This time I chat with Dmitry, a native Russian speaker who has spent time in Ireland and England. We talk about small talk in English, how memes can help with your language learning, gaming in your second language, and how different English is in the classroom versus real life.


Transcript coming soon.

Some vocabulary that might be new for you in this episode:

diction: the way that a person speaks, including their accent, pronunciation, and many other things
Geordie: a word used to describe people and the accent from the city of Newcastle
conjugation: the way a verb is changed to match tense
tricky: difficult
dialogue: a conversation
to observe: to watch carefully
to encounter difficulty: to experience difficulty
response: answer
to engage: to take part in something; to get someone's attention in a conversation
quid: pound (covered in the last episode)
irony: saying the opposite of what you mean, often to be funny

Intro music is 'Just Relax' by Lesfm via  Pixabay.

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