In today´s episode, our guess is Joann Owens. She was born in the Philippines and lived there most of her life.
During our conversation, she explained the multilingualism in her country, where people can speak Tagalog (the official language), a dialect from their regions, and also English.
Joann told me why she moved to the US, how she is home-schooling her little kid and what book she has published on Amazon.
PODCAST INDEX
(1:58) Where was Joann born?
(3:23) English in the Philippines
(4:21) Languages at home
(6:01) English and Spanish practices in the Philippines
(10:35) English taught in the school system in the Philippines
(12:16) Her attitude towards learning languages during her early years
(13:45) Joann after school: tutoring in English, being a nurse, working as a virtual assistant
(16:44) Her level of Spanish
(19:34) Moving from the Philippines to the USA: culture and language challenges
(24:22) Home-schooling her kid
(26:37) Plan for teaching languages to her son
(27:47) Her language book project
(31:06) Her recommendations to learn a language
(32:56) An app for languages
(33:40) Language exchanges and the importance of a native English speaker partner
(35:48) Learning to say something in Tagalog
JOANN´S CHANNELS
Website: https://ourfunfitfam.wordpress.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OurFunFitFam
PROJECT'S CHANNELS
Website: https://secondvoice.net/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/secondvoicepodcast/
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z80IX_3ACgI
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/312Dqjl
Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3xqR1xm
Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id4665037
Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/t3r3zbz6
Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=665299