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English Extras

Miss Jean Teaches

Go beyond your textbook and learn authentic alternatives to common phrases! Let"s make your English sound real!

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12:26

3 More Common Mistakes (and how to fix them)

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2024/11/12

Are you making these common English mistakes? 🗣️ In this episode of English Extras, I cover three tricky errors that many learners make: when to use "too" vs. "either," "make" vs. "do," and when verbs need an object. These differences are essential for sounding natural and fluent in English. By following along, you’ll learn how to use these words confidently and avoid misunderstandings!📃 Transcript Available: Want to read along? Click here for a transcript with definitions and example

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18:32

Ways to Describe Stupidity & Craziness

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2024/11/05

It’s not nice to call people stupid or crazy but of course people still do it anyway! Only people try to be less straightforward about it. So how do we do this in English? In this episode, we’re diving into euphemisms you can use instead of calling someone "stupid" or "crazy." From "not the sharpest tool in the shed" to the hilarious "a few fries short of a Happy Meal," these expressions let you add humor and subtlety to your English.You can find the transcript here

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15:28

About Halloween in America

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2024/10/29

Halloween has arrived! So what does that mean exactly? It means a lot of things: pumpkins and ghosts and spiders but also candy and scary movies and haunted houses. In this episode, I give an overview of Halloween in America as well as where some of today’s traditions come from.📄 Follow along with the transcript here: https://ko-fi.com/s/e5d9565bba🏁 New to English Extras? Start with episode 1, “Ways to say Hello, how are you”☕️Subscribe for $5 a month to get access to all the transcripts!🗣️

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19:08

Ways to Talk About Geography

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2024/10/22

This episode tackles two topics: the weird ways we use (or don't use) "the" with geographic features AND a common mistake I hear when people say where they are from. Do you make this mistake?Transcript available here!

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24:30

Ways to Use Conversation Fillers

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2024/10/15

Conversation fillers–in linguistics, it’s also known as discourse markers–are words or phrases that have many purposes: conversation fillers can help start a conversation, maintain a conversation, clarify what we say, better show our opinion, or make our words softer.Transcript can be found here.

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25:41

5 Common Mistakes (and how to fix them)

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2024/10/08

In this episode, I'm going to share 5 common mistakes I hear from my students as an English language teacher. They include: incorrect use of mass nouns much versus many incorrect irregular plural nouns confusing to tell, to talk, to say, and to speak switching adjectives and adverbsTranscript here

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13:55

Ways to Talk About Sadness

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2024/10/01

We talked about anger. We talked about happiness. Now it's time to talk about sadness. Spoiler alert: it's a bummer.You can find the transcript here

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11:08

Idioms for Happiness

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2024/09/24

In episode 19, I shared how to express anger and irritation. In this episode, I share six idioms to express happiness!Transcript available here

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13:41

Idioms for Anger and Irritation

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2024/09/17

How can we express our anger or irritation? There are a TON of ways. In this episode, I share 6 ways. Transcript available here

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13:59

Ways to Make Small Talk

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2024/09/10

Small talk can be scary, but the other person is probably more nervous than you are! In this episode, I talk about how to start small talk, maintain small talk, and end small talk, so you can feel more comfortable talking to strangers or acquaintances 👍🏻Transcript available here

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15:06

Ways to Measure Things

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2024/09/03

"Many" is a common way to say the number of things--many apples, many ideas. But native speakers use other phrases to say the number of things: a bit of, a lot of, a ton of, and more! And sometimes the pronunciation changes, too.Transcript here

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18:40

Florida and Peddler's Mall and Summer Slam--Oh my!

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2024/08/27

In this episode, I share my summer vacation to Kentucky! I discuss traveling, various places in my hometown, and attending an amazing event called Summer Slam.Want the transcript? You can get it here

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17:38

Ways to Use Conditionals

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2024/08/20

Conditionals are the phrases and verb tenses we use when talking about hypothetical situations. In this episode, my husband and I ask each other hypothetical questions. For example, if you could have a superpower, what would you choose and why?Follow along with the transcript here!

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17:00

Ways to Talk About Death

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2024/08/06

Death is a sensitive topic. Not many people feel comfortable talking about it. So there are a lot of other expressions--less direct expressions--we use to refer to death. Of course, it depends on the context.The transcript is available here.

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15:10

Patterns of Connected Speech (Part 2)

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2024/07/30

This episode covers even more ways native speakers of American English connect words together. Knowing these patterns improves your understanding and speaking 👍🏻📄 Follow along with the transcript ⁠here⁠🏁 New to English Extras? Start with episode 1, “Ways to say Hello, how are you”📱Follow me on ⁠Instagram⁠☕️Subscribe for $5 a month to get access to all the transcripts!

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12:11

Patterns of Connected Speech (Part 1)

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2024/07/23

Native speakers (of any language) will take the shortest, most efficient path to say something, and it often sounds different than when a word is said in isolation. This episode shares the most common patterns of connected speech in American English. 📄 Follow along with the transcript here🏁 New to English Extras? Start with episode 1, “Ways to say Hello, how are you”📱Follow me on Instagram☕️Subscribe for $5 a month to get access to all the transcripts!

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14:34

Ways to Say "I'm Sorry"

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2024/07/16

Saying sorry is so hard. In this episode, I talk about three ways to apologize more formally, three ways to apologize more casually, and some things you can say after you apologize. Transcript ➡️ here

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10:54

Ways to Talk About Numbers

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2024/07/09

I don't know about you, but I think learning numbers in another language is hard. In this episode, I talk about (1) how my students say 2,500 vs. how native speakers usually say it and (2) a common mistake I hear from my students about -teen vs. -ty.📄 Follow along with the transcript here🏁 New to English Extras? Start with episode 1, “Ways to say Hello, how are you”📱Follow me on Instagram🗣️ How do you feel about learning numbers?

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21:38

Ways to Be Polite

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2024/07/02

I don't know about you, but I try to be as polite as possible, especially when I'm talking to someone older than me, or an authority figure, or someone providing me a service. In this episode, I discuss various ways to show respect and politeness--in a very general way, because "polite" means different things to different people in different cultures.The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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21:32

Ways to Introduce Yourself

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2024/06/25

Introducing yourself is super important, and you'll need to do it a lot! In this episode, I discuss various ways to introduce yourself to a future English teacher.The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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