Episode242

Olivia is smiling as she is sitting on a tall white chair in a library. She is wearing a blue shirt, black trousers and an olive branch necklace while holding a floral mug with the letter O printed on it.

English with Kirsty – episode 242

Olivia Segal on podcasts, using languages abroad, and language exchanges

You can listen to episode 242 8 here:

My guest today is Olivia Segal whom I met on LinkedIn last year.

This is how Olivia introduces herself:

Hi! I’m Olivia. I’m an English Language Specialist. I help Spanish- and Catalan-speaking organisations with all their content in English through my reviewing and editing, translation, writing, and language consultation services. I’m based in London, but you can find me in Barcelona a few times a year.
I love talking about languages! I studied them at university, learnt even more by living and working abroad and am still amazed by the people you can meet through speaking another language.

We talked about:

  • Olivia’s language story – which languages she is learning and where she has used them so far
  • How Olivia worked to overcome her reluctance to speak while living in Spain and Brazil
  • The power of learning through asking lots of questions and finding opportunities for authentic conversations
  • Olivia’s experiences with language tandems
  • The importance of exposure to new languages to build vocabulary and how one-to-one classes can help with that
  • How Olivia discovered podcasts during the pandemic and how looking at which podcasts are trending in each country can help you to discover new things to listen to.

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