Aug 2024

52m 9s

#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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