Over the last 20 years, more than 100 books and articles have been published on how we learn a language. Among many authors like Krashen, Chomsly or even Piaget, we focus on how second language acquisition has had and continues to have a major impact on all areas of second language research and teaching since the 1980s. “Language is best taught when it is being used to transmit messages, not when it is explicitly taught for conscious learning.” “Sit down, have a nice cup of coffee read a book in another language - the fountain of youth!”. Welcome to this podcast.