http://linguaspectrum.com/podcasts/index.php The audio from my short English Language video lessons. There are also full typescripts with every audio podcast. The podcast for an exploration of a photograph of a beautiful dragonfly. Get a full transcript with extra information by following the links. The podcast is just three and a half minutes long, but gives you 10 vocabulary words and 10 sentences using the words in the context of the photograph. I recommend that you first watch the video and then listen to the podcast as the visual component means that you will better remember the vocabulary and the way it is used. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 The podcast for an exploration of a photograph of the London Eye from St James Park, London. Get a full transcript with extra information by following the links. In this lesson I explore the photograph and present language in context. The lessons are for when you have only a few spare minutes to learn English. I recommend that you first watch the video and then listen to the podcast as the visual component means that you will better remember the vocabulary and the way it is used. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 The podcast for an exploration of a photograph of Scarborough seafront in the north of England. A typical seaside resort. Get a full transcript with extra information by following the links. In this lesson I explore the photograph and present language in context. The lessons are for when you have only a few spare minutes to learn English. I recommend that you first watch the video and then listen to the podcast as the visual component means that you will better remember the vocabulary and the way it is used. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 The podcast for an exploration of the MS Europa, moored in Cadiz harbour in southern Spain. Get a full transcript with extra information by following the links. In this lesson I explore the photograph and present language in context. The lessons are for when you have only a few spare minutes to learn English. I recommend that you first watch the video and then listen to the podcast as the visual component means that you will better remember the vocabulary and the way it is used. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 This is my way of packing as much English language learning into 60 seconds as possible. In the one minute of the lesson proper you will be exposed to lots of ways that we use the word minute in normal daily usage. There is a great mnemonic (memory aid) in the podcast and video to help you remember the heterophones. This is a very fast-paced lesson, but you can always use the pause button on your player. I recommend that you listen to the podcast many times with and without reading the typescript that you can find on my site. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 In this one minute lesson I look at the problem of using "its" and "it's". It's a problem a lot of native English speakers have. Once you understand that "it" is a pronoun, and that apostrophes indicate a missing letter, you will have no more problems with using these words. In deference to some students who commented on the first One Minute English lesson that it was too fast, I have put less words into this one. There are 117 words in total; 100 less than the first lesson. Don't forget to use your pause button if you need time to think. Sat, 10 Oct 2009 In this one minute lesson I look at the use of "fun" and "funny". Many students of English confuse the use of these with funny consequences. English should be fun, but making mistakes isn't very funny. I hope this short lesson will stop you making the same mistake again. There are 91 words in the video. Don't forget to use your pause button if you need time to think. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 Other or Another is another problem that many students struggle with. This lesson helps clarify how and when we can use one or the other of these words in English. There are 124 words in the video and 8 ways of using other and another. Don't forget to use your pause button if you need time to think. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 When do we use "be going to" and when do we use "will"? This lesson puts it simply and memorably. There are 138 spoken words, and several explanatory sentences in the video. Don't forget to use your pause button if you need time to think or read. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 This is a seasonal One Minute English Lesson. Halloween is one of the oldest festivals in Britain. It was originally the Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrating the last day of summer. Many of the traditions maintained by those who celebrate Halloween can be traced to the Celtic origins. This video gives you some of the vocabulary of Halloween. The vocabulary includes, witch, broomstick, ghost, mask, soul, dead, bat, spider, skeleton and more. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 Charles Dickens was a very famous English author. He wrote many popular books including Oliver Twist. In this book there is a character called the Artful Dodger. Dodger, dodge, dodgy, dodgier, dodgiest, are common in English, especially in informal English. This One Minute English lesson looks at the meanings for each of these words and shows you how to use each in context. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 Have you ever heard of the expression, “Don’t count your chickens until they are hatched”? This expression comes from the ancient Greek writer, Aesop. This podcast is about the Maid and Her Pot of Milk. It illustrates the moral that we should not consider anything as definite until we have done the necessary work to make it a reality. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 There are many recipes for chilli con carne, but this is mine. It has taken me over 25 years to perfect the recipe and it's a secret that I'm going to share with you today. I'm sharing it with you on the understanding that you keep it a secret. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 This English Podcast brings you Aesop's Fable, the North Wind and the Sun. The moral of this story is that pursuasion is better than force. It's easier to get people to do what you want them to do if you make them want to do something. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 This English podcast looks at all of the English colour idioms I could think of. You may be feeling blue about your English studies but I'm giving you the green light to pass any test with flying colours. If you don't know the difference between a scarlet woman and a red herring, you will be tickled pink by all the idioms in this video. So don't be yellow; watch this video all the way through and you will be able to do the extras with flying colours. Tue, 06 Apr 2010