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Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts

MY E— MAIL alan_r_palmer@hotmail.com Bonjour, Guten Tag, Buenos dias, Bom dia, goedendag, 你好, Jó napot...... I love learning languages and in discovering all the opportunities that the Internet gives us to develop our language skills. I will post mostly in English, but don"t be surprised if some of my podcasts are in other languages... Please leave feedback if you have time - it"s great to receive it I might see you on www.livemocha.com or MSN Your chathost Alan (November 2008)

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10:05

*******Last podcast for this website******

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2009/04/01

Hello everybody,This is the last article I will put on this website as it is full! My new site is: www.language-explorer.co.uk See you there!! Bye Alan

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3:35

How much speaker how much learner?

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2009/03/21

Hello again Today I want to make a suggestion about how we can make a decision on our language skills. People say “I am a learner of English,” “ I am learning French”, “I learn Italian” etc This means that we think of ourselves as “learners” , “students” “pupil” Then people may say: “I am a beginner of Chinese” “I speak some German” “I can get by in Russian” All the time we make these sorts of statements to other people, particularly native speakers, we make a judgement of our

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5:03

Relaxing Challenges

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2009/03/16

Hello everybody Today I want to talk about an idea for learning I call "Relaxing Challenges" Remember when you were a child and you liked to play? Sometimes you dared yourself to try things: climb a tree, make a snowman, build a sandcastle, catch a ball. Each of these sort of things were a physical challenge. Some other things were mental challenges: playing chess, making a jigsaw, drawing and painting. Learning a language is a big challenge. It is a huge undertaking; building up

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3:03

Deutsch/English videocast

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2009/03/08

Hrllo everyone I am back after quite a long absence. I had problems with my home internet connection. Here is something new, a German/English videocast See what you think Bye for now Alan

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3:49

Punch and Judy Shows

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/12/20

I hope you like this podcast about Punch and Judy. A famous traditional puppet show in England. Bye for now Alan

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5:06

Reading and Listening Practice (Article about tea)

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/12/01

China, the homeland of tea It is universally acknowledged that China is the original tea-growing area, as well as the first country to grow, produce and drink tea. In the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1271-1368) Dynasties a popular custom was tea appraising. Over the long history of drinking tea, a special and simple Chinese tea culture came into being. Drinking tea was not only for quenching thirst or for enjoyment, but also for the promotion of friendship and mutual understanding. Folk

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14:27

More advice on English pronuciation

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/11/21

Hello everybody. Alan here. Thanks for listening to my podcast. www.alanlancs1.podomatic.com Today I want to talk about some of the difficulties with English pronunciation. There are certain letters or combination of letters that are often difficult for people learning English. I want to demonstrate some of these difficulties and ways to help your pronunciation sound more English. Firstly, I must say that I speak with a northern English accent and as such, my English pronunciation is a

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8:36

40 minutes a day language learning

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/11/16

Hello everybody. The transcript for this is the next podcast. You can download it as a PDF text document. Bye for now Alan

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8:25

**ADVANCED ENGLISH" (Article: Language learning")

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/11/12

Hello everybody. You can download the transcript for this podcast by clicking "download" on the next podcast ***TRANSCRIPT*** PDF format Take care Alan

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6:14

More on introductory phrases for opening a conversation

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/11/09

Hello everybody. It’s been a while since I made a podcast. Today I wanted to give you some suggestions on how to start conversations with native speakers of English, or if you cannot find a native speaker to speak with, then try them out on anyone else you know who will speak English with you. Good luck! Take care Be good be happy Conversation starters…for students of different levels Beginning students “Please tell me about your family.” “What do you do? (student, worker, etc.)

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1:00

Bonfire Night

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/11/02

Guy Fawkes Day (5th November) This is generally known as "Bonfire Night", and marks the failure of the "Gunpowder Plot" in which Guy Fawkes (the leader of the conspirators) and his fellow conspirators planned (in 1605) to blow up (with gunpowder) the Houses of Parliament in London. Once, it was common for a family with children to have its own bonfire. But now for safety reasons, the bonfires are usually organized by local councils or communities, Two essential ingredients for the

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0:42

Poem - "The Donkey"

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/10/16

The Donkey I saw a donkey One day old His head was too big For his neck to hold; His legs were shaky And long and loose, They rocked and staggered And weren’t much use He tried to gambol And frisk a bit But he wasn’t quite sure Of the trick of it His queer little coat Was soft and grey, And he curled his neck In a lovely way. He looked so little And weak and slim I prayed the world Might be good to him. Anon.

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1:58

Intonation practice

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/10/07

I explain a little more about using intonation in English Hello everybody I thought that today you might be interested in listening to English intonation. English has two main "tones": a "rising" tone for questions, and a "falling" tone for statements and commands. Father: "Are you not going to play with your friends today?" Son: "No, I'm not" (slight falling sound on "not") Father: "Why not?" Son: "Because I feel ill" Father: "Oh dear! what is wrong? Son: "I fell over and banged my head

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12:47

Weekend words October 4th

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/10/04

I hope you like my chatcast. It's a bit longer than usual and I'll put a text here in a couple of days. Be good be happy (BGBH) Alan

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8:05

Making a nice cup of English tea

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/09/18

How to make a perfect English cup of tea http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art39370.asp Guest Author - Hellie T. One of the things you need to be able to do is to sit down and enjoy a really good cup of tea. As a tea drinker myself I drink tea at breakfast, eleveneses, lunch, afternoon tea and quite often in the evening as well! This gives you plenty of opportunities to enjoy a cuppa in your garden. To make a really delicious cup of English tea - just follow the instructions

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3:20

French Song "L'auvergnat"

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/09/13

Here is my version of "L'auvergnat" (Song for the person from the Auvergne) It was written and sung by Georges Brassens It is ano old French song - and I like it a lot I hope you like my version Bye for now Alan If you want the English words - just e-mail me at alan_r_palmer@hotmail.com

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4:40

Local Markets

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/09/07

Hello everybody, I have had some nice feedback from visitors to my site. I have realised that to help people with English, it is sometimes very useful to talk about cultural activities. Today I want to talk about small markets we have in some towns in England. Today, we went to a town called Skipton, near where I live. We visited a small market. This was called a “Farmers’ market”. It is where local produce can be sold. It is an alternative to supermarkets which are the shops where most

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1:28

Guitar tune: "Bubble and Squeak"

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/08/25

Here's a guitar tune I recorded today. I hope you like it It is called "Bubble and Squeak" This is actually a food we eat in England: Bubble and squeak From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_and_squeak Bubble and squeak (sometimes just called bubble) is a

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3:53

Weekend words 24th August - Reading technique

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/08/25

Hello everybody Alan here and welcome to www.alanlancs1.podomatic.com. And today I’m just speaking without a text. Usually, as you know, I prepare a text. To make it easier for me and also easier for you to read as I say the same things as I’ve written. But today I’m just doing a “chatcast” and what I mean by a chatcast is I just chat. I just speak about things I

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7:48

Listening strategies #1

Alan Palmer"s Language Chat podcasts ·

2008/08/21

Hello everybody, I’m back from my holidays in France. Today I want to talk about when people speak fast and what you can do to help understand what is spoken. I think listening is the most difficult skill of the four skills in language learning For example: With writing, we have the chance to decide what we want to write and spend time on this. With speaking, we have the chance to decide what we say With reading, we usually have the chance to read the text many times if we want to. I

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