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Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 80 – Vocabulary – Finding a Place to Live

Sorry for being a week late, but here’s the blog, along with the vocabulary and the podcast for Finding a Place to Live!

Target vocabulary: do up (a property), flat/house hunt, flat/house share, fully-furnished, landlord/landlady, lodger, move in, put down a deposit, squatter, tenant

Match the following vocabulary with the definitions.

a person who owns a house or flat that people can…

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 82 – Pronunciation: Falling Intonation in Wh- Questions

We’re back with pronunciation! We’re making this pronunciation Friday, followed by another pronunciation next Monday, so make sure you’re tuned in and ready to test those vocal cords! Tune into the podcast!

The intonation usually falls at the end of Wh- questions that request information.

Work with a partner, friend, family member, or anyone. Number 1 will read the statement below and…

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 78 – Grammar – Advanced Future Forms

Advanced grammar for the future?! Oh, yes! You guys will be happy about this. This is the upper-intermediate version, so check out the rules, tune in and do some of these exercises down below!

Present continuous for future

We use the present continuous to talk about future arrangements; plans that have been confirmed.

Experts from around the world are meeting next month.

Present…

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Speaking Task – Presenting a Global City – Thampirak of Thailand

So excited to bring on a student from a popular school here in Bangkok, Thailand (no, not the Mater Dei high school in California). Today we’re going to be doing the speaking task in terms of presenting a global city! Prepare yourselves! Here’s the podcast and transcript!

Podcast Transcript

Speaker 1: (00:00)

Guys, welcome back to another ESL podcast man, I am your host. Arsenio as usual.…

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Katarina on Mindful Speaking/Speech (Transcript Available

Welcome back to another ESL podcast, everyone! Today was a special day to debut not only the ESL podcast, but the transcript! Now, I must warn you, I didn’t go through the entire manuscript, but here it is, along with the YouTube video and podcast for you guys who are interested in listening and following the transcript at the same time!

PodcastYouTube Transcript

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 71 – Listening – Globalization in History – Similarities & ……

Welcome back to another ESL podcast, everyone! Today I’m going to be coming some globalization history, which is a vast and quickly emerging topic that a lot of people need to get a grip on.

Let’s go over some of the target vocabulary. What do you think people in these places typically eat, drink and produce?

China

Italy

Mexico

Saudi Arabia

The UK

The USA

List of items

Chili peppers

Elec…

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 Episode 70 – IELTS Writing – Future Passive, Map, Comparison Essay

Welcome back to another amazing IELTS Writing! So, this probably will be the last unpaid blog and video I’ll be doing because these are super gems; however, I’ll continue doing other things generally (not specific) for you guys. This is going to be a MONSTER! So get ready!

You are going to learn about using the future passive and how to organize a comparison essay. You are then going to use…

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 67 – Vocabulary Development – Verbs for Talking about Change

We’re back with some more vocabulary development! In this blog and podcast, we’re going to talk about verbs that signal change.

Demolish

Develop

Extend

Make into

Remodel

Replace

Tear down

Transform

To add or add toTo change the shape ofTo take away or diminish

Choose the correct word to compelte each sentence.

That old building has been abandoned for years. It should be extended/torn down.