In this episode Teresa discusses a joke with Elin.

“What does Santa use when he goes fishing? His North Pole!”

This episode was recorded December 7, 2020.

In this episode Patricia and Teresa make small talk. Small talk is a normal and even crucial part of everyday life and yet it can be very difficult to do in a second language. In this episode you can hear small talk centered around an important part of Davis culture- the Farmer’s Market.

This episode was recorded March 23, 2021.

Today Teresa talks about the expression stand for.

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This episode was recorded on March 31, 2021.

In this episode Teresa discusses a joke with Elin.

“Just came home to find all my doors and windows open. Everything’s gone. Who would do that to another person’s Advent calendar?”

This joke is really hard and so we end up talking about different elements of jokes and why they are hard in a second language.

This episode was recorded December 2, 2020.

In this episode Teresa talks about how to lead your classmates in a discussion in English. She gives you steps and suggestions how on to talk about a challenging topic in English. She starts with picking an article to read and then talks about how to generate discussion questions from that article.

This episode was recorded March 20, 2021.

Today Teresa talks about the expression in lieu of which is a synonym for the phrase instead of.

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This episode was recorded on March 31, 2021.

In this episode Teresa discusses two jokes with Elin.

1. “What did the frog say about the book? Reddit Reddit. And then what did the chicken say? Book! Book! Book! Book!”

This episode was recorded November 30, 2020.

In this episode Teresa and Patricia talk about words that can be hard to understand the difference between.

Examples from this episode are:

say vs. tell [say is about the what and tell is about the who]

although vs. in spite of [although + S + V, S + V; in spite of + N S + V]

Note: Tell has some special usages or idiomatic meanings. Tell a lie, tell the truth, tell a secret, tell a story, tell the time, & tell you about the person are correct but not say.

This episode was recorded February 16, 2021.

Today Teresa talks about the word said.

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This episode was recorded on January 5, 2021.

In this episode Teresa discusses some signs at the grocery store and a joke with Elin.

The Signs

1. “More Pizza for Less Dough”

The Joke

“Do they allow loud laughing in Hawaii or just a low HA?”

This episode was recorded November 25, 2020.