The time I stole a mobile phone in China... Podcast

Don't walk and text at the same time or you might blind yourself! Good podcast and safety advice.

When in Rome do as the Romans! The time I drank snakes blood in China.

Time for some phrasal verbs!

Do you use LinkedIn to help boost your professional profile? If you do, you might need to make sure your profile is written in English as well as your native language. If you don't yet have a LinkedIn profile, you should get one immediately. Listen now to my podcast BizPod to find out how to use LinkedIn to improve your English skills.

Meetings can be intimidating for a lot of people, even to native speakers! Especially if you’re meeting with people who you don’t know very well, if at all. Today we’re going to look at a few pieces of vocabulary that you might hear in meetings and that you might be able to use yourself. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question'. You can find the vocabulary from this podcast in the vocabulary sets on my profile. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon!

So when I was deciding which topic to focus on for our second episode I really only needed to look at what the people I work with are actually asking for. One of the most common topics that I discuss with people is presentations. Presentations can be great opportunities to use those English skills that you work so hard on, but they also have their own stresses and challenges. Today we’re going to look at some vocabulary that you might hear when watching a presentation and some that you might want to use when giving your own. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question' to help you with your speaking practice. You can find the vocabulary from this podcast in the vocabulary sets on my profile. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon!

STOP Pronouncing Words Like This: I’ll go over some words but before that here is a practical thing you can do: Record your own pronunciation to your phone and then listen to my version and compare the two. I found this to be of use when I got my students right in the class to record their voices and then had them listen – wow – it’s like and ‘aha moment’ for them, a moment of realization, a moment of transformation. So, here I am – helping you to transform from A to B. Let’s be that Speaker that we dream to B. Definitely Itinerary Subtle Double Edged Sword GIF So, how did you do it? :) Was it of help? Send me a message with your ‘transformation’. To Your Success!

20 of the most commonly mispronounced words in the English language: You pronounce, then I, GO :) 1 Pronunciation 2 Cupboard 3 Epitome 4 Salmon/almond 5 Library/February 6 Definitely 7 Ask 8 Wednesday 9 Stomach 10 Clothes 11 Especially/escape/espresso 12 Probably 13 Yolk 14 Desert/ dessert 15 Women 16 Southern 17 Iron 18 Specific 19 Sixth 20 Crowd/cloud Let me know how many you got write and wrong :) Stay tunes for more useful podcasts to help you grow as an English learner and the USER! To Your Success!!!