English Now: Recent Episodes
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Ouça o English Now, o podcast onde você ouve dicas de inglês rápidas como a vida que leva. Todo dia (de segunda a sexta) às 12h o host Marcus Matos traz dicas básicas e avançadas de pronúncia em Inglês.
In this episode, Mr. Marcus gives us a few tips on test taking skills. If you are planning to take an international test in the near future, visit us on globeducar.org, ABA’s educational and professional advice center.
Have you ever heard about “thought groups”? Hear what Mr. Marcus has to say about them, and start using this concept in your next public speaking event.
When the subject is mistakes that we made in English, that’s a lot to talk about, right? In this episode Mr. Marcus helps us to identify some.
Let’s learn a few things that you should focus on to improve your pronunciation skills in English.
Did you know there are different ways to pronounce words beginning EX-, as in expensive, exact, or exit? Let’s check this out.
In this episode, we discuss what comes first when learning English. In your opinion, what’s more important, accent or pronunciation?
What is most important: grammar or vocabulary? Let’s figure it out in this new episode.
Being a Brazilian speaker of English is a big challenge. In this episode, Mr. Marcus gives us tips on how to avoid some common mistakes that Brazilians tend to make when using the English language.
NEGATIVE INVERSION is used in both spoken and written English, although it tends to occur more frequently in written style. It has the effect of emphasizing what is said or written. It is a narrative device used sometimes for giving emphasis to a certain aspect of the sentence. This episode will turn you into a more confident user of such structure.
Learning a new language is not easy. You have to listen a lot in order to identify and produce different sounds. You need to learn to use your vocal tract in a different way to make these new sounds. But, don’t worry, Mr. Marcus can help you with that.
Intonation is one of the most important elements in spoken language, when it comes to expressing meaning. Are you using it in the right way?
Did you know that there are three possible pronunciations for the final "S" in the English language? In this first podcast episode of English Now, Mr. Marcus tells us about the different sounds of the letter "S" at the end of English words.