In this episode, I talk about my plans for 2017 and thank some people who have influenced my life and work over the last year.

In this episode:

My big plans for the year:

Fluent Spanish Academy - growing the Academy into the best resource for Spanish learners on the web
New beginners Spanish course - watch this space!
Conversations - collections of fun, natural dialogues for language learners

Cantonese listening materials - a new project coming soon
Short Stories - a big (but still secret) project coming soon
Polyglot Pub - more events for language fans
Languages Of London - a new Instagram account celebrating the linguistic diversity of the greatest city in the world. #languagesoflondon

Thanks:

Steve, for being my biggest inspiration for language learning
Benny, for showing me what's possible
Colin, for helping me reach more people around the world
Calif, for her passion for Cantonese and help producing amazing dialogues
Israel, for his help translating
Anthony, for his advice and friendship
Tetsu and Joey, for inviting me to Montreal
Jan, for being a great travel companion
Conor and Kris, for bouncing around endless ideas
Robert, for being the best supporter in the world
Kruu Nuu, for being an amazing teacher and putting up with my lack of Thai study
Stu Jay, for inspiring me to continue with Asian languages
Richard, for his friendship and many conversations about languages
Amy, for her help getting blog posts out on time
iTalki, for supporting this show
Shirley, for a great lunch
Karen, for showing me some of the coolest things in HK
Dave, for helping me manage an insane amount of email

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Polyglot Pub - My regular meetups for language fans in London
Montreal Language Festival 2017, 25-27 August, Montreal
Polyglot Conference 2017, October, Reykjavik
Polyglot Gathering 2017, 31 May - 4 June, Bratislava

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