Arsenio’s Business English Podcast | Season 6: Episode 27 | Trends: Disruptive Technology

I always look at the beneficial aspects of things. I find the topic of AI to be extremely amusing because people seriously think we're on the cusp of robots taking over. However, AI has made our life easier and has forced us to think and become more sustainable instead of possessing that industrial-aged mindset. Autonomy...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast | Season 5 Episode 186 | Grammar | Gerunds & Infinitives

Here's another rundown of a Gerunds and Infinitives! Make sure you tune into the blog so look at all the examples to improve your writing today! We use the gerund (-ing form): after prepositions. He'd been thinking about buying a new laptop for some time. as the subject or object of a sentence. Moving to...

ARSENIO’S ESL PODCAST | SEASON 5 EPISODE 129 | Vocabulary | Defining Factors – Collocations

We're back with some collocations! It's been a LONG TIME since I've done a collocations podcast, so here we are! Match each collocation (1-10) to the correct example or definition (a-j). A social traitAn example of genetic inheritanceA developmental milestoneAn example of a teen's social environmentAn example of sibling rivalryAn example of parental responsibilityThe consequences...

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TOEFL iBT | Speaking Part 2 | 1 on 1 Coaching | Grading a Speaking Test #1

Woohoo! Finally someone took it upon themself to submit a recording!  I'm so happy that you guys are utilizing the tools I'm finally giving you, and with that being said, welcome to the first grading of the TOEFL iBT speaking test.  In this podcast, I will critique the small audio he had submitted to me. ...

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ARSENIO’S ESL PODCAST | SEASON 5 EPISODE 122 | PRONUNCIATION FOR SPEAKING | PROMINENCE IN QUESTIONS

Key words such as nouns and main verbs are usually stressed in English. In direct question with a question word, this question word is stressed, along with other key words. Yes / no questions tend to use rising intonation at the end to show it as a question. What did you buy? Did it cost...

ARSENIO’S ESL PODCAST | SEASON 5 EPISODE 117 | Reading/Listening | Is Your brain Ready Yet?

Welcome to another reading/listening! Today we're going to be activating prior knowledge, and the task for you is to write down three stereotypes about teenagers and how they behave. Remember, STEREOTYPES. Share away! And in saying that, the rest of the questions are either on the blog (or down below). Identifying Main Ideas Listen to...

IELTS Speaking | pronunciation | Linking Words

Welcome back to another ESL podcast, all! In today's episode, I'm going to talk about why linking words is so underrated, as well as pronunciation in general. I might've gone over this briefly in a previous podcast (last year), but it's never bad to review! On the YouTube video, I will discuss these... Word linkingLinking...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast | Season 5 Episode 102 | Vocabulary Preview for Reading | Negatives & Positives

We're going to switch gears and go to tourism for a couple of segments. What I have below is positives, and your goal is to match them with their negatives. Following that, I have some questions to discuss before the big reading! slamdisregardpoorertroubleddetrimentaldecayhostileruin growthenhancepraiseadvantageousunconcernedpay attention tobetter offfriendly Tourism companies should do more to keep their...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast | Season 5 Episode 73 | Reading | Risk-takers: Who Are They?

For the long reading, you're going to have to listen and answer the questions down below in my podcast. With that being said, you have two tasks: completing the statements with no more than one word (IELTS style) and True, False, or Not Given. Tune in! Dopamine is only able to fill a cell when...

Arsenio’s ESL Podcast: Season 5 – Episode 23 – Pronunciation – Linking ‘T’ to ‘Y’ & ‘D’ to ‘Y’

Welcome back to another ESL pronunciation! Today we're going to be talking about, in the podcast, how to link sounds together. Using "di-ja" and don-cha. Remember, it is not necessary to use it in your own speech. It is more important that you recognize common changes like this in the connected speech of others. If...