Daily Digest 18/7/19 | Your name controls your life
Today's daily digest talks about how sound symbolism can work in two directions, why you should change your name to pass that English exam, and how to describe a room full of tropical birds.ç You can...
18 Jul 201913min
Daily Digest 17/7/19 | How to write better in English
Today's daily digest talks about how to learn how to write in English, and why you really have no excuses in 2019. You can become my patron here: https://www.patreon.com/canguroenglish
17 Jul 201912min
Daily Digest 16/7/19 | Adults learn languages better than children
Today's daily digest is about a group of rich and irritating Greek philosophers, and why children DO NOT learn languages better than adults.
16 Jul 201914min
Daily Digest 15/7/19 - In defense of non-native English
Today's daily digest talks about the myth of beautiful and ugly language, and why the critics are wrong about non-native English.
15 Jul 201917min
Language and communication (with Daniel Everett)
In this interview I talk to one of the most important and influential people working in the field of language today about the origins of language, language learning, and communication. He shares tips ...
13 Jul 201937min
Daily Digest 12/7/19 - Left and right
Today's daily digest talks about how superstition and bad science has led to hundreds of years of social and linguistic consequences for left-handed people.
12 Jul 201913min
Daily Digest 11/7/19 - Winking and blinking
Today's daily digest talks about having one eye closed, what it means in various cultures, and what it tells us about non-verbal communication.
11 Jul 201913min
English is a global language (with Jennifer Jenkins)
In this interview I talk with professor Jennifer Jenkins, the Chair of Global Englishes at the University of Southampton and the creator of ELF (English as a Lingua Franca). She has a unique perspecti...
11 Jul 201958min
