025: New Year's Resolutions
Do you make New Year's Resolutions? Today we discuss the kinds of resolutions we make, and discuss tips on how to keep them. Learn what a SM...
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Conversation & Pronunciation: Learn English with The Rachel's English Podcast
Study English conversation skills with one of YouTube's most popular English as a Second (or third!) Language teachers, Rachel of Rachel's English. Most beneficial for intermediate to advanc...
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024: The Best Present You've Ever Gotten
Today we talk about the best present we've ever gotten, and define interesting words, terms, and phrases that come up in natural conversatio...
023: Conversations: Describe a Recent Situation that Made you Crack Up
David and I ask each other questions to get the conversation going – then we stop when we use an idiom, phrasal verb, or challenging vocabul...
022: Phrases for being Polite in American English
When we were in Italy recently, we often struggled with knowing the polite way to phrase a request or ask for something. We could get the po...
021: Our Experience Being Non-Native Speakers
Today we reflect on our trip to Italy and what is was like being non-native speakers. We discuss how we picked up language there, and how it...
020: Letting Go of Inhibitions and Embodying a New Language
Today we listen to a conversation that we recorded in Italy with my sister- and brother-in-law as we discuss what it means to be in another...
019: Conversations: What are some of the Great Things about Living in Philadelphia?
Today we study casual English conversation as David and I ask each other questions like: Think back 10 years. What's something that has chan...
018: Taking the IELTS Speaking Test - Interview with Eliot Friesen of Magoosh
The IELTS exam tests your proficiency in English, and today we sit down with IELTS expert Eliot Fresien of Magoosh. He has created a trainin...
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 in...
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 sexe...
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...
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 in...
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 th...
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...
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...
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 discuss...
009: Rural Juror - Your Pronunciation Questions Answered
David and I answer your questions from YouTube. How is ACTUAL actually pronounced? Is it okay to use American idioms and slang during the IE...
008: Food Idioms! Small Peanuts, White on Rice and so much more!
David and I cover just some of the MANY idioms that are in use in daily English conversation -- some of those relating to food: Icing on the...
007: Interview with an American Adult Learning English AGAIN - Dave Valiulis
In this episode, I interview stroke survivor Dave Valiulis. There's a lot to learn about mastering an accent from someone who had to relearn...
006: Pig vs. Pick, How to Understand People from all over the World, and more
I answer your pressing questions on English pronunciation, how to understand people from all over the world, the Flap T, and more, with the...