Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 94 – Vocabulary Development – Describing Graphs (Two-Part Patreon)

Welcome back, everyone! Here’s some more IELTS language for you study-goers out there, as well as some sentences and an exercise at the bottom. I’ve gone over this in context about a month ago, but I have much more to cover. We use a range of vocabulary to describe points on a graph or to …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Developing your Speaking with Katarina Gleisberg

She’s back — yet again! Here are some tips, guidelines and things you can use IMMEDIATELY to start immersing yourself into the English language. Some of this will scare you, but it is necessary to become the effective speaker you want to become. Tips 1) Speak in Daily InteractionsPut yourself out there in natural speaking …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: International Guest Speaker – Camka of Switzerland

Finally, after a second try (and failing the first time), both Camka and I rocked the house with this one! Straight out of Switzerland, Camka’s mother and society taught her to just “read between the lines” rather than chasing her uniqueness. It wasn’t until she headed to South Korea on an exchange program where she …

The Death of Languages (Patreon Special)

For those of you who tuned into my earlier blog and podcast, here’s the second half of it with more discussions (only on Patreon). If you’re interested, here’s the link below! Some languages die and others become widely used for a variety of reasons. Some are historical and relate to when a small number of …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 96 – Developing Writing – Describing a Place (Two-Part Patreon)

Welcome back to another Developing Writing segment! This is going to be a two-part Patreon special, so in the part that’s available to the general public, there will be lots of speaking and vocabulary development. If you want the writing bank and the layout of how to write about a place, you’ll have to tune …

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: Season 4 – Episode 91 – Vocabulary Skill – Learning Word Families After Listening

Welcome back to another podcast on word families! This has been requested by a many of my students, and it’s always good to dive back into these types of podcasts, just to refresh the memory. So, here we go! When you learn a new vocabulary word, you can increase your vocabulary further by learning the …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Special – TOEFL Idioms VIII

We’re back with some more TOEFL idioms! Last episode was fire and had lots of plays, so I’m back with some more! Drop out – stop going to school / a class / a club. In general, the rate at which US high school students has reached 43 percent in the past decade. Every other …

Arsenio’s ESL Special – Patreon Sneak Peek – Teen Discrimination

Hmmmm, I was unfortunately part of this. In today’s Patreon Sneak Peek, we have a very unfortunate couple of students who ended up drawing the short stick because of discrimination. I have an even longer story in my podcast (on Patreon) that you guys would be intrigued by. Remember the letter of complaint? Yeah, in …

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Special – Freewriting/Freespeaking – Social Media

Welcome back, everyone! Because my last video was such a big hit, here is a nice freewriting and speaking task for you guys! Would love to hear some of your opinions on these topics, but let’s look at some. Social media is good for younger and older people. Social media means people spend more time …