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 90 – Developing Critical Thinking – Renewable Resources

Some good developing critical thinking for you guys in today’s podcast and a potential freewriting activity. Don’t miss out! Questions…. Using renewal resources such as solar, wind, and geothermal energy are all ways to meet energy needs. In which countries would each of these be good options to develop? Namba Parks in Osaka, Japan, is …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Special – IELTS Speaking – Part I – Neighbors

We’re back with some IELTS speaking! Excited to bring you guys this edition, and because Part I (television) is such a huge hit, here’s another one! So, with that being said, let’s dive into this! How well do you know the people who live next door to you? How often do you see them? What …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 82 – Pronunciation: Falling Intonation in Wh- Questions

We’re back with pronunciation! We’re making this pronunciation Friday, followed by another pronunciation next Monday, so make sure you’re tuned in and ready to test those vocal cords! Tune into the podcast! The intonation usually falls at the end of Wh- questions that request information. Work with a partner, friend, family member, or anyone. Number …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 49 – Developing Writing – A Film Review

Work with a friend, partner, sibling or anyone and rank these, from 1-10 (1 = not important, 10 = very important) when deciding to watch a film. In the podcast down below….. the star and supporting actors the genre (comedy, science fiction, etc) the plot the length the special effects and visuals the soundtrack the …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: International Guest Speaker: Veronika of Russia on Cultural Exchange & Humble

Finally! For the first time in my life, I’ve got myself a charismatic, driven, personable Russian friend! I’ve been wanting to get some awesome Russian folks on my podcast for the longest, so this is going to be a doozy! Veronika, who’s from Russia but living in Vancouver, does a wide-variety of things. Here are …

Introducing My Patreon: Silver Badge (ESL Learners) Sneak Peek #1

Boy, this has been a long-waited launch. Since the beginning of my podcast, which I’ll post at the bottom of the page, I always asked myself how can I give more and monetize? After listening to various opinions of people who have ALREADY BEEN THERE, I finally created a four-tier badge system on Patreon to …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 25 – Developing Writing – Opinion Essay II

Developing Writing is back! Opinion Essay II is on the menu for today, and because a many of you enjoyed and viewed both the podcast and blog so much, I knew this would be something to get into again. So, let’s go over the 5 paragraph format in this one. Topic Essay on the topic …

TOEIC – Reading Comprehension – Using Context to Answer Vocabulary Questions (1/2)

Welcome back to TOEIC, everyone! Here’s a two-part series! Next video will debut today! Get ready! Make sure you watch all the clues in the YouTube video down below. Notice to all guests of the Glenvale Inn The management of the Glenvale Inn would like to apologise to all its quests for any inconvenience caused …

One-Year Anniversary! Arsenio’s ESL Podcast!

I was consulting an ex-colleague and he told me, “your personal development podcast doesn’t have information, and it’s hard for people to go down the list and find information.” “If you do an English language podcast, learn from that.” My goal was to do only pronunciation (thank the universe I didn’t), but then I implemented …