The Schwa Sound

This week’s podcast focuses on adverbs of frequency and frequency expressions. It’s a good idea to refresh your grammar “every now and then” - de vez en cuando. 

Have a look at our blog. Teacher Jack has created an activity worksheet for you to complete. 

El podcast de esta semana se centra en los adverbios de frecuencia y las expresiones de frecuencia. Es una buena idea actualizar tu gramática “every now and then” - de vez en cuando.

Dale un vistazo a nuestro blog. El profesor Jack ha creado una hoja de actividades para que usted la complete.

La profesora Aurelia comparte vocabulario util, para usar palabras más enriquecidas y sustituirlas por “yo pienso” y “en mi opinión”. Esta es una oportunidad perfecta para que demuestres tu nivel de conversación sin ningún esfuerzo. Enriquecer tu vocabulario consiste en construir una base de lenguaje que te permita mantener conversaciones con confianza, ya sea para impresionar al examinador o a tus compañeros.

Going to the doctor can be scary. Talking to a doctor in a different language is even more scary!

Today, Aurelia goes through the basic vocabulary that you need to know when going to the doctor and what the doctor might say to you.

 This isn’t ‘emergency situation/hospital’ vocab.This is the type of vocabulary when you have the flu, etc.

 Ir al médico da miedo. ¡Hablar con un médico en otro idioma da aún más miedo!

 Hoy, Aurelia repasa el vocabulario básico que necesitas saber cuando vas al médico y lo que el médico podría decirte.

 Este no es un vocabulario de “situación de emergencia/hospital”. Este es el tipo de vocabulario cuando tienes gripe, etc.

Join Teacher Aurelia as she unravels the nuances of affection, romance, and connection in the English language. Whether you're a language learner or a language lover, this episode is designed to enrich your vocabulary, enhance your expressions, and infuse your conversations with the magic of love. Get ready to explore the words and phrases that capture the essence of romance in English, making your language journey not just educational, but heartwarmingly enjoyable!

Here are about 50 phrases and expressions connected to love!

In this episode of the Pronunciation Clinic, teacher Aurelia looks at a very important sound in English, the lazy sound schwa.

We use this a lot in English with words like: banana, president, apple, comfortable

By improving our pronunciation we also improve our listening skills because if we know how to pronounce it we know how it sounds.

En este episodio de la Clínica de Pronunciación, la profesora Aurelia analiza un sonido muy importante en inglés, el sonido perezoso “schwa”.

Usamos esto mucho en inglés con palabras como: banana, president, apple, comfortable

Al mejorar nuestra pronunciación también mejoramos nuestra capacidad de escucha porque si sabemos pronunciarla sabemos cómo suena.

Teacher Aurelia revises the use of State Verbs in today’s episode. It’s important to have a good foundation of grammar so that we can build on it when we start learning more complicated grammar in the future.

Teacher Aurelia goes through some typical errors that students make when speaking in English, from using the wrong preposition to directly translating from Spanish to English.

By correcting these small mistakes, you will quickly improve your control of your speaking and appear more fluent!

Teacher Aurelia looks at the two basic types of the ‘U’ sound. Even though a word may be spelled with ‘oo’, it may be pronounced in different ways. For example, short - book and long - food. 

Pronunciation is an important aspect in gaining fluency in English so it is worth taking a look at these sounds, understanding the differences  and mastering them.

You can download the transcript and a worksheet of this episode from our blog. http://blog.daway.es

Aurelia gets into teacher mode and shares over 20 different body idioms and expressions to use in speaking for the advanced levels. Even if you don’t personally use them whilst talking, most probably you will come across these with other English speakers as well as when watching films or series.

The Spanish translation as well as an exercise can be found on our blog.

http://blog.daway.es

Today teacher Anthony teaches you some handy BLACK FRIDAY vocabulary which you can use to talk about the amazing offers available during this period.