English with Kirsty

Happy New Year everyone!

I mention two things during this episode:

1. The free 31-day English language challenge - sign up by 31st December 2022 
www.englishwithkirsty.com/31days 

2. The conversation club:
www.englishwithkirsty.com/conversations 

If you have any questions, you can write to me at [email protected] 

In today's episode, I'm speaking with Anja Rohde, who shares stories from her own experiences of language learning, as well as some practical ways in which you can put your new knowledge into practice as a language learner.

Anja runs a site called Fremdsprachen-Jobs, a site for advertising and finding jobs that require additional language skills. She also teaches German and works as a job coach.

Founded in 2013, Fremdsprachen-Jobs has become a leader in the online job market, specialising in foreign language services in the German-speaking countries (D-A-CH). And it is part of a larger network of diverse foreign language professionals. Through Fremdsprachen-Jobs, employers are able to find those candidates with language skills who really fit their organisational needs, whether as employees, freelancers or trainees. In addition, language professionals from all industries and freelancers such as translators, interpreters, and teachers, are able to find positions where they can actively use their language skills or find new clients.

Anja took over this project in July 2021 because it compliments and is a valuable addition to her work as a German teacher  and job coach. Anja has been teaching German since 2011 and she's been working as a job coach since 2020.

find out more on the show notes page:
https://www.englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode203 

In today's episode, we’re changing things round a bit! Instead of asking the questions, it’s my turn to answer!

Carol Constant, who you will probably remember from episode 199, asked me some language-related questions about my journey and recent experiences.

We talk about my trip to Vienna last week, where I presented at a conference in German for the first time, my motivation for learning languages, when it’s good to stop doing things that clearly aren’t working for you, how relationships with others are so important for learning another language, and the links between language, culture, and food! 

We also talk about my new conversation club. If this made you curious, you can check out the conversation club's page: https://www.englishwithkirsty.com/conversations

In today’s episode, I’m speaking with Alina Bota Tăbușcă about

• What is a marketing coach and how can having one help you in your business?
• The parallel between marketing coaching and language training.
• Developing your brand voice and brand identity in another language.
• How working in multiple languages can create bridges for entrepreneurs.
• Plus Alina’s new dog Luna!

Find out more on the show notes page:
https://www.englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode201

In today's episode, I want to talk about mindset. It’s important! Of course you need to know what you’re talking about, to use the right words in the right way, and to be competent. However, the way in which you approach meetings in another language, the way you treat yourself, and the stories that you tell yourself are also important!

I am using my recent experience of participating in meetings in Romanian. I talk about 10 key points that are related to our mindset and how we prepare for meetings in another language.

You can find out more on the show notes page:
https://englishwithkirsty.com/episode200

In today's episode, I'm speaking with Carol Constant about effective ways to remember things better.

After a long career in corporate, Carol followed her true vocation and founded Bemensa.

Bemensa offers training in 2 different areas:

Pre- employment tests and Mensa test preparation.<

Talent development workshops for companies, on skills like problem-solving, creative thinking etc…

Bemensa’s app is also launching in July 2022 to help you grow your career.

 
To find out more, visit the show notes page:
https://englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode199

In today's episode, I'm reflecting on my language learner journey so far so that I can decide what worked well in the past, and what I no longer want to do. This will help me to have a more productive and enjoyable experience of learning Romanian - because I can review what I've learned through studying German and Turkish.

Do you relate to any of these points?

If you'd rather read my article on the lessons I've learned, it's available on my <a href="https://englishwithkirsty.com/2022/04/22/lessons-to-learn-from-my-past-language-learning-adventures/"> blog.</a>

 Alternatively, you can visit the <a href="https://englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode198"> show notes page.</a>

Today's episode is an interview with Ana Mihaela from the European Business Networking Institute and Mindset Owners Club.

This is how Ana introduced herself:

"Over the last 15 years, I have met over 30,000 business people and learned about many industries. I have helped build business systems that support thousands of business owners and I organise meetings and events to create a better community in the business environment all over Europe and the world. I love connecting with people, finding out their stories, and supporting them with the right connections."

We talk about the events that Ana organises, some tips for making a good first impression at networking events, and some simple ways to optimise your LinkdeIn profile.

Click through to the shownotes page for further links and information:
https://englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode197

This episode is based on an article that I wrote for the <a href="https://www.fremdsprachen-jobs.de/news/confuseanenglishspeaker/"?> Fremdsprachen Jobs</a> site about words and phrases that are used by German speakers, and that sound like English, but which don't mean the same thing, or don't mean anything in English!

I decided to talk about this here because some of the topics can be applied more broadly in terms of words that might make sense to you and everyone in your office, but not to people from other parts of the world.

Every language has these words and phrases, even more so as English is increasingly used for business. I chose examples from German because I am most familiar with those.

Can you think of any more?

Happy New Year!

Today I'm talking about three important skills for language learners. It is important to develop these skills, but they all become less relevant and necessary as our language skills improve.

Find out what they are in today's episode, and let me know if you can think of any more to add!

 
The links and other information that I mention are on the <a href="https://englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode195/"> show notes page.</a>