{"id":48031,"date":"2017-11-29T06:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T11:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=48031"},"modified":"2024-03-07T22:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:38:50","slug":"21-our-experience-being-non-native-speakers","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/podcast\/21-our-experience-being-non-native-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"021:  Our Experience Being Non-Native Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we reflect on our trip to Italy and what it was like being non-native speakers. We discuss how we picked up language there, and how it felt not being able to fully communicate. We talk about becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable, and how to engage native speakers to help you learn.<\/p>\n<p>\u21d2 \u21d2 \u21d2 Get a\u00a0<strong>free copy<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.lpages.co\/podcast-transcript-requests\/\"><strong>transcript here<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5948464\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/0e3327\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" height=\"192\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\" data-dashlane-rid=\"1e8de26a7ae8ed29\" data-dashlane-frameid=\"441\" data-form-type=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/conversation-pronunciation-learn-english-rachels-english\/id1260073690?mt=2\">SUBSCRIBE on iTunes<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=144785&amp;refid=stpr\">Stitcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Show Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reflections on our recent trip to Italy<\/li>\n<li>What we did to prepare for the trip for language study?<\/li>\n<li>How did we learn Italian and phrases when we were in Italy?<\/li>\n<li>What we did when we didn\u2019t know how to say what we wanted to say (spoiler alert: smiling happened a lot!)<\/li>\n<li>We didn\u2019t really speak the language \u2013 when Italians helped us and spoke to us in English, it felt like such an act of kindness<\/li>\n<li>David talks about going into a cheese shop and orders cheese even though he doesn\u2019t speak Italian. He was richly rewarded with getting to eat some amazing cheese!<\/li>\n<li>Building up comfort with being uncomfortable.<\/li>\n<li>How to start a conversation in another language even if you don\u2019t know that language at all: learn a greeting and how to say \u201cdo you speak ___\u201d?<\/li>\n<li>Video on <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/say-hello-greet-americans\/\">greeting Americans<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How did it feel to be a non-native speaker?<\/li>\n<li>Taking Stoney to playgrounds in Italy<\/li>\n<li>How to ask natives to help you learn little phrases or vocabulary words in everyday situations: ask them \u201ccould you help me say that?\u201d Or \u201ccould you teach me how to say that in English?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Recording yourself as you\u2019re speaking with native English speakers<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/podcast\/18-taking-ielts-speaking-test\/\">podcast with IELTS expert Eliot Friesen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48029,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-48031","1":"podcast","2":"type-podcast","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>021: Our Experience Being Non-Native Speakers - Rachel&#039;s English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/podcast\/21-our-experience-being-non-native-speakers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"021: Our Experience Being Non-Native Speakers - Rachel&#039;s English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we reflect on our trip to Italy and what it was like being non-native speakers. 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