The Education System – The Education Paradigm

Written by on May 3, 2012 - 1 Comment

Let’s embrace the future together. What do you think about education and study? Do you agree with the viewpoint of the speaker? Vocabulary Metaphors It is crucial – it is very very important. Cruce – crux – cross What does the word “paradigm” mean? It means “way of looking at it” or “worldview”.

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Easy English 200 – Speaking and Listening – Introduction

Written by on December 6, 2010 - 12 Comments

Download audio file (talking1.mp3) at National Library Scotland This is a different type of lesson. There is no transcript. Listen carefully. Answer the questions. Answer the questions aloud. If you don’t understand the first time, listen again and again until it becomes easy and natural. Listen until you can answer all the questions easily and [...]

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Bilingual – English and Albanian 1

Written by on May 11, 2010 - 0 Comments

Download audio file (albanian1.mp3) Use this post to learn English and Albanian at the same time. I speak English I don’t speak Albanian I want to learn Albanian. Can you speak Albanian? I speak a little Albanian.

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Be Aware

Written by on November 17, 2009 - 99 Comments

Be Aware is a free English language course. It comes by by email. It consists of five lessons. Each lesson is about one of the free recordings on this site. With Be Aware, you can improve your English speaking and listening. You can also become more aware of English grammar in context. To get these [...]

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Bilingual – English and Afrikaans – 2

Written by on January 16, 2008 - 0 Comments

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 [...]

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Bilingual – English and Swedish – 1

Written by on December 1, 2007 - 1 Comment

Download audio file (swedish1.mp3) Use this post to learn English and Swedish at the same time. I speak Swedish (Swedish) I don’t speak English. (Swedish) I want to learn English. (Swedish) I speak a little English. I want to go to England. I don’t want to go to France. I want to go to England. [...]

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Bilingual – English and Chinese – 1

Written by on September 10, 2007 - 0 Comments

Download audio file (chinese1.mp3) I speak Chinese. (Chinese) I do not speak English. (Chinese) Can you speak English? (Chinese) Yes. (Chinese) Can you speak Chinese? (Chinese) I can speak a little Chinese. (Chinese) Where are you from? (Chinese) I come from Shanghai. (Chinese) Where are you from? (Chinese) I come from Australia. (Chinese) How much [...]

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Miyako’s Education – Part 36

Written by on September 9, 2007 - 1 Comment

Download audio file (miyako36.mp3) at Hobo pd Miyako: Wow! She speaks really good English! John: So do you. Miyako: But she speaks it better than me. She speaks it much better than me. John: I don’t think so. I think your English is just as good as hers. Miyako: You’re just being nice. John: I [...]

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Bilingual – English and Thai – 2

Written by on August 26, 2007 - 0 Comments

Download audio file (thai2.mp3) Hiromi enjoyed learning a little Thai so she learned some more. She decided to study Thai and to study English at the same time (simultaneously). My name is Hiromi. (Thai) I come from Japan. (Thai) I am a student. (Thai) I am a nursing student. (Thai) Can you speak English? (Thai) [...]

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Bilingual – English and Hebrew – 1

Written by on August 3, 2007 - 0 Comments

Download audio file (hebrew1.mp3) You can use this one to learn English and to learn Hebrew simultaneously. water (Hebrew) Do you have any water? (Hebrew) I want some water. (Hebrew) I am thirsty. (Hebrew) I am hungry. (Hebrew) food (Hebrew) I want some food. (Hebrew) Hello. (Hebrew) What is your name? (Hebrew) My name is [...]

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