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Today's daily digest talks about the real meaning of patience, where patience comes from, how to get patience, and why you need it if you want to get fluent in English.

Today's daily digest talks about how motivation is a quality, not a quantity, and the important effect that can have on your language learning.

Today's daily digest starts with a joke about an Englishman and then explains why language is as deeply human as food, water, and shelter.

In this interview I speak to Steve Kaufmann, a well-known polyglot who at the age of 73 has learnt 20 different languages. We talk about language learning, making mistakes, and why you should do the hard work to learn English.

Today's daily digest tells the story of a prison debate team and what it shows us about the power of education to change lives, and why it should motivate you to learn English.

Today's daily digest continues with a joke about janitors and some pronunciation practice activities for Russian and Greek speakers.

In the world of language teaching there are people who teach, and then there are others who go beyond simply teaching, and into real learning, and today I am talking to one of those people: Mihalis Eleftheriou, the creator of Language Transfer. Since 2011 he has been creating language courses in an incredible array of languages, including English, Greek, Arabic, and Swahili, and they are all completely FREE. In this video we talk about various topics including free education, teaching philosophy, activism, and saving the planet. I hope you enjoy this interview.

Today's daily digest moves from pronunciation theory to practice. I am going to show you how Arabic, German, and Spanish speakers can improve their English pronunciation with some simple physical changes.

Today's daily digest show the amazing accent abilities of 11-month-old babies, and what that tells us about the difference between accent and pronunciation.

Today's daily digest explains why most people practice pronunciation in the wrong way, how our human instruments are not perfect, and how Spanish meatballs and Polish faces tell us why we need to practice sounds together, not in isolation.

Today's daily digest shows what Thai and Arabic can teach us about the English alphabet, and why consonants are the only things that matter in pronunciation.

Today's daily digest shows how some strange science involving gasoline, hydrogen, and lettuce might explain why we learn some words better than others.

In this interview I speak to Steven Piantadosi, assistant professor of the computation and language lab at UC Berkeley. We talk about language acquisition, how children learn vocabulary, and the future of translation tools. See you in class!

Today's daily digest answers the question of whether you should watch English films and series with subtitles or no subtitles. And the answer might surprise you.

Today's daily digest answers a question that I get asked every day: "How do I learn English?". The answer involves elephants, bees, and children playing with toys.

Today's daily digest explains what audio and video illusions can tell us about how our brains work, and the best way to prepare ourselves for fluent English. You can become my patron here: https://www.patreon.com/canguroenglish

Today's daily digest talks about why I seem to contradict myself, how children remember everything they hear, and what it tells about how adults might learn a language better.

Today's daily digest talks about what sign language can tell us about spoken language: why children are more successful at learning than adults, and how we can learn by doing nothing. You can become my patron here: https://www.patreon.com/canguroenglish

Today's daily digest talks about how sound symbolism can work in two directions, why you should change your name to pass that English exam, and how to describe a room full of tropical birds.ç You can become my patron here: https://www.patreon.com/canguroenglish

Today's daily digest talks about how to learn how to write in English, and why you really have no excuses in 2019. You can become my patron here: https://www.patreon.com/canguroenglish