Ep. 17 - Learning and Teaching Multiple Languages (Interview w/ Camille)

Do you learn or teach several different languages? In today's episode of the More Than English Podcast, we're talking with Camille. She is a from France, she lives in Argentina, and she is a professional French and English teacher. Jesse asked her about the difficulties of teaching two or three different languages while living in a foreign country. She has a lot of positive energy and, in this episode, Camille and Jesse use many useful expressions and vocabulary in their conversation that Jesse will break down in at the end of the show. 

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VOCABULARY and EXPRESSIONS
(The words and terms are in order of when you will hear them)

How’s that going? – (Fluency Question) follow-up question when somebody says what they are doing
Vary – (verb) to have different types of something. (word family: various, variety, varieties)
            “Spanish varies a lot from country to country?’”
The most sought after – (expression) to be desired
            sought = past participle of “seek”
            “I can’t imagine it’s the most sought-after dialect to learn.”  
To lose your patience – (expression) to get upset about something quickly
            To have patience
            “Sometimes you lose your patience when you teach someone you’re close to.”
To be in a ___ mode – (vocabulary) to be in a certain state of mind
            “It’s a great idea because you’re already in teaching mode…”
Challenge – (n)(v) Something that’s difficult to do and feels good when you accomplish it
“What are some challenges of teaching multiple languages?”
Pop into – (vocabulary) to suddenly appear
            “The random Korean word will pop into my head.”
Mechanism – a system of how something works
            “After a while, your brain understands the mechanism.”
Compartmentalize – (vocabulary) to divide projects in your mind to be more organized and efficient.
Fried – (vocabulary) to be exhausted
            “Your brain must have been FRIED after teaching different languages during the day.”
 
 
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