![]() Olly has managed to learn lots of languages including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic and Cantonese and he learned them all in adulthood, not as a child. Olly is a great guest for this podcast because he basically spends his time learning languages and helping other people to learn languages too. If you haven’t heard that one, I recommend that you go into the archives, find it ( or click here) and listen to it because it’ll give you some good context for this one and also it’s just really useful for English learning because it contains loads of good advice and lots of motivation. The first time was back in February I believe. This is the second time I’ve spoken to him on this podcast. Olly Richards, the polyglot from England, is on the podcast again today. See below for a transcript to the introduction, more information and links to Olly’s work. Our conversation covers points about what accent you should learn to speak with, the importance of developing clear pronunciation and effective communication in English, using Periscope to listen to native English speakers and the physical side of learning a language. In this episode I’m talking to Olly Richards the polyglot from England. This entry was posted in Accents, Advice, Cross Cultural Understanding, Culture, Grammar, Interview, language, Learning, Native Speaker, News, Pronunciation, Social English, Story, Teaching, Transcripts, Vocabulary and tagged english, learn, olly richards, podcast on Jby Luke Thompson. Sign up for premium at .uk/premium if you know what’s good for you! Premium subscribers you’ll get a video summary from me soon. That’s it – I don’t need to say much more! That will be available shortly in the app and online for premium members.īut now let’s continue listening to Olly as we have the rest of our conversation about language. ![]() For premium subscribers I’m doing a video which will sum up the main points and clarify them a bit. There are also comments on learning in the classroom vs self-guided learning. In this episode I talk to Olly about how to overcome the intermediate plateau, we go into details about the magic of story and how important it is in language learning, we discuss the connection between pronunciation and personality and wonder if the main problem people have with pronunciation is actually an identity issue. Olly speaks 8 languages and spends a lot of time working on language courses, and giving advice on his podcast and blog, which are called “I will teach you a language”.Ģ years after our last conversation it was interesting to catch up with Olly and see if his approach to language learning has developed. Welcome back to this double episode in which I’m talking to language learner and polyglot Olly Richards all about how to learn languages as an adult. Olly Richards has been a guest on 3 episodes.The rest of my conversation with polyglot Olly Richards, talking about how to overcome the intermediate plateau, the magic of story, pronunciation and identity issues, and self-guided learning. He has worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, and academic manager for the British Council, and is a former IELTS examiner.īy the way, I'm working with him on a joint project, the new course German Uncovered Olly holds a master's in TESOL from Aston University and Cambridge CELTA and DELTA. He has collaborated with organisations such as the Open University and the European Commission, and is a regular speaker at international language events and in-person workshops. With no exposure to languages growing up, and no special talent to speak of, Olly had to figure out how to learn French from scratch! Fifteen years later, Olly has studied languages from around the world and is an expert in language learning techniques. Olly started learning his first foreign language at age 19, when he bought a one-way ticket to Paris. My friend and podcast buddy Olly Richards speaks eight languages and is the man behind the popular language learning blog: I Will Teach You a Language.
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