SciLang GLOBAL Podcast

Maria and Peter sit down to speak about the importance of input, imitation, pronunciation, and making the most of what little you know without being too self-critical. As well as this, Maria gives her opinion on the significance of English in the scientific community, and its power to articulate complex concepts.

In this episode, Luis talks about the importance of language in scientific 'business', language etiquette, and what makes English different from other languages. As well as this, Luis shines a light on scientific communities beyond the Anglosphere.

In this episode, Gabriela and Peter talk about the power of language to build bridges within the scientific community. Specifically, languages which are not English. Gabriela also offers fascinating incites into her own cultural background, and how learning languages, especially Japanese, has changed the way she identifies with her native culture.

In this episode, Katerina talks to Siru Laine, a freelance translator, Finnish teacher and a polyglot with knowledge of more than 25 languages.

Does Esperanto connect people? Is it fair to assume that everyone in science knows fluent English? Can we forget our mother tongue? If you want to know the answers to these questions or hear about living in a country whilst possessing little knowledge of the local language, join Siru on her journey by listening to this episode.

In this episode, Katerina talks to Ryan Seow, a chemistry student and a polyglot from Singapore.

Do we speak differently to how we were taught? What are the (dis)advantages of learning multiple languages at once? Is Chat GPT reliable? If you want to learn about the level of "politeness" people express in different languages, or the effectiveness of languages like Singaporean "SINGLISH", do not hesitate to listen to this episode.

Ryan also shares his insights on speaking multiple languages in a monolingual lab, the changes to our personality based on the language we speak, and warns us not to compare our progress when learning a language with other language learning.

Find more information about Ryan's work here:

www.seowryan.com

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In this episode, Benjamin speaks about his language journey with French, leading him to lecture in French Studies at Lancaster University. With their join interest in philosophy, Benjamin and Peter discuss the relevance of language in contemporary continental philosophy, as well as its link to philosophical studies surrounding gender.

In this episode, Katerina talks to Katja Auffrett, a director of The Centre for Didactical Design, a German teacher at National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulose and a former Erasmus+ project coordinator.

We spoke about different meaning of the same words in foreign languages, ways to express oneself in different languages or how to use local common expression to cut off inconvenient situations. We also talked about the balance between integration within a new culture and betraying own values after a certain time of living abroad and how challenging it might be not to "over adapt" and still stay true to yourself.

In this episode, Agnieszka talks to dr Timothy Douglas, a lecturer in Bio-Chemical Engineering at Lancaster University and a polyglot. Tim is a mastermind behind many language-related events at LU, including the SciLang conference and the SciLang podcast.

We talked about:

- to speak a language well, you need to speak it badly and often!

- parallels between science and engineering and language learning

- integration of languages into science and how both are good for each other

- limitations of English and assumptions made about the role of English in the scientific world

Find more information about Tim's work here:

- SciLang Conference 8th July 2022: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbk_Z5ga0ayE0VkWsCZ3ZHakHpcFNXre-

- Creative Fusion of Sciences and Languages in Teaching Conference 25th May 2022: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbk_Z5ga0ayEZfSdv_2ImJm-7vwPsybuj

- Languages in Science Conference 30th November 2021: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbk_Z5ga0ayHDvatroMZZ9mk8jR2kbHsR

- Other SciLang podcasts: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbk_Z5ga0ayFRzr_JEvxtSlT_qNDMgWlh

- Interviews on Languages in Science: https://youtu.be/Z5zKvu-Y2tU & https://youtu.be/LtN4Y4HKfkM & https://youtu.be/vb7Pb3ElOS0

- Research seminar on Languages in Science: https://youtu.be/d_4xzk3xH7U

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In this episode, Agnieszka talks to Mark Geoghegan, a physicist and polyglot from Newcastle University.

We talked about how English changes, his international lab and how languages shape your identity.

Find more information about Mark's work here:

 - markgeoghegan.org

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In this episode, Agnieszka talks to Erika Fülöp, who researches the new forms of writing in the digital sphere, especially embedded in the French culture. Erika is a Hungarian polyglot who has recently moved from the UK to France.

We talked about the feeling of estrangement from our mother tongue while working in a second language, the entangled nature of life goals, needs and languages and the hardships of maintaining the knowledge of languages (including your first one!).

Find more information about Erika's work here:

- https://babelhead.github.io/DisHop/   (personal project website)

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