Language coach and French teacher, Carine Lemaire, shares about her experience growing up trilingual, being a language learner with ADHD, watching 300 hours of TV, and the pitfalls of language apps.
Carine’s approach to teaching is very student-led, and she has a great understanding of how important it is to learn in a way that suits you and your personality. She talks about how her ADHD impacts her study routine, and ways to manage “type A” students’ expectations.
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Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:
- Growing up trilingual (French, Italian and Swahili), and losing a language when you stop practising it
- David Bowie and other British music as a motivation to learn English
- Pros and cons of teaching groups and one-to-one
- How to solve language learning “emergencies”
- Watching 300 hours of TV to improve listening skills
- The importance of trust between teacher and student
- How to learn languages as a “type A” person
- Benny’s daily language learning routine (or lack thereof)
- Working with, and around, ADHD
- The pitfalls of gamified learning apps
- Becoming a writer in a non-native language, and learning by making mistakes
- Differences between French in France and Belgium
- Carine’s French Chatter podcast, and learning from intermediate French speakers
- Persistence, variety, and being fearless in your language practise
Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy
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