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FAQs about English Extras:How many episodes does English Extras have?The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.
October 29, 2024About Halloween in AmericaSend me a message!Halloween has arrived! So what does that mean exactly? It means a lot of things: pumpkins and ghosts and spiders but also candy and scary movies and haunted houses. In this episode, I give an overview of Halloween in America as well as where some of today’s traditions come from.📄 Follow along with the transcript here: https://ko-fi.com/s/e5d9565bba🏁 New to English Extras? Start with episode 1, “Ways to say Hello, how are you”☕️Subscribe for $5 a month to get access to all the transcripts!🗣️ Do you celebrate Halloween in your country? How do you celebrate it?🎶 Music by Mikhail Smusev from PixabaySupport the show...more16minPlay
October 22, 2024Ways to Talk About GeographySend me a message!This episode tackles two topics: the weird ways we use (or don't use) "the" with geographic features AND a common mistake I hear when people say where they are from. Do you make this mistake?Transcript available here!Support the show...more20minPlay
October 15, 2024Ways to Use Conversation FillersSend me a message!Conversation fillers–in linguistics, it’s also known as discourse markers–are words or phrases that have many purposes: conversation fillers can help start a conversation, maintain a conversation, clarify what we say, better show our opinion, or make our words softer.Transcript can be found here.Support the show...more25minPlay
October 08, 20245 Common Mistakes (and how to fix them)Send me a message!In this episode, I'm going to share 5 common mistakes I hear from my students as an English language teacher. They include: incorrect use of mass nouns much versus many incorrect irregular plural nouns confusing to tell, to talk, to say, and to speak switching adjectives and adverbsTranscript hereSupport the show...more26minPlay
October 01, 2024Ways to Talk About SadnessSend me a message!We talked about anger. We talked about happiness. Now it's time to talk about sadness. Spoiler alert: it's a bummer.You can find the transcript hereSupport the show...more14minPlay
September 24, 2024Idioms for HappinessSend me a message!In episode 19, I shared how to express anger and irritation. In this episode, I share six idioms to express happiness!Transcript available hereSupport the show...more12minPlay
September 17, 2024Idioms for Anger and IrritationSend me a message!How can we express our anger or irritation? There are a TON of ways. In this episode, I share 6 ways. Transcript available hereSupport the show...more14minPlay
September 10, 2024Ways to Make Small TalkSend me a message!Small talk can be scary, but the other person is probably more nervous than you are! In this episode, I talk about how to start small talk, maintain small talk, and end small talk, so you can feel more comfortable talking to strangers or acquaintances 👍🏻Transcript available hereSupport the show...more14minPlay
September 03, 2024Ways to Measure ThingsSend me a message!"Many" is a common way to say the number of things--many apples, many ideas. But native speakers use other phrases to say the number of things: a bit of, a lot of, a ton of, and more! And sometimes the pronunciation changes, too.Transcript hereSupport the show...more16minPlay
August 27, 2024Florida and Peddler's Mall and Summer Slam--Oh my!Send me a message!In this episode, I share my summer vacation to Kentucky! I discuss traveling, various places in my hometown, and attending an amazing event called Summer Slam.Want the transcript? You can get it hereSupport the show...more19minPlay
FAQs about English Extras:How many episodes does English Extras have?The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.