The Talking People Podcast http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast Learn English & Learn About the World! Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Useful language, poems and stories for life-long learners of English. talkingpeople.net no tppodcast@talkingpeople.net (michelle) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/es/ Learn English & Enjoy It! esl,efl,english,spanish,communicative,method,useful,language,literature,poems,stories,audios The Talking People Podcast http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/avatar144x144.jpg http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/es/esl,efl,english,spanish,communicative,method,useful,language,literature,poems,stories,audiosEducation/Language Coursestppodcast@mujerpalabra.nettalkingpeople.netSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with Google Poems. This Is Just to Say, by William Carlos Williams http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/MUqANigMgjg/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=225#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:08:57 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=225 William Carlos WilliamsI 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/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=225 0 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/tppodcast/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/wcwillia.jpg)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 michelle no 49 esl,efl,english,spanish,communicative,method,useful,language,literature,poems,stories,audioshttp://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=225http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/williamcarloswilliams_thisisjusttosay.mp3 Special Episodes. Spelling Your Name Out Loud http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/NT-vSXT9GpE/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=228#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:55:07 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=228 Read the transcript on TP and find some useful links and exercises there.

]]> http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=228 0 Read the transcript on TP and find some useful links and exercises there. Read the transcript on TP and find some useful links and exercises there. michelle no 17:20 esl,efl,english,spanish,communicative,method,useful,language,literature,poems,stories,audioshttp://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=228http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/special_spellingnames.mp3 Stories. The Debutante, by Leonora Carrington http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/2bgd-u01P34/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=222#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:41:53 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=222 Leonora CarringtonHalf 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/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=222 0 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, (http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/leonora.jpg)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). michelle no 12:30 esl,efl,english,spanish,communicative,method,useful,language,literature,poems,stories,audioshttp://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=222http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/leonoracarrington_thedebutante.mp3 Useful Classroom Language 2 – Elementary http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/HMoevc_kiEA/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=220#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:54:37 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=220 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://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=220 0 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! 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! michelle no 12:29 esl,efl,english,spanish,communicative,method,useful,language,literature,poems,stories,audioshttp://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=220http://talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulclassroomlanguage02.mp3 Poems. Brief Bus Stop, by Ani Difranco http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/kKlCL1eToMA/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=215#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:31:46 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=215 Ani DifrancoRead 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/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=215 0 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 Websit... (http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Difranco2.jpg)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) michelle no 1:51 esl,efl,english,spanish,communicative,method,useful,language,literature,poems,stories,audioshttp://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=215http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/anidifranco_briefbusstop.mp3 Useful Classroom Language 1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/Jpw78W4oSwc/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=211#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:21:05 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=211 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/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=211 0 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 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 michelle no 14:37 esl,efl,english,spanish,communicative,method,useful,language,literature,poems,stories,audioshttp://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=211http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefulclassroomlanguage01.mp3 Stories. A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud, by Carson McCullers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/x0Y_HtuZXsQ/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=179#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:18:00 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=179 Carson McCullersA 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/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=179 0 carson mccullers,love,women writers 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/tppodcast/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/carsonmccullers1.jpg)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. michelle no 23:45 http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=179http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/carsonmccullers_atreearockacloud.mp3 Useful Language. Letter-Writing. Requesting information 01 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/lVNQ7VUhCLo/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=176#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:10:24 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=176 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 of not making certain kind of grammar mistakes — those “silly mistakes” you always make and that you keep not fixing because you insist in NOT proofreading your work!!! ;D

Listen now to this sample letter of someone trying to find out some information about language courses abroad.
Read this letter here.
If you want me to read your own sample letters, just let me know!
]]> http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=176 0 functional grammar,language functions,letter-writing 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. 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 of not making certain kind of grammar mistakes -- those "silly mistakes" you always make and that you keep not fixing because you insist in NOT proofreading your work!!! ;D Listen now to this sample letter of someone trying to find out some information about language courses abroad. Read this letter here. If you want me to read your own sample letters, just let me know! michelle no 1:29 http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=176http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_letters_enquiries_langcourse.mp3 Poems. The Housing Poem, by Dian Million http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/wHHXMjsDdAg/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=130#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:33:24 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=130 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/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=130 0 activism,american indian,women writers 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 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 michelle no 3:26 http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=130http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/dianmillion_thehousingpoem.mp3 Useful Language. Saying thank you 01 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tppodcast/~3/T5PjktoOdTA/ http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=121#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:01:19 +0000 tppodcast@mujerpalabra.net (talkingpeople.net) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=121 Read the thank you sentences on 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 thank people different kinds of things. Then, 6 different thank you notes or letters you could learn to be fluent in! If you wish to write Thank You Notes and Letters please, post them here for correction and subsequent publication!

]]> http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?feed=rss2&p=121 0 functional grammar,language functions Read the thank you sentences on 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, Read the thank you sentences on 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 thank people different kinds of things. Then, 6 different thank you notes or letters you could learn to be fluent in! If you wish to write Thank You Notes and Letters please, post them here for correction and subsequent publication! michelle no 18:28 http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/?p=121http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/usefullang_letters_thanks01.mp3 talkingpeople.netnonadultLearn English & Enjoy It!