Language On Purpose

Language On Purpose


Latest Episodes

26 Balance Your Online Diet
July 08, 2022

Dont take technology entirely off your plate with an immersion-only mindset. Instead, choose nutritiously from a menu of various online options. Guest: Dr. Thor Sawin, Middlebury Institute of Interna

25 Fluency: Facts and Fiction
June 10, 2022

If you understand what fluency really is and is not, you can then work toward actually achieving it in your language learning program. Guest: Dr. Natalie Mullen, Institute for Cross-Cultural Training,

24 Husband and Wife
May 11, 2022

Play to your advantage as a couple learning language by minimizing competition and maximizing individual strengths. Hear an upfront and personal story of mutual support and encouragement. Many element

23 Attitude Check
April 11, 2022

Attitudes can determine how you respond to the demands of language learning. What attitudes help? What attitudeshinder? Guest: Karen Griffith, former Director of Second Language Acquisition at the Cen

22 Just a Wife and Mother
March 08, 2022

Wives and moms can step into the challenges that all language learners face by gaining perspective and enlisting strategies to build those all-important relationships. Guest: Jodi Bunn, M.A. Intercult

21 Sound Like a Native?
February 22, 2022

Is achieving a native-like accent a reasonable goal for L2 speakers? Mary Lynn suggests an alternative as a more attainable standard and highlights factors regarding accent you may not have previously

20 Not Your Average Flashcard
January 14, 2022

20 Not Your Average Flashcard Climb out of your vocabulary abyss with WordClimber, a new digital flashcard tool specifically designed to support language learning at all levels. A language learner