English Grammar HELP and Podcasts for the Inquisitive ESL Student: We're Interactive!
Stop by our friendly HELP! Desk and learn a few do's and don't's of English grammar. At the HELP! Desk, English grammar is made easy to understand. Ask that question that you've needed an answer to in our interactive forum. Listen to an audio of a story written by an ESL student. All our examples are authentic student-generated language. Whether you are a native speaker or somebody learning English as a Second Language, whether you are a student or writing a business letter, we have the answers for you! Writing, grammar, communication, podcasts, audio stories, and more! We're open 24/7, and we're interactive. A new podcast every week.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 43
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2010
The Nine Answers Podcast for Learners of English
Nine thoughtful and entertaining answers to nine thoughtful and clever questions! Listen to the answers, and see if you can figure out the questions! Then do the additional listening activities pro…
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Wed 24 Oct 2007
He's Always Talking about Grammar
Is your English teacher always talking about grammar? Does he or she expect you to know how to identify the subject and verb of a sentence? Do you think that knowing this helps you to communicate be…
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Wed 17 Oct 2007
Questions: People Who Ask Questions
People never stop asking ourselves questions. Short and sweet, challenging and thought-provoking, questions without a right or wrong answer....Stop by and listen to some very interesting questions; …
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Tue 25 Sep 2007
Dear Help Desk, Part 2
Perhaps you have to write a formal business letter in English, and you do not know how to end your letter. Using the wrong closure could be disastrous if you're trying to get a job or be admitted in…
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Tue 10 Jul 2007
Solving Family Problems
Good communication between family members is essential to family life. How does your family solve its problems? Come and listen to our podcast, in which we listen to an essay written by Adimir Ram…
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Thu 28 Jun 2007
Dear Help Desk, Part One,
Perhaps you have to write a formal business letter in English, and you do not know how to even begin! Should you write "Dear Jane" or "My Dear Jane"? Should you comment on the weather or ask the re…
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Mon 18 Jun 2007
It's a Date!
So much dialogue today is idiomatic: Expressions like "That works for me" or "I'm going to pencil that in" are essential to interpersonal communication nowadays. What do they mean? How do we use the…
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Thu 31 May 2007
The Blues and Greens of Ecuador
Imagine a country with sun, sand, blue water, banana and papaya trees, roses, and more. Imagine Ecuador! Join us today when we listen to an audio story written by an ESL student about his native cou…
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Sun 20 May 2007
Get Me to the Train Station (On Time)
Are you planning or considering taking a trip by train? Do you want to avoid having to deal with parking and traffic? In today's podcast, we're going to get you to the train station - on time. Get…
00:05:35 |
Tue 08 May 2007
Yum...Can I Get That Recipe?
Surely you have tasted something so delicious that you wanted to get the recipe for yourself, so you could cook it in your own home. In today's lesson, we'll guide you along with how to get that rec…
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Wed 25 Apr 2007
Cross-country Skiing
Millions of people worldwide love to ski and cross-country skiing is one of the more popular types of skiing. Listen to our podcast today as we present a dialogue between two skiers enjoying a beaut…
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Mon 16 Apr 2007
How Have You Been? The Present Perfect Tense
This verb tense, the present perfect, seems so difficult. After all, it refers to the past, despite its name, and it's hard to know what is so perfect about it. We're going to explore this verb tens…
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Thu 15 Mar 2007
This Writing Just Confuses Me
When you write, do you like to have music playing in the background? Or does background noise confuse you? Try writing in a different environment, and write about your experience as it is happening…
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Thu 08 Mar 2007
Quantifying Nouns: A Lot of Nothing
Join us for this lesson, when we continue our lesson on countable and noncountable nouns, focusing on quantifying such nouns. Then practice quantifying your vegetables, or anything else.
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Thu 01 Mar 2007
One, Two, Three Little Countable Nouns
Today we have a grammar lesson for you, in which we explore countable nouns, both regular and irregular forms. We have some fun listening activities, as well as a visual activity too. Come snack on…
00:09:31 |
Wed 21 Feb 2007
Juan de Pareja
What do you know about the great Spanish artist Diego Velazguez, or his slave Juan de Pareja? Join us for this fascinating podcast in which we learn about both, and about the famous painting by Vela…
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Wed 14 Feb 2007
Are You Okay? Podcasts for Learners of English
Did you ever wonder how to express concern, to be grammatically correct and socially appropriate at the same time? Join us for this lesson when we discuss a variety of expressions and when to use - …
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Wed 07 Feb 2007
How I Saved Somebody's Life: A True Story
Listen to a short essay written by an ESL college student, in which he describes his saving the lives of two men. If you have the Easy Writer CD-ROM, you can read along while the audio is playing.
00:03:57 |
Wed 31 Jan 2007
Hello, this is Luis.
A fun lesson in which we visit ways to begin a telephone call. We pay special attention to using the pronoun "this". At the end of the lesson, you will be able to call the White House and speak to …
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Wed 24 Jan 2007
Would You Please! Podcasts for Learners of English
Learn the proper way to make a polite request. You'll also learn how to propose marriage while you're improving your English grammar.
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Wed 17 Jan 2007
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