017: Conversations: What's the Most Challenging Job you've Ever Had?
Today David and I ask each other a series of questions to get the conversation going. Then we stop ourselves as idioms, phrasal verbs, or interesting vocabulary words come up in conversation. A sample...
1 Nov 201727min
016: Friendships in America
Today we answer questions about making with Americans—and growing friendships with Americans. Is it normal to have good friends of both sexes? Do Americans avoid talking about the difficulties in life...
25 Okt 201732min
015: Diphthongs
Today we do a deep-dive into the American English diphthongs. How many are there, and why doesn't everyone agree with the number? We discuss the different spellings of the diphthongs, as well as the b...
18 Okt 201731min
014: Conversations: Name an Embarrassing Moment you've had as an Adult
Today David and I ask each other a series of questions to get the conversation going, then we stop ourselves as idioms, phrasal verbs, or interesting vocabulary words come up in conversation. A sampl...
11 Okt 201731min
013: Interview with Brooke Kandel-Cisco on Teaching ESL Teachers
David and I sit down with Butler University professor Brooke Kandel-Cisco to discuss teaching English as a Second Language. We talk about the standards for teaching non-native students in the US and ...
4 Okt 201731min
012: Family Relationships and Idioms
This week's episode is a companion to the vocabulary builder video published on YouTube and the website. We discuss more complicated family relationships as well as lots of idioms that use family rel...
27 Sep 201726min
011: Vowels, Part 2
In Part 2 of the Vowels series, we discuss the remaining vowels in English: EH [ɛ], UR [ɜ], OO [u], UH [ʊ], another UH [ʌ], and the Schwa [ə]. We discuss one of the main differences between British ...
20 Sep 201731min
010: Vowels, Part 1
David and I discuss five of the 11 vowels of American English, and go over the various ways each sound can be spelled. This leads to discussions of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and spell...
13 Sep 201731min
