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Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast

A podcast dedicated to learning languages and living in overseas. How do you find the time, energy and motivation to learn a language while holding down a full time job? Tune in to find out how one expat makes time each and every day to learn and teach languages.

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SLV | Episode 66 | Does subject-specific language...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/12/02

Episode 66! In this episode we discuss the effectiveness of subject-specific language learning. Does it work better than a more generalized approach to learning a language? Many language learning APPs and books as well as many language classes are general in nature, that is, they don't focus on any ONE topic, opting, instead, for a more broader apporach to a variety of topics. But is this better than focusing in on one subject? If you wanted to learn another language, is it better to pursue a

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SLV | Episode 65 | Do children's books help adults...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/11/23

Episode 65! In this episode we discuss the pros and cons of using children's books to learn another language as an adult. No doubt you've heard from others that you need to read a lot in order to build up your vocabulary, but what are you supposed to read? Some materials made for older language learners are too difficult and so students are often guided to pick up a children's book in the language they are studying. But is this a good idea? From the advantages of building vocabulary and grammar

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SLV | Episode 64 | Who should decide what to teach in...

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2025/11/16

Episode 64! Who Gets to Choose What's Worth Learning? As Beijing's weather turns colder, we tackle a fundamental question that emerged from a recent university class: Who should decide what students study in a language classroom? The teacher? The students? The administration? In this episode, we explore the difference between what's fun, what's necessary, and what's boring but inevitable in language education. Drawing on experience teaching academic writing to 40+ students at a Chinese university,

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SLV | Episode 63 | You're doing it wrong! Does all...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/11/09

Episode 63! Recorded at the end of October, this episode reflects on how the semester is going, especially given a recent exchange with my manager. In brief, two suggestions: Plays games with the students Move the students to the front of the classroom. All good in theory, but this is a university class of 40 students... for academic writing. This follows a comment by one of my students that I'm one of only teachers that walks around the classroom, the rest of their teachers (professors) just

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SLV | Episode 62 | Chinese Ghose Stories

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/11/01

Episode 62! Liaozhai ZhiYi and the Chinese ghost story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Tales_from_a_Chinese_Studio Strangles Tales as told through the centuries, what are they, who are they about and where can you find them? And how much Chinese do you need to know to read them? Translated as "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" and was written / compiled by Pu Songlin, a government official back in the late 1600s and early 1700s, during the Qing dynasty. Usually deals with ghosts

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SLV | Episode 61 | Why did I come to China?

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/10/25

Episode 61! Answering the question: Why did I come to China? (Part 2) Was it because of a job? The money? A girl? What are some things to think about if YOU want to move overseas? Do you have to teach English or can you do something else? And how much language do you need to learn to live in another country? Do you need to live there to become fluent? Membership program: https://buymeacoffee.com/stevenslanguagevlog Contact: stevenslanguagechannel@gmail.com Keep in touch! Join our

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SLV | Episode 60 | The Beijing Autumn, University...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/10/18

The Beijing autumn is in full swing! It's the most colourful time of the year! Citations, referencing and the idea of academic honesty. What are they? Why are they important? And do you do them properly? What’s it like to visit Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China? How do you get there? What do you need to do? What do you do there? And how long should you stay? How much Chinese do you need to survive in the country? The expectation and the reality of life in another country. And why did I come to

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SLV | Episode 59 | China's Golden Week, The AI...

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2025/10/05

China’s on its Golden Week break, seven days of no work… but two need to be made up. Why is it like this and what is there to do? Would you dare go anywhere if you know 10,000 other people were doing the same? Tiananmen, the Great Wall, or even Hangzhou's West Lake will ALL be crowded. On the AI bandwagon, and is it necessary? What are the tools being used these days and how can they help? Do you need to LEARN AI? How can you USE it? And who benefits most: students or teachers? And how are Chinese

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SLV | Episode 58 | Building APPs, Chinese vs Western...

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2025/09/27

Episode 58! APP building begins! Let’s see where this goes? Have some tasks to complete for the weekend, but this course only lasts one month so gotta get them done. Working on a "to do list" agent, multi agents, language agents, all sorts of agents. We will share these once they are out! Chinese vs Western Literature. Had a bit of a sitdown with one of the graduate students on campus to get his thoughts on the usefulness of the modern university degree, why he switched majors, and some of the books

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SLV | Episode 57 | Taking the Bus, Enjoying the...

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2025/09/18

SLV Episode 57 Bus adventures! how was it and why did you do it? From Changping to Shuangjing and back again, will be posting this to YouTube. Enjoy your freedom! Enjoy your boredom! It’ll change! Life goes fast! Working on citations and referencing in class… honestly no idea how to make this more interesting for the students. All of the punctuation and abbreviations, etc. Ouch. My admiration continues: they’re doing this in a second language. How easy would it be to create an APP? Apparently not so

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SLV | Episode 56 | Changes in China; Making coffee at...

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2025/09/11

Episode 56! Changes in China! No more paper tickets! How important are these anyway?! Didn’t go to the Coffee Show this year, it cost 10 RMB! Australian videos done, where to next? -Dubai? Canada? 14 more weeks! Who’s counting!? -time is flying! And Apple is releasing Airpods with built in translation?! Membership program: https://buymeacoffee.com/stevenslanguagevlog Contact: stevenslanguagechannel@gmail.com Keep in touch! Join our newsletter: https://sendfox.com/stevenslanguagevlog Time stamps:

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SLV | Episode 55 | Back to School, from the Great...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/09/05

Wanted to shoot this outside but then remembered why: mosquitoes. And heat and humidity. New week and we’re back to school! How is it so far? What’s it like and what will we do? -Neat classroom with screens all over the place -Argumentative Essays -Citations and references Useful resources: Goodnotes 6, Local Send, ViiTor Translate, Y2Doc The last of the Australian videos! The Great Ocean Road and back to Beijing. And the Sept 3rd parade is over, back to normal! … Until National Day Week, that is.

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SLV | Episode 54 | Live Streams, IELTS Study Prep and...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/08/27

Episode 54! Welcome TikTokers! Been active there as of late. New platform to teach on? And what am I hearing people need help on? -Reading and listening (practice dictations - USE THIS PODCAST!!) -Speaking -Not too much for Writing (HERE) -A lot of people are using Cathoven AI -Common Errors HERE Live streams and fluency practice, is making videos a good way to learn? -This is something I’ve been recommending as of late -Helps with confidence and fluency building -You don’t have to publish them

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SLV | Episode 53 | Movies, Live Streams, ASMR, and...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/08/19

Episode 53! Saw Dead to Rights (南京照相馆). Heartbreaking. Lots of people die. About the Japanese invasion of Nanjing and how the atrocities were documented. During the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, postman A Chang posed as a photo developer, helping Japanese forces while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees. He later risked his life evacuating them and revealing evidence of the atrocities. -One interesting point made: one reason why the Chinese couldn’t assemble a cohesive defense against the Japanese was

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SLV | Episode 52 | Street Talks and Philosophy Walks

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/08/12

Episode 52 already! LIVE STREAM walk n talk! Let’s do this again! What did we see? Question: just what do you have to see when you’re travelling? IELTS Top 10 and FAQ: FREE DOWNLOAD! All over on BMAC: Top 10: buymeacoffee.com/stevenslanguagevlog/e/441366 FAQ: buymeacoffee.com/stevenslanguagevlog/e/444905 Looking to the future: what if I started a business instead? Oh and a bonus! And what is gerrymandering? “Early 19th century: from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts + salamander,

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SLV | Episode 51 | Australian Adventures, AI...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/08/06

Episode 51! Not as hot, but still humid here in Beijing. Lots of rain and lots of warnings to stay away from the forests, etc. More Australian videos! A couple more to go! Should we try an ASMR video? (ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)). Then on more Chinese videos that we have ready and waiting. Let’s talk about AI and Language Learning! Our recent live stream. Summary and example prompts available HERE. IELTS Top 10! FREE! A free cheat sheet addressing some of the things I’ve seen and

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SLV | Episode 50 | Books, tech and Sydney... and Ozzy...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/07/30

With Episode 50 we're back into the groove and thinking about just what makes a book worth saving? Shot from the second floor of the Victoria State Library, we could see that some books were off limits to touch. Why is that and who makes the choice? Next, looking at the new Huawei (really expensive!) Matebook Fold: a dual touch screen tablet and laptop combination complete with breakaway QWERTY keyboard. Neat, but worth it? Last week we had time to review some of the requirements for the different

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SLV | Episode 49 | Changping videos, Chinese Study...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/07/23

In episode 49 includes a look at the last of the Changping videos Looking at some Chinese Study Resources (download here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dftK4HdrZ6dB6UAUpu8-9FfNcu9s7-r_13JAcfzENr4/edit?usp=sharing). List includes: (HSK Textbooks, Chinese Grammar Wiki, HSK Reading, Ankiweb/Ankidroid, DuChinese, iTalki. HelloTalk / Tandem, MDBG Dictionary, Chinesepod). A note on AI Agents and how they can be used for language learning (Manus, Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, NotebookLM). And

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SLV | Episode 48 | From Sydney to Beijng... we got...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/07/16

Settling back into Beijing's heat and humidity, in Episode 48 we talk a little bit about our recent trip to Australia and the respoting of one of our videos. We also discuss a common problem with no apparent solution: dealing with the sock that gets stuck in the side-loading washing machine. A re-visit to the campus cafeteria for 麻辣香锅, a type of spicy hot pot. And, a return to our own language studies and live streaming while we do it! Oh, and a new membership program? It's in the works! PS - We

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SLV | Episode 47 | Going Out, Coming Home, and Not...

Steven"s Language Vlog Podcast ·

2025/07/08

Episode 47 has use returning to our regular schedule. In this episode we talk a little bit about how our social habits change as we change, but do they need to? What do you miss most when you're overseas? Is it the food? The people? The fragrances? What are some of the changes we saw occur in our recent travels? And what is the latest on the power bank dilemma here in China? What is a dummy check and how do you make sure you have all of your stuff when you leave a location? And, finally, what do you

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