Geopats 56: Thom; On IG ThomReads, Writes, Inspires

 In this podcast episode, Steph talks with Thom Clairmont, Thomreads on Instagram, a French university student who is studying Sinology in graduate school. Sinology is the study of Chinese language, history, customs and politics. He has studied French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Russian but it is Chinese that he is the most fascinated with. In fact, he admits to not even liking learning languages until he started learning Chinese the last two years of high school.

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What is it about the language that pulled Thom in and kept his attention? I’m afraid that you will have to have a listen to his language story for the details of him studying Mandarin Chinese both in Europe as well as in Asia. What I can tell you is that what Thom puts out into the world about his studies and about his reading experiences outside of Academic texts, is thoughtful, relevant and shared from a place of heartfelt enjoyment.  

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Thom’s Info:

YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGoT_I-dyqla6fs1et3loVQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelmandan/

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-(00:28): Intro: Ophelia, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW-v99391sxbLz6cuPujPlw 

-(23:02) Promo 1: Cam, Mandarin by Mistake Podcast, https://bp9pcl.podbean.com/, IG: https://www.instagram.com/mandarin.by.mistake/

-(40:40) Promo 2: Steph, Beginning Online Expat Podcaster Workshop in September, more info here:  https://hearshare.weebly.com/expat-podcasting-workshop.html

Links: (in order)

-Viki app, https://www.viki.com/apps

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Music courtesy of Damon Castillo,https://www.damoncastillo.com from the "Mess of Me" album

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