| Intro | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Are you an active or a passive language learner? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Do you know the difference between the two? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Welcome to Innovative Language Learning Sunday News! I'm Chigusa and I'll be hosting today's Sunday News with my co-host, the founder of InnovativeLanguage.com... Peter Galante! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Hi everyone! Peter here. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: In today’s Sunday News, you’ll learn the difference between active and passive learning... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ... how you can learn both ways with our language program! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...and, you’re getting a brand new study tool for passive learning. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Body | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Are you an active or a passive language learner? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Do you know the difference between the two? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: You’ll find out what sets these two learning styles apart... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: And how you can learn both ways with our lessons in just a moment.. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: But first, listen up. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: If you want a quick 20% discount on our complete language learning program... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...that’s hundreds of audio and video lessons by real teachers... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...that get you speaking, reading and writing from Beginner to Advanced... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...mobile apps so you can learn on the go... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...and study tools that perfect your reading, pronunciation and teach you twice as fast... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...Get 20% OFF Premium or Premium PLUS until Wednesday, February 7th, 2018. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Just click the link in the comments section to take advantage... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...and master your target language for less... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...with real lessons by real teachers! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Get 20% OFF Premium or Premium PLUS until Wednesday, February 7th, 2018. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Alright, listeners. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Are you an active learner or a passive learner? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Do you even know? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Here’s the difference. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ‘Active learning’ means you’re actively engaging with learning material and focusing on it. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: For example, you’re reading in your target language... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...you’re looking up words, you’re translating ... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...you’re memorizing phrases or you’re speaking out loud. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: So, you’re focused on what you’re learning. Nothing else. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Passive learning is different. It requires less concentration. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Yeah, it’s usually done when you’re doing something else... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...for example, doing chores, driving to work or taking the train. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: You could be listening to an audio lesson or watching a video lesson... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: But, the difference is, you’re not focused on picking apart every single word. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: You’re just passively taking the language in. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: So listeners, how do you learn? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Are you actively engaged or do you passively learn on the go? Or do you mix it up? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Let us know in the comments. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Now, here’s how you can learn both ways with our lessons. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: If you’re a passive learner... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...if you’re on the go and can’t really pay too much attention... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Just play any audio or video lesson. It’s as easy as that. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: You can learn on the go with our FREE Innovative Language 101 App... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...for the Android, iPhone and iPad. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Now, if you want to passively learn words and phrases.... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...then check out our brand new Vocabulary Slideshow. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: This Premium study tool is available on every lesson. Just press play... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...and sit back and review the words. You can even put the slideshow on loop... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ..and immerse yourself in the language. With every slide, you get the word... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...the audio pronunciation, the translation... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...and sample sentences. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Now, If you’re an active learner, here are 5 tactics you can use right now. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Number 1 - Listen or watch a lesson and... read along with the translations. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: You get complete translations in the lesson notes and the line-by-line dialogue. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: This will make your reading, comprehension and listening skills skyrocket. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: The best part is, you’ll understand every single word. The translations are right in front of you. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Number 2 - Repeat the lesson dialogue as you hear it. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: This is called shadowing and it will boost your speaking skills... guaranteed. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Just repeat the lines that you hear until you can speak with confidence. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: To make it even easier, you also get the lines with the dialogue study tool... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...and the lesson notes for every lesson. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...so you can read them out loud as you hear them in the lesson. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Number 3 - Record yourself with our voice recorder in the dialogue study tool... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...to perfect your pronunciation and see how close you are to a native speaker. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Number 4 - If you want to boost your vocabulary... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ..study words with our smart flashcards. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: They sort the words for you. So, you get the harder words more often.... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...until you master them. And the easy ones show up now and then to refresh your memory. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: And Number 5 – Ask questions! Leave a comment in the comment section.. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Or if you’re a Premium PLUS user, you get your very own teacher... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...and you can ask them to review and correct your writing and speaking... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: You can also ask for learning advice and get all of your questions answered. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Listeners, both are great ways to learn, depending on your situation. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: If you have some quiet time and can focus, go for active learning. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: If you’re on the go or multi-tasking, passive learning is the way to go. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Whichever your style is... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: you can apply both with our language learning program. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: And… | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: If you want a quick 20% discount on our complete language learning program... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...that’s hundreds of audio and video lessons by real teachers... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...that get you speaking, reading and writing from Beginner to Advanced... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...mobile apps so you can learn on the go... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...and study tools that perfect your reading, pronunciation and teach you twice as fast... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...Get 20% OFF Premium or Premium PLUS until Wednesday, February 7th, 2018. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Just click the link in the comments section to take advantage... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: ...and master your target language for less... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: ...with real lessons by real teachers! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Get 20% OFF Premium or Premium PLUS until Wednesday, February 7th, 2018. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Outro | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Okay, well that’s going to do it for this edition of Innovative Language Learning Sunday News! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Peter: Bye everyone! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Chigusa: Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you all next time. | 
                                                        
                     
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