L2: ESL Podcast

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Jan 202013

ESL Podcast is run by a team of experienced English as a Second Language professors with over 30 years of high school, adult, and university ESL teaching experience. Dr. Lucy Tse writes scripts and story ideas for the podcasts, and records many of the dialogs and stories. The host for the podcast is Dr. Jeff McQuillan, who helps read the scripts and provides explanations for them.

Both Dr. Tse and Dr. McQuillan received a Ph.D. in applied linguistics and education at the University of Southern California. Dr. Tse was a professor of applied linguistics and education at Loyola Marymount University, Arizona State University, and California State University, Los Angeles. Dr. McQuillan was a professor of applied linguistics at California State University, Fullerton, and Arizona State University. Both are currently Senior Researchers at the Center for Educational Development, the sponsor of ESLPod.com, and have published dozens of articles and books in the area of second language acquisition. Each has appeared on CNN, and they have appeared in several national newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, and the Los Angeles Daily News, among others.

Why are you doing this ESL Podcast?
For many people around the world, learning English is very important. Unfortunately, there are very few useful, effective sources for learning English. Most people take English classes, which help them up to a certain point. ESL Podcast is designed to help you continue to improve your English.

What’s so different about ESL Podcast?
Well, first, all of our podcasts are free to anyone who wants them. Second, ESL Podcast uses a very different approach than other courses or websites.

We believe the fastest way to improve your English is to listen to conversations and discussions you can understand. Many people try to improve their English by
listening or reading things that are too difficult. They understand only 40-50%, which means they are wasting half of their time!

At ESL Podcast, we provide English at a slower speed and use everyday phrases and expressions. We explain what these expressions mean and how to use them. That’s all! It’s simple, it’s obvious, and it’s very powerful.

The ESL Podcast episodes:

ESLPod – Getting Standard Medical Test Results
ESLPod – After Christmas Sales
ESLPod – Describing One’s Taste in Music
ESLPod – Working With Unreliable People
ESLPod – Enduring Hazing
ESLPod – Being in a Flood
ESLPod – Rejecting Newer Technology
ESLPod – Holding Structured and Unstructured Meetings
ESLPod – Getting Political Support
ESLPod – Showing Off a New Purchase
ESLPod – Worrying About Your Children
ESLPod – Paycheck Deductions
ESLPod – Animals in a Zoo
ESLPod – Eating a Family Dinner
ESLPod – Dealing with an Apartment Super
ESLPod – Being Unsure and Unready
ESLPod – Annulling a Marriage
ESLPod – Describing Shapes and Sizes
ESLPod – Taking Care of Your Teeth
ESLPod – Negotiating Price