quotes

block poetry (you'll have to take a page out of a book for this)

mental health goals

halloween: candy wrappers

fabric scraps

family recipes

different textured papers

stamps

coins

‘When the Moon came down’ by Feridun Oral

#LearningLithuanian #sstellestudiess

Hi! my name is Vance, and welcome to my blog. here you’ll find me obsessing about japanese, laughing affectionately at german, gushing over lithuanian, and simping for icelandic among others. languages and linguistics are my passion, and I want to share them with others! aside from languages, I also like to color, write stories, and play pokemon. it’s nice to have you here ^_^

Languages I Speak: English (C2), Spanish (C2), Japanese (N2), German (B2), Lithuanian (A2) Languages of Interest: Latvian, Icelandic, Polish, Old Prussian, Romanian, ASL 

Resources

my lithuanian A1 memrise | my lithuanian A2 memrise

latvian resources

lithuanian resources

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Jei nebūtų mirties, gyvenimas mums neatrodytų toks gražus | If it weren’t for death, life wouldn’t seem as beautiful