Episode 8: It's ALIVE!!!
In this episode I'm going to be talking about language change, why we should learn to love it instead of hate it, and why language is exactly like Frankenstein’s monster. See you in class!
15 Elo 201814min
Episode 7: Thirty Million Words
In this episode I’m going to reveal the secret to fluency that is too good to be true, and show you how you can control the future, only by talking. See you in class!
12 Kesä 201812min
Episode 6: Chinese Restaurants and Frank Sinatra
In this episode I talk about a fascinating language paradox, how it predicts the future of the English language, and how it explains why the music of Frank Sinatra is so damn good. See you in class!
29 Huhti 201812min
Episode 5: Birds and Babies
In this episode I talk about HOW we learn to speak a language, and the incredible importance of the similarities between birds and babies. See you in class!
16 Huhti 201812min
Episode 4: Fifty Words For Snow
In this episode I talk about words. What exactly are they? How do they represent ideas? Can they change the way we think? And you will finally discover the truth about how many words the Eskimos have ...
19 Maalis 201817min
Episode 3: The Magical Number 7 and A Clockwork Orange
In this episode I talk about how human memory works, and the best way to REALLY remember things when you're learning a language. See you in class!
23 Helmi 201814min
Episode 2: Evry lidl ting is gona be aright
In this episode I talk about what English might sound like in 100 years. We will journey all the way from the time of Shakespeare to the year 2118 and find out why it might be time to start listening ...
22 Tammi 201815min
Episode 1: A Rose By Any Other Name
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Canguro English podcast. In this episode I discuss the phenomenon of ‘misnaming’. I explain what it is, what it tells us about learning vocabulary, and why dogs...
8 Tammi 201814min
