We interview Donald Trump for a job as a podcaster

We interview Donald Trump for a job as a podcaster

Donald Trump came to our office in Toulouse for an interview for the job as a podcaster – we think he would make a great podcaster and as he has time on his hands at the moment he came in and did an interview with us.

This isn’t the first time that Donald has joined us and it was a great pleasure to get some answers to those burning questions that most journalists just don’t ask him.

Did you know he was a keen quizzer?

That is just one on the revelations that he shares with the English podcasts team.

Top 10 Most Intelligent People of The World

Top 10 Most Intelligent People of The World

Top 10 Most Intelligent People of The World

Top 10 Most Intelligent People of The World

Top 10 Most Intelligent People of The World are not surprisingly closely linked to the fields of mathematics and physics. So who are the Top 10 Most Intelligent People of The World?

There are a lot of intelligent people all around the world and we can only be amazed at the levels of their IQs.

Let’s take a look at the people with the highest IQ ever recorded – The 10 most intelligent people of the world.

The 10 most intelligent people of the world

Animated podcast no 1: The UFO Investigator

Animated podcast no 1: The UFO Investigator

So what’s an animated podcast ?

Good question !

It’s a podcast with pictures, learning tips and clues. In short, it’s just a helping hand to help you understand the conversation and the context.

This is Animated Podcast number 1 in a series of 10, in which each one has a specific focus and gets progressively more challenging. 

The first one, the UFO investigator, is a conversation with a French scientist who investigates UFO sightings.

Who is it designed for ?

It’s a perfect opportunity for new learners (pre-intermediate) to focus on the present tense to describe everyday actions and activities.

It’s a great way for Intermediate learners to consolidate knowledge.

Enjoy and Welcome to the English Podcasts Youtube Channel  !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbATJd7sAK8&list=UU6YxjQn0Toqrfbvy9nML4hw&index=10

 

 

 

Famous people past and present interviewed

Famous people past and present interviewed

Famous people past and present interviewed

Have you ever dreamt about interviewing a famous person or a person who is no longer among us? We have some Famous people past and present interviewed here.

Well, we have harnessed the power of podcasting to do just that, just for fun.

This also shows what can happen in communication when conversations are taken out of context.

We must stress that this is just for fun and not meant to deride or make fun of anyone, so we hope we haven’t hurt anybody’s feelings with this.

Have you ever arrived half-way through a conversation and slightly misunderstood what was being said, or completely got the wrong end of the stick?

This often happens and we have deliberately played on this for this podcast.

Can you work out who is being interviewed from the sound of their voices?

What is going on in these sequences

What is going on in these sequences

What is going on in these sequences

What is going on in these sequences – can you tell just by listening to the sounds?

The best language learners are a combination of people who are curious, who keep asking themselves questions and are actively involved in their own learning proces, and those that can hear well, and I’m not talking about hearing well versus hearing impairment – that is an altogether different subject.

What I am talking about is those learners that can hear the sounds that are specifically English sounds (as in the language and not the nationality).

This includes things such as; elision, glottals, liaisons between words, low and high tones, pitch, volume, rate and intonations etc.

The story goes that if you can’t hear the sounds in a language, you will never be able to understand nor be able to produce accurate language through speech.

This takes a lot of time and perseverance and does not, in any way mean that a learner has to understand every single word in a sentence or a section of speech, because sometimes we don’t even do this in their own native language – sometimes we listen to parts of what are said to us, sometimes we lose concentration or we drift off.

This activity is designed to train your ears to sounds and not words.

Sounds will often give a lot of clues about the context of a conversation – where the people are for example.

See if you can work out what is happening and send your answers through the comments at the bottom of the page or you can comment on Facebook.

Developing listening skills is a language is at times difficult, often frustrating, rarely made up of shortcuts and always rewarding – at the end.

Try listening to a video or DvD in English without looking at the picture, now pause the video and without looking at the screen, try to imagine :

  • Where the scene takes place?
  • How many people are in the scene?
  • How they are dressed?
  • How old they are?
  • Are they men women, or children?
  • What relationship are they to each other? etc. etc.

Now turn around and look at the paused image – How close did you get?

The more of this type of activity you do, the more you will sharpen your hearing skills and thus your listening skills – give it a try, you have nothing to lose!

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