829. 88 English expressions that will confuse everyone (Part 3)
Finally, here is the third part of this series about English slang words and expressions that most British people know, but which will probably confuse almost everyone else! I started this series in 2...
9 Kesä 20231h 36min
828. PARIS STORIES with Amber Minogue
Amber returns to the podcast to tell us some grisly stories about the history of Paris. Amber is a bit of an expert about Paris. She has read pretty much every book about the city and is also a regist...
31 Touko 20231h 33min
827. An Interview for an Academic Study about Language Learning Podcasts (Carlos Soares, University of Aveiro)
👉 Take Carlos' survey here https://forms.ua.pt/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=699278&lang=enCarlos Soares, from the University of Aveiro in Portugal, is doing a master's degree dissertation all about l...
26 Touko 202335min
826. Yiddish Words used in English (with Sebastian Marx)
Comedian Sebastian Marx returns to the podcast in order to talk about Yiddish words which have found their way into the English language, including common words like bagel, glitch and schmooze and ple...
24 Touko 20231h 3min
825. Time-Travel Story, Language Immersions in Malta & Playing the Bagpipes (with Alastair Budge)
Is that a confusing title? Hopefully not. As you might expect, it's a little summary of what's included in the episode. To give you some more details, Alastair Budge is the host of a podcast called "E...
17 Touko 20231h 50min
824. The Coronation of King Charles III (with Mum & Dad) The Rick & Gill Thompson Report
Talking to my parents about the coronation ceremony of King Charles III which happened in Westminster, London on Saturday 6 May. Includes descriptions of the ceremony and discussion of some of the iss...
10 Touko 20231h 14min
823. ChatGPT & Learning English PART 3
In this final part of the series I'm going to evaluate ChatGPT's ability to work as a dictionary with definitions, example sentences, synonyms, phonetic transcriptions, etc. I test its ability to conv...
3 Touko 20231h 2min
822. ChatGPT & Learning English PART 2
In this series I am evaluating ChatGPT as a language-learning tool. In this part I'm experimenting with role-play conversations, job interview practice, creating texts and dialogues and seeing if it c...
29 Huhti 202352min
