A New Life in Mosquito City – Part 16 – That will be a dollar
Mark buys a newspaper from the newspaper vendor in the street. How much does it cost him?
Bilingual – English and Swahili – 1
Download audio file (swahili1.mp3) Use this post to learn English and Swahili at the same time. I speak Swahili. (Swahili) I don’t speak English. (Swahili) Do you speak Swahili? I speak a little Swahili. I want to learn Swahili. I want to go to Kenya. Have you been to Kenya? Yes, I have. Have you [...]
I am a Japanese Korean
Misun is a Japanese Korean from Osaka. Her parents were both born in Japan, too. She cannot get a Japanese passport, but instead has a Korean one. Mark interviews her in this recording.
A New Life in Mosquito City – Part 15 – I am going to get a newspaper
After a delicious meal of traditional Mosquito cuisine, Mark is in the mood to read the latest news. He asks a man in the street where he can buy a newspaper.
Bilingual – English and Tamil – 2
Download audio file (tamil2.mp3) Use this post to learn English and Tamil at the same time. I (Tamil) I speak Tamil. (Tamil) You (Tamil) You speak Tamil. (Tamil) He He speaks Tamil. She She speaks Tamil. We We speak Tamil. We don’t speak English. We don’t speak English. They speak English. They speak good English. [...]
Pakistan Used to Be Part of British India
In this recording, Mark talks with an Indian woman who was born in Pakistan, grew up in Delhi, and spent a good number of years living abroad, in places like Japan and Singapore.
Bilingual – English and Afrikaans – 2
Download audio file (afrikaans2.mp3) Use this post to learn English and Afrikaans at the same time. I speak Afrikaans. I come from South Africa. My mother comes from Holland. I live in Australia. I work in Singapore. South Africa was a Dutch colony. South Africa was an English colony. I am hungry. I want to [...]
A New Life in Mosquito City – Part 14 – Could I see the menu, please?
Mark sits down in the restaurant and orders a meal from the waiter. Listen to find out what he orders. What would you order?
An English Village in Spain
In Gibraltar, they don’t want to be Spanish and they don’t want to be British. What do they want to be? Listen to Mark and Luis talk about this British colony in the south of Spain.
Bilingual – English and Spanish – 6
Download audio file (spanish6heis.mp3) Use this post to learn English and Spanish at the same time. He is French. (Spanish) He is French too. (Spanish) She is French. (Spanish) She is not French. (Spanish) She is Korean. (Spanish) She comes from Korea. (Spanish) Have you been to Korea? (Spanish) Yes, I have. (Spanish) Have you [...]
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