In this episode, you will learn how to talk and describe physical pain. Teacher Mina starts off with talking about her surgery three years ago. She discusses it in detail. Teacher Marilou also talks about her pollen allergy symptoms. Learn using the grammar pattern: “have” + illness/symptom. Towards the end, Teacher Mina let Teacher Marilou diagnose her through the symptoms that she has. Check out our website exl-english.com.

In this episode, you’ll learn of Teacher Mina’s fondness of cartoons and Teacher Marilou’s love for cake. Teacher Mina lets Marilou describe photos which she shows to her and to the YouTube viewers. Marilou basically describes what she sees and makes conclusions about the photos using the word “must.” In the grammar highlight part Teacher Mina also teaches how to use “must” correctly as well as the negative form of the meaning which “ can’t.” Tune in till the end for the pronunciation part and the bonus game! Check us out on our website for more info: exl-english.com

In this episode we learn that Teacher Mina likes talking about politics with her students while Teacher Marilou loves the beach and misses going there. You’ll also learn more about how to talk about your city using expletives. ‘There is’ and ‘there are’ are expletives commonly used to talk about the existence of something. Talk about your city and what are there in your city using expletives! Practice English conversation with Teacher Mina and Teacher Marilou by reaching them through our website: exl-english.com.

This episode revolves around the buzzword ‘off’ which they had to use throughout the conversation and the adjectives ending in -ed and -ing. Teacher Marilou explains that adjectives ending in -ed refer to one’s own feelings or condition while adjectives ending in -ing refer to one’s opinion of a something. Learn more from us through our website exl-english.com. See you in the next one!

Your quirky teachers are back with a new episode where they chat about Teacher Mina’s love for photography apps and Teacher Marilou’s love for phone cases. Teacher Marilou highlights the grammar point “have to” to talk about one’s duties and responsibilities. She also mentions using “have got to” or “gotta” in informal situations. Learn more about grammar and about us in our website exl-english.com.

This week’s buzzword is ‘far.’ All throughout the episode, the teachers try as hard as they could to use the buzzword and in the end, tally the scores in the end. Teacher Mina also starts the conversation by asking Marilou questions regarding current trends and events. Teacher Marilou then talks about her ideas about all of them. Listeners will notice that the beginning answers for the questions use the present continuous tense of the verb. Teacher Mina also reminds the listeners to always, always use the -ing form of the verb when using a be-verb in front of it. Teacher Marilou highlights the reduction of sounds when native English speakers pronounce the be-verbs in a sentence. Learn more about these quirky English teachers in Japan on our website: exl-english.com to sign up for a free trial lesson.

In this episode, your fun loving teachers discuss about Teacher Mina’s love for homemade overnight oats and Teacher Marilou’s love for potato chips. You can also anticipate a discussion on adverbs of definite frequency such as “once a week,” “twice a month,” or “three times a year.” Brush up on your English skills with us and learn more about us from our website exl-english.com.

In this episode we learn that Teacher Mina is a visual learner and Teacher Marilou is a music lover. They discuss about how they learn optimally. Teacher Marilou discusses the grammar pattern: “I prefer A to B.” She also emphasizes using “to” rather than “than” when using the word “prefer.” The podcast ends in a fun game of “Fast Talk” where a player chooses between two options as fast as they can. Tune in for some fun time. Learn more about us on our website exl-english.com.

In this episode your fun-loving teachers discuss Teacher Mina’s enthusiasm in stand up comedy and Teacher Marilou’s love for nostalgia. They then go on reminiscing their favorite anime they used to watch as children. For today’s grammar point, Teacher Mina zeroes in on the yes/no question pattern which is “be, do, have or modal verb + subject + 動詞／形容詞／名詞...” Teacher Marilou also highlights the correct pronunciation of yes/no questions which is the rising intonation. Find out more about us on exl-english.com Thanks for tuning in!

Teacher Mina spices up this episode by introducing a new challenge for the both of them which is the “buzz word” or “buzz phrase.” You’ll see how it definitely awakened the competitive side of the teachers. They then tally how many times they use the day’s buzz word. You’ll also learn that you can talk about the things you miss doing by saying “it’s been a while” or “it’s been a long time.” Teacher Mina also highlights the idiom “it’s been ages” which you can use for your English speaking friends to discuss about the things you haven’t done in a relatively long period of time. Take a look at our website exl-english.com for more information.