Are you looking for a new and fun way to learn American English? Come hang out with Lindsay and Michelle from Boston and New York City and have fun while you improve your English listening skills! All Ears English is an English as a Second Language (ESL) podcast for intermediate to advanced learners around the world. We will show you how to use everyday vocabulary and natural idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs and how to make small talk in American English. We will also give you special tips on American culture, customs, etiquette, and how to speak with Americans as well as conversation and commentary on study tips, life in America and Boston, how to apply to university in the US, dating, travel, food and more. You'll get TOEFL, IELTS, and TOEIC help also from our IELTS and test expert Jessica Beck. This podcast is for adult students who are professionals and university students as well as ESL teachers. Join our community to learn to speak American English like a native! Connection NOT Perfection!
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AEE 197: Who Pays for Lunch When You're Out with English Speakers?
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AEE 196: How to Use Spreadsheets to Maximize Your English Learning
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AEE 195: 4 Tips to Instantly Sound More American in English
Americans love to use English slang. Would you like to sound more American when you speak English? Today we talk about four common slang combinations you can use to sound more like a native! Come back to our site for more examples As with other people and languages, Americans tend to bridge words and speak quickly. This can have the effect of shortening and even creating entirely new words. Here are four slang combination-words that you are likely to hear when around Americans: wanna (want to): “I wanna go out tonight.” shoulda (should have): “I shoulda told the truth.” gonna (going to): “He’s gonna go to a movie later.” gotta (got to): “She says she’s gotta work.”
AEE 194: How to Decide Between a Free Language Exchange and an English Lesson
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AEE 193: How to Borrow Money in English Correctly
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AEE 192: How to Captivate People with Your English Small Talk
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AEE 191: Just Ask for Success
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AEE 190: The 24-Hour Challenge that will Make Your English Awesome
Taking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course now How can you get fast English improvement? How about improvement in 24 hours? Today, we talk about how you can go from zero to a million in English in only 24 hours! Come back to our site for more tips We all want to be fluent and sound like a native speaker. But we all want it fast! What can you do to get you closer to your goal in only 24 hours? One thing is to break you bigger goal into smaller, actionable steps that you can actually accomplish. Think about all the little things related to your goal, and what you can do to make them work for you. Think small, but think hard. There are opportunities for improvement everywhere. Think also about how you can connect, whether it be to people or the language itself. What small connections can you find or make in a very short time? How will you get closer to your goal in 24 hours? Any ideas? Share them with us in the comments section below!
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AEE 188: How to Be Happy Like Every Day is a Vacation
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AEE 187: Why We Won't Make Your Bad English Good
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AEE 185: Are You Interested or Interesting Find Out the Difference!
Taking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training now Are you interested, or interesting? What’s the difference? Today, in #10 of our countdown of the Top 15 Fixes in English series, we’ll be discussing when to use the -ed and -ing endings! To be interested is not the same as being interesting. The same applies to other English phrases such as bored and boring, or excited and exciting. Here is a general rule to help you remember the difference: When talking about yourself or your feelings, use the –ed ending. "I am interested in music." When talking about others or something outside yourself, use the –ing ending. "That music is interesting." Here are some more examples: "She's excited by travel." "Travel is exciting." "They're bored by soccer." "Soccer is boring." Other Entries in the 15 Fixes Series: Episode 165: Listen or Hear? Episode 169: Speak, Talk, Tell and Say? Episode 173: Wish vs. Hope Episode 177: Talking About Age in English Episode 181: Future Tense in English What do you find interesting, boring or amazing? What isn’t interesting, boring or amazing? Tell us in the comments section below!
AEE 184: Stop Over-consuming and Start with an English Plan
Taking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course now Do you need a plan to learn English? Do you have so many learning resources you’re overwhelmed? Today we discuss why you need to stop trying to do it all and start creating an English plan! Come back to our post for more tips and a summary