>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, you will learn what else you can take to the beach. And with a mini-story, you will practice your English speaking. I will ask you many questions that you need to answer right away. It’s like having a conversation with another person in English. Well, in the previous episode, we learned what things are useful when going to the beach: Swimsuit Towel Sunscreen Sunglasses Hat or cap Air mat...
Jun 17, 2022•13 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, I want to talk about what to take to the beach. This way you will practice the specific vocabulary on the subject and, of course, you will be the most prepared on the beach. And with a unique point-of-view story, you will practice grammar without memorizing any boring rules. It’s already June. And with June comes summer and good weather. One of my favorite activities during the summer is...
Jun 11, 2022•13 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, we will look at some English words that are very difficult to pronounce . And with a mini-story, you will practice your English fluency by answering many questions! Rural Rural can be challenging to pronounce even for some native speakers, especially when repeated or placed next to a word with similar “r” sounds. Let’s pronounce it several times. Listen and repeat! [ roor-uhl ] Rural – R...
Jun 05, 2022•15 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Time flies, and it is vital to know how to manage it. So, today, I will give you three more points to consider regarding the use of time when learning English. I hope you like it. And with a point of view story, you will learn grammar in context without memorizing any boring rules. 1# Look for situations with few distractions. If there's one thing I'm guilty of, it's spending too much time on t...
May 26, 2022•11 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, I am going to continue talking about how to manage your time to learn English. Next, you are going to practice fluency with a mini-story. Mia is determined to learn English, and she starts to motivate herself by taking something. #1 Treat yourself! What better way to motivate yourself than to treat yourself! Yes, you deserve it. Well, only when you achieve the goal, of course. For more e...
May 19, 2022•13 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, I am going to talk about time prepositions in English. And with a point of view story, you will learn grammar in context without memorizing any boring rules. Prepositions are short words (on, in, to, of) that usually stand in front of nouns, pronouns, or a group of nouns. They show direction , time , place , location , or introduce an object . But today, we will focus on time preposition...
May 15, 2022•13 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, I’m going to talk about managing your English learning time. Next, you will practice your speaking with a mini-story. Have you ever wondered how to find more time to do something? I ask myself that all the time. In fact, I think time runs away from me, and I don’t have time to chase it. The truth is time flies. And it flies for everyone. We always have something to do in today’s society,...
May 08, 2022•17 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today I am going to talk about the benefits of learning English as an adult. And the truth is that there are many, and some of them are surprising. And with a mini-story, you will practice your spoken English. I'll ask you lots of questions that you'll have to answer right away. It's like having a conversation with another person in English. #1 It is an excellent exercise for our brain. #2 You ...
Apr 30, 2022•13 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, I'll talk about something more festive. I'll talk about Easter and how Americans celebrate this holiday. And with a fun mini-story , you'll improve your English fluency by answering many questions in English. Whenever Easter comes, everywhere I go, I see chocolate eggs and Easter bunny cakes . Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The N...
Apr 14, 2022•12 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today I am talking about punctuation . In the second part, you will improve your English fluency with a fun mini-story. It's like having a conversation with another person in English! By pronunciation , I mean the different spelling marks used when writing. These are the main ones. Period or full stop . - is a punctuation mark that we use to show the end of a sentence. Commas , are the ideal pu...
Apr 10, 2022•14 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, we will talk about a topic that I’m sure you will find very useful. I will talk about the best online English dictionaries. And with a mini-story, you will practice your English fluency. We have all used an English dictionary at one time or another. And I think it was easier before the Internet. Everyone had a single dictionary at home and consulted it in paper format. And then, for a sh...
Apr 03, 2022•12 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! I'm going to talk about a current topic: the widespread price increase we are suffering because of the economic situation . In the second part, you will practice grammar with a point of view lesson. Don't miss it! If there's one thing we can say lately when we go shopping for groceries, it is that prices are going up a lot. This is partly due to the increase in the price of three goods in the e...
Mar 26, 2022•12 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! In this episode: We continue with the flaws in English. We're going to learn four more words. In part two, you'll practice grammar with a point of view lesson. Last week I talked about flaws . Unlike virtues , flaws are undesirable characteristics of someone's personality. Here are some flaws: Stinginess : when you don't ever want to spend money. Indifference : When you have no interest or empa...
Mar 11, 2022•12 min
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! You're going to learn vocabulary about flaws . That is the negative characteristic of people. In the second part, we will practice speaking with a fun mini-story of questions and answers. In a couple of previous episodes, you learned vocabulary related to virtues . You know, those good characteristics of people. As you know, you and I are full of virtues, but today we're going to talk about neg...
Mar 06, 2022•15 min•Ep. 203
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! We're going to continue to learn virtues in English . Maybe we'll discover that we possess those virtues by the end of the episode, with a bit of luck. In the second part of the show, you'll practice your English with a new mini-story with questions and answers related to virtues . Today, we will look at four more virtues that I will further discuss and give examples. We will all end up very vi...
Feb 26, 2022•15 min•Ep. 202
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! In this episode, you will learn vocabulary related to virtues with examples. In the second part, you will practice grammar with a point of view lesson without memorizing any boring rules. Before getting started, visit my website SpeakEnglishPodcast.com and get the transcript for free. What is a virtue ? Thanks for asking. A virtue is a positive characteristic of a person. Usually, someone's vir...
Feb 20, 2022•11 min•Ep. 201
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, we will look at some English words that are very difficult to pronounce . And with a point of view lesson, you will improve your English grammar without memorizing any boring rules. 1. Cavalry and calvary People often confuse cavalry (armed forces on horseback) with calvary, an experience of extreme suffering, especially mental suffering. We call a metathesis the change of one or more so...
Feb 10, 2022•14 min•Ep. 200
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Do you play a musical instrument ? Well, today we will learn some benefits of playing a musical instrument and whether it will also help you with learning English . And with a mini-story, you will improve your fluency . I will tell you a story while asking many questions that you will need to answer as quickly as possible. It's like having a conversation with another person in English. For more...
Feb 04, 2022•14 min•Ep. 199
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today we will talk about humor in English . There are many different ways that a person can be funny, and I will give you some examples of different types of humor in English . And with a mini-story, you will improve your fluency. I will tell you a story while asking many questions that you will need to answer as quickly as possible. It’s like having a conversation with another person in Englis...
Jan 29, 2022•14 min•Ep. 198
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, let's learn some popular idioms in English . And with a point of view lesson, you will learn grammar in context without memorizing any boring rules. I'll tell you the same story from different grammar points. I can change the tense or the person. And like that, you will learn grammar in context. NO-BRAINER: this is basically an easy decision. It's something that requires little or no men...
Jan 22, 2022•10 min•Ep. 197
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, we will talk about finding the perfect home and what you should consider before you rent or buy a house . In the second part of this show, you will improve your fluency with a mini-story. I will ask you many questions that you need to answer as quickly as possible. It's like having a conversation with another person in English. For more episodes and the full text , visit SpeakEnglishpodc...
Jan 15, 2022•15 min•Ep. 196
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, I would like to share with you five fun facts about Santa Claus. And with a fun mini-story, I will help you improve your English fluency. You just have to answer some simple questions, as if we had an informal English conversation. There are so many things I love about Christmas. I love baking Christmas cookies, watching Christmas movies, buying presents, and decorating the tree. And let...
Dec 26, 2021•12 min•Ep. 195
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, I will talk about Coca-Cola . And with a mini-story, you will improve your English fluency while learning some fun facts about Coca-Cola . Do you like Coca-Cola? I used to drink plenty of Coke when I was younger, but I try to drink more water nowadays. However, I admit that Coca-Cola is the perfect drink to complement my popcorn at the cinema. And the good news is that if you want a heal...
Dec 17, 2021•13 min•Ep. 194
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! - Do you know how to express probability in English ? Probably, but just in case, let's practice with some basic expressions. In the second part, we will practice fluency with a short mini-story of questions and answers. In today's episode, we will learn some phrases and words used to express probability . I'm sure you already know some of these expressions, and seeing them with some examples w...
Dec 09, 2021•12 min•Ep. 193
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, we are going to continue with more things that we should not say or do when you have a conversation in English. Next, you will practice some grammar in an intuitive way with a point of view lesson Cool! Let’s look at some more bad strategies. This way, you can avoid having uncomfortable conversations in the future. For more episodes and the full text , visit SpeakEnglishpodcast.com/podca...
Nov 13, 2021•13 min•Ep. 192
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! We're going to continue to discover some more super short scary stories. Next, I'm going to do a little mini-story for you to practice fluency. Simple and effective. "Your bank called you." Phew. Every time the bank calls me, they try to offer me something I don't need: a mortgage, credit, insurance. But I suppose that, if there is a problem, they also call you. Still, they have never called me...
Nov 05, 2021•11 min•Ep. 191
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! I’ll be talking about one of the most celebrated holidays in the United States: Halloween . After that, you’ll practice your speaking with a new mini-story, while enjoying my new Question & Answer story. Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the last day of October. I would say it’s very popular because everybody’s excited about it, especially children. The word Halloween comes from an old Engli...
Oct 29, 2021•12 min•Ep. 190
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! We're going to be a bit scared. Well, not really. We're going to listen to some super short scary stories . Each story is one sentence, more or less. In the second part, we're going to listen to a point of view story to learn grammar in context without memorizing any boring rules. How was your day? A lot is going on today: some good, some okay, and some bad. Today, I'd like to talk about fear ....
Oct 22, 2021•11 min•Ep. 189
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today I’m going to talk about abandoned towns , where no one lives anymore for one reason or another. With a mini-story, we will meet John, a man who, tired of his lifestyle, makes a radical decision. There are several words you can use to describe such a town. They all mean the same thing: Abandoned Uninhabited Ghost Deserted For more episodes and the full text , visit SpeakEnglishpodcast.com/...
Oct 15, 2021•15 min•Ep. 188
>> Get my new course: The PRONUNCIATION Course 2024! Visit PronunciationCourse.com and get the course! Today, I will share with you 9 of the most beautiful words in English . And with the point of view story, you will learn grammar only by listening. In 2010, during a project to search for words in digitized books, researchers estimated a total of 1,000,000 words. First, you need to take into account that they have included different forms of the same word . Also, many words are archaic since th...
Oct 09, 2021•12 min•Ep. 187
