Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Mini-Series – Self-Sabotage – Five Speakers from Around The World

So unbelievably grateful to be launching a new series (mini-series) on my podcast over the next five weeks that talks about self-sabotage.  What is self-sabotage? That’s you making a poor decision which ultimately jeopardizes you from achieving success.  We make decisions all the time that are detrimental to all parties that are involved, so I …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 86 – Reading & Speaking – Starting on The Path to Success (Patreon Exclusive

Super excited about this one. The extended podcast is in my Patreon. For those of you don’t know, I have a 10$ a month Patreon badge that provides exclusive content, videos, coaching and other things, so if you’re interested in enhancing your English language skills more, please inquire! With that being said, let’s do a …

ESL Worldwide Conversations Update

I’m so excited to be writing about this today. This has always been a dream of mine — to work for myself. Not only that, but to influence and help people achieve goals around the world under my OWN UMBRELLA. For years, I had ALWAYS WORKED for someone, and it never got the job done. …

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: Season 4 – Episode 61 – Smart Reading

Why is it important to read actively? Well, when you’re reading an academic text, you’re trying to hurry to find the answer, points, ideas, assumptions, etc. If you’re reading a novel, you would want to close read rather than read actively. When I read personal development books, I read for the overall gist and definition …

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: TOEIC – Episode 015 – Part 3 Listening – Conversations

For those of you who watched my Facebook live, here are the questions I promised you. For those of you who will watch my YouTube down below, here are the questions — OF COURSE! Let’s get into this. How long has the man been at his current job? a. One year b. Two years c. …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 32 – American & British Collocations with Have

This has always been one of my favorites! Many collocations use have in British English but take different verbs in American English. Also, some are expressed simply as verbs in american English. British Have a look/guess/shower Have a think/laugh/word American Take a look/guess/shower Think (about it)/laugh/talk (to someone) Completely the questions in British English Can …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 30 – Grammar – Using Can for Universal Truths

Can is used to talk about things that are often true or that are possible. (Be able to cannot) be used as a synonym for can in the sense.) Handmade items are very beautiful. Writers often hedge their use of can with adverbs such as sometimes, often, usually, and phrases such as in some cases, …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 29 – Writing Skills – Writing a First Draft

Welcome back to some more writing skills, people! Now, the difference between Developing Writing and Writing Skills is one focuses on developing specific skills needed in writing and this one implements the skills to begin with . So, let’s get into this! When you’re writing your first draft, don’t worry about style or good English …