Join your English teacher, Helen, and her guest, Navin Boeddha, to talk about the little-known country, Suriname. Practise your listening skills and put yourself in Navin’s shoes with Helen’s corrections and explanations on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interesting phrases. 

Lesson Themes:
01:09  Where is Suriname?
02:06  Where do people guess Suriname is: Africa, Asia or South America?
03:49  Suriname’s ethnic mix
05:31  Navin’s family history from India to Suriname to the Netherlands
09:49  A funny stereotype
10:51  Suriname’s dancing culture
12:54  Indirect questions/statements
15:46  Past perfect
17:11  Idiom: “melting pot”
18:35  Structure with “recommend”

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