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Canguro English
Canguro English presents a podcast about language for people learning languages.
Episodes
Canguro EnglishStop translating in your head! (Ask Canguro 006)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's question: How can you stop translating in your head?
Canguro EnglishHalloween Vocabulary - Guess The Story (Canguro in the Wild 007)
Join Christian and Matt as they look at interesting words & expressions from a news story about the Grim Reaper.
Canguro EnglishPhlegm to karate (Word Routes 006)
Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from phlegm to karate.
Canguro EnglishShould you learn British or American English? (Ask Canguro 005)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's question: Should you learn British or American English?
Canguro EnglishLearn English with films - A Few Good Men (Canguro in the Wild 006)
Join Christian and Matt as they analyze a famous film scene starring Tom Cruise & Jack Nicholson.
Canguro EnglishLearn English with films - A Few Good Men (Canguro in the Wild 005)
Join Christian and Matt as they analyze a famous film scene starring Tom Cruise & Jack Nicholson.
Canguro EnglishDie to hazard (Word Routes 005)
Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from die to hazard.
Canguro EnglishWhy is English spelling so irregular? (Ask Canguro 004)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: Why is English spelling so irregular, and can it be replaced with a better…
Canguro EnglishNews story - Words and phrases (Canguro in the Wild 004)
Join Christian and Matt as they look at 10 interesting words & expressions from a short news report.
Canguro EnglishSausage to wedding (Word Routes 004)
Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from a sausage to a wedding.
Canguro EnglishHow many words do you need to be fluent? (Ask Canguro 003)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: How many English words should we know to speak fluently?
Canguro EnglishDog poem - Nouns, verbs, MWCs (Canguro in the Wild 003)
Join Christian and Matt as they rank the top five nouns, verbs, and multi-word constructions from a heartfelt poem about a dog.
Canguro EnglishWife to the Louvre (Word Routes 003)
Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from a wife to the Louvre.
Canguro EnglishIs grammar important? (Ask Canguro 002)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: Is grammar important?
Canguro EnglishTurn passive vocabulary into active vocabulary (Ask Canguro 001)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: How to move passive vocabulary into active vocabulary!
Canguro EnglishSteve Jobs - Idioms, cultural references, medical words (Canguro in the Wild 002)
Join Christian and Matt as they rank the top five multi-word constructions, cultural references, and medical words from a famous Steve Jobs speech.
Canguro EnglishSteve Jobs - Adjectives, verbs, phrasal verbs (Canguro in the Wild 001)
Join Christian and Matt as they rank the top five adjectives, verbs, and phrasal verbs from a famous Steve Jobs speech.
Canguro EnglishHorse to helicopter (Word Routes 002)
Join Christian and Matt on an exciting journey through English vocabulary from horse to helicopter.
Canguro EnglishMouse to chef (Word Routes 001)
Join Christian and Matt on an exciting journey through English vocabulary from mouse to chef.
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The podcast is back!
The Canguro English podcast is back! In this episode you will learn about why the podcast stopped, why it's returning, and what you can expect in the future…
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Accent and identity (with Erik Singer)
If you know me and my work then you know that I talk a lot about identity, and especially how your accent is a big part of your identity: your accent tells the…
Canguro EnglishThe state of modern linguistics | The Story of Language | Bonus episode
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this bonus episode we talk about the state…
Canguro EnglishEmbodied cognition | The Story of Language | Episode 12
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we discuss embodied cognition…
Canguro EnglishDark matter of the mind | The Story of Language | Episode 11
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we discuss the content of…
Canguro EnglishThe cognitive revolution | The Story of Language | Episode 10
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about the cognitive…
Canguro EnglishEndangered languages | The Story of Language | Episode 9
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about endangered…
Canguro EnglishLanguage acquisition | The Story of Language | Episode 8
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about the big…
Canguro EnglishMetaphor in language | The Story of Language | Episode 7
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about the fundamental…
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Learn English with a dictionary (with Peter Sokolowski)
People are passionate about language, especially language change, and words matter. And nobody knows this better Peter Sokolowski, who is an editor at the…
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1 powerful mind trick to get fluency
In this podcast you will learn how Pygmalion and the Wizard of Oz can teach you the secret to fluency in English that has been causing controversy for more…
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Destroying language myths (with Shana Poplack)
It’s an unfortunate fact that many people don’t know the truth about how language works outside of their grammar books, in the real world, but recently I spoke…
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Where words come from and how to remember them (with Mark Forsyth)
There are few people in the world who know as much about where words come from as Mark Forsyth. His first book, The Etymologicon, was a journey through the…
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Grammar based on the unfamiliar (with Robert Van Valin)
It’s an unfortunate fact that most of linguistic theory is based on a few major European languages, especially English, which actually damages our…
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How to speak English faster
In this podcast you will learn the connection between Pixar, red triangles, information, thought, and fluency. Enjoy!
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The weight of expectation
In this podcast I talk about the positive and negative effects of the weight of expectation, and how living the in past or the future might be stopping you…
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Touch wood
In this episode you'll learn why touching wood, throwing salt, and car accidents can help you to see the truth about learning a language.
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How many holes does a straw have?
In this episode you'll learn why culture connects London taxi drivers, donuts, smiling Japanese people, and Australian shop assistants.
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Immersion is a state of mind
In this episode you'll learn the hard lessons of my army father-in-law, who failed to learn a language after 14 years of 'immersion'.
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Question everything to get fluency
In this episode you will learn about the differences and similarities between humans and animals, and why you shouldn't take everything you know about language…
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Why you need to learn slowly to get fluency
In this episode I talk about what mathematics really means, why Mathematicians asked schools to stop teaching calculus, and the parallels between maths and…
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Construction grammar and language learning (with Remi van Trijp)
Recently I had the pleasure of talking to Remi van Trijp, head of the Language Research Unit and the Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Paris, and one of…
Canguro EnglishHow Language Began | The Story of Language | Episode 6
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about how language…
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How language works (with Ted Gibson)
Recently I had the pleasure of talking to Ted Gibson from his eponymous TedLab at MIT which researches why human languages are the way they are, how people…
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You are STUPID and LAZY (how to speak English PERFECTLY)
Are you stupid and lazy? Do you want to speak English perfectly? Then this podcast is for you! We are going to take a journey through the light and dark of the…
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How to study english well (with Paul Nation)
There is no doubt that this is the best time in history to learn a language, especially English. We are surrounded by content in English, English language…
Canguro EnglishThe theory and practice of field linguistics | The Story of Language | Episode 5
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about the theory and…
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Should I learn British or American English? | How are they different?
Students ask me all the time if they should learn British English or American English, and in this video you'll discover the real differences between UK and US…
Canguro EnglishHow to write business English (with Ellen Jovin)
When you think about improving your writing in English, especially business writing, you probably think about studying lots of rules, and memorising specific…
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Do you want to speak English like a native? (with Heather Hansen)
It’s a sad fact that the English that millions of people learn in classrooms all over the world, often doesn’t match the reality of English outside the…
Canguro EnglishLinguistic Relativity | The Story of Language | Episode 4
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about linguistic…
Canguro EnglishHow languages are learned (with Patsy Lightbown)
In the world of language there are few people as experienced, or as respected, as Patsy Lightbown, Distinguished Professor Emerita at Concordia University in…
Canguro EnglishWhat is culture? | The Story of Language | Episode 3
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about culture: we…
Canguro EnglishGet fluent English in 2020 | 9 tips to help you learn English
Do you want to really succeed at learning English in 2020? It doesn't matter if this is the first or the tenth time you have tried to get fluency in English…
Canguro EnglishThe Piraha Language | The Story of Language | Episode 2
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about the Piraha…
Canguro EnglishMeet Dan Everett | The Story of Language | Episode 1
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. My name is Christian Saunders and I am an…
Canguro EnglishTask-based English learning (with Geoff Jordan)
In the world of English language teaching there are few people as controversial and divisive as Geoff Jordan. He is not afraid of promoting what he calls a…
Canguro EnglishDaily Digest 06/11/19 | The secret to fluency in English
Today's daily digest answers a question I get asked every day: How can I get fluent in English? To answer this question we have to travel back in time to 1931…
Canguro EnglishPlurilingualism and culture (with Angelica Galante)
Recently I had the pleasure of talking to Angelica Galante from McGill University in Canada. Originally from Brazil, Angelica’s work focuses on social justice…
Canguro EnglishDaily Digest 24/10/19 | Why can't I speak fluent English?
Today's daily digest is a rant about why you might be part of the problem, and not the solution to good language learning (and teaching).
Canguro EnglishImprove your English IMMEDIATELY (with Pete from Aussie English)
In this podcast I talk to Pete from Aussie English about how to improve your English IMMEDIATELY, without learning anything new. We also talk about our…