Happy English Podcast
Learn American English with your host Michael DiGiacomo from Happy English in New York City. Michael has been teaching English since 1994. This is an English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) podcast that brings you fun, practical, and useful English lessons which are ideal for intermediate and advanced level English learners everywhere. This podcast is perfect for university students, business professionals, homemakers, retirees and anyone who is interested in learning and improving their English skills. Every week, you are going to learn American English idioms, conversational expressions and phrasal verbs. As your American English teacher, I will help you learn real and natural American English pronunciation and conversational style. You will get the chance to improve your vocabulary and have a clear understanding of practical English grammar. I also help you have a deeper understanding of American Culture through language learning. Join my podcast learner's study group to practice these lessons with me each week on zoom. Get Happy, Get English. Happy English!
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 881
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
821 - Floor, Story, Flight, Condo, Apartment
Thirteen years ago, Hurricane Sandy blew into New York, and caused tons of problems for a lot of people, especially my friend Harry, who lived on the 50th floor in a sixty story condo in midtown. Sin…
00:09:24 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
820 - Conversational Like
I worked a lot this week. I think I was at work like, 65 hours all together. So when I was done last night, I was like, so tired. I fell asleep on the sofa with my clothes on. When I woke up it was l…
00:07:25 |
Sat 26 Apr 2025
819 - When LY Changes Everything
Yesterday, I stopped by a cafe near my house and nearly spent the whole day thinking so hard about this lesson, I hardly drank my coffee! But then I tried it and I was deeply impressed by the deep fl…
00:10:47 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
818 - Build Vocabulary Without Getting Bored
Today, we’re gonna talk about one of the biggest goals that English learners have — and that is: building vocabulary. You’ve probably felt this before — like, “Ugh, I want to express myself, but I ju…
00:08:53 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
817 - Phrasal Verbs With Give
The other day, I got this ball point pen that’s made of Cedar word. Wow! It really gives off a nice smell. And at the store, they were giving away a free notebook with every pen you buy. Nice, right?…
00:10:19 |
Sat 19 Apr 2025
816 - Conversational Idioms With Give
Man, I’d give anything to have a day off. Have you ever felt this way? I know learning another language is not easy, and requires daily practice. I’m pretty sure that since you listen to this podcast…
00:09:12 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
815 - Casual Phrasal Verbs With Up
Listen, I’m not trying to butter you up, but I do want to say that I appreciate you listening to this podcast each week. Maybe you can learn something or just crack up from what I’m saying. In any ca…
00:08:26 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
814 - I Agree
I Agree. Sounds simple, right? But depending on what you’re agreeing with, or who you’re agreeing with, or what you’re agreeing to, the grammar can change a bit. So let’s make it easy.
The verb agree …
The verb agree …
00:07:41 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
813 -Six Ways To Use Must
You must check out today’s podcast, it’s an absolute must! And for your own good, you must not skip any part of this episode. You must be wondering why I just said that, so let’s find out!
Today, we’r…
Today, we’r…
00:09:12 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
812 - Should We Look, Watch, or See
What should I do this weekend? Go see the cherry blossoms, or watch a movie? Or maybe I should go to the museum and look at their collection of modern art. There’s so much to see, watch and look at t…
00:07:26 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
811 - It’s All About It
It’s time for another podcast English lesson. You like it, right? It’s good for you to listen to English, and a podcast like this, well, it’s great for learning new conversational phrases, like, the …
00:07:10 |
Sun 30 Mar 2025
810 - Seven Phrases With Like
Recently, I’ve been working a lot of long days. Yesterday was no exception. I was so tired when I got home last night, I was out like a light. Then this morning one of my buddies asked me if I wanted…
00:09:34 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
809 - Let’s Start From The Top
In the middle of recording this podcast, I realized that the microphone wasn’t plugged in. Aye yai yai! So I had to go back to the top and start again. That’s what happens with modern technology, som…
00:07:53 |
Fri 21 Mar 2025
808 - Six Ways to Use Just
I just got the idea that just is just one of those words that has a number of difference uses in everyday English. Just a sec, let me think about that. So, let's check out all of the different ways y…
00:07:25 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
807 - To Be or Being - Which Works Better
Maybe you've been wondering how to start a sentence. Like, is it better to say, eating pizza makes me happy, or to eat pizza makes me happy.
At first glance, these seem to mean the same thing. After …
At first glance, these seem to mean the same thing. After …
00:07:31 |
Mon 17 Mar 2025
806 - How’s your Memory
So how is your memory? Do you have a memory like a sieve or maybe your memory is more like an elephant. Some people have a short memory and some people have a photographic memory.
The word memory in E…
The word memory in E…
00:07:40 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
805 - Talk About Ability Using Can, Could & Be Able To
Is it , I can do that...or, I’m able to do that. I could do that...or, I was able to do that. And what about, I’ll be able to do that? Today, it’s all about ability and possibility. Can and be able …
00:07:47 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
804 - 6 Ways To Wait
You don’t need to wait around anymore. I know that you were waiting on me to help you figure out if you should use wait for or wait to or wait up and so on. Wait is an interesting verb because it can…
00:07:01 |
Sat 08 Mar 2025
803 - Is it Really or Very
I think this is really going to be a helpful lesson for you today. Very and really are two very basic words in English, but I do know that they can be really confusing for a lot of English learners. …
00:08:01 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
802 - Knock, Knock
Did you know that you can knock back, knock down, knock around, and knock up? You can even knock someone out or tell someone to knock it off. For today’s English lesson podcast, you’re gonna build yo…
00:08:45 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
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