Latest Englischlernen Podcast Episodes
Episode 250: EwK250 - Today I’m the podcast guest – my friend Rita interviews me!
English with Kirsty - June 30, 2024 00:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating🎉 250 episodes of English with Kirsty 🎉 When I published the first episode of English with Kirsty in 2015, it was meant to be a long-term project, but I didn’t think about how many episodes there would be! Now we’ve reached episode 250! I wanted to do something different, so I asked m...
Episode 249: EwK249 - Julia Michelle on brand voice
English with Kirsty - June 20, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCarrying on with our voice theme, this week, Julia Michelle is here to talk with us about another aspect of voice, one which is particularly relevant to those of us who are business owners or freelancers: our brand voice. Julia was the speaker at a networking event that I attended recen...
Episode 248: EwK248 - How much of your personality comes through when you’re speaking English?
English with Kirsty - June 12, 2024 00:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOur voices are so much more than the way we speak. This is part of it, but finding and using our unique voice is about more than that. It’s about expressing who we are, what we think, how we feel, and the messages that we want to share. Every day, we play different roles and adopt diff...
Episode 247: Sion Dayson on voice acting, language learning, and discovering new cultures
English with Kirsty - June 06, 2024 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingI met Sion through the networking for language professionals sessions that I run with Rita Prazeres Gonçalves. I thought it would be good to talk with Sion about her work and her experiences of moving from the US to France and then later to Spain, where she now lives and works. Sion Da...
Episode 246: EwK246 - Marta Pagans on overcoming our perfectionism in language learning
English with Kirsty - May 30, 2024 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMarta is originally from Barcelona and has lived in Germany since 2002. She is a freelance translator who works from German and English into Spanish and Catalan, specialising in marketing and advertising. After many years of struggling with self-doubt, impostor syndrome and a fierce in...
Episode 245: EwK245 - Joana Lisboa on the power of your voice
English with Kirsty - May 17, 2024 00:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMy guest today is Joana Lisboa from Unleash your Vocal Power. We met on LinkedIn last year when I think I commented on one of Joana’s voice-related posts. Then, after chatting some more, I thought she would be a great guest for the podcast. For the past 12 years, Joana’s life mission h...
Episode 244: EwK244 - 5 members of the conversation club share their experiences
English with Kirsty - May 06, 2024 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingI loved recording this episode! Originally I asked for volunteers from the conversation club for freelancers and business owners to record an episode with me about why they come to the club, how it has helped them, and what advice they would give to anyone who was thinking about coming...
Episode 243: EwK243 - Rita Menezes on subtitling and how subtitles can help us as language learners
English with Kirsty - May 01, 2024 00:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMy guest today is Rita Menezes, whom I met through the language networking events that I run with Rita Prazeres Gonçalves. Since 2002, Rita Menezes has been working as translator, subtitler, transcreator and reviser/quality controller in several audiovisual, transcreation and marketing...
Episode 242: EwK242 - Olivia Segal on podcasts, language tandems, and authentic conversations
English with Kirsty - April 23, 2024 00:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMy guest today is Olivia Segal whom I met on LinkedIn last year. This is how Olivia introduces herself: Hi! I’m Olivia. I’m an English Language Specialist. I help Spanish- and Catalan-speaking organisations with all their content in English through my reviewing and editing, translatio...
Episode 241: EwK241 - Diego Perez on using video games to learn English
English with Kirsty - April 18, 2024 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMy guest today is Diego Perez, whom I first heard being interviewed on the Language Worker podcast! Thank you Rita for interesting me to so many cool people!! I wanted to do this episode because we're talking about something outside of my experience, but it is another way for people to...
Episode 240: EwK240 - Megan Miller on routines and habits
English with Kirsty - April 10, 2024 00:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMy guest today is Megan Miller, whom I met last year on LinkedIn. Megan Miller is the CEO of Aprovechar Language Solutions, LLC, a company which acts as a bridge between English and Spanish language learners. Her personalized and small group programs take a habit-based approach, and wh...
Episode 239: EwK239 - Craig Wealand on the Cambridge speaking exam
English with Kirsty - March 27, 2024 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMy guest today is Craig Wealand London-born Craig is a DELTA qualified teacher, materials writer and a professional podcaster and podcast editor. He settled in Valencia, Spain in 1997 where he worked for the British Council and was a Cambridge speaking examiner until 2021. He has spoke...
Episode 238: EwK238 - Renata Fernandes on inclusive communication
English with Kirsty - March 20, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMy guest today is Renata Fernandes from Renata Fernandes Translation. Previously Renata was a guest on The Language Worker podcast and we met at one of the networking events for language professionals that I run with Rita Prazeres Gonçalves. This is how Renata introduces herself: “I’...
Episode 237: EwK237 - How volunteering can help you to develop proficiency in another language
English with Kirsty - March 14, 2024 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingI start this episode by running through the 4 events that I'm offering in March 2024. If you'd like to know more or you're interested in future events, check out the events section on https://www.englishwithkirsty.com I then go on to talk about my experiences of volunteering, 5 ways ...
Episode 236: WeK236 - Nick Nasev on Australian English
English with Kirsty - March 06, 2024 00:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNick Nasev is a London-based accredited translator of Southern Slavic languages into English. He has also been an editor of and contributor to many award-winning books and journals about southeast Europe. But get this… his surname might not show it, but he’s actually a fourth-generation...
Episode 235: EwK235 - 3 members share their experiences about the conversation club for general topics
English with Kirsty - March 04, 2024 00:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHelen, Gwen, and Nicola, who are regular members at my monthly Wednesday evening events for general conversation, share why they come to the club, how it helps them with their English, and their message for anyone who would like to come along and join us! The club is for people who are...
Episode 234: EwK234 - Christine Konstantinidis on how mind maps can help you to learn a language
English with Kirsty - February 20, 2024 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChristine Konstantinidis from Erfolgreiches Sprachenlernen first featured on episode 62 of the podcast back in 2015. I invited her back because I saw that she is involved in a new project. Christine presents an exciting language-learning experience on her YouTube channel! Through the ...
Episode 233: EwK232 Mónia Filipe on how living and working abroad can help you to develop your language skills
English with Kirsty - February 09, 2024 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMónia lives in Portugal and is a freelance translator from German and English into European Portuguese. She’s now specializing in the literary translation field, after fifteen years of a solid background of translating in the technical field. She loves languages and is constantly seeki...
Episode 232: EwK233 - My interactive workshop about using podcasts to improve your language skills
English with Kirsty - February 06, 2024 00:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDo you enjoy podcasts? Would you like to know how to find the best ones for you and what you can do with them so that you improve all areas of your English, not just your passive listening? The first in my series of interactive workshops is about podcasts and how they can become an imp...
Episode 231: EwK231 - Which words do you want to remove from your active vocabulary?
English with Kirsty - January 24, 2024 00:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday I decided to do a short episode to ask you a question! We talk about increasing our vocabulary, but sometimes there are words about ourselves or our language skills that don't serve us. It would be better if we stopped using them. I give some examples of things that I often hear...
Episode 230: EwK230 - Alice MANSAUD on being yourself in another language and how podcasts can help us to learn
English with Kirsty - January 16, 2024 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAlice MANSAUD is a French coach and podcaster whom I discovered through The Language Worker podcast. In France, Italy, Poland, Spain...Alice has always cherished international encounters and experiences, so much she decided to teach her native language, French to non-French speakers! T...
Episode 229: EwK229 - What is my conversation club and how can it help you?
English with Kirsty - January 04, 2024 00:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday I decided to do a short episode to tell you about my conversation club and how it can help you to improve your English. The most popular solo episode in 2023 was about improving your active language skils and I know that sometimes it's hard to find ways to do that. So in this e...
Episode 228: EwK228 - How friends can help you to learn a language
English with Kirsty - December 28, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingToday I'm talking about the different ways in which friends can help us to practise our language skills. I share some ideas from my own experience - not all language exchanges have to look the same. There are different ways in which we can learn from those around us and it doesn't hav...
Episode 227: EwK227 - Rita and Kirsty on languages and podcasts
English with Kirsty - December 06, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe’re back! I love making content with Rita Prazeres Gonçalves and you’ll be seeing more from us in 2024! This time we talked about: * Our podcasts and why we decided to create them (Rita also has a new one, The Intuitive worker). * Why people listen to podcasts and how they can help...
Episode 226: EwK226 - Lynn Swain - the impact of self-trust on our ability to move past fear and think clearly
English with Kirsty - November 28, 2023 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingI met Lynn on LinkedIn through Carol Constant, whom some of you may remember from previous podcast episodes. Lynn Swain is a TEDx Speaker, Trust Activator, and finalist in the 2023 Woman of Stature Awards for Coaching and Mentoring. She is the founder of the Symbiota Leadership Insti...
Episode 225: EwK225 - Marta Pagans on the power of saying "no"!
English with Kirsty - November 14, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingI first met Marta online last year when she took part in my “31 ways to improve your English” challenge in January. Since then, Marta has been participating in my conversation club and earlier this year, she gave a presentation there to the group for business owners and freelancers. Thi...
Episode 224: EwK224 - Leda on books, language learning, and golden retrievers!
English with Kirsty - October 27, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLeda is an English to Romanian Charity and Public Sector Translator whom I met on LinkedIn a few months ago. Initially I was happy to have found another Romanian connection who enjoys languages, but as I began to read more of her content, I thought she would be a good guest to bring on...
Episode 223: EwK223 - Isabelle Cottenet on pronunciation tips
English with Kirsty - October 14, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIsabelle and I met on LinkedIn after she was a guest on my friend Rita Gonçalves' "The Language Worker" podcast. Isabelle is a Pronunciation Coach & Marketing Translator from English and German into French for the Tech and Cyber security industry. This is how Isabelle introduces herse...
Episode 222: EwK222 - Rita and Kirsty on learning languages as an adult
English with Kirsty - September 20, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingYou may remember Rita Gonçalves from episode 215. The episode we did together for my podcast was actually the second part of a podcast conversation swap - and now you can listen to our first conversation as well. This is the conversation that was originally published on Rita's podcast,...
Episode 221: EwK221 - Mira Rutter's language learning journey
English with Kirsty - September 16, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingI've known Mira online for several years now. We got chatting because of a comment on some language-rlated post and we've had a few virtual coffees and online chats since. I thought Mira would be a good guest to bring on the podcast because of her own story, where she moved to England a...
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