Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Speaking Task – Presenting a Global City – Thampirak of Thailand

So excited to bring on a student from a popular school here in Bangkok, Thailand (no, not the Mater Dei high school in California). Today we’re going to be doing the speaking task in terms of presenting a global city! Prepare yourselves! Here’s the podcast and transcript! Podcast Transcript Speaker 1: (00:00) Guys, welcome back …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Katarina on Mindful Speaking/Speech (Transcript Available

Welcome back to another ESL podcast, everyone! Today was a special day to debut not only the ESL podcast, but the transcript! Now, I must warn you, I didn’t go through the entire manuscript, but here it is, along with the YouTube video and podcast for you guys who are interested in listening and following …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 67 – Vocabulary Development – Verbs for Talking about Change

We’re back with some more vocabulary development! In this blog and podcast, we’re going to talk about verbs that signal change. Demolish Develop Extend Make into Remodel Replace Tear down Transform To add or add to To change the shape of To take away or diminish Choose the correct word to compelte each sentence. That …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 66 – Pronunciation – Tracing Intonation Contours

Welcome back to another pronunciation podcast, people! Super excited to bring you this one today. A lot of people don’t know the syntax behind the language, so the goal is to actually trace the contours so you know the intonation. You can do this with a finger or a pencil, so here are 8 sentences …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 62 – Grammar – Gerunds & Reduced Clauses

We’re back with some grammar work, and this one will be quick, so get ready! I love using gerunds in my writing because I now understand how they work — and it’s time you know the secret, too. When you see a word ending in -ing at the beginning of a sentence, it is usually: …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: How “To” NOT Learn a Language

I was literally sitting, in horror, listening to recommendations. These students said, “we already know conversation. We would like to learn vocabulary and grammar.” Really? What vocabulary would you like to learn? The same vocabulary you’ve learned 10-30 times but haven’t remember yet? That vocabulary? Let me give you an insight of how I learned …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 59 – Pronunciation – Correcting Information

We’re back with some more pronunciation and today we’re going over the correction of information. I’m going to use the word “actually, “which is a softener. It’s useful when you are correcting a previous statement. If you introduce your response with actually, you will sound more polite. Here are some sentences you can complete with …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: IELTS Listening Skills – Following a Conversation

Woohoo! This is the first of its kind! I’m super excited to debut this, and I’m even more excited that this will be in YouTube, podcast, and Facebook live form. Now, you guys will get this on Facebook live before anything else. The podcast will debut Friday and the YouTube video will debut shortly after …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 57 – Developing Speaking/Writing – Talking About Statistics (IELTS)

Yes! Talking about statistics! This one is going to be great for writing, too. The speaking bank, which will be provided down below, will help you in terms of your IELTS Writing. I will also put this on FB live and upload the podcast form on Tuesday. Excited about providing you guys with more content, …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: International Guest Speaker – Adil of Tanzania

Man, this man Adil is FASCINATING! I brought him on my Motivational Mentors podcast and saw that he was just a hustler like no other. Copywriting freak that has an astounding reputation. I then messaged him about details on finding people to come on my international guest speaking podcast, and he told me he was …