Chatterbox #235 – Interview with Lindie Botes
Imagine being fluent in two or three languages—that would be great! But some people can speak five, ten, twenty languages! Those people are called polyglots. In this Chatterbox episode, Andrew speaks with polyglot YouTuber Lindie Botes about language and the best techniques to learn many of them.
Fun facts
Ziad Fazah is recognized as the man who speaks the most languages in the world. He claims to be able to speak 59 languages, although not everyone believes he is fluent in all 59. Regardless, that’s an impressive title to have!
Expressions included in the study guide
- A polyglot
- A community
- Conversational
- A bit
- Collecting dust
- Quality over quantity
Note: Download the study guide for this episode on culips.com
Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar
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Chatterbox #235 – Interview with Lindie Botes
Imagine being fluent in two or three languages—that would be great! But some people can speak five, ten, twenty languages! Those people are called polyglots. In this Chatterbox episode, Andrew speaks with polyglot YouTuber Lindie Botes about language and the best techniques to learn many of them.
Fun facts
Ziad Fazah is recognized as the man who speaks the most languages in the world. He claims to be able to speak 59 languages, although not everyone believes he is fluent in all 59. Regardless, that’s an impressive title to have!Expressions included in the study guide
- A polyglot
- A community
- Conversational
- A bit
- Collecting dust
- Quality over quantity
Note: Download the study guide for this episode on culips.com Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step On by Jahzzar
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Sign inToday’s guest: Lindie Botes
Host: Andrew Bates
Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free
Episode preparation/research: Andrew Bates
Audio editor: Andrew Bates
Transcriptionist: Heather Bates
Study guide writer: Matty Warnock
English editor: Stephanie MacLean
Operations: Tsuyoshi Kaneshima
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