ESL in Ho Chi Minh City
ESL podcasts from the heart of Vietnam; written by a Vietnamese English teacher and taught by an American teacher.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 24
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2011
Idiom Quiz
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1- Which of these expressions mean "at a time in the future"?
some day
one of these days
one of those days
these d…
00:12:24 |
Sat 30 Jul 2011
Animal Idioms - Part Three
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00:03:13 |
Wed 22 Jun 2011
Episode 44 - Time Expressions
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00:12:23 |
Fri 29 Apr 2011
The Birds and the Bees (Episode 43)
***WARNING - This podcast contains adult subject matter - Listener discretion is advised ***
Due to the sensitive nature of this subject, please write to [email protected] for the transcript or exer…
00:19:20 |
Fri 01 Apr 2011
Animal Idioms - Part Two (Episode 42)
Exercise 1: Match the animals with their definitions
Donkey, whale, shark, goose, eel, parrot, tiger, fly
A large fish with very sharp teeth and a triangular fin on its back
This fish is a mammal a…
00:11:59 |
Wed 16 Mar 2011
French - The Language of Love - Episode 41
A petite story:
They met when she was an au pair for an English nouveau riche family and he was a chauffeur for the next door cafe owner. They had to work their way through college although he was t…
00:13:46 |
Fri 25 Feb 2011
The ABC's of Love - Episode 40
ABC of Love - Version One with idioms
A is for apple. You’re the apple of my eye.
B is for blind. I choose to be blind willingly.
C is for conquer. Our love conquers all.
D is down. You never …
00:13:58 |
Mon 14 Feb 2011
Color Idioms - Episode 14
green belt
give someone/ get the green light
be/ go/ turn/ make someone green with envy
have a green thumb
green about the gills
the green-eyed monster
a grey area
grey matter
men in grey suits
be in…
00:10:32 |
Mon 07 Feb 2011
Episode 15 - Life Project
To kindle your creativity as well as make light work of your English learning, we thought of an activity called “Life project”. If you look "life" up in a dictionary, you will find its transcription;…
00:09:47 |
Sat 18 Dec 2010
Going to the Movies: Part Two: The Sequel (Episode 39)
-Exercise One-
Please assign the correct rating to the following movies. The movie ratings are G, PG, PG-13 and R.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Back to the Future trilogy
The Matrix trilogy
Th…
00:18:01 |
Mon 06 Dec 2010
Episode 38 - Look: Phrasal Verbs and Idioms
Phrasal verbs and idioms using the word "look"
look like
look alike
look around
look over
look through
look into
look away
look the other way
look down on
look down one's nose at
look sharp…
00:16:15 |
Sun 21 Nov 2010
Episode 37 - Animal Idioms - Part One
-Pre-listening exercise-
Match the animals with their group name.
Example - A school of .... fish
A colony of... cattle
A pack of..... gorillas
A pod of...... beavers
A gaggle of... ants
A swarm o…
00:13:49 |
Fri 12 Nov 2010
Episode 36 - Idioms: ABC's of Friendship
I’m pretty sure any of us here whether a native speaker or English language learners have learnt the English alphabet. We have a variety of songs to teach ABC to children in general and adults in som…
00:23:25 |
Fri 22 Oct 2010
Episode 35 - Idioms: A Family Tree Special
Achilles
Cinderella
Tom
Alec
Dick
John Hancock
Larry
Jack
Thomas
Murphy
Hobson
Freud
Jane
Riley
Pandora
Jones
Adam
Dr. Jekyl
Parkinson
Sheila
Midas
McCoy
Friday
Parker
Uncle Tom
Prince Charming
Sol…
00:12:16 |
Tue 19 Oct 2010
Episode 34 - Going to the Movies
This podcast part one of a short series and will teach you some common words, expressions and American slang used to describe the movie going experience. This lesson will have 3 parts. Part one will …
00:12:26 |
Tue 12 Oct 2010
Episode 13 - White Idioms
This podcast will introduce you to common American idioms that use the word "white". In the first half of the podcast we will review the expressions. The second half is a dictation exercise that will…
00:12:33 |
Sun 10 Oct 2010
Episode 33 - Sleep Idioms
-Exercise One-
Match the expressions with the correct definition.
A heavy sleeper
a light sleeper
insomnia
go out like a light
not sleep a wink/not get a wink/not get a wink of sleep
a- medical…
00:13:28 |
Wed 06 Oct 2010
Episode 32 - Name Idioms
She’s my neighbor. She goes ___ ___ ___ ___ Silly or at least people ___ ___ ___ to her face like that. She has a one-track mind, namely, to ___ ___ name for herself. In ___ ___ ___ fame, she has man…
00:12:30 |
Mon 04 Oct 2010
Episode 31 - Western Names
Coming to you from the heart of Vietnam, This is Mr. Richard's ESL in Ho Chi Minh City. Welcome one and welcome all, I am your host, Mr Richard. Thanks for tuning in, this is the 31st epidsode of ESL…
00:18:41 |
Wed 29 Sep 2010
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