Synopsis
Are you looking for a new and fun way to learn American English? Come hang out with Lindsay and Michelle from Boston and New York City and have fun while you improve your English listening skills! All Ears English is an English as a Second Language (ESL) podcast for intermediate to advanced learners around the world. Teachers Lindsay McMahon and Michelle Kaplan will show you how to use everyday vocabulary and natural idioms, expressions, and phrasal verbs and how to make small talk in American English. We will also give you special tips on American culture, customs, etiquette, and how to speak with Americans as well as conversation and commentary on study tips, life in America and Boston, how to apply to university in the US, dating, travel, food and more. You'll get TOEFL, IELTS, and TOEIC help also from The Examiner of Excellence, Jessica Beck. This podcast is for adult students who are professionals and university students as well as ESL teachers. Join Lindsay and Michelle and the All Ears English community to learn to speak American English like a native! Connection NOT Perfection!
Episodes
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AEE 94: Do I Need a Native English Teacher?
09/04/2014 Duration: 15minGet our free IELTS Cheat Sheet! Do you need a native English teacher? Is it OK to work with a non-native English teacher or tutor? This is a common question for many students! Today we will explain the pros and cons of both options. This is a very individual... Read More The post AEE 94: Do I Need a Native English Teacher? appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 93: How to End an English Conversation in 5 Ways
08/04/2014 Duration: 11minTaking IELTS? Get our free video training course now Do you know how to end an English conversation? We’ll show you 5 ways to do it in today’s episode. Yesterday in our American role play conversation we talked about how you can know whether or not the invitation is real if someone says, “We... Read More The post AEE 93: How to End an English Conversation in 5 Ways appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 92: American Role Play Conversation – Is the Invitation Real?
07/04/2014 Duration: 13minTaking IELTS? Get our free video training course now Today you’ll hear a real American role play conversation! Americans can be confusing if you aren’t used to their communication style! How do you know if someone’s invitation is real or if they are just being polite? Many times, at the end of a conversation,... Read More The post AEE 92: American Role Play Conversation – Is the Invitation Real? appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 91: Easy, Unexpected Ways to Improve Your English
03/04/2014 Duration: 11minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS training course now Today you’ll learn how to get the most results out of the smallest amount of study time. Time is your most precious resource. How can you use it more effectively to get the best results with your English? Here is the idea that we want... Read More The post AEE 91: Easy, Unexpected Ways to Improve Your English appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 90: Three Reasons Your English Language Exchange Isn’t Working
02/04/2014 Duration: 13minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course now Do you have a language exchange? Is your language exchange working as well as you thought it would? Today you’ll learn 3 ways to make your language exchange work better than it is now! What is a language exchange? Find someone who speaks the... Read More The post AEE 90: Three Reasons Your English Language Exchange Isn’t Working appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 89: What NOT to Do if You Don’t Understand English Conversation
01/04/2014 Duration: 10minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course now Today you’ll learn what NOT to say when you don’t understand what someone says to you in an English conversation. Do you ever say “what??!!” when you don’t understand or when you don’t hear someone? Stop saying it! When you say “what?!” it’s too direct... Read More The post AEE 89: What NOT to Do if You Don’t Understand English Conversation appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 88: Schedule Shock in America – When to Eat, Work, and Sleep in the US
31/03/2014 Duration: 14minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course now In today’s episode you will learn how to adjust to an American schedule if you are living in the US or visiting the US for business or vacation. Do you feel like the daily schedules here in the US are quite different than the typical... Read More The post AEE 88: Schedule Shock in America – When to Eat, Work, and Sleep in the US appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 87: How Living in a Home Stay or International House Can Help Your English
27/03/2014 Duration: 10minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video course Are you currently living in an English-speaking country or planning to live in one in the future? If so, today we have a quick tip to show you how to learn English faster. You might want to try living in a home stay or an... Read More The post AEE 87: How Living in a Home Stay or International House Can Help Your English appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 86: Why You Need a Vision Board to Achieve Your English Goals
26/03/2014 Duration: 11minTaking IELTS? Prepare with our free IELTS video course What is your vision for your life and your English goals? In today’s episode we’ll tell you about a visual and artistic way to reach your English goals. What is a vision board? A vision board is a visual representation of your goals. Take your... Read More The post AEE 86: Why You Need a Vision Board to Achieve Your English Goals appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 85: 6 New Idioms to Avoid Feeling Blue About Your English
25/03/2014 Duration: 13minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training now In yesterday’s episode, we talked about the new song called Happy by Pharrell Williams. Today we are going to tell you exactly what he is saying in this song and what these lyrics mean! Here are the lyrics: “Because I’m happy… clap along if you... Read More The post AEE 85: What Happiness Means to American Hip-Hop Artist Pharrell appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 84: Do You Know How to be Happy? Learn 6 Idioms in English
24/03/2014 Duration: 12minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course now Are you feeling HAPPY today? Today Lindsay and Aubrey talk about happiness and how to make your life happier every day. The post AEE 84: Do You Know How to be Happy? Learn 6 Idioms in English appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 83: How to Speak English at a Professional Event or Party
19/03/2014 Duration: 13minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training now Welcome! Today you will get a handful of phrases that will make you sound interested in the person you are speaking with and therefore, make you a more interesting English speaker! We’ll show you how to speak English at a professional event or even at... Read More The post AEE 83: How to Speak English at a Professional Event or Party appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 82: How to Avoid Missing Out on English Opportunities
19/03/2014 Duration: 13minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training now Today let’s talk about risk! Do you avoid risks? Today you will learn how to think about risk in a new way, for both your English skills, your experiences abroad, and your life! In terms of your English, what improvement opportunities are you losing by... Read More The post AEE 82: How to Avoid Missing Out on English Opportunities appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 81: How to Start Your Presentation in English with 3 Phrases
18/03/2014 Duration: 13minIn today’s episode you will get 3 very specific and practical sentences that you can use to start your presentation in English! Yesterday we talked with presentations expert Carl Kwan. Check out Carl’s interview part 1 and part 2. How can you connect with your... Read More The post AEE 81: How to Start Your Presentation in English with 3 Phrases appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 80: Do You Know How to End Your Presentation in English? Interview with Carl Kwan Part 2
17/03/2014 Duration: 16minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training now Here is part 2 of our interview with Carl Kwan. In this section, you’ll learn how to end your presentation in English! Get Carl’s final 2 tips to help you end your presentation with a bang! What should we try to do when we... Read More The post AEE 80: Do You Know How to End Your Presentation in English? Interview with Carl Kwan Part 2 appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 79: What Some Americans Know About Presentations That You Don’t – Interview with Carl Kwan Part 1
17/03/2014 Duration: 20minTaking IELTS? Get your free IELTS video training now Today we have a special guest! Do you sometimes have to deliver presentations in English at work and are you wondering how to do it better? In this post you’ll get the first of three key tips for how to present in English from presentation... Read More The post AEE 79: What Some Americans Know About Presentations That You Don’t – Interview with Carl Kwan Part 1 appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 78: What is St. Patrick’s Day? Learn to Spot an Irish Person in Boston and New York
14/03/2014 Duration: 09minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course Today is a special Friday bonus episode! Find out what St. Patrick’s Day is and learn to spot an Irish person in Boston or New York! What should you do on St. Patrick’s Day in Boston or New York? Go to the St. Patty’s Day... Read More The post AEE 78: What is St. Patrick’s Day? Learn to Spot an Irish Person in Boston and New York appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 77: Find the Human Connection in Every English Conversation
13/03/2014 Duration: 10minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course now Today you’ll find out how to turn any awkward English conversation around and make it interesting and you’ll also find out how to connect with people on the human level when you speak English. Here is today’s quote: “I’ve learned that people will forget what... Read More The post AEE 77: Find the Human Connection in Every English Conversation appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 76: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Heart with English
12/03/2014 Duration: 12minTaking IELTS? Get our free video training course now In today’s episode you will hear Lindsay’s story about how volunteering in Guatemala helped her become fluent in Spanish way faster than any grammar textbook could. Learn how you can get out of your head and into your heart by volunteering in English in this... Read More The post AEE 76: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Heart with English appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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AEE 75: How to Show Respect While You Argue in English
11/03/2014 Duration: 11minTaking IELTS? Get our free IELTS video training course now Today you’ll learn specific words and phrases for how to show respect while you argue in English. Yesterday we argued about this question: Should you choose a career based on your passion or your strengths? Here are four phrases to bring to... Read More The post AEE 75: How to Show Respect While You Argue in English appeared first on All Ears English Podcast | Real English Vocabulary | Conversation | American Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices