We're back with another minor snippet of what's to come! Love doing pronunciation podcasts, and remember, all of this will be implemented into a video course, so stay tuned! The intonation you use lets others know if you are making a statement or asking a question. Use the falling intonation for wh- Qs: Where would... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 93 – Reading – The Death of Languages (Patreon Special)
Welcome back to another ESL podcast, and today we have some reading! The Death of Languages, something that's not spoken about, is a problem that's currently being addressed by a handful of nations to preserve the "language" that's dying. Here's the read! Speaking How many languages do you think are spoken in the world? Which... Continue Reading →
Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 92 – Speaking Task – The Present Unreal Conditional
Welcome back to another speaking task, everyone! Today I'll be talking about the unreal conditional in a story-type way! I've done this before in grammar form, but now let's get into it with the speaking version. You can use this to talk about something that is imagined, impossible, or "contrary" to fact. FormExampleIf clauses (past... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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 a... Continue Reading →
Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 88 – Listening – Kindness as a Survival Skill
Welcome back to another listening, everyone! Today is about survival skills. Before the listening exercise in the podcast, I will discuss this, and so should you! Podcast What does it mean to be kind to someone? Rank the following 1-5 (1 = most kind; 5 = least kind_. Lend a friend some money. Do an... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Dan of Russia on Limiting Beliefs and Transformation
Amazing podcast with Dan today! We talked about him moving to Russia, but most importantly, limiting beliefs, which will definitely hit home with a lot of my followers from Europe. Tune in! https://open.spotify.com/show/7hdzplWx6xB8mhwDJYiP6f? Episode with Dan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxK26tUidYU&t=1017s Video with Dan Transcription Speaker 1: (00:00)Guys, welcome back to Arsenio's ESL podcast. And you know what? I... Continue Reading →
Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 4 – Episode 85 – Vocabulary Development – Business Verbs
Welcome back, everyone! I'm going over some other things that I quite possibly have left out in the last season, so here they are! Make sure you're tuning into the Patreon for the additional material I'm putting out! Match the words in bold with the correct definitions. AdvertiseCommunicateEmployInvestOwnPersonalizePromiseReport a. to share thoughts, feelings, or information... Continue Reading →