Orientation
The Lessons
The ESL Aloud podcast lessons are designed for people who want to increase their abilities in speaking English as a second language (ESL).
Basic Method
The basic method of these lessons is listen-and-repeat. It is much like learning to play a musical instrument by watching someone play a tune and then doing your best to play the tune yourself. In each General Practice lesson you get to practice sentences that are very close in meaning to each other. Learning similar sentences will enable you to express the same thought in different ways, just like a native speaker of English. The more you practice, the more you improve your speaking skills. It’s that simple.
In the lessons on grammar and usage you also get to practice sentences that are related to each other, but the relationship is characterized by grammar and usage rather than meaning.
Comments
I discovered your podcast via itunes 1 month ago and have been listening to all the previous episodes. I find them to be very helpfull. Thanks a lot for your good work and help.
Leonardo Vergel
Colombia, South America
Dear Mr. Rosen
I’m an 18-year-old student from Switzerland and I want to thank you very much for producing all your podcasts. I downloaded all of them because they help me a lot. My language skills have improved more and more.
I always listen to the podcasts when I’m on my way to school. Apart of your podcast the way to school is quite boring, so I always look forward to getting a new one on itunes.
For me the most helpful recordings were the ones in which you present the two-part-verbs. They seem to be very important for the english language.
I also appreciate that your service is free.
Sincerely
Silvio