Moving on to Vietnam and 10 new British slang phrases to learn in today's episode!

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Enjoy!

Thanks again to my student Valerio who produced the new intro music on the podcast! Check out his music studio on instagram at: @_eulaliaproject_

Something different in today's episode! We don't have any target vocabulary or grammar. Instead, in Part 1, while I'm speaking about Taiwan as a digital nomad destination, I make 10 grammar mistakes that I often students make in my classes.

As you listen, test your English grammar and listening skills by trying to identify my mistakes. In Part 2, we go back and look at those mistakes together, and I explain how we can correct them.

Listen carefully, this is a difficult one!

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Fishing is one of my biggest passions, so I really enjoyed telling this story when I went fishing in Taiwan for the fish of my dreams!

As I tell the story I use a lot of fishing VOCABULARY and fish-related IDIOMS. In part 2 we learn how to use these! Even if you're not interested in fishing there's some good vocabulary to learn in today's episode!

Episode word list:

Fishing vocabulary: rod / reel / spot / bait / lure / hook / cast (out) / reel (in) / line

Fish-related idioms: be hooked on / a different kettle of fish / a fish out of water

Today we welcome Cindy, an English teacher and surf-skate coach (check out the episode to learn more about this!) who's been living and teaching in Taiwan for many years. You can find Cindy on Instagram at: ciiindyenglish and cindysurfsk8

Continuing our recent theme of Taiwan on the podcast, we talk about what makes Taiwan great, including the incredible nature that maybe not so many people know about before visiting Taiwan!

Cindy talks about the difficulties that Taiwanese English learners face, mainly that the school system is designed around passing tests and doesn't focus on learning real-life English.

We talk about how students in Taiwan and around the world can overcome these issues by getting more natural English practice.

As always with our guest chats, we finish off with a challenge where we race each other to see who can name 10 Taiwanese foods the fastest. It was great fun so make sure you stick around to the end!

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In today's episode I talk about one of my favourite topics: food! Not only food, but TAIWANESE food. We focus on how to describe food in REAL-LIFE, MODERN BRITISH ENGLISH.

Do you know how to use words like 'stunning' or 'pretty' to describe food? If not, make sure you listen to this episode!

Episode Word List:

Adverbs: ridiculously / slightly / pretty / insanely

Adjectives: stunning / sensational / satisfying / gorgeous

Others: the G.O.A.T / elite / never miss / spot on / a bit of me

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Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is one of my favourite cities in the world. In Part 1 of today's episode I discuss what I love about 'my second home'. I use lots of ENGLISH LINKING AND TRANSITION WORDS.

In Part 2 of today's episode, we study these linking and transition words and learn how to use them naturally.

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Natasha is an advanced level English learner and teacher from Ukraine, and she's also one of my students!

She joined me for our first guest chat episode and it was a lot of fun!

In this episode we talk about:

We finish with a really fun teacher challenge where Natasha explains 3 new Ukrainian phrases / idioms that have developed since the start of the war, and I have to guess the English meaning. Make sure you listen to the end!

Our second and final day in Iceland chasing the northern lights for our Grandpa. Did we achieve his dream?

I use the PAST PERFECT and PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES as I tell the story

In part 2 we review these tenses and look at when to use them!

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My brother and I took our grandpa, Grandpa Alan, to Iceland to try to achieve his dream of seeing the northern lights. Here's what happened on Day One.

As I tell the story I use the PAST PERFECT TENSE very often.

In part 2, we review this tense and I explain why I used it.

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Last year, my Grandpa Alan told me about a travel dream he'd had since he was little. Could I help him achieve it?

I tell the story using British English idioms and slang in a natural way.

In part 2, I teach you the meaning and how to use them!

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