Time Out with Rita

Time Out with Rita

By Rita Simons SantiagoEducationLanguage Learning
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Time Out with Rita episodes

  • The American Thanksgiving
    Our guest today is Jeanne Angel, Ph.D., who is retired after a long career in education, primarily having taught ESOL in a variety of locations and at different educational and language levels, but whose favorite job was coordinating a brand-new K-12 ESOL program in Iowa. Dr. Angel will give us answers to questions about Thanksgiving such as how and when this holiday started in the United States, and how we celebrate it today. Join us for the answers to these questions and more
    36 min
  • Apples in Autumn, a Wisconsin Delight!

    We love our apples in Wisconsin, and autumn here is almost synonymous with apples. We eat apples, we play games with apples, we give apples as gifts and we even incorporate apple expressions in our language. Maybe it would be faster to list what we DON'T do with apples here in Wisconsin!  Join us as we talk about how important apples are to our fall in Wisconsin!  Being our first podcast in November, we will also take a look at a few important events that have happened throughout history during the month of November, events that we must remember.

    41 min
  • Autumn, Specifically September 2020, in Wisconsin
    This is a listening activity for adults learning English as a second or foreign language. The topic is autumn in Wisconsin, emphasizing this month, September, 2020. There are questions asked after each section to help with comprehension; the answers are at the end of the podcast.
    15 min

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This podcast presents topics of interest to English language learners, including information about Wisconsin, our home state, along with comprehension questions and answers regarding the podcast…