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EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 51 MIN

#28 Two Languages, One Person — What Are the Problems of Being Bilingual?

from Life Happens* · host Michelle R Williams and Nick Hirst

This episode is for you if you can speak more than one language or if you are in the process of learning a new language.Listen now as Michelle and Nick debate whether speaking another language makes you feel like another person, as well as the many other aspects of being able to confidently express yourself in more than one language.Michelle, a native Czech speaker, presents this podcast in English and also writes her novels in English. Add to this the fact that she is currently learning French, and she really has insights to deliver on the ups and downs of using more than one language.Nick meanwhile, a native English speaker, has raised two bilingual children and has spent over ten years teaching Czech schoolkids how to speak English with confidence.Check out this episode of Life Happens* (*but you can too!) as our hosts compare views and experience, and, along the way, Nick ponders whether he has invented a new word for the English language!You will find everything about Life Happens* here:https://linktr.ee/lifehappens.podcast

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