#34 Lindie Botes on Being a Third Culture Kid

In this episode, Benny Lewis and Shannon Kennedy have a
conversation with Lindie Botes about learning multiple languages,
growing up as a third culture kid, and what it’s like growing up
bilingual.


In our chat with Lindie, we discuss transitioning from language
learner to language mentor, gaining the confidence you need to
put yourself out there, and different systems and processes for
keeping track of your language learning.


Featured Resources


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Anki



Mentioned in this Episode


italki

Anki

Notion

Lindie’s viral Korean video

Women in Language

Lindie Botes

Lindie’s Instagram

Lindie’s YouTube

Lindie’s Twitter



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


Transitioning from language learner to language mentor

Gaining the confidence to put yourself out there as a
language learner

How to deal with criticism and ignore trolls as a polyglot
YouTuber

Getting inspiration from a parent language learner

Being a “third culture kid”

How a polyglot chooses the languages they learn

Learning Japanese from Korean with language laddering

Learning multiple languages at once

How to learn other writing systems

Systems and processes for keeping track of your language
progress

How design influences Lindie’s language learning

How the online language community has influenced Lindie

Growing up bilingual and whether or not it gives you an
advantage learning other languages

Do you have a different personality in different languages?

Journaling in another language



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy


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