My Profile Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mariana Furlan
This is My Profile Podcast - a weekly opportunity to improve your listening skills, learn English and gather ourselves. This podcast was originally made and designed for our private students but you're all welcome!
Dear students and listeners,
I believe you might have experienced high temperatures recently, haven't you?
Let's learn a bit about heat wave!
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Easter is celebrated this month of March!
What is the main difference regarding the gifts?
Let's find out more!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's learn a different way to say I like or I don't like something!
This is My Profile Podcast, a quick and effective to way to improve your listening and vocabulary.
Have you ever heard this expression before?
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Today's episode is also about holiday and celebration - Groundhog Day is celebrated on February 2nd. Have you ever heard about it?
Let's find out more!
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Welcome to 2024!
This is the first episode of the year.
Let's find out more about Martin Luther King Day which is celebrated in January.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
This is the last episode of 2023!
Our regular classes finish on December 14th and return on January 19th!
Merry Christmas!
A very happy new year!
Thank you for 2023 :)
Dear students and listeners,
Let's find out more about the origin of soap operas!
Hope you like today's episode,
Dear students and listeners,
Thanksgiving is celebrated in Canada and USA.
Let's find out more about it!
Dear students and listeners,
There's a great heat wave in our country so we've just came up with a different adjective to describe this hot weather.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's find out more about sharks and shark zones!
We also would like to thank Pedro Lima for his interview :)
Hope you like today's episode!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's find out more about Halloween's origin?
Hope you like it!
Happy Halloween!
Dear students and listeners,
How do you say "bater o ponto" in English?
Let's find out?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
On October 15th Teacher's Day is celebrated in our country!
We've invited Nick who's an English and Spanish teacher to have an informal conversation with us - in case you want to contact her, please find Nick's e-mail below:
nicksena@gmail.com
Happy Teacher's Day!
Dear students and listeners,
Did you know that regular verbs in the past are not pronounced the same way?
Let's find out more about their differences.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's keep exploring a bit of grammar?
Today's episode is all about regular and irregular verbs.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's keep working on verb tenses?
Today's episode is about the past of verb to be.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Welcome to My Profile Podcast!
Today's episode is all about Present Continuous.
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
A very special set of episodes start today!
We're going to work on verb tenses review, starting by Present Simple.
Hope you like this episode,
Dear students and listeners,
Let's find out more about function words - the kind of speech that they represent are: articles, pronouns, demonstrative, prepositions, auxiliaries, quantifiers and conjunctions.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's keep on the tips to improve your listening skills!
In today's episode, you'll find the definition of content words and their importance in a speech.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
I believe we've already talked about different strategies to improve your listening skills, at the same time, some students keep asking them.
So, I've grouped 3 tips on this episode.
The website mentioned is https://lyricstraining.com/
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Talking about time - let's try to use our time wisely?
You may find three tips to help along your day...
Dear students and listeners,
We've been talking a lot about time and there's a different way to talk about our appointments.
Let's find out more about "to run errands"!
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Let's talk about appointment?!
There are some new vocabulary to learn today.
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
What do you like doing in your free time?
Let's find out some synonyms of "free time" in order to enhance our vocabulary!
Please don't forget to write them down.
Dear students and listeners,
I'll go on vacation from July 1 to July 21 - our regular activities return on July 22 (Saturday).
Hope to see you in a couple of days!
Dear students and listeners,
In June and July, Brazil celebrates the June party or Junina's party. It is not as popular as carnival but it is as celebrated and expected by Brazilians.
There's also a typical dance called "Quadrilha" and this is today's episode subject!
Please listen to Season 02 | Episode 20 to refresh your vocabulary!
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
When you want to describe your tasks and responsibilities at work, there's a typical expression to be used.
Let's find out more about it!
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
There are three meals normally done every day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Let's find out more about the word breakfast?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
There are some words in English which are wrongly used by us. Let's find out more about them?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's find out more about the use of the word "congratulations" X "happy" when you are going to congratulate someone.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
There are two different verbs used to mean "renovar" - they have to be used in different contexts.
Let's find out more?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Have you ever heard about "cost" or "coast"? - They sound similar, don't they?
Well, let's find out more about their difference?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's enhance our Business English vocabulary!
How do you say "hora extra" in English?
Please check it out!
Thanks!
Dear students and listeners,
This episode was recorded part in English and Portuguese, in order to achieve all levels.
Let's talk about the difference between "go shopping" and "go to the mall"?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's find out more about a common word used in Portuguese to talk about the use of cars - There are two different ways to say "rodízio" in English. Let's check it out?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's find out more about these verbs in English!
Hope you like today's episode!
Dear students and listeners,
There's a proverb to presented today!
I'd challenge you to write this proverb down then send me....
Are you able to do it?
Dear students and listeners,
Please find this episode as an opportunity to enhance your vocabulary related to Easter.
Happy Easter!
Dear students and listeners,
This is the second episode about St Patrick's Day - our student Yuri was invented to share his Irish experience with us...
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
St Patrick's Day is coming up!
Let's find out more about our student's experience with this celebration?
Happy St Patrick's Day!
Dear students and listeners,
Today's episode was recorded in Portuguese in order to reach all levels, please find the links mentioned below:
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Thesaurus (online dictionary): https://www.thesaurus.com/
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Dictionary to buy: https://www.amazon.com.br/Oxford-Dictionary-Thesaurus-Charlotte-Livingstone/dp/0199692637/ref=asc_df_0199692637/?tag=googleshopp00-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=379787388713&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6534426957954314940&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1001767&hvtargid=pla-418451299617&psc=1
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's hear a little bit more about this famous holiday?
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Today's Valentine's Day and the Quiz result is also available!
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Have you ever heard that there's a specific amount of water to be drunk daily?
Let's find out more about it!
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Today's episode is a recommendation!
If you are a movie-goer, there's a great movie waiting for you! It's a biopic about Whitney Houston - one of the greatest voices of all times.
Please find the trailer's link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tfemzaMkoU
Dear students and listeners,
Welcome to 2023!
This is the first episode of the year - let's refresh a bit about New Year's resolutions!
Our student Rachel played an important role answering our main question - She's a therapist specialized in Human Development so if you want to know more about her, you can find her on: @_aprendereflorescer or (11) 9 7520-3018.
Happy 2023!
Dear students and listeners,
This is the last episode of 2022 - there's nothing special but a wish of joy and blessings for Christmas and New Year!
I'll go on vacation from December 16th to January 20th.
Hope to see you next year!
Many thanks,
Dear students and listeners,
Thanksgiving Day was celebrated last Thursday (November 24th) although it's a common holiday - there are some things I bet you didn't know about it.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Today's episode is about the meaning of fabric - a word that is considered a false cognate.
Let's find out more about it.
Hope you like this episode.
Dear listeners and students,
Let's keep talking about Business English. Today's new vocabulary is related to meetings.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
The word background has different uses in English. Let's find out more.
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Halloween is coming up!
Let's find out more about this celebration and its tradition.
Happy Halloween!
Dear students and listeners,
Please find the last episode about traveling - today's episode is about currency.
Let's find out more about it?
Dear students and listeners,
Have you ever thought about the real purpose of your trip or exchange?
Please find some tips to consider before choosing your destination.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
This is our second episode about traveling tips - in today's episode we'll talk about American Visa and eTA.
Please let me know if you have any question,
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
We'll start a long set of episodes about traveling - they're called "Traveling tips".
Today's episode tells us about VISA requirements, English-speaking countries, and some important information.
Please let me know if you have any questions,
Dear students and listeners,
This is the last episode about "Conditional sentences", initially there was a quick review of the previous episodes.
Please find the grammar rules below:
Zero conditional: If + present simple, present simple.
First conditional: If + present simple, will/won't
Second conditional: If + past simple, would + infinitive
Third conditional: If + past perfect, would have + past participle
Although, conditional sentences are not so easy to be explained like that - I'd like to give you a rough idea about all of them.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's keep studying about conditional sentences?
Today's episode is about second conditional - these sentences are formed by: If + past simple, would/wouldn't + infinitive.
Dear students and listeners,
I've decided to break the conditional sentence episodes, for instance, to present a great experience at Sunset Ranch in Atibaia with our students.
Sunset Ranch is a farm located in Atibaia and owned by Kevin and Érika who provides immersive experiences in English for Brazilian students.
You may find their instagram and website below:
@sunsetranchatibaiasp
https://www.sunsetranch.com.br/
Dear students and listeners,
This is the second episode about conditional sentences, today's topic is "First Conditional" which is formed by "If + present simple, will/won't".
Dear students and listeners,
We'll start a new set of episodes about conditional sentences - this first episode is about "Zero conditional"
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Our school year is quite different from others - today's episode is a short description of Brazilian's and American's calendar.
Let's find out more about it!
Dear students and listeners,
We're officially back!
Let's hear some important information about this term?
Dear students,
I'd like to inform you that this is the last episode from the first term - My Profile will go on vacation from July 1st to July 31st - our regular classes return on August 8th but there will be a special week of ONLINE WORKSHOPS called WINTER REFRESHER from August 1st to 6th - schedule will be previously sent by e-mail.
Hope you enjoyed these episodes, they were all made with love and affection,
See you soon!
Dear students and listeners,
This episode was recorded in order to present/review vocabulary related to symptoms - during this flu season, many students presented them.
Please find the words mentioned in this episode:
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sore throat
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cough
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runny nose
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diarrhea
Hope to see you soon!
Dear students and listeners,
Please find this special episode regarding some food vocabulary used in our June's festival.
If you have any question, the words are spelled below:
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Rice pudding;
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Brazilian corn pudding;
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Candy apple;
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Cotton candy;
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Cornmeal cake;
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Sweetcorn cake;
Dear students and listeners,
I believe you are able to remember the seasons but do you know when do they start/finish?
The South and North hemisphere run opposite seasons at the same time - Let's find out more about them?
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
This episode brings a new piece of vocabulary from the movie "Lion King" - let's learn a new word today?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Today's episode brings "wedding" and "marriage" - let's find out what is the difference between them?
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Let's learn a bit about the difference between "to marry" and "get married"?
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Students frequently ask me different resources to learn English - I strongly recommend "Small Advantages" which is a channel/profile from Gavin Roy.
Please find the links mentioned in this episode below:
https://www.smalladvantages.com/
https://www.youtube.com/c/SmallAdvantages
https://www.instagram.com/smalladvantages/?hl=pt
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Please find our last episode about "Remarkable memories" - today's episode is based on Kathleen's and Caroline's report.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Please find the second episode from "Remarkable memories" season.
I'd like to reinforce that those conversation were recorded in class which means they were totally natural - without correction or previous rehearsal.
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Please find our first episode from "Remarkable memories" season - three students were invited to record this piece in class: José, Ana Carolina and André.
Hope you like it,
Dear students,
Our next set of episodes will be related to REMARKABLE MEMORIES - our students will send their experience and they'll be shared with you.
A remarkable memory is an unusual and meaningful past experience you've had in life. Let's start thinking about them?
Students can send an audio file by WhatsApp or it can be done in class.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's refresh the difference between these two adjectives?
There's an iconic song to listen and remember the use of "lonely": Loney from Akon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EEW-9NDM5k
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
St Patrick's Day was celebrated on March 17th - last Thursday. I believe you all know that drinking beer is part of the celebration!
Guinness beer has a great importance in Ireland's history and this episode brings a peculiar fact regarding it...
Let's find out more about it?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
I bet you all know that there are some differences regarding American and British English! - They're classified in: spelling, vocabulary, accent and pronunciation.
Today's episode is about some examples regarding vocabulary - please find the link mentioned:
https://www.lexico.com/grammar/british-and-american-terms
Check it out - it's awesome!
Hope it helps,
Dear students and listeners,
Let's find out more about the use of "mistake"?
Hope this quick tip helps you,
Dear students and listeners,
When we talk about sports practice, there are 3 common verbs to be used.
Let's find out the difference between them?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
We tend to borrow some words from our mother language to English but it doesn't work properly all the time, right?
I've brought a sentence from a verb that doesn't exist in English but we use it a lot in Portuguese which is "estranhar" - Please check it out and tell me how frequently you use it in our mother language...
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Happy Valentine's Day!
What a special moment to celebrate love - please find some facts about this date!
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's enhance our "Housework vocabulary list"?
This is our third episode but the second regarding housework.
Hope you like it,
Dear students,
Valentine's Day is coming and our traditional challenge is waiting for you!
Listen to Patricia's introduction and sentences about her relationship. There are three true and one false sentence - you're supposed to guess them.
Good luck!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's enhance our vocabulary?
In today's episode I'll present some housework chores in English.
Please find the verb phrases below:
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wash the dishes or do the dishes;
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sweep the floor;
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mop the floor;
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do the laundry;
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Welcome to 2022! We're finally back!
Our second season has started with new year and to celebrate it, you'll find out more about "New year's resolution".
Please let me know if you have some,
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
This is our last episode of the year - just wanna thank you all for supporting My Profile all this time!
It was a pleasure to be with you!
Happy Holidays!
Dear students and listeners,
Christmas is coming!
Today's episode is all about "carol" - the verb and noun - let's find out more about them?
Hope you like it!
Dear listeners and students,
Thanksgiving opens the end of the year season, some interesting events happens right after it.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Gabriel is a sales consultant who works at Canadá Intercâmbio and he was gently invited to this interview!
We had a great time with him in a workshop some months ago where he explained about Canada and its most imporatnt destination.
This quick interview was recorded in order to introduce the agency in case you still don't know them...
If you want to contact him, feel free...
WhatsApp: (11) 94575 6161
atendimento.abc@canadaintercambio.com
www.canadaintercambio.com
Dear listeners and students,
When we study English, it's quite common to be asked about our English level. This episode is all about CEFR organizes these levels in six steps...
Let's learn about them?
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Let's start talking about Duoling English Test?
Some students requested extra information about it and here it is!
https://englishtest.duolingo.com/pt
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Do you make plans? How do you plan your appointments or errands?
Today's episode is all about the habit of planning.
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Today's episode is an interview with Carolina - our student. Carol has been our student since 2018 and she was invited to share her experience with us.
It was a pleasure!
Hope you also like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Based on our class about bread and your recurring question - this episode was prepared!
Many students wanted to know the difference between bagels and donuts - this episode is just a formalization!
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
Please find an interesting tool to memorize and learn irregular verbs:
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/verb_wheel/
I love using this game in class so I've decided to share it with you!
Please let me know if you have any question,
Dear students and listeners,
Using gerund is quite simple but I've noticed that it's easily forgotten, too!
This episode is a quick Grammar Tip.
Hope it helps,
Dear students and listeners,
Please find some tips about learning English and acquiring vocabulary through sitcom or TV series!
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Today's episode is all about parenting - there are some tricky words regarding this topic!
Let's learn about them?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's enhance our vocabulary to talk about things that happened in our country a week ago?
There was a demonstration on Sep 7th all over the country and there are some words we need to know...
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
This episode will cover a common question in class: Is it right to say "I cut my hair", "I do my eyebrows" or "I wash my car"?
Let's check it out together?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
When someone greets you then ask "How are you?" - There are different ways to reply to it than "I'm fine".
Listen to today's episode and try to reply to it in different ways.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Please find the last episode regarding speaking skills improvement.
Hope it helps,
Dear students and listeners,
Today's speaking strategy is all about description!
Please keep me informed if you're following these tips.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
The next episodes will present different strategies to improve your speaking skill by yourselves.
This is Episode 24 part in English and part in Portuguese.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Our podcasts have returned!
In today's podcast, we're going to talk about the difference between gig and concert.
Please share with us your experience with them!
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
The end of this term made wonder about you, our classes and our effort handling online classes, once again!
I'd like to thank you for everything!
Hope you like it and see you in July
Dear students and listeners,
Once a student said "I've been to a fantasy party"...
Let's find out more about the difference between these words and guess why it's wrong to say that.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Let's find out more about GO TO and GO FOR?
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
Today's podcast is all about "time" - a student asked me the difference between a clock and a watch - there it goes!
Hope you like it,
Dear listeners and students,
Based on our workshop "PortEnglish 1" and students' feedback, this subject was developed in this episode.
Let's work with some translation and its meaning in English.
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
This is My Profile Podcast with a special interviewee today, "Aurélio" - this month's interview is all about my first private students of all times.
It was a pleasure having Aurélio with us!
Hope you like it, too :)
Dear listeners and students,
We're all able to memorize and remember things, aren't we?
And about some animals, do you think they have the same ability?
Hope you like it,
See you soon
Dear listeners and students,
A different proverb from the book "An apple a day" is available for you...
Dear listeners and students,
A quick and important pronunciation tip for you, today!
Let's talk about flapping T and D sounds?
Dear students and listeners,
This is the second interview which takes part of the set of student's interview. Kathleen was chosen this month!
She has been studying English with us since 2018 and the topic today is "coincidences". If you have any question or want to ask her anything about her background - please let me know.
Hope you like it,
Dear students and listeners,
A very popular proverb will be discoursed today!
Let's listen to it and find out why apples are good for us.
Hope you like it!
Dear students and listeners,
This episode was recorded part in English / Portuguese in order to clarify students of all levels.
Hope you like it!
Dear students,
A very important suffix to make your English more popular and informal!
Let's find out more about ISH?
Hope you like it!
Dear all,
We've just starred a special set of podcasts with interviews :)
Pedro Leal has been studying English with us for five years (Wow!) - He has many interesting things to share with you about his trajectory.
Every month a new student will be interviewed!
Hope you like it,
Dear students,
Let's talk about birthday, again?
In this episode, you'll learn how to say "vou completar ..... anos", "vamos fazer ..... anos juntos" etc
Hope you like it!
Dear students,
It's time to formalize another recurring question in class: What's the difference between BIRTHDAY X ANNIVERSARY?
Hope you like it!
Dear students,
New month! New episodes!
March will be dedicated to work on PortEnglish verbs - when they sound the same as in our language but they're quite different in meaning or exception.
The sixth episode is all about the verb "to stay".
Hope you like it!
Dear students,
What if it rains?
Let's talk about the multiple words regarding "rain".
Hope you like it!
Dear students,
Our fourth episode is all about an important and useful Phrasal Verb: Catch up.
Let's catch up the meaning of it :)
Hope you like it!
Dear students,
This is a special podcast regarding Valentine's Day. Please listen to it and send me your answers by WhatsApp.
Good luck!
Hey guys,
The third episode was designed, based on a question made in class this week.
A student of mine would like to know how to say: "Eu fui ao sacolão."
Hope you like it!
Hey guys,
This is our 2nd episode dedicated to a common vocabulary issue: client x costumer.
Hope you like it!
Dear students,
This is My Profile Pod - a weekly opportunity to practice your listening skills extra class. Let's try to listen to it more than once a week, the episodes are quite short - easy to digest!
We decided to create this set of episodes to work with recurring questions, suggestions or even to improve your English.
Hope you enjoy it!
Love,