Kerstin Cable from the Fluent Language Blog shares her experience learning English to full fluency as a native German speaker, her method for acquiring new vocabulary and her long-term, slow approach to learning new languages.

Featured Resources

• Your Solid Vocab Memory
• German Uncovered

Mentioned in this Episode

• The Fluent Show
• The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
• German Uncovered
• Duolingo
• Fluentlanguage.co.uk
• Kerstin’s Instagram
• Kerstin’s Youtube channel
• Kerstin’s Twitter account

Episode Overview

Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:

• How the bigness of our world inspired Kerstin to learn languages
• Learning English using 90s Brit-pop
• Kerstin’s curiosity and excitement for learning Welsh
• Kerstin’s biggest challenges learning Mandarin
• Using mnemonics and visual images to learn new vocabulary
• How to find your language learning personality so you can find the right approaches and resources for you
• How Kerstin takes language learning slow, studying only 2-3 hours a week
• Kerstin’s top tips for language learners from her experience as a one-to-one language coach
• How to choose the best language learning resources for you
• Using handwriting in vocab notebooks as a memory strategy
• How teaching German helps Kerstin feel like she knows the language better than ever
• Kerstin’s German student immersion retreats
• “Your solid vocab memory” - Kerstin’s method of acquiring, memorizing, and reviewing vocabulary

Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy