Alan Palmer's Language Chat podcasts
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I love learning languages and in discovering all the opportunities that the Internet gives us to develop our language skills.
I will post mostly in English, but don't be surprised if some of my podcasts are in other languages...
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Your chathost Alan (November 2008)
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 63
- Years Active
- 2007 - 2009
*******Last podcast for this website******
Hello everybody,
This is the last article I will put on this website as it is full!
My new site is:
www.language-explorer.co.uk
See you there!!
Bye
Alan
00:10:05 |
Wed 01 Apr 2009
How much speaker how much learner?
Hello again
Today I want to make a suggestion about how we can make a decision on our language skills.
People say “I am a learner of English,” “ I am learning French”, “I learn Italian” etc
This…
00:03:35 |
Sat 21 Mar 2009
Relaxing Challenges
Hello everybody
Today I want to talk about an idea for learning I call "Relaxing Challenges"
Remember when you were a child and you liked to play? Sometimes you dared yourself to try things: climb a…
00:05:03 |
Mon 16 Mar 2009
Reading and Listening Practice (Article about tea)
China, the homeland of tea
It is universally acknowledged that China is the original tea-growing area, as well as the first country to grow, produce and drink tea.
In the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (12…
00:05:06 |
Mon 01 Dec 2008
More advice on English pronuciation
Hello everybody.
Alan here. Thanks for listening to my podcast.
www.alanlancs1.podomatic.com
Today I want to talk about some of the difficulties with English pronunciation.
There are certain lette…
00:14:27 |
Fri 21 Nov 2008
40 minutes a day language learning
Hello everybody.
The transcript for this is the next podcast. You can download it as a PDF text document.
Bye for now
Alan
00:08:36 |
Sun 16 Nov 2008
**ADVANCED ENGLISH" (Article: Language learning")
Hello everybody. You can download the transcript for this podcast by clicking "download" on the next podcast ***TRANSCRIPT***
PDF format
Take care
Alan
00:08:25 |
Wed 12 Nov 2008
More on introductory phrases for opening a conversation
Hello everybody. It’s been a while since I made a podcast. Today I wanted to give you some suggestions on how to start conversations with native speakers of English, or if you cannot find a native sp…
00:06:14 |
Sun 09 Nov 2008
Poem - "The Donkey"
The Donkey
I saw a donkey
One day old
His head was too big
For his neck to hold;
His legs were shaky
And long and loose,
They rocked and staggered
And weren’t much use
He tried to gambol
And frisk …
00:00:42 |
Thu 16 Oct 2008
Intonation practice
I explain a little more about using intonation in English
Hello everybody
I thought that today you might be interested in listening to English intonation.
English has two main "tones": a "rising" to…
00:01:58 |
Tue 07 Oct 2008
Weekend words October 4th
I hope you like my chatcast.
It's a bit longer than usual and I'll put a text here in a couple of days.
Be good be happy (BGBH)
Alan
00:12:47 |
Sat 04 Oct 2008
Making a nice cup of English tea
How to make a perfect English cup of tea
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art39370.asp
Guest Author - Hellie T.
One of the things you need to be able to do is to sit down and enjoy a really good…
00:08:05 |
Thu 18 Sep 2008
French Song "L'auvergnat"
Here is my version of "L'auvergnat" (Song for the person from the Auvergne)
It was written and sung by Georges Brassens
It is ano old French song - and I like it a lot
I hope you like my version
…
00:03:20 |
Sat 13 Sep 2008
Local Markets
Hello everybody,
I have had some nice feedback from visitors to my site. I have realised that to help people with English, it is sometimes very useful to talk about cultural activities.
Today I wan…
00:04:40 |
Sun 07 Sep 2008
Guitar tune: "Bubble and Squeak"
Here's a guitar tune I recorded today.
I hope you like it
It is called "Bubble and Squeak"
This is a…
00:01:28 |
Mon 25 Aug 2008
Weekend words 24th August - Reading technique
Hello everybody
Alan here and welcome to www.alanlancs1.podomatic.com. And today I’m just speaking without a text.
…
00:03:53 |
Mon 25 Aug 2008
Listening strategies #1
Hello everybody,
I’m back from my holidays in France.
Today I want to talk about when people speak fast and what you can do to help understand what is spoken.
I think listening is the most difficu…
00:07:48 |
Thu 21 Aug 2008
Culture: Leeds and Liverpool canal
Hello everybody
This podcast is about the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is the longest canal in Northern England at 127 miles (204km) long. It passes through 91 locks with…
00:02:29 |
Sat 02 Aug 2008
Weekend Words August 2nd "More on Accent"
Hello everybody.
Many people I speak with who learn English would like to know how to “improve” their English accent.
It’s always dif…
00:10:56 |
Sat 02 Aug 2008
More on fluency and conversations
Fluency - setting up a conversation
Hello everybody. Today I want to talk about how to make your spoken English flow better and to help you with making it a little easier to talk to people, particu…
00:06:52 |
Thu 31 Jul 2008
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