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 www.splendid-speaking.com. This podcast features Isabelle from Switzerland and Andreea from Romania and looks at working towards an agreed outcome in a role play. Less

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Today’s sentence Hello again. We’re still looking at the noun turn. It’s your turn. Notes Who would have thought that one word could have so many meanings? Imagine you are playing a game, like Monopoly, for example. There are four people playing. Each person has a turn. You play first, then Jim plays, then Mary plays and then Fred plays. “It’s your turn” means, “you must play now.” You might say it in a shop, for example, if someone walks in front of you in the queue. You could say, “excuse me, but it’s my turn now.” It is your turn to be served. Alright, that’s all for today. We will continue with this tomorrow. Bye! 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 2006-2009 Less

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This recording features Werner from Germany. In this interview we looked at the skill of captivating your audience with a memorable introduction. Transcripts for ALL podcasts including this one are available to subscribers of our mailing list. Visit the Splendid Speaking Website to sign up and to download our new weekly task sheets to help you prepare for a similar talk. Less

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Spoken directions: In this podcast you will first hear a short monolog about a job application and references. References are people who can describe what kind of person you are or what kind of work you have done. After listening to the monolog, you will hear it again, one sentence at a time. Repeat each sentence. We will do the whole monolog this way three times, so that the language can really plant itself in your brain. The idea is that it will still be there when you want to use it sometime in the future. Monolog: I’m filling out an application for a new job. I’m not sure who to give as a reference. They usually get in touch with at least one reference. So you want references to say good things about you. But a reference on an application shouldn’t be just a friend. References on applications should be people who know how you work. And the longer a reference has known you, the better. 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 Hello again. We’re still studying film genres. How about watching a comedy tonight? Notes A comedy is a funny film. A comedy is intended to make the audience laugh. They are usually about people doing funny or strange things which tend not to happen in real life. How about watching…? is a kind of suggestion. You are asking someone’s opinion on watching a comedy. It means: “shall we / do you want to watch a comedy tonight?” I hope that was useful. We’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. See you! 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 2006-2009 Less

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