118 What are disfluencies and how to get rid of them - Craig Wealand

We are joined by the experienced English teacher and Spanish learner Craig Wealand. He is the host of the Inglespodcast and he knows his onions! (Inglespodcast – Los audio podcasts de La Mansión del Inglés) 

We talk about disfluencies:

• What are disfluencies?
• What are cruch words?
• How to reduce disfluencies?
• Why do we make disfluencies (crutch words etc.) while speaking?
• How can we become fluent speakers?
• Craig has been helping the English community for more than 10 years! (inglespodcast.com & mansioningles.com)
• How podcasting (or just recording yourself) helps you to become fluent in your target language. 

YouTube version of this episode

http://www.inglespodcast.com/437 (Craig's version of this episode, with different intro and outro)

inglespodcast - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcb1AE_IC4Dg3Hshab06Rxw 

Time stamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:06 - What is "My Fluent Podcast"?

3:09 - Listen to Podcasts to hone your language skills

5:37 - Oxymoron

06:05 - Podcasting as a language learning tool - Where to begin?

7:26 - The Vocab Man (A podcast about practical English Expressions)

9:46 - How long has Craig been podcasting?

11:00 - Did Craig's prediction from about 8 years ago come true?

12:44 - Receiving Feedback from listeners

13:33 - Aprendeingles Podcast

14:33 - How to learn from Podcast interviews?

15:38 - What are evergreen podcast episodes?

17:10 - What are disfluencies? (Daniel's view)

18:20 - What are crutch words?

18:57 - What is the definition of disfluencies?

20:00 - Some examples of crutch words

20:14 - Every language is using diffent crutch words

20:56 - Why it is not wise to edit out every crutch words (ums, ahms)

22.15 - What are some other disfluencies apart from crutch words?

22:57 - Not noticing crutch words while speaking / listening

24:12 - What are the negatives of disfluencies? (Crutch words can distract you)

26:06 - Excerpt of Aprendeingles Podcast

HOW TO OVERCOME DIFSLUENCIES

26:35 - Be aware of your disfluencies (first step to overcome them)

27:54 - Don't be afraid of silences

27:59 - Practical expressions (buy yourself time)

29:31 - Use technology to improve your fluency

30:40 - Descript (Video/Podcast editing software)

29:00 - Work on your proununciation

31:55 - Interview Keanu Reeves

32:32 - Using too many crutch words

35:07 - Text to speech apps (Siri, Google Assistantl, Alexa) to overcome crutch words

37:03 - Why stress will affect your fluency

39:09 - Did Craig never felt comfortable at public speaking

40:53 - Communicatoin can be difficult even for native speakers (bear this in mind)

42:10 - Start out with your own podcast and become fluent!

42:53 - Outro

43:24 - Blubbers and other mentions

Interview with Luke Thompson:

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