In our first episode, we chat with Luca Lampariello, a renowned polyglot who has achieved high levels of fluency in 13 languages. We discuss:

• Preparing to speak – when should we speak, and is there anything we can and should do in advance?
• Keys to fluency – is fluency a skill that we can develop, or a representation of our overall level of language?
• Practising speaking – how can we practise, other than simply speaking with people? Is there anything else we can do?
• Speaking as a performance – how can you deal with pressures of the moment, and to what extent is speaking an act of “performance”?
• The mindset of fluency