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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 83 - Pronunciation: Rising Intonation in Yes/No Questions

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 83 – Pronunciation: Rising Intonation in Yes/No Questions

We’re back with some more rising intonation! Today’s focus will be on yes/no questions.

In North American English, the intonation generally rises at the end of yes/no questions. In British English, it falls.

Practice in the podcast!

Do the buses run after ten o’clock?

Are we going to review today?

Is it supposed to rain?

Can you get to Denver by train?

Hello. Is Mark available?

Do you…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 79 - Developing Writing - A Letter of Complaint

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 79 – Developing Writing – A Letter of Complaint

Woohoo! Developing writing is back! Today we’ve got ourselves a rundown of an email/letter of complaint, along with a phrase bank and an exercise for you.

Ban on Slang

In an effort to improve language skills, a school in London has decided to ban the use of slang by its students. The school has placed a series of posters around the school premises with lists of words that students are no…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: International Guest Speaker - Alara from Turkey

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: International Guest Speaker – Alara from Turkey

After bringing Alara on Motivational Mentors (my other podcast), I heard her accent and asked her where she was from (at the very beginning). She said Turkey and BOOM! Just like that! I knew i had to bring her on, especially with the amount of energy she has!

And with that being said, guys, we have ourselves our first ever speaker from Turkey who coaches clients all over the world! Here’s the…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 77 - Speaking & Listening - Teen Tracking Apps

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 77 – Speaking & Listening – Teen Tracking Apps

Here’s a great listening and speaking podcast for you guys out there who are looking to improve your speaking. Teen tracking apps. Controversial? Let’s dive into some questions and then the audio.

Do you have apps on your phone? How many? What do they do?

What are some advantages and disadvantages of apps?

What do you know about tracking apps?

Listening

Listen to a radio programme about…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 76 - Life Skills - Understanding Netiquette

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 76 – Life Skills – Understanding Netiquette

We have a life-skills write up on today’s agenda and this is going to be especially important for the majority of you non-NES speakers out there.

How good is your netiquette

Online communication is an integral part of everyone’s life and many academic courses. Whether we are meeting someone for the first time, or are just having a chat with someone we know, when we talk to someone in…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 75 - Vocabulary - Minor Offences and Punishment

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 75 – Vocabulary – Minor Offences and Punishment

We’re back with some vocabulary and crazy stories that revolve around minor offences and punishment. However, the stories are in the podcast, so make sure you tune in!

Nonetheless, do the exercises down below!

Littering in a street or park

Traveling on a public transport without a valid ticket

Parking in an area designated for people with disabilities

Skateboarding in a public square

Putting…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Special Listening - Urbanization

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Special Listening – Urbanization

Welcome back, people! This is from the previous podcast I did with urbanization and I decided to make some questions for you, as well as topics you can discuss.

How do you think the growth of cities will affect the areas below? Will the effects be positive or negative?

Families

The economy

health

population growth

crime

rural life

Listen to the lecturefrom the podcast and circle the correct…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 74 - Pronunciation Skill - Syllable Stress & Meaning

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 74 – Pronunciation Skill – Syllable Stress & Meaning

Welcome back, people! It’s time to go over syllable stress and meaning! In some English words, the meaning of the word or its part of speech changes depending on which syllable is stressed.

Much of the produce you see in the supermarket today was originally from the Americas. PROduce (fruits and vegetables) = noun.

Instead of silk, China produces and exports clothing, electronics, and…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 73 - Vocabulary Skill - Words with Several Uses

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 73 – Vocabulary Skill – Words with Several Uses

Many English words have more than one use, which can make listening comprehension quite difficult. For this reason, when you encounter a new word, or a familiar word used in a new way, it is useful to check for additional uses or meanings in a dictionary.

When you think of traditional Italian cuisine, what comes to mind? (mind – your attention or thoughts)

Would you mindturning off the…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 72 - Grammar - Noun Clauses: Embedded Questions

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 72 – Grammar – Noun Clauses: Embedded Questions

Welcome back, people! It’s time to learn how to use embedded questions to ask for information and to express what you do or do not know, how to interrupt politely, and how syllable stress affects a word’s meaning. You are then going to use these skills to describe a global city.

We can use embedded questions to ask a question more politely or indirectly, or to talk about what someone knows…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Speaking Task -- Inviting ALL Learners!

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Speaking Task — Inviting ALL Learners!

We’ve got ourselves a huge speaking task coming up at the end of this week (beginning of next week) and I’m inviting all ESL learners to come on in and have fun with presentations!

That’s right. We will be doing a jumbo speaking task whereas we talk about your respective cities and then give a presentation on a specific (without saying the name).

I’m excited about making this debut…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 69 - Writing Skill - Avoid Overusing Will

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 69 – Writing Skill – Avoid Overusing Will

We use a number of different phrases to avoid overusing will in a description of a plan for the future.

These phrases are used to show that we are not certain that these events or actions will actually take place. Make sure you focus on subject-verb agreement when you replace will with one of these phrases.

is/are set to

is/are due to

is/are likely to

is/are projected to

is/are forecast to

is/…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 68 - Grammar - Future Passive

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 68 – Grammar – Future Passive

Welcome back, everyone! Here’s a prelude to our IELTS Writing (maps) introduction in couple day’s time — podcast, which will also be in video form (and is right now if you would like to check) on YouTube. Here’s a great way that you can break it down.

The passive is used when the object receiving the action is more important than whoever is doing the action. The future passive (will + be +…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 64 - Developing Vocabulary - Prepositional Phrases

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 64 – Developing Vocabulary – Prepositional Phrases

Welcome back to another developing vocabulary episode! Today we’re breaking down prepositional phrases. As always, I love doing these, so prepare yourself!

Complete the sentences with these words.

Account // addition // aid // behalf // means // process // strength // touch

In _________ to the clothes she had bought, she needed to pay for gas, too.

On____________ of my charity, all…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: TOEFL Idioms - Part VI

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: TOEFL Idioms – Part VI

It’s been a LONGGG TIME, but I’m finally back with TOEFL idioms! I’m bringing to you today TOEFL idioms! It’s been about 4 months since I’ve done one of these, but I know my TOEFL learners have been asking me for a while, so it’s time to deliver!

See eye to eye A picture paints a thousand words Catch someone off guard Back to square one Fifty fifty Don’t rock the boat The elephant in the room Take…

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Arsenio's ESL Podcast: Season 4 - Episode 63 - Pronunciation - The Final Intonation

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 63 – Pronunciation – The Final Intonation

Welcome back, everyone! Excited to bring you guys today the FINAL INTONATION! This is going to be a great one and all of these will be in video very soon.

Intonation is the rise and fall in the tune or pitch of the voice. In fact, thought groups are sometimes called intonation groups because each thought group has an intonation pattern or contour.

So in this series, you’re going to learn…