你好! I’m Lindie.
YouTuber, designer, language mentor and MA student in Japanese Aesthetics.
My background 🌎
I was born in South Africa, and have grown up and lived in Pakistan, France, the UAE, Japan, and Singapore. I’ve always been fascinated by the possibilities that language offers to break down barriers and connect with people. My passion in life is learning languages, and sharing my methods with others.
Since 2009, I have immersed myself in languages and developing efficient learning methods. Since then, I’ve learned over 10 languages to varying levels, appeared on international news in Hungarian, Korean, English and Afrikaans, spoken at a few language conferences, and mentored over 200 people in language learning and healthy mindsets.
My love for design and languages 📝
As a multidisciplinary designer focusing on UI/UX and product design, I aim to mix my love of design and languages. I am a co-founder of Wikitongues, a non-profit organization aiming to document all the world’s 7000+ languages, and I help out with their design work sometimes. I am also a co-founder and designer of Kaards, a language learning flashcard app. Other language and design related jobs include having worked as a product designer for Skritter, assisting with design thinking at Memrise, and building a few more language projects on the side.
For a few months in the year, I lecture Information Design at my alma mater. I teach corporate identity and UI/UX design at a 4th year level, incorporating languages with design; creating briefs such as designing language apps and branding solutions for language academies.
A note on social media 📱
Currently, you can find me on YouTube or Medium where I am most active. My Instagram and Twitter accounts are archived but you can still see posts. In 2023, I decided to step away from actively posting on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Read more about why I quit social media here.
LANGUAGE CERTIFICATIONS 🎓
TOPIK Korean Proficiency Exam – Level 5
JLPT Japanese Proficiency Exam – N3
DELF French Proficiency Exam – B2
Selected podcast features
- On learning Korean and Japanese at the same time
- All about learning and vocabulary – Speakly podcast
- What happens to your brain when you learn a language? – Rosetta Stone
- LingQ English podcast feature
- Tips for learning Korean and staying motivated (Korean)
- Becoming a better language YouTuber – Langpreneur
- Korekara Japanese podcast interview
- The YouTube polyglot community – The Fluent Show
- Making progress and tracking your learning – Fluent in 3 Months
- Casual chat with Azren the language nerd
- Culips English podcast interview about polyglotism
Public speaking
| 2021-2022 | 2020 | 2019 and earlier |
|---|---|---|
| Bridging languages and tech: Stories from a Multilingual UX designer @ Languages in Science by Lancaster University | Polyglot Conference Global Online – App Design for the World – Considering languages, scripts and digital literacy in interface design | Polyglot Conference, Fukuoka, Japan – Holistic Language Learning through Cultural Immersion and Culture shock |
| International Day of Multilingualism – Hosted by Polyglot Conference Life in Multiple Languages with Richard Simcott | The Bakery UX Lightning Talks: Multilingual UI – Catering for different languages in UI design | Women in Language Online conference Identity Crisis – The ups and downs of living, dating and working in a foreign language |
| Working with engineers as a UI/UX designer – Talk for Rocket Academy Singapore | Language lab at DIRCO, South Africa – Presented two workshops on language learning strategies to diplomats | |
| Finding Your Language Story – Online speech for a private school in Turkey’s language club | ||
| Workshop: Build your language study plan (and stick to it) with Preply |
Feel free to contact me at hello@lindiebotes.com for speaking opportunities.
Everything on this site has been designed/coded by myself, except for the logo which is by Studio G in Cape Town. As for the site, I try to keep the it as simple as possible, sticking to basic HTML and CSS for screen-reader accessibility, mobile parity and faster loading.