ThinkinEnglish: Recent Episodes
John Oxley
A brief explanation of the uses of Right and Left in normal everyday language
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Spotted Dick? What? Toad in the Hole? someone's having a laugh!
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My accent is supposed to be a BBC accent, middle of the road, and easy to understand. But I went through hell to get it!
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A short presentation of formal and informal language and when to use it.
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I apologise for my voice - I still have a bad cold. I hope the podcast is clear.
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Some of my favourite words from English and different languages
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Using a new microphone, and I forgot the Pop filter, so please excuse me.
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Do you have a bucket list? What is a bucket list? Find out!
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A short episode about how Brits behave, and some salty slang words!
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I talk about my trip to the dentist, the use of the strange suffix ISH, and some basic, common slang. Hope you enjoy it! Contact me on @kotkienglish on Facebook if you have any comments, questions or requests!
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A reminder on content and function words that help English people to 'swallow' sounds, and a rather bad impersonation of different kinds of laughter!
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How to keep a conversation going, even when you forget some words!
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Be careful with your opinion, it might not be wanted!
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Yes it is, No, it isn't! Some of the important ways to communicate in English.
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Would you like to know why English people speak so quickly? They 'swallow' words and letters!
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No questions, no quiz, just a story about how we got around in China. Enjoy!
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I tell a story, and then ask you five questions. I also use some common phrasal verbs.
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Visit our Facebook page @kotkienglish or 'Ania and John's English page' to see the timeline picture. Thanks!
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The PPC is useful for when you want to say that you have been doing something for some time...I have been talking for ten minutes!
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The Present Perfect is not as difficult as some people think - and we use it a lot in spoken English. I like to think of it as 'experiences' in the past that connect to the present and beyond. Listen to the podcast and see if my explanation helps with your understanding. If you have any questions, send me a message at Facebook kotkienglish and I will try to help!
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If you have any questions, or you want me to focus on a special part of English, please let me know at kotkienglish on Facebook!
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English speakers use stress and intonation to make speech fit together smoothly. Try these examples and see if you sound better!
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A common mistake is to use the past tense for two verbs in the same phrase, such as 'didn't went', or 'didn't played'.
I hope you enjoy this episode!
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I hope you enjoy these podcasts, get in touch with me on Kotkienglish on Facebook and leave a message if you want me to explain something!
Thank for listening!
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In this episode, I will give you some tips about using Many, how to say ED, and tell you a short funny story about my time in China
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In this episode, I try to explain the basic 6 tenses of English, Present, Past and Future, in both Simple and Continuous forms, and how to use them. This is a review for most people, but perhaps there may be some 'misunderstandings' that need to be considered.
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