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
761 - Save these idioms for a rainy day
Fall is here, and that means rainy days and wind, apples and nuts, and of course, leaves. . And we're diving into a whole bunch of them inspired by fall. Perfect timing, right? The leaves are changin…
00:10:26 |
Mon 07 Oct 2024
760 - Ain’t I Talking About Ain’t?
Even though I ain’t gonna tell you a deep history of English slang, let’s talk about a word that’s both loved and hated: ain’t!
Over the years this powerful little word has been embraced in pop songs…
Over the years this powerful little word has been embraced in pop songs…
00:07:07 |
Fri 04 Oct 2024
759 - Double Negatives
For some weird reason, the coffee shop was closed this morning. I looked inside, but I couldn’t see anybody. I mean, I could see nothing in there. Well, actually, I didn’t see nobody. There was a mou…
00:09:10 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
758 -Remember To Do This One Thing
Stop, try, remember, and forget. These four verbs can give you a headache because when they are followed by gerund (ING) or an infinitive (TO VERB) the meaning changes, like I stopped doing in vs I s…
00:10:02 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
757 - 6 Fall Phrasal Verbs
It just turned fall a few days ago, and that got me thinking about fall vocabulary. And, because it’s been a few weeks since we’ve looked at phrasal verbs on the podcast, today we’re going to dive in…
00:08:35 |
Fri 27 Sep 2024
756 - Me Too, Me Neither, Me Either
In everyday English conversations, we often use short phrases to express agreement or shared feelings. Three common phrases are "me too," "me neither," and "me either." While "me too" is usually easy…
00:06:36 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
755 - I have lived here vs. I have been living here
Check this out. I’ve lived here for 10 years. I’ve been living here for 10 years. A lot of English learners get stuck on the difference between those two types of sentences. Or, I’ve worked here for …
00:11:08 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
754 - Past Perfect Tense
Did you ever wish you could add a little more excitement and interest to your English conversations? Maybe you’d like to add some color and excitement to you English writing, especially when it comes…
00:07:23 |
Sat 21 Sep 2024
753 - Present Perfect Tense
I went to Central Park yesterday. Of course, it wasn’t my first time to go there. I have been to Central Park many times before.
Recently, a lot of my students and followers have asked me about the d…
Recently, a lot of my students and followers have asked me about the d…
00:08:12 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
752 - 6 Ways To Use While
While I was writing this lesson, I was thinking about the early days of my teaching career in Sendai, Japan. While living there, I had the chance to visit a lot of interesting places. While it was di…
00:06:57 |
Mon 16 Sep 2024
751 - Phrasal Verbs For Education
I went over my notes today and after reading over everything I found out that we haven't run through any phrasal verbs here in a while. Have we fallen behind, or is it just that I’ve been mixing thin…
00:07:58 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
750 - Emphasis In English
I have to be honest, I do need a vacation. Wait, what? Did you notice that? I said, I do need a vacation. Do, need. Two verbs one after another. Do we need to talk about this!
Are you tired of using …
Are you tired of using …
00:07:19 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
749 - 6 Ear Idioms
I hope you don’t mind if I bend your ear a little bit today. This past week, I’ve been up to my ears in new ideas for English lessons, and today’s podcast English lesson is going to be something that…
00:08:39 |
Mon 09 Sep 2024
748 - 11 Uses & Meanings Of Get
In the last podcast episode, I showed you some idioms using the verb get. Well after that I was thinking and just the word get, all by itself has more that 10 different meanings and uses. Let's check…
00:08:36 |
Fri 06 Sep 2024
747 - Things You Can Get
I first got my feet wet in the podcast world in 2014. In those days, everything was new to me, and it took a while for me to get my act together. Thankfully, I got my ducks in a row, and nowadays, I …
00:07:46 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
746 - Using Would
Would you like to learn something interesting today? I knew you would say yes! It would seem that you're pretty interested in improving your English. Well, I would love to help.
According to the dict…
According to the dict…
00:07:59 |
Mon 02 Sep 2024
745 - Back To School
It’s the end of August, and you know what that means, right? It’s back to school season here in the US. The school schedule, and education in general is handled by each state, but basically the schoo…
00:08:24 |
Fri 30 Aug 2024
744 - Driving & Road Trips
One of the things that I like about being self-employed is that I’m in the driver’s seat. Being independent like that and not having a boss is one of the driving forces behind my motivation to do thi…
00:10:19 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
743 - The Passive Voice
Thanks for joining me for today’s podcast English lesson. Did you know that this podcast was started in 2014? On top of that, My company, Happy English was established in 2010. Those to facts have be…
00:08:57 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
742 - Immigration In America
They say that New York City is a melting pot, and if you’ve been here before, you certainly know how true that is. As you walk down the streets and avenues here, you can see people from all over the …
00:07:19 |
Fri 23 Aug 2024
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