ESL - English as Second Language - Podcast 1 - Introduction

ESLPodcast is designed especially for people who are intermediate or advanced speakers of English, but want to improve their listening and speaking skills. These podcasts are always free. There will be many different topics for our podcasts. We try to talk about topics that you will find interesting. All of our podcasts use “real English”—the normal, everyday English you will find among native speakers in the United States. ESLPodcast is not a textbook or a course. It is a way to listen to real native speakers talking as they do everyday in English. ESL Podcast tries to provide you with English you can understand. We speak at a slightly slower rate, but always use normal, native speaker English to help you improve. Every Sunday we'll be posting a new article. To go to this week article click on the picture above.

Pronunciation tips - Long Vowels - 4

Perhaps the most difficult issue to learn in a foreign language is differences between vowels. Here we provide you some very useful pronuntiation tips. Don't miss them every Saturday.

Advanced English Grammar ESL Lesson - Sense Verbs

Hearing comprehension 14

We propose you a hearing comprehension exercise. We're going to give you a paragraph every week (Mondays) to practice with it. Try to understand every single word. We advise you to write it, as if it were a dictation. You can send us your writtings here below clicking in 'comments'. We'll give you the right answer the following week. Try it!

Here is the transcription to the last week listening:
It's funny you say that. Just two weeks ago I was talking with a friend about the same question and he said exactly the same thing you did: Johson is going to be fired by the board of directors in the next board meeting. If the two of you are right, then I won't sell my shares yet. With Johnson out the picture, I'm sure the stock price will go up.

Weekly quotation from La Teacher

Practice your listening 6, AMERICAN ACCENT

Todd explains the various listening activities on ELLLO and what their purpose is.

Pronunciation tips - Long Vowels - 3

Perhaps the most difficult issue to learn in a foreign language is differences between vowels. Here we provide you some very useful pronuntiation tips. Don't miss them every Saturday.

English Grammar Lesson - Wish

Advanced Business English Vocabulary - Accounting

Hearing comprehension 13

We propose you a hearing comprehension exercise. We're going to give you a paragraph every week (Mondays) to practice with it. Try to understand every single word. We advise you to write it, as if it were a dictation. You can send us your writtings here below clicking in 'comments'. We'll give you the right answer the following week. Try it!

Here is the transcription to the last week listening:
Do you really think they're going to believe that story? Why don't you just tell them the truth? They'll realize that you're human after all and will probably forgive you. Besides, we all forget meetings or appointments at some point, so why should you be different? The only difference here is that it wasn't just any appointment. It was your own wedding.

Films and John Williams by Manuel Bautista Rodríguez

I know that all of you have gone to the cinema many times and that you even have your favorite actors, actresses, films, etc.

To watch and hear the video click on the picture:

I’m sure you are already experts on films so you will have no problem in solving the next puzzle:

Could you find  something in common  amongst the following five films?

-         Jaws (1975)

-         Schindler’s list (1993)

-         Star Wars (1977)

-         Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

-         Harry Potter (2001)

The soundtrack of all of these famous films has been composed by the same person: John Williams.
To read the whole article click here.

Global Warming from Juana Gallego

Juana Gallego explains in this document the effects of greenhouse gases on the Earth. Click on "Fullscreen" button to enlarge the document. Press Esc. to come back to the blog.
Global Warming

Practice your listening 5 American accent

Today Todd talks about some of the more famous American cities and facts about each one.

Weekly quotation from La Teacher

Pronunciation tips - Long Vowels - 2

Perhaps the most difficult issue to learn in a foreign language is differences between vowels. Here we provide you some very useful pronuntiation tips. Don't miss them every Saturday.

Useful tips - To Wait

Take a look and watch some examples
to use properly the verb TO WAIT.
Click on the picture:

New Tongue Twister

Our classmate Manolo has sent us the following tonge twister. It has three levels. Just try it!!

BEGINNERS
Three witches watch three Swatch watches. Which witch watch which Swatch watch?


INTERMIDIATE
Three switched witches watch three Swatch watch switches. Which switched witch watch which Swatch watch switch?


ADVANCED
Three Swedish switched witches watch three Swiss Swatch watch switches. Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch switch?

Global Warning

La teacher recommends us to watch this video about climate change. Click on the picture to watch it.

Tongue twister

Try to say it. It's not that difficult.


She sells seashells by the seashore.
The shells that she sells
are seashells, I'm sure.
So, if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure the shells she sells
are seashore shells.

Hearing comprehension 12

We propose you a hearing comprehension exercise. We're going to give you a paragraph every week (Mondays) to practice with it. Try to understand every single word. We advise you to write it, as if it were a dictation. You can send us your writtings here below clicking in 'comments'. We'll give you the right answer the following week. Try it!

Here is the transcription to the last week listening:
As the policeman approached the shopping center to check on a shoplifting incident, he noticed a man with several plastic bags walking quickly toward a parked car. He ordered the man to stop, shouting the order three times. Finally he pulled out his gun and shot him dead. The man never heard the policeman's order because he was a student at the local school for the deaf.