The Bilingual Connection

TBC Episode - 4 The Educator

Catherine Churchman is a Lecturer in the Asian Studies Programme at Victoria University in Wellington. Although her teaching doesn't require her to speak other languages, her personal interest in linguistics has seen her learn Finnish, Estonian, Maori, Hokkien and many more.

TBC Episode - 3 Hebrew

We have a very special guest today on our show, shes not just bilingual, shes a polyglot! Inbal speaks English, Hebrew, Spanish, French and a few more. She spent a few years studying in Israel and is now back in New Zealand. She has some really good ideas on how to keep your second or third language fresh.

TBC Episode - 2 Chavacano & Tagalog

My guest for this episode speaks 3 languages! English, Tagalog and the very rare Spanish creole language of Chavacano. His name is John, he's a young professional living in Wellington away from his family and tells us how he manages to hold on to his vernacular.

TBC Episode - 1 Español

The maiden episode to The Bilingual Connection, we talk to Veronica from Wellington about her story and living with two of the three most spoken languages in the world.

TBC-Trailer

This is the trailer to explain to the guests what the show is all about.