827. An Interview for a Study about Language Learning Podcasts (Carlos Soares, University of Aveiro)

👉 Take Carlos’ survey here Carlos Soares, from the University of Aveiro in Portugal, is doing a master’s degree dissertation all about language learning podcasts. He contacted me to conduct an interview as part of his research, and he agreed for me to publish it as an episode of my podcast. Carlos asks me about my thoughts on learning English through listening, my approach to making my podcast and some other details. 👉 Episode page 00:00 Introduction 05:20 What is Carlos’ project? Aims & goals of the research. 08:20 A brief introduction to Luke and Luke’s English Podcast 11:15 Luke’s academic background 13:05 What led Luke to create a podcast? 17:05 What is Luke’s opinion of traditional ways of learning a language? 20:54 Which is the most important in language learning; listening, speaking, reading or writing? 23:50 Is the study of grammar crucial? What about the input hypothesis (Stephan Krashen)? 28:25 There isn’t one universal, infallible approach to learning a language 30:12 What habits can help someone learn a language?