Language On Purpose

Latest Episodes
26 Balance Your Online Diet
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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