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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 ...
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Irish History & Culture for EFL students @UCCLanguageCent
Irish History & Culture for EFL students
From the Irish History and Culture course @UCCLanguageCent. These lecture are created especially for English Language Learners. Each episode is carefully graded at CEFR levels B1, B2, C1 & C2. Join a course at University College Cork, Ireland Further details here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/esol/courses/parttimecourses/irishculture/
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This podcast, which I produce for you each week, is designed to help you improve your English. I’m sure that English learners who listen to the Happy English podcast can find something useful in each episode. Did you notice those relative clauses? In a nut shell, relative clauses are kind of like these little phrases that we add into our sentences …
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I gotta tell you, I was pretty surprised when the boss paid for lunch today. I mean, he pays our salary each month, but he’s never treated us to lunch before. Of course, we were all pleasantly surprised when he took out his wallet and paid the check for us! English vocabulary can be tricky sometimes, especially when it comes to prepositions. The ve…
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The Future is here! Have you seen what’s going on with AI, space travel, and robotics? When they start sending humans to go to Mars, I’m definitely gonna go. And who knows? Maybe I’ll meet a Martian. For today’s English lesson, let’s have a look at the difference between using be going to and will, and also the other ways we can talk about the futu…
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Seeing that you like learning English here, I thought you may be interested in sounding more fluent and sophisticated. Today, we’ll look at 7 different ways to give a reason, aside from because, for you need to always expand your vocabulary. Today's English lesson is all about helping you to explain yourself better. Like, when you want to say "why"…
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Have you been bugged out recently? Has anything weirded you out? Have you been creeped out by anything or anyone lately? Well, don’t freak out. Today’s lesson is all about Halloween phrasal verbs. Today I’ve got some phrasal verbs that will help you talk about your feelings and reactions related to Halloween - this vocabulary is really useful for s…
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Have you ever been to a haunted house or Haunted Mansion in Disneyland? Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever seen a goblin or a skeleton? Today, let’s dive into the creepy and spooky! Halloween is just around the corner, so what a perfect time to look at common vocabulary related to this strange and weird holiday. I have lots of treats, and no t…
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Do you usually listen to music while you’re studying? Do you like to study during the day or in the evening? Do you study for a few hours at once or several times during the day? When we talk about time and what happens with time, we can use during, for, in, and while. A lot of English learners get tripped up on using these words, so let’s spend so…
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So thanks to my stupid boss, I almost missed Jack’s party last Friday night. Luckily the party was still going on when I arrived and most of my friends were still there. Almost all of the food was gone though, so I mostly ate chips. Today, we're gonna tackle a trio of words that can be pretty tricky for a lot of English learners: almost, most, and …
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Do you like to leaf through a magazine when you’re waiting for a flight? Or maybe you’ve turned over a new leaf and started studying English more. Are you branching out into new interests? Well, unless I’m barking up the wrong tree, you’ve come to the right place today. For this English lesson podcast, it's all about idioms with tree and leaf Join …
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Have you ever been writing something or maybe even just talking to someone and you find yourself stuck on a couple of super common words, because you’re not sure which one is actually the right one to use? I think that happens to us language learners from time to time. Well, today we’re gonna take a deep dive into one set of those words, just...and…
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These days, it seems like a lot of people all over the world speak English, doesn't it? And that means that there are ton of different English accents out there. Which is totally fine, you know? But if you are concerned about your English pronunciation, then stick around till the end of this podcast - I have a lot of ideas to help you out. No matte…
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I went to a jazz club last night. I’ve actually been to that club several times. I went there. I’ve been there. Interesting grammar patterns, don’t you think? Today, let's look at the difference between the simple past and present perfect tenses and with that info, how you can connect them to make your English conversations longer. Join my Podcast …
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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 changing. There's a chill in the air. We’re going to leaf through a bunch of idioms that have those fall items and see how we can use them in everyday convers…
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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, TV shows and movies. Love it or hate it, ain’t has definitely made its mark on the English language! For today’s podcast lesson, let’s check out how …
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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 mouse running around. Today, we're gonna be tackling something that's a little different. Get ready to come with me and explore the world of double negati…
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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 stopped to do it. Let me help you with those today. Join my Podcast Learner's Study Group here: https://learn.myhappyenglish.com/transcript Visit my web…
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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 into some phrasal verbs using the word fall. These are super useful and common in everyday English, so if you’re looking to sound more natural, you’ll de…
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