English is a global language (with Jennifer Jenkins)
In this interview I talk with professor Jennifer Jenkins, the Chair of Global Englishes at the University of Southampton and the creator of ELF (English as a Lingua Franca). She has a unique perspecti...
11 Juli 201958min
Daily Digest 10/7/19 - Banks and bunks
Today's daily digest talks about my upcoming interview with Scott Thornbury, and also the relationship between benches, money, and myths. You can become my patron here: https://www.patreon.com/cangur...
10 Juli 201913min
Daily Digest 9/7/19 - Mondegreens and eggcorns
Today’s daily digest shows how words are formed by accidents, and the relationship between being full, and vegetables. You can become my patron here: https://www.patreon.com/canguroenglish
9 Juli 201918min
Daily Digest 8/7/19 - Old vs new
Today’s daily digest is about how far we've advanced in 80 years, except with language learning and teaching. You can become my patron here: https://www.patreon.com/canguroenglish
8 Juli 201915min
Daily Digest 5/7/19 - Hunting and hearing
Today’s daily digest starts with a mother-in-law joke, moves to an old English word which has become a fossil, and then explains why we need to stop studying and start communicating. You can become m...
5 Juli 201918min
Daily Digest 4/7/19 - Crushed rocks and gestures
Today’s daily digest goes back to the future, to incorporate various things that we have learned over the past few episodes. You will discover how adjectives, reduplication, and motor pathways in the ...
4 Juli 201916min
Daily Digest 3/7/19 - Soldiers and teeth
Today’s daily digest story starts with a joke about a soldier, then moves to teeth, and finally to why we can’t change our accents.
3 Juli 201917min
Daily Digest 2/7/19 - Peaches and sour grapes
Today’s daily digest is about fruits, what they tell us about how we see the world, how we form adjectives, and where words come from. You can become my patron here: https://www.patreon.com/canguroen...
2 Juli 201910min
