#296 Steve and Alex - Motivation (Part 2)

Steve and Alex discuss the importance of motivation in learning a language, and how forcing people to learn a language often breeds poor results.

Difficulty: Intermediate
Category: Language  
Duration:  11:02

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#295 Steve and Alex - Motivation (Part 1)

Steve and Alex discuss the importance of motivation in learning a language, and how forcing people to learn a language often breeds poor results.

Difficulty: Intermediate
Category: Language  
Duration:  13:31

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#268 Steve & Mark – The World Cup and Teachers – (Intermediate)

Steve and Mark begin by talking about the upcoming World Cup of Soccer and then quickly digress onto the subject of a recent announcement of a Canadian teacher's union.

Difficulty:  Intermediate
Category: Education, Sports
Duration:  18:43

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#252 Mark & Steve – Kids’ Language Learning and Nationalism – (Intermediate)

Steve and Mark talk about how to induce kids to learn another language, and nationalism, in answer to questions received from their listeners.

Difficulty: Intermediate
Category:  Education
Duration:  21:12

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#232 Mark & Steve – Learning to Speak – (Intermediate)

Mark and Steve talk about how to make the transition from understanding a new language to speaking that language.

Difficulty:  Intermediate
Category: Language Learning
Duration:  16:41

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