Episode #55: An Autumn of Languages

09/10/2021 1h 3min
Episode #55: An Autumn of Languages

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It's an episode through the passing of a season and with summer gone the guys are ready to settle into the fall and fire up their languages. Cody talks of his experience joining a Taekwondo class in Seoul and what's it like learning language in a martial arts context. He even recites the Taekwondo oath in Korean, which he is on a mission to memorize. The guys then get into a conversation about the phenomenon of Squid Game and talk about the Day of Reconciliation in Canada and how their buddy Azren has helped facilitate a Blackfoot language course. Markus talks about his plan to go as deep into French and Spanish as he ever has before. Finally Ian talks about the use of images in language learning and teaching and how gifs, memes and pictures can help stimulate the brain for language absorption.