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Aug 2024
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#286 A 1200km Pilgrimage (Fran from Step...

Michael Lavers
About this episode

Fran from Step Up Japanese and I discuss a few different topics in today's episode, including:

  • The Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage (walking around the Japanese island of Shikoku)
  • The Tadoku reading method for languages
  • An embarrassing language mistake on TV
  • And more!


If you're a fan of hearing casual British English conversations, and also finding out something new about language learning, then this should be a good episode for you.

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