156: What to expect in 2017

In this episode, I talk about my plans for 2017 and thank some people who have influenced my life and work over the last year. In this episode: My big plans for the year: Fluent Spanish Academy - growing the Academy into the best resource for Spanish learners on the web New beginners Spanish course - watch this space! Conversations - collections of fun, natural dialogues for language learners Cantonese listening materials - a new project coming soon Short Stories - a big (but still secret) project coming soon Polyglot Pub - more events for language fans Languages Of London - a new Instagram account celebrating the linguistic diversity of the greatest city in the world. #languagesoflondon Thanks: Steve, for being my biggest inspiration for language learning Benny, for showing me what's possible Colin, for helping me reach more people around the world Calif, for her passion for Cantonese and help producing amazing dialogues Israel, for his help translating Anthony, for his advice and friendship Tetsu and Joey, for inviting me to Montreal Jan, for being a great travel companion Conor and Kris, for bouncing around endless ideas Robert, for being the best supporter in the world Kruu Nuu, for being an amazing teacher and putting up with my lack of Thai study Stu Jay, for inspiring me to continue with Asian languages Richard, for his friendship and many conversations about languages Amy, for her help getting blog posts out on time iTalki, for supporting this show Shirley, for a great lunch Karen, for showing me some of the coolest things in HK Dave, for helping me manage an insane amount of email Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Polyglot Pub - My regular meetups for language fans in London Montreal Language Festival 2017, 25-27 August, Montreal Polyglot Conference 2017, October, Reykjavik Polyglot Gathering 2017, 31 May - 4 June, Bratislava Start speaking today I’d like to thank iTalki for supporting the show. iTalki is the best place online to connect with affordable and effective native speakers teachers and tutors. To claim your free lesson and start speaking today, simply visit:http://iwillteachyoualanguage.com/italkishownotes Do you have a question? Ask me your language learning questions by clicking here, and I’ll do my best to feature it on the show! Also, please subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Thanks so much for listening to this episode of the podcast! If you’ve got any comments about the show then please leave them in the “comments” section below! If you’d like to help me out, then I’d love it if you could… Share the episode using the social media buttons around you Leave an honest review and rating of the podcast on iTunes (click here to do that) iTunes reviews in particular r