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Sinopse
This podcast is brought to you by LingQ.com where you can learn languages from the best podcasts on the web. Learn English and be entertained as you listen to Mark, Steve and guests from their home in Vancouver, Canada. Topics include anything and everything, current events, the weather, Vancouver, language learning, you name it... Study the full transcripts of all episodes at LingQ.com
Episódios
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#113 The Internet: The Best Place to Learn English
04/05/2007 Duração: 17minIn this episode, Steve voices over a white paper he wrote on the role of the internet in language learning and for English learners in particular.
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#59 Want Healthy Glowing Skin?
04/05/2007 Duração: 01minToday we have a short piece of content for you. In it Jill offers her ideas about how you can create and keep beautiful and healthy skin.
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#94 Writing Analysis: Tony Sparkle
03/05/2007 Duração: 17minIn this podcast Jill and Steve discuss a corrected writing submission from Tony, a student of TheLinguist from Taiwan. If you are a member of TheLinguist and you too would like to have your writing analyzed, please let us know.
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#63 Your Child’s Disability: Life, Love and Hope
03/05/2007 Duração: 04minEvery child is beautiful, and some of the most beautiful children are born with terrible disabilities. Listen to this article which makes one very important point: finding out that your child has a disability is NOT the end of the world.
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#22 A Special Birthday Surprise
03/05/2007 Duração: 06minListen in as David chats with his Mom, Lorna Avender, about her birthday; and one surprise in particular that only her daughter could have given her.
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#61 The YMCA
02/05/2007 Duração: 17minIn today’s episode Steve talks to Bill Stewart who is the President of the YMCA in Vancouver. Find out what types of activities the “Y” is involved in. This is an advanced English podcast.
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#31 Life in a Northern Town
02/05/2007 Duração: 20minIn this episode Steve speaks with Al Wardale who is from a small community in Northern Alberta, in Canada. Al describes life in the North.
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#41 Personal Finance
01/05/2007 Duração: 06minIn today’s episode we present a conversation in which Steve speaks with Art and Art shares his understanding and knowledge of personal finance.
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#19 Leaders of Tomorrow
01/05/2007 Duração: 19minIn this conversation Steve speaks with Rebecca about networking and mentorship opportunities available to members of the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Leaders of Tomorrow program.
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#40 Understanding Numbers in English
30/04/2007 Duração: 12minMany of you have been asking for content about the numbers in English. Here is a podcast to help you better pronounce and understand numbers.
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#71 3 Ways To Jumpstart Your Home-Based Business
10/04/2007 Duração: 05minThere are few things more thrilling in the business world than starting your own business. This excellent article explains how to create your own business start-up and succeed.
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#7 The Linguist Manifesto for English learners
13/10/2005 Duração: 05minOne of the keys to language learning success is motivation and belief that you can learn. That is why we came up with The Linguist Manifesto. We hope this motivates you to achieve English fluency!
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#50 All Changes Great and Small
06/04/2005 Duração: 07minToday we here a short story written by David Avender about his life and his experiences of change. This is an advanced item and gives a chance to work on some less frequent English words. (Although shortish, it's Advanced 1)
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#58 Greetings Young and Old
07/10/2004 Duração: 03minToday we hear a content item from David entitled Greetings Young and Old from a past issue of our newsletter. David talks about the way people greet each other today and how they did it in the past. (Although short, it is Intermediate 1 and beyond)
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#16 The Flu
26/04/2004 Duração: 01minIn this episode Courtney talks about getting sick and getting the flu.
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#6 English Greetings and Goodbyes
01/12/2003 Duração: 05minListen in as Steve and Kate talk about the different forms of greetings and goodbyes in English.
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#15 Interviews and Resumes
28/11/2003 Duração: 06minIn this episode Steve talks with Art about resume writing, job interviews and other aspects of finding a job.
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#44 French Restaurateur
27/10/2003 Duração: 09minHere is an interview in which Steve speaks with Brigitte. Brigitte shares some secrets to her French restaurant’s success, along with some tips on French cooking. This is an advanced podcast partly because Brigitte does have a French accent and there is the noise of the restaurant in the background.