Interview with American polyglot badass Elysse Speaks

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I had the pleasure to speak with one of my favorite people in the language learning community. Elysse DaVega from the Elysse Speaks YouTube channel. Elysse speaks Spanish, German, Portuguese, French, ASL and is a just a badass in general.

00:00 Meet Elysse Speaks
0:03:21 How did Elysse get into the world of language learning?
0:06:27 I learn modern American slang from Elysse
0:07:00 Is Elysse interest in language learning intrinsic or was it a product of exposure?
0:09:00 What is Elysse's best foreign language?
0:10:13 How does she study a language that is at an advanced level?
0:12:20 The Diversity and beauty of the Spanish language. She speaks Mexican Spanish, what other types does she like?
0:13:16 On Dominican Spanish. She cannot understand it. Talking about Ricky from Bilingual Blogs
0:14:05 Choose a specific dialect of the Spanish language and the people from there will love you
0:14:14 the uniqueness of the Argentinian accent in Spanish
0:16:10 People in the Spanish Speaking world don't like when Americans call themselves 'Americans'
0:18:23 Can you even be a language learner if you don't like reading and writing?
0:20:00 Has she known the language in every country that she has travelled to?
0:20:14 Why did Elysse learn Chinese? Interest in language vs practical reasons
0:24:00 Mark and Elysse on Brazillian Portuguese, Brazil
0:25:50 Would Elysse just randomly go to a country to study the language?
0:27:30 My genius plan in case my Russian visa gets rejected/ Elysse makes fun of me
0:28:28 Elysse broke my heart, this is why
0:29:32 IT IS CALLED POP NOT SODA
0:31:00 Elysse is a traditional language learner. What does that mean?
0:33:43 How did Elysse learn German grammar? She thinks you need to study grammar with complex languages
0:35:48 Mark's brutal recent experiences with the Russian grammar and cases
0:36:49 Georgian language grammar
0:37:18 Would Elysse learn a language based on her heritage?
0:41:22 What is her language learning pet peeve? What is mine?
0:45:45 What happens when people speak to Elysse in English abroad?
0:47:52 A great sign of success in language learning when speaking
0:47:48 My 2019 Las Vegas story
0:50:10 I quiz Elysse in Mexican slang. How did she do???

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