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Hosted by Mike Budden · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 16 episodes
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English Breakthrough for Germans is a podcast for German speakers who want to become more confident English users. I'm Mike, an Australian language teacher living in Germany. I reached C2 level in German myself and have spent the last 13 years teaching English and German to adults. In each episode, you'll get comfortable English listening practice through stories from my own life, experiences from the classroom, and practical insights into how successful language learning really works. If you've ever thought: "I understand English, but I can't speak spontaneously." "I know the grammar, but I can't find the words." "I've been learning for years, but I still don't feel fluent." then this podcast is for you. I believe that language learning is not a talent. The learners who succeed are usually the ones who discover effective learning strategies and practise consistently. You'll learn how to improve your vocabulary, listenin
Mike Budden hosts English Breakthrough for Germans, a education show with 16 episodes published.
I am currently learning French, and in this episode I discuss the strategies I am using and the reasons behind why I am doing what I am doing. Join the discussion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/englishbreakthroug
Why is dubbing so common in Germany—and has it affected how confidently Germans speak English? In this episode, I explore the history of German dubbing and some of the reasons it became so firmly established, from the gr
Discover five practical techniques to improve your vocabulary, pronunciation and speaking through reading: immersive reading, read and look up, shadowing, imitation, and summarising. Mike also explains why graded readers
Caitlin reached approximately C1 German before she had even set foot in Germany. How did she do it? In this episode, she shares how she built German into her daily life through listening, speaking, reading, writing and p
Are you bad at remembering people’s names? It might actually have helped you develop better strategies for learning English. In this episode, I share my own difficulties with remembering names and the techniques I use as
Do you sometimes feel like you're just not good at learning languages? In this episode, I challenge that belief and explain why successful language learning is much more about strategy than talent. Using stories from my
In this episode, I reflect on my conversation with my friend Miles, who reached C1 German after more than 12 years of living in Germany. His journey wasn't easy, but it highlights some important lessons for anyone learni
In this episode, I speak with my friend Miles, who moved from England to Germany and eventually reached C1 German after years of frustration, false starts, and self-doubt. We first met in a German class in Sydney more th
Have you ever spoken English and felt that your grammar was correct, but something still sounded a little strange? In this episode, I talk about one of the most important aspects of language learning that many learners o
Last week I spent a week teaching an intensive English course at a Berlin Volkshochschule. After five days in the classroom, I was reminded of some of the biggest challenges facing English learners in Germany. In this ep
Many learners spend years studying grammar but still struggle to understand native speakers. In this episode, I explain why vocabulary may be the missing piece and share practical advice from one of the world's leading e
How do you actually learn vocabulary in a foreign language? In this episode, Mike shares funny and memorable stories from his own German-learning journey to explain why simply translating words from your first language i
Click here for my Patreon page — https://www.patreon.com/c/englishbreakthroughforgermans In Part 2 of this episode, I talk about what happened after I moved to Berlin in 2011 and how my German really started to improve.
How do people actually become fluent in another language? In Part 1 of How to learn a foreign language, I explain how my own German-learning journey began — from school classes in Australia to discovering Berlin and imme
In this episode of the English Breakthrough for Germans podcast, I shares key insights from an international English teaching conference in the UK. If you’ve ever felt stuck learning English, this episode is for you. Ins
Are you a German speaker who is stuck in your language learning journey? Join me in this first episode of the English Breakthrough for Germans podcast as I explain four reasons why I am starting the podcast.
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