The Talking People Podcast: Recent Episodes
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http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/ogichidaakweg_eng.mp3 Go to the downloadable workshop that includes this story (to be published at the end of May 2024 at mujerpalabra.net > Clases y talleres > Talleres de lucha noviolenta
Read the poem http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/tiffanymidge_writteninblood.mp3
Listen to questions answered by the United Nations on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Download the document (2 pdf pages) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/FAQIndigenoushHumanRights.mp3 Go to the Talking People page on English-speaking Indigenous American People(s)
Listen to my reading of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (13 September 2007). Sit back! It’s half an hour! Download the document (32 pdf pages) Go to the Talking People page on English-speaking Indigenous American People(s) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/indigenoushumanrights.mp3
Listen to this adaptation of an original advanced text on the Mirabal Sisters to the pre-intermediate level. It’s a mediation project by A2 (pre-intermediate students). I’ve recorded it to help them with the second part, and with the pronunciation of the pasts in the active and the passive! Read the transcript! More on the Mirabals … Continue reading Stories/Dates. The Mirabals & Nov 25 + Pron. Pasts!
Go to Emma Donoghue’s page on Talking People and download a 10-page activity to work on the language in the amazing story. Here’s the audio. I hope you enjoy it! A warm thank you to Ms Donoghue for replying to my language questions. I’m sharing her answer with you all (see learning pack)! Happy March … Continue reading Stories. The Tale of the Voice, by Emma Donoghue
Check out the Unbowed webpage on the TP website http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/wangarimaathaich04.mp3
Read the transcript of the Carter story and find my handout with language questions and another story, about the ORAL story Angela Carter took into account for writing “The Werewolf” (unfortunately known as… Red Riding Hood, the patri...
Find the text and the graphic here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/artwork_mybodymyrules_desi.mp3
Find the text and the graphic here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/artwork_women_rosa.mp3
Read the transcript here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/fembios_valentinaquintero.mp3
Read the transcript here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/fembios_adastolsmohegerberg.mp3
Read the transcript here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/fembios_gertrudeeblion.mp3
Read the transcript here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/fembios_gloriasteinem.mp3
Read the transcript here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/fembios_hadizatoumani.mp3
Read the transcript here http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/fembios_evelynmillares.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/fembios_simonedebeauvoir.mp3
Read the transcript here http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/fembios_hedylamarr.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/feministbio_claudiamosquera.mp3
We start a new segment, Feminist Biographies, due to work by students involved in the I Semana Cultural Feminista 2019 of a public language school in Spain. Read the transcript here. Teresa de la Parra
Here is the Rebecca Solnit Pack (4 pdf pages) for Advanced EFL Learners (it includes the transcript of this podcast episode)
Here is a special episode, both in English and Spanish, for it’s been written for students and state-run/public language schools in Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas in Spain, where Education for Equality is a crosscurricular subject for adults, too. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/genderNfeminism.mp3 http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/generofeminismoycoeducacion.mp3 Textos escritos (la traducción al español tiene erratas corregidas en el audio): mfymel_FINAL_temas_genero (7 pp pdf) … Continue reading Gender & Feminist Approaches. Por qué Coeducación
Go to the Talking People page for Books (no transcript, though) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/maathai.mp3
Going to this webpage on Your Stuff! > Your Texts > Stories, you will find the transcript, too. It includes a page with Useful Language and links to get more Useful Language on various topics! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/circus.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/dial_whereareyoufrom.mp3
Go to the Ted Chiang webpage on Talking People http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/storyofyourlife_tedchiang_beg.mp3
Go to the Mina Loy page on Literature – Talking People http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/minaloylife.mp3
Download the AntiExam Pack: Virginia Woolf, the Spring Practice Test Pack for Elementary (Básico 1). Use this episode to prepare a monologue on Virginia Woolf. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/virginiawoolf.mp3
I’m excited to present a new segment (yes! Yet another! :D) which I’m creating because Mari Carmen, someone I worked with when she was in Básico 1 (Elementary) has sent in the script of a “monologue” she wrote for class, now that she is in “Intermedio” (B1). Thanks so much for this precious contribution! I’m … Continue reading Intermediate. OP on Healthy Food
Find the transcript here http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/06_TPTravelPhrasebook.mp3
Read the transcript here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/writing_email_peopleplaces.mp3
Read the transcript here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/writing_email_missingyou.mp3
Read the transcript here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/writing_diaryentry.mp3
Read the transcript here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/writing_shoppinghabits.mp3
No transcript. I’m protesting students’ obsession with reading and not training their ears to learn to understand. (It’s like a culturally patriarchal obsession with doing things the hardest and least enjoyable way, to make sure one fails, or has a hell of a time). So if you want a transcript, you can take it down … Continue reading Useful Language. Everyday sentences with C1 language items (socializing)
Read or print the poem http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/poems_conniefife_dearwebster.mp3
The worksheet with lots of questions is on this page (scroll down!) And here is the audio (part 2 – Questions with “he/she”) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/qna_routines2_basico01.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/seelookwatchhearlisten.mp3
Read the press release here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/genesharp_pressrelease.mp3
The worksheet with lots of questions is on this page (scroll down!) And here is the audio (part 1 – Questions with “you”) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/qaroutines1.mp3
Read part of the transcript! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/animals_osipandagorgorita.mp3
Read the transcript at Michelle’s Projects for English Learners! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/argumentiswar.mp3
We are happy to share with you a lovely contribution by teachers in one of Spain’s public/state-run language schools for adults (EOI schools). Going to the movies: Hidden Figures (2017) – with the crosscurricular viewpoint of Education for Equality (Coeducación) Dialogues for 3 levels: Básico/Pre-intermediate (A2), Upper Intermediate (B2), and Advanced (C1) Kindly recorded by … Continue reading Situations. Bumping into a friend & talking about movies (3, Elementary/Pre-intermediate, A2)
We are happy to share with you a lovely contribution by teachers in one of Spain’s public/state-run language schools for adults (EOI schools). Going to the movies: Hidden Figures (2017) – with the crosscurricular viewpoint of Education for Equality (Coeducación) Dialogues for 3 levels: Básico, Upper Intermediate (B2), and Advanced (C1) Kindly recorded by teachers … Continue reading Situations. Bumping into a friend & talking about movies/films (1, Advanced, C1)
Find the transcript here (path: talkingpeople.net – Enter – Skills – Writing – Letter-writing) Scroll down to Apologies. It’s 2 pdf pages, with notes I don’t read. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/ulwriting_alllevels01.mp3
Find the transcript on the general Básico webpage on talkingpeople.net It’s a 3-page pdf file http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/briefdialoguesbasico01.mp3
Here is my reading of Appendix 2 in the essay Story of Stuff, by Annie Leonard. You can get this book, and also watch and download for free the 20-minute documentary you’ll find at storyofstuff.org! Thanks, Annie, for sharing your outstanding work! Let’s help rescue the planet, our sweet home, from destructive human action! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/storyofstuff_recommendedaction.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/tptravelphrasebook_02.mp3
Read the transcript – C1 level http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/persuasion.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/tptravelphrasebook_01.mp3
gathered by Cristina Fernández (C1, 2015-16) with the collaboration of Nicky Jane Chapman and Antonio Calvo Ortega. Download the 3 pdf pages here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/preschool.mp3
I made some mistakes: People FROM, not IN. “In” is OK, but “from” is more accurate (“in” vale, pero “from” es más preciso). The list of countries is not complete. The world is full of countries and peoples (pueblos)! People = personas, gente; Peoples = pueblos Read the transcript. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/countriesall.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/Elementary_DialSpelling.mp3
Read the introduction http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/feminismisforeverybodyintro.mp3
From our first ebook, “Stories from My Teacher. On the English Language, Lifelong Learning and Our r-evoLution“! Free ebook download here (also pdf version). http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/forging.mp3
Part 1. The first 27/94 sentences of the Spring Test I give my students. Read the transcript for the 94 sentences. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/springfunctrans01.mp3
Check out the Talking People webpage for OITNB Check out the TP webpage for Angela Davis on Prisons http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/orange.mp3
In minute 14:47 is where we start to practice. Before that, it’s learning the theory: to understand why. Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/Elementary_ed.mp3
This recording has no transcript because textbooks include a list of irregular verbs at the end of the textbook, so check yours! More audios for Elementary at Useful Language for Elementary students and at My webpage for 2014-15 Elementary students. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/Elementary_irregularverbs.mp3
Read the transcript, after you listen and listen a few times! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/weathernb1.mp3
How Gender Structures the Prison System (it’s 56 minutes! It took me a whole Sunday from start to finish, so I hope you can use it to learn lots! To expand and compare what you learned from Piper Kerman’s memoir, to go beyond, further, deeper in! <3 Check out Angela Davis’s page at talking people.net http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/davis_4_genderprisons.mp3
For the time being, you can read the post with the original story here. The original thing Pablo said was: “A window that cannot close (well)” “Una ventana que no cierra” — I just remembered. Can you draw it? http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/sifuera.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullanguage_relclintro1.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullanguage_relclcons1.mp3
Read the transcript of this recorded excerpt http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/beautymyth_naomiwolf.mp3
Sentences for Organizing Events, Helping People and talking about Pros and Cons of Options Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulang_Sp1.mp3
Read the transcript at Michelle’s Projects for English Learners! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/argumentiswar.mp3
Read the transcript which includes corrections in block letters. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/oralwork/NI2_alba.mp3
Read the transcripts It’s 8 minutes but Felipe speaks for 2! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/oralwork/NI2_felipe.mp3
Read the teacher’s feedback. It’s 12 minutes, though Irene just speaks for two!!! (I’m such a chatter box!!) 😀 If you want to donate your oral work for this project, please let me know! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/oralwork/NI2_irene_Nov2012.mp3
This new segment of Talking People will be recordings of students’ performances in class with their teacher’s feedback on language, structure, communicative strategies, and what not! The recordings will be published here, on the Talking People Podcast, and the transcripts of teachers’ feedback on the section called “Speaking” at the Talking People Website. We hope … Continue reading Oral Activities by Learners. Someone I love, by Víctor (Intermediate)
Read the sentences This is the post that gave me the idea for this episode. It was to remind my students how Oral Drilling can be done at home. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/indirquestions2.mp3
Read the transcript (for 2.1 and 2.2) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/mydaytoday2_2.mp3
Read the transcript (2.1 and 2.2 in it) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/mydaytoday2_1.mp3
Read the transcript, and the warning!! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/mydaytoday1.mp3
Read the transcript – with notes on language items, like futures http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/dial_plans1.mp3
This episode is for Upper Intermediate or Advanced students, a kind of checking you know where you are in terms of uses for the passive! Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullanguage_passives01.mp3
Read the transcript of the complete episode (parts 1 & 2) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/writing_postcards_part2.mp3
Read the transcript of the complete episode (parts 1 & 2) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/writing_postcards_part1.mp3
Read this 1997 article written by Adrienne Rich! (for Advanced students) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/adriennerich_art.mp3
Read the article, plus some of her stories and the novella The Yellow Wallpaper http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/gilman_why.mp3
On Goya, the Spanish painter The video cannot be automatically downloaded – you need to check out youtube by using the link above
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/elementary_describingafriend.mp3
Read the poem at the Mujer Palabra website. Check out the webpage at Talking People about Sylvia Plath http://www.mujerpalabra.net/audios_mujerpalabra/poemas/plath_child.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_dailyroutine.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/basico1_02_mon_november.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/basico1_01_mon_october.mp3
Read the story Listen to the story http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/alicewalker_howdidi.mp3
Read the story http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/ernesthemingway_catintherain.mp3
This episode teaches you how to talk about your house, considering structure and language items at the Elementary and Pre-Intermediate levels. First listen, and then read the transcript. Finally, try to describe your house! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_describingmyhouse.mp3
Sentences from How I Met Your Mother (from 5 different episodes), an Oral Presentation by Juan, Cristina Ga. & Elena (Av2 Mon, 2010-11) Read the sentences Post the language you learn on the TP Forums here! Thanks! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullanguage_himym_mongroup_dec2010.mp3
Sentences from The Big Bang Theory: Pilot episode, an Oral Presentation by Irene, Pedro, Ángel I, Ángel II and Ana Belén (Av2 Tues, 2010-11) Read the sentences Post the language you learn on the TP Forums here! Thanks! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullanguage_bbt_tuesgroup_dec2010.mp3
Read the transcript http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/special_ABCandspellingnames.mp3
Sentences sent in by Belén (Intermediate 1, 2007-08) & completed by YT Read the sentences http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulclassroomlanguageprimary01.mp3
Read the poem and learn more about this insightful author http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/adriennerich_song.mp3
In February 2008, CPG, a fifth year student studying at EOI Goya, gave me a little present – The New York Times Magazine, the 15th of Jan issue, 2006, which is where I found this story. I didn’t know the author, and it’s been a pleasure reading it. I like the story because it includes … Continue reading Stories. House of Light & Shadow, by Nicholas Gage
Welcome to the TP Podcast! This time I’m going to read one of the most human poems ever written, a poem that can be understood even if we don’t share the same its author’s time space and culture. I’ll read Shakespeare’s “To be or not to be” in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Then I’ll … Continue reading Poems. To be or not to be, by William Shakespeare
Read the story (for intermediate students, there is an abridged version – by me!). More: Fernando Sorrentino’s website. We found this story at this site: East of Web. Listen to this story, as it was translated by Clark M. Zlotchew into English. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/fernandosorrentino_theresaman.mp3
Second episode of language we fin on TV series! — a more everyday kind of language than that in textbooks. Post the language you learn on the TP Forums here! Thanks! Read the sentences in this audio. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/everdaylanguage002.mp3
The Demon Lover. On the Sexuality of Terrorism, by Robin Morgan (1989). A Food for Thought text, with comments on what feminism is by your host. Check out the TP page where you will find these excerpts. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/books_thedemonlover_ch01.mp3
Read the sentences here. Listen and repeat by clicking below. You can also download this episode, supposing you don’t want to subscribe. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulclassroomlangelementary04.mp3
Read the quote and learn more about June Jordan. Listen to her beautiful very intelligent thought! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/junejordan_quote1.mp3
Read the transcript. Happy March 8, International Women’s Day! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/special_march8_2008.mp3
This audio includes some language tips, too: on the uses of “will” and the good context for practicing comparatives here, the use of the present perfect + “ever” in the UK and of the past simple + “ever” in the USA, plus a language note, on the use of How …? &What … like? Read … Continue reading Elementary. Past. Talking about your winter holidays
Read the story and learn about how to exploit literature to keep learning the language! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/dorothyparker_atelephonecall.mp3
This audio includes “sorry” sentences you can use in conversations and in notes and letters/emails. It also includes some language comments, like the comment about the three different “that” words you can find! Read the sentences in this episode. More: Apologies Accepted at TP and some sorry letters at the TP Writing section. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_apologies01.mp3
Check out the Talking People webpage for Anne Sexton, and you’ll be able to listen to her!!! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/annesexton_herkind.mp3
Read the transcript Listen and repeat! Imitate the pronunciation! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulclassroomlangelementary03.mp3
Read the sentences. Listen to the sentences! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulclassroomlangelementary02.mp3
Read the transcript Listen and repeat by clicking the arrow below. You can also download this episode! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulclassroomlangelementary01.mp3
We are starting a new segment, based on the language we fin on TV — a more everyday kind of language than that in textbooks. Post the language you learn on the TP Forums here! Thanks! Read the sentences in this audio. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/everdaylanguage001.mp3
I love this poem. It’s so mysterious, and so honest. I don’t know what it means. I just know it means something mysterious and daily and beautiful, plus totally human. Picture it as a post-it note on a fridge. Hope you enjoy it! Read the poem http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/williamcarloswilliams_thisisjusttosay.mp3
Read the transcript on TP and find some useful links and exercises there. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/special_spellingnames.mp3
Half of this audio is me talking about the writer Leonora Carrington first, a Surrealist artist (painter and writer, trilingual! She does/did that in English, French and Spanish!) and then comes her story “The Debutante,” so you can listen to it in two 5-minute sessions! More on Leonora Carrington at Talking People (Literature). http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/leonoracarrington_thedebutante.mp3
An episode dedicated to my Elementary students (Básico 1, 2008-2009). It’s a revision of what we learned to use in class in our first lessons! Read/Print the sentences in this episode. Enjoy! http://talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulclassroomlanguage02.mp3
Read the lyrics here (from her album “not so soft”, 1991) Language notes: “to wane” is something the moon does, because the moon waxes and wanes! “To toe the line” is ‘to conform to a rule or standard’. More on Ani Difranco at the Talking People Website (Music) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/anidifranco_briefbusstop.mp3
Sentences for Grammar Teams (Intermediate and Advanced levels). Listen and Repeat these sentences till you are really good at saying them. Then remember to use them in class! Read the sentences http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulclassroomlanguage01.mp3
A story which is hard to read, especially if you want to teach students to pronounce the endings and the consonant clusters!!! 🙂 Read the story. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/carsonmccullers_atreearockacloud.mp3
With this audio we’re pushing our section of Useful Language a bit further, to include… letter-writing! Why record audios of that? Well, you can learn to read the language we may use in letters. In this way, you’ll remember it better. You’ll probably consolidate your speaking skills and you are likely to improve in terms … Continue reading Useful Language. Letter-Writing. Requesting information 01
Post your comments at the Dakota in Spain blog Read the poem at Dian Million’s webpage on Talking People, and find out more about her http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/dianmillion_thehousingpoem.mp3
Read the thank you sentenceson this Talking People link Read the thank you notes on this Talking People link This episode contains mostly drilling (the same structure with changes in some words), so at times I won’t be repeating each sentence twice, just once. It has two sections: first, a one-page list of useful sentences to … Continue reading Useful Language. Saying thank you 01
Read the sentences It includes drilling with indirect questions, too. More on indirect questions here. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_requests01.mp3
Gertrude Stein, a vital explorer of life and art, tried to write like Cezanne painted. It’s hard to explain. Ada is a story to her lifelong loved one. Read Ada and read about Gertrude Stein. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/gertrudestein_ada.mp3
This episode contains sentences you can use while speaking or in writing to give contact information. Read the sentences. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_givingcontactinfo.mp3
Read the poem and learn more about its author. There are some language notes in the Word version you’ll find. Hope you enjoy it! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/portianelson_autobiographyinfiveshortchapters.mp3
This episode for Elementary (Básico) students includes some oral drilling so you can listen and repeat, and learn useful sentences, and then an explanation of the difference between “Would you like …?” and “Do you like…?” There is no transcript of this episode but if you need it, post your request at the Talking People … Continue reading Elementary. Modals. Invitations. Would you like…?
Read the story (2 pdf pages) http://www.mujerpalabra.net/creadoras/michelle/pages/relatos/dishwashers.mp3
Read those sentences at the TP Website. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_suggestions01.mp3
Read this poem and find more info/activities. Tell yourself this poem when you are waiting to enter an examination room! It’ll lull you a bit, soothe you down, and you’ll be able to concentrate and focus better! 🙂 http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/maryoliver_wildgeese.mp3
This episode is devoted to communicative strategies, fluency and correction in conversations. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 (below). Here you’ll be able to read the transcript of the audio: Defending a Position, Disagreeing & Challenging an Opinion, Problem-solving, Reaching an Agreement, Moving On, Recap(itulating) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullanguage_conversations03.mp3
This episode is devoted to communicative strategies, fluency and correction in conversations. Check out Part 1 (below) and Part 3 (above). Read Part 2. Agreeing, Sitting on the Fence, Showing You Follow and Making Comments to “accompany” the person who is speaking, Inviting People to Speak http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullanguage_conversations02.mp3
This episode is devoted to communicative strategies, fluency and correction in conversations. Sentences are taken from the TP section called “Useful Language – Conversations”. We will deal with all of this parting from the different language functions we need to perform while communicating, such as clarifying and the like. This episode is divided into 3 … Continue reading Useful Language. Communicative Strategies Part 1
Welcome to the TP Podcast! Today, a Coyote story, by the Navajo/Diné Nation. Read the story Comment the story More on AmericanIndians http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/indianstorytelling_coyotekillsagiant.mp3
Transcript of the sentences read /red/ aloud in this episode. You will also find an explanation you can also print. http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/skills/phonetics/audios/edending_verbsincontext01.mp3
Welcome to our poetry segment! Read this poem, watch videos where Joy Harjo reads other poems or plays music… More on American Indians More on Billie Holiday – “Strange Fruit” and more http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/joyharjo_strangefruit.mp3
Listen and repeat the following sentences to improve your fluency and accuracy. Notice that the subject comes first in the indirect question. Post your questions on the thread of this episode at http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/ Transcript at Talking People http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_indirectquestions01.mp3
If you don’t know J.D. Salinger, listen to this story. It’s a good way to start – it records a key moment in his life and to understand his work. If you already know him, and enjoy his literature, you’ll love this story. It’s lifelike – daily, undaily, warm and softly funny, very sweet, endlessly … Continue reading Stories. A Perfect Day for Bananafish, by JD Salinger
Sorry for taking so long to post again. We’ll be posting new episodes and sometimes the old episodes again, to get them to this new site. We haven’t found a better way! Transcript of this episode http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_money01.mp3
Read the poem here http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/audrelorde_alitanyforsurvival.mp3