English Outside the Box

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07 - Music Aug 04, 2016

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Today we get into music and you’ll hear Jennifer and Dan talk about their music likes, how it affects their daily routines, as well as hear some of their music recommendations! After listening to this episode, you’ll learn how to ask the same question in different ways with a common structure as well as new vocabulary, including phrasal verbs and idioms.

06 - The Weather Jul 28, 2016

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Episode 6 will help you master the art of small talk in English. Today, Dan and Jennifer talk all about the weather and naturally teach you the different ways to ask questions about it, including common responses and language. Additionally you’ll learn about the use of tag questions in grammar and a variety of new vocabulary and idioms.

05 - Daily Routines Jul 21, 2016

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In today’s episode Dan and Jennifer talk about their daily routines and show you a variety of ways to talk about everyday actions. The episode will review adverbs of frequency as well as focusing on relevant vocabulary, idioms and expressions when talking about day to day life.

04 - Work Jul 14, 2016

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In today’s episode Dan and Jennifer talk about work, past jobs, and dream about possibilities with the 2nd conditional.You will hear common questions for small talk about work, expand your vocabulary with new words and expressions, and review the conditional tense.

03 - Travel Jul 07, 2016

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Today Dan and Jennifer talk all about travel, something that we love and know so many of our listeners are passionate about as well. Episode 3 invites you on some of our best travel experiences, our favorite countries and cities, and will teach you helpful vocabulary and phrasal verbs related to travel. We would love to hear from you about this episode, including if you’ve traveled to some of the same places we have. We encourage you to use some of the new vocabulary you learned and write your answers to our conversation questions on our website at www.englishacrossthepond.com

02 - Free Time Jun 30, 2016

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In this week’s episode listen to small talk and learn how to create and maintain a casual conversation in English! Dan and Jennifer chit-chat (have an informal conversation) about free time activities, hobbies, and friends. These topics are very common for small talk, so find out some common questions such as “What do you do in your free time?”, “Who do you hang out with?” and more. Jennifer introduces some fluency tips, 2 ways to help you increase your speaking fluency and conversational abilities and Dan reviews 3 useful English expressions. All in all, another action-packed episode - we hope you like it!

01 - Getting To Know You Jun 22, 2016

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Dan & Jennifer chat and ask each other typical 'getting to know you' questions to find out a little more about one another and introduce themselves to their listeners. Topics include 'Where are you from?' (Jennifer really is from America's finest city!), 'What do you do?' and 'What about the future?' Dan talks about the phrase 'How do you do?' and how British people DON'T tend to use this phrase anymore. Jennifer introduces a phrasal verb, 'meet up', and the idiom 'to take a rain check'. So! All in all a pretty action-packed first episode - we hope you like it!

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