Want to learn 5 common idioms that can be used in both business and ordinary life? Nicole will introduce them to you so clearly and  simply that you can use them in your conversation immediately!

5 Weekly Idioms 

This podcast is aimed at intermediate to advanced students who are interested in seeing life through the eyes of an online English teacher living in Cape Town, South Africa.  

The real life of an English teacher in Cape Town

This podcast is for those who enjoy listening to short stories. I will explain some vocabulary at the end of each episode and then you can listen again.... and again (if you  like)!

Stories to Stimulate!

《红玫瑰与白玫瑰》张爱玲

也许每一个男子全都有过这样的两个女人，至少两个。娶了红玫瑰，久而久之，红的变了墙上的一抹蚊子血，白的还是床前明月光；娶了白玫瑰，白的便是衣服上沾的一粒饭黏子，红的却是心口上一颗朱砂痣。

Chilling Chinese 

红玫瑰与白玫瑰

En este episodio continuamos con la gran aventura de Juan Salvador Gaviota, ahora ya en el cielo de las gaviotas, ¿o hay algo más después de ese bello lugar?
Adentrémonos a conocer un poco más de esta fascinante historia.

Conversando en Español sin Miedo. Hablemos de todo un poco.

5to episodio Jua Salvador Gaviota

DALE PLAY a este podcast para mejorar tu gramática en español con algunas reglas simples. 
A la vez, practica tu escucha de nativos con mi acento RIOPLATENSE. 





Disfruta de aprender

¿Cuándo usar los verbos en INFINITIVO en español?

In this episode, Kev Dean explores a bold new approach to OET Speaking preparation—treating roleplay as performance. Drawing on drama pedagogy, clinical communication theory, and AI-enhanced rehearsal tools, Kev shares how medical candidates can rehearse tone, empathy, and genre-specific phrasing to reduce fillers and sound more like real clinicians.

🎭 Highlights include:

Why “Hamlet with a stethoscope” reframes OET as rehearsable dialogue

How drama pedagogy boosts fluency, intonation, and emotional clarity

Using AI-generated audio scripts for shadowing and rehearsal

Replacing “ums” and “ahs” with structured, empathetic phrasing

Building a tonal repertoire: clinical, conversational, and examiner styles

Real examples from Turkish and Ukrainian learners

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, or educator, this episode offers a fresh lens on how performance theory can transform medical English training...
Read the article on LinkedIn...https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kevinanthonydean_something-new-yet-as-old-as-timeperformance-activity-7385374683753328640-XrI4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAATZ2wQBsScNosriHviq3tl6EgWv7Ey2ga4

Kev's English Podcast

Kep 41: OET Roleplay as Performance: Drama Pedagogy for Medical English Fluency

LOUISE: Hey, Julia … Look at those desserts! How about baking 
some cookies today?
JULIA: Hmm … Yeah, that’s a great idea! While we’re here, let’s 
pick up the ingredients.
JULIA: OK, what do we need?
LOUISE: The recipe calls for flour, sugar and butter. Oh, and we 
also need eggs and chocolate chips.
JULIA: Why don’t you get the dairy ingredients? You’ll find those 
in the refrigerated section in the back of the store. I’ll get 
the dry ingredients — they’re in aisle 10.
LOUISE: Great! Let’s meet at the checkout.
JULIA: OK. See you there.



LANGUAGE NOTES
• How about is a casual way to suggest doing an activity. Notice that “how about” is followed 
by an “-ing” verb.
• Hmm … Notice that Julia pauses for a moment. “Hmm” is an expression used to think about 
something first before speaking.
• That’s a great idea! Notice the emphasis on “great.” Julia has thought about it and then 
decided that she really does want to bake cookies.
• The recipe calls for is a way of saying “the recipe says we need.” The phrase “call for” can 
also be used to talk about the weather forecast. (They’re calling for rain.)
• … flour, sugar and butter. Notice that this is a list, so there are short pauses between each 
item. Notice also that each ingredient is stressed because this information is important.
• Why don’t you … This expression is used to ask someone to do something. It can also be 
used to give advice — but in this case two friends are deciding on who does which task.
• Aisle Notice the silent “s” in aisle. An aisle is an orderly lane in a supermarket, with shelved 
products on both sides. Each aisle has a number, so that it is easy to find what you need.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 14: At the supermarket

Did you know? Here’s an interesting fact about lobsters.

Did you know?

Lobster

Calypse makes Odyssea an interesting offer.

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-4-calypse

Learn English with Stories

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 4.5 - Calypse

Today we're talking about the vocabulary "non-negotiables" and "deal breakers". I hope you find them useful!

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