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How good are you at making conversation with a complete stranger? Do you find it easy thinking of things to say or questions to ask? Well, this podcast features a conversation between two people who had never met before and who talked for the first time together through Skype. We have Solange from Brazil and Vukosava who is currently living in Portugal. This was a ‘getting to know you’ opportunity and the focus was on asking questions and showing interest in what the speaker has said. As you listen decide how well Solange and Vukosava managed to hold a natural and interesting conversation. In particular, decide how well they ask questions and also if they show interest in what the other has said. Finally, make a note of their use of English, which we’ll look at in the feedback section. Let’s listen to Solange and Vukosava. Less
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Today’s sentence Hi. How are things? Here’s the next sentence in the series on making democratic, group decisions. That’s an idea! Notes Today’s sentence is a response to someone making a suggestion which you like. “How about going for a pizza?” “That’s an idea!” It means, “that’s a good idea.” You can also say, “there’s an idea!” Same thing. Note that the stress is on that’s or there’s. Listen to it again! OK, that’s that for today. We’ll look at another sentence tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2008 Less
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Welcome to the Splendid Speaking podcast. Transcripts for ALL podcasts including this one are available to subscribers of our mailing list. You can sign up to the newsletter from Splendid Speaking. This recording features Ekaterina from Bulgaria and Teodoro from Chile. In this interview we looked at the skill of responding to questions. Visit the Splendid Speaking Website for our new weekly task sheets to help you prepare for a similar talk. Less
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If you’d like to improve or practise the skills involved in taking part in a discussion and describing events then this podcast will be of interest to you. In this task Solange from Brazil and Arturo from Italy had to compare the way Christmas is celebrated in their two countries. Visit the Splendid Speaking Website for our new weekly task sheets to help you prepare for a similar talk and also to subscribe to the transcripts for this and all other podcasts. Less
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Today’s sentence Hi. Welcome back. We’re going to briefly revisit a topic we looked at a few weeks ago – technology. Since I signed up for broadband I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts. Notes Sign up. To start using a service. For example, some time ago, you signed up with Linguagum. You found us, gave us your email address, and started using our service. Broadband. A high-speed internet connection. We saw this before. Podcast. This is a mixture of two words. iPod – as you know, this is a kind of mp3 player (perhaps you practise Linguagum’s sentences with your iPod?) … And … broadcast. Radio stations broadcast shows and music and you listen to them on the radio. (BBC? British Broadcasting Corporation.) So, we have the word podcast. This is similar to listening to the radio on the internet. A quick word on grammar: I’ve been listening to… We use this tense because it “bridges the gap” between the past and the present: since I got broadband (six weeks ago) until today…I’ve been listening to…” More techno-speak tomorrow… bye for now! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2008 Less
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