FREiPOD
Free Radio English for EFL
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 8 minutes
- Episodes
- 15
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2007
Flat /a/ vs. the ash /ae/
This is a new version of the /a/ and /æ/ episode from last year.
You can find the minimal pairs and the sentences from this podcast by clicking on this link: http://homepage.mac.com/matthewtapple/En…
00:11:30 |
Thu 07 Jun 2007
New Introduction for 2007
I should apologize for not making any new shows...it's been almost 10 months!
This show is an overview of my plans for this year's podcasts.
**Reminder to my listeners**
This podcast is primarily …
00:09:11 |
Sun 22 Apr 2007
Reduced Forms (3)
This is the third in a series of four podcast episodes about reduced forms in English.
In this podcast, we look at the pronouns "he," "him," "his," "her," and "them." When we speak English quickly, …
00:11:21 |
Wed 05 Jul 2006
Rokko Oroshi
"Rokko Oroshi" is the official "fight song" of the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.
The song was written a long time ago, but only recently in the past twenty-five years or so has it become traditiona…
00:03:37 |
Mon 03 Jul 2006
Reduced Forms (2)
This is the second of four podcast episodes about "reduced forms."
In the previous episode, we practiced saying verbs phrases such as "have to," "got to," and "ought to" by using the reduced vowel "…
00:11:21 |
Mon 19 Jun 2006
Reduced forms (1)
This podcast is the first of a series of four podcasts designed to help learners of English better understand spoken, fast English.
English is a "stress-timed" language. That is, the individual word…
00:11:21 |
Sat 17 Jun 2006
Take me out to the ballgame
This is the number three song sung by people every day in the U.S. (after the Star Spangled Banner and "Happy Birthday"!).
The words and music were written by people who had not been to a baseball g…
00:02:35 |
Mon 12 Jun 2006
The schwa
The schwa is normally represented in the IPA symbol inventory as an upside-down backwards "e." It occurs in English in unstressed syllables, either in single words or in a group of words.
This podca…
00:11:21 |
Mon 05 Jun 2006
Who's on First?
This is a famous "English manzai" routine from the 1930s and 1940s. While the English is a little fast, the words are fairly easy, and the comedians say the same words over and over.
You can read th…
00:06:26 |
Mon 22 May 2006
Back vowels
This episode covers the most changeable of the English vowels: the "two 'o's" and the "two 'u's."
I speak Northeastern North American English; I cannot demonstrate the British English accents for th…
00:11:23 |
Thu 18 May 2006
/a/ and /ae/
These sounds can be confusing, because about 150 words are spelled the same in UK and US English, but are pronounced differently. For example, "path," "chance," and "example" are pronounced with /a/ …
00:09:59 |
Fri 28 Apr 2006
Casey at the Bat
We listened and watched the video of this famous poem in Eigo Bunka Jijyou classes during Week 3.
The video was a little different from this. You can read the poem I gave you in class, and listen at…
00:06:08 |
Mon 24 Apr 2006
/I/ and /e/
This is the second podcast about English pronunciation.
Click here for /I/ and /e/ minimal pairs and practice speaking the sentences.
00:09:16 |
Mon 24 Apr 2006
Front vowels /I/ and /iy/
This podcast episode will help you distinguish the sounds / I / and / iy/. Listen carefully and try to repeat the sounds. There are also words with these sounds, and there are sentences that you can …
00:09:16 |
Tue 11 Apr 2006
Welcome! A message to my Doshisha students
Welcome to Eigo Bunka Jijyou! Please listen to my self-introduction. See if you can answer these questions:
-- Where do I come from?
-- What musical instruments can I play?
-- What did I study in un…
00:09:18 |
Tue 17 Jan 2006
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