Best Acculturation Podcasts (2024)

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#040 -Why you must choose acculturation over assimilation! 12:05

4d ago12:05

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#040 - In this episode Gabi gives a more developed account of the history of the Jewish migrations in the US. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below to listen to this episode: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/001 Click on the link below to listen to this episode: https://learnin…

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Separation 7:13

11d ago7:13

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Send us a text In this episode of Exodus: Cultures and Heritage, we explore the concept of separation, the second stage of acculturation. Drawing from written interviews featured in my thesis project, we provide a detailed yet concise analysis of these interviews and their insights. The episode discusses the complexities of maintaining one’s origin…

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#039 - Jewish history in America. 46:21

13d ago46:21

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#039 - In this episode Gabi gives a more developed account of the history of the Jewish migrations in the US. Check out the URL for the documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMd0hs2fkT0&t=21s The History of the Jewish People in America by Peter Wiernik https://www.amazon.com/History-Jewish-People-America-Discovery-ebook/dp/B09QBV4ZRG Check ou…

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#005 (038) - Entrevista de Laura Couch Polyglot sobre l'aprenentatge de llengües estrangeres. 25:45

23d ago25:45

25:45

#005 (038) - Gabi is interviewed in this episode in Catalan by a Laura Couch Polyglot. The interview revolves around topics such as what interesting methods for learning different languages Gabi thinks there are. The use of Catalan in public spaces and many more. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the l…

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Assimilation / Persian Version 11:49

26d ago11:49

11:49

Send us a text In this episode of Exodus: Cultures and Heritage, the concept of assimilation, the first stage of acculturation, is examined. Insights are drawn from written interviews featured in my thesis project, providing a comprehensive yet precise analysis of these interviews and their findings. The challenges and small victories of adapting t…

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Assimilation 7:51

26d ago7:51

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Send us a text In this episode of Exodus: Cultures and Heritage, the concept of assimilation, the first stage of acculturation, is examined. Insights are drawn from written interviews featured in my thesis project, providing a comprehensive yet precise analysis of these interviews and their findings. The challenges and small victories of adapting t…

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#037 - Introduction to Jewish history in America. 11:03

1M ago11:03

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#037 - In this episode Gabi gives an introduction to Jewish migrations to the US. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to this episode: https://learninglanguagesinsociet…

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#036 - Scandinavian sound patters in American English. 5:11

1M ago5:11

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#036 - In this episode Gabi gives a few sound patters most commonly found a few generations back in Scandinavian-American communities across the US. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link…

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#035 - Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Icelandic migrations in the Great Plains. 43:17

2M ago43:17

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#035 - In this episode Gabi explains in detail the expansion of the Scandinavian migration in the US. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to this episode: https://learn…

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#034 - Introduction to Scandinavian migrations to the US. 7:50

2M ago7:50

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#032 - In this episode Gabi explains based on the following website https://padutch.net/what-is-pd/ what Pennsylvania Dutch is. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to t…

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#033 - A story of nineteenth century immigrants from Rheinhessen to Wisconsin. 34:49

2M ago34:49

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#033 - In this episode Gabi paraphrases a research paper called Transplanted but not Uprooted: 19th-Century Immigrants from Hessen-Darmstadt in Wisconsin. Helmut Schmahl, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany. The paper tells a beautiful story that I found perfect for illustrating better this sequence of episodes on European migrations to t…

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#032 - Pennsylvania Dutch. 9:14

2M ago9:14

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#032 - In this episode Gabi explains based on the following website https://padutch.net/what-is-pd/ what Pennsylvania Dutch is. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to t…

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#031 - German migrations in the US. 20:48

2M ago20:48

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#031 - In this episode Gabi gives a brief summary of the waves of German and Ashkenazi migrations from Europe to North America. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to t…

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Elisabeth Kaneza: Intersectionality in law || Empowering scholars of color 40:10

4M ago40:10

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In this episode, we talked to Elisabeth Kaneza who is a legal and political scholar and a community outreach officer at the German Center for Integration and Migration (DeZiM) in Berlin, Germany. PAST (00:02:20): Elisabeth emphasizes the importance of equal rights and chances for all, the impact of racial discrimination that require structural solu…

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#030 - Introduction to European waves of migration in the United State of America. 7:11

5M ago7:11

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#028 - In this episode Gabi gives a brief intro to the different waves of European immigrants in the USA. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to this episode: https://l…

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#029 - Language and fluency 17:46

5M ago17:46

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#029 - In this episode Gabi tips to acquire fluency in a new language in beginning stages. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to this episode: https://learninglanguage…

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#028 -Three tips to learn a new language. 14:40

5M ago14:40

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#028 - In this episode Gabi explains three tips to learn a language in beginning stages. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to this episode: https://learninglanguagesi…

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#027 -Language and arrogance. 12:28

6M ago12:28

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#027 - In this episode Gabi explains why we shouldn't judge other accents or varieties with superiority and superficiality. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to this …

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#026 -Attitudes to language. 23:15

6M ago23:15

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#026 - In this episode Gabi explains the incredible world language stereotypes. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below to listen to this episode: https://learninglanguagesinsocietyw…

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#025 -Why is Multilingualism so awesome? 26:50

7M ago26:50

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#025 - In this episode Gabi explains the incredible advantages of a multilingual world. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below for the first episode: https://learninglanguagesinsoci…

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#024 -The perks of bilingualism. 38:04

7M ago38:04

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#024 - In this episode gabi explain the different definitions of the term of bilingualism and all the different stages of becoming one! Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below for th…

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ReSearching a Healthy Start || Lysanne te Brinke & Milene Gonçalves: Youth participation 28:20

7M ago28:20

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In this episode, we listen to a conversation between Lysanne te Brinke (assistant professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Milene Gonçalves (associate professor at the Technical University Delft). Both are leading members of the ambition “Youth participation” in Healthy Start, a consortium that aims to better understand and support the health…

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ReSearching a Healthy Start || Yara Toenders & Wanda Tempelaar: Youth Mental Health and Well-being 29:35

8M ago29:35

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In this bonus episode, we listen to Yara Toenders (fellow at Healthy Start / Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Wanda Tempelaar (clinical child and youth psychiatrist at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam). Both are members of the ambition “Youth Mental Health and Well-being” in Healthy Start, a consortium that aims to better understan…

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#023 - Language and ethnicity. Does my speech represent my identity? 44:58

8M ago44:58

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#023 - In this episode Gabi discusses why our whole identity seems to revolve around our speech, accent, dialect, etc. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below for the first episode: …

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ReSearching a Healthy Start || Reshmi Marhe & Laura van Duin: Youth Delinquency and Addiction 30:53

8M ago30:53

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In this bonus episode, we listen to a conversation between Reshmi Marhe (assistant professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Laura van Duin (psychologist at De Nieuwe Kans, Rotterdam). Both are members of the ambition “Youth Delinquency and Addiction” in Healthy Start, a consortium that aims to better understand and support the healthy develop…

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#022 - What makes Sociolinguistics so awesome!? 30:16

8M ago30:16

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#022 - In this episode Gabi explores the interplay between languages and the different dimensions of language. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below for the first episode: https://…

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#021 - The key to feel integrated in a new culture with Sociolinguistics. 22:24

9M ago22:24

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#021 - Gabi speaks about the interplay between language and culture and how to integrate the two in order to immerse yourself for real inside a culture. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the …

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Ceren Abacıoğlu: Majority-group acculturation || Complex Dynamic Systems Theory 32:27

9M ago32:27

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In this episode, we talked to Ceren Abacıoğlu who is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. PAST (00:02:11): Ceren talks about the struggles of studying and working in another country, about adapting to new cultures and new working environments. She explains how she became interested in the concept of acculturati…

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#020 - Fun ways to learn foreign languages! 25:26

9M ago25:26

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#020 - In this episode Gabi explores cool ways to learn languages while having fun. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below for the first episode: https://learninglanguagesinsocietyw…

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#019 - The secret of nutrition and cognition. 12:14

10M ago12:14

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#019 - gabi explores the benefits of a healthy diet and the interaction with our mental capacities. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below for the first episode: https://learninglan…

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#018 - Sleep spindles and memory consolidation for language acquisition. 12:04

10M ago12:04

12:04

#018 - In this episode Gabi will briefly point out at the main reasons in detail of why sleep is crucial for language learning and cognition in general. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the …

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#017 - Sports and language acquisition 12:26

10M ago12:26

12:26

#017 - In this episode Gabi explores some of the benefits that sports offers in terms of cognitive improvement and therefore in terms of language learning. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on t…

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#016 - Interview with Edyta on foreign language acquisition. 42:26

10M ago42:26

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#016 - In this episode Gabi explores the tools Edyta has found useful to learn Spanish, French and Catalan. They've also discussed the role of culture and integration in the realm of living and learning a foreign language in situ as opposed to from learning it in their respective countries. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithg…

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#015 - Mindfulness and psychedelics. 8:44

10M ago8:44

8:44

#015 - In this episode Gabi speaks about the main differences between the two and why he is in favor of using meditation as a form to free the mind instead. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on …

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#014 -mindfulness and the self in social situations when speaking a foreign language. 7:08

11M ago7:08

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#014 - Gabi explores in this episode the how mindfulness can help us become less self-concerned when speaking a foreign language in a social situation. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the l…

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#013 - Meditation as the antidote to warfare. 12:08

11M ago12:08

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#013 - In this episode Gabi talks about the benefits of meditation not only to learn new languages but to stop warfare from happening. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below for the…

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#012 - Three fascinating short stories in Italian. Can you guess the answers? 11:58

12M ago11:58

11:58

#012 - In this episode Gabi reads out three short stories in Italian and then asks true or false questions. Can you guess the answers!? Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below for th…

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#011 - Does learning a foreign language prevent dementia in old age!?? 10:27

12M ago10:27

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#011 - Gabi explains in this episode the fascinating advantages to learn a foreign language in childhood or adolescence. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/ Click on the link below for the first episode…

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Lisa Spanierman: White racial identity || White allyship 1:01:03

12M ago1:01:03

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In this episode, we talked to Lisa Spanierman who is a professor of counseling and counseling psychology and associate dean for academic personnel and faculty success in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at the Arizona State University, U.S. PAST (00:02:03): Lisa describes growing up in a so-called “White bubble” in New Jersey. She expla…

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#010 - Listening and comprehension exercise in Italian! 18:04

1y ago18:04

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#010 - In this episode Gabi prepares a listening and comprehension exercise. He reads out four texts in Italian and then asks a few questions after reading each text. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/podcast-transcripts/…

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#009 - Easiest way to learn the Italian adjectives! 23:57

1y ago23:57

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#009 - In this episode Gabi introduces the Italian adjective and gives a few examples and some exceptions too. He reads a short story for students to learn it by heart. And in the second part he gives a few arguments in favor of approaching both views, usage-based view and emergentist view of the evolution of language. Click on the link below to ch…

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#008 - Has any book of literature made you change your point of view about a language you’re learning? 3:47

1y ago3:47

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#008 - Gabi refers his listeners to his latest blog article called Literature, emotions and language...a reckless marriage? He formulates the following questions: Does it make sense to live a life carrying the heaviness of being or does it instead not make sense to live such a life? If we interpret life’s occurences as merely happening once in our …

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#007 - Can mindfulness meditation help you learn a language? Say what!? 5:15

1y ago5:15

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#007 - In this short episode, Gabi explores a few ideas associated with concentration and mindfulness meditation. He explains this practice is all too relevant in order to learn a new skill. Don't miss it! Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below for transcriptions: https://learninglanguagesins…

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#006 - Entrevista en català i en occità amb el Gabrièu Pelisson. 31:53

1y ago31:53

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#006 - In this episode Gabi interviews Gabrièu Pelisson in Catalan while Gabrièu answers in Occitan. They speak about Gabrièu’s YouTube channel for the promotion of the Occitan language and culture. They touch on different topics such as the different dialects of Occitan in the dialect continuum with Catalan in southern France and many more. Check …

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#005 - Check out the cardinal numbers in Italian! 17:59

1y ago17:59

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#005 - In this episode Gabi explores the logic of the cardinal numbers in Italian and reads out a short dialogue intended to be memorized. In the second section, he analyzes some of the divergences between linguistic approaches in language evolution. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the Click on the l…

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#004 - Interview with Laura Couch Polyglot 29:57

1y ago29:57

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#004 - Gabi interviews in this episode Laura from couch Polyglot. The conversation touches on various topics including growing up multilingual, studying and working in international environments and much more. Be sure to listen to it! Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below to check Laura's po…

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#003 - Discover the fascinating Italian articles! 23:49

1y ago23:49

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#003 - In this episode Gabi unravels the secrets of the determinate, indeterminate and partitive articles and regular verbs in Italian! And in the last half he delves into the different views regarding language evolution in the science of language. Check out my blog: https://learninglanguagesinsocietywithgabi.com/blog/ Click on the link below to ch…

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#002 - Quick way to hack Italian phonetics! 32:38

1y ago32:38

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#002 - Gabi is on a mission in this episode to teach the essentials of Italian phonetics and give a small taste of the spelling and phonetic rules. In the second section, Gabi takes a further look at the arguments and counterarguments for Universal Grammar. I hope you enjoyed this second episode as much as I did when I made it. We learned the Itali…

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Paul Gorski: Culture and equity in teacher education || Activist burnout 47:44

1y ago47:44

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In this episode, we spoke with Paul Gorski who is the founder of the Equity Literacy Institute, U.S. PAST (00:01:47): Paul shares how during college years he developed an interest in social justice while being aware of his own privileged identities in academia. Later, when Paul was a professor, he also became interested in activist burnout, meaning…

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#001 - The number one trick to learn a foreign language. 24:21

1y ago24:21

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#001 - In this first episode Gabi reveals what he thinks is the key to start speaking a new language right from the onset of the learning process. Additionally, he introduces Avram Noam Chomsky and gives a quick taste of the science of language. Syntactic Structures (1957) Current Issues in Linguistic Theory (1964) Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (…

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