Welcome to our first English as a Second Language
podcast. In this podcast, we are going to introduce
you to the format of our podcast, as well as
the people... who record it. ESL Podcast is designed
especially for people who are intermediate or
advanced speakers of English, but want to improve
their listening and speaking skills. We plan
on providing a new podcast every day, Monday
through Friday. The daily podcasts are always
free. There will be many different topics for
our podcast. We will try to talk about topics
that you will find interesting. All of our podcasts
use real English, the normal, everyday English
you will find among native speakers in the United
States. ESL Podcast is not a textbook or a course.
It is a way to listen to real native speakers
talking as they do every day in English. ESL
Podcast tries to provide you with English you
can understand. We speak at a slightly slower
rate, but always use normal native speaker English
to help you improve. There are two parts to every
podcast. After a brief introduction, there is
a discussion or dialogue on the topic of the
day. That usually lasts three to six minutes.
In part two, there is an explanation of the vocabulary
and expressions used during part one. We explain
how certain words and phrases are used by native
speakers. including both formal and informal
expressions. ESL Podcast is currently produced
by a team of volunteers. It is a production of
the Center for Educational Development, located
in Los Angeles, California. My name is Dr. Jeff
McQuillan, and I'm the host of ESL Podcast. I
have been teaching English as a second language
for many years, both here in the United States
and in other countries. I received my Ph .D.,
my doctorate, in Applied Linguistics from the
University of Southern California. I taught as
a university professor for several years here
in California and in Arizona. and books on the
teaching of English. All of the voices you will
hear on ESL podcast will be native speakers.
We suggest that you listen to the entire podcast
at least once, then re -listen to the first part
until you feel you understand most of it. You
will find that your listening comprehension will
increase after each listening. The text or script
of Part 1 of each podcast can be found on our
website, www .eslpod .com That's www .eslpod
.com click on the Scripts link in the upper right
-hand corner. We would love to hear from you,
the listener. Please email us to tell us where
you live and what topics you would like to hear
on future ESL podcasts. Our email address is
Thank you again for listening. We hope you enjoy
these podcasts and that they help you in your
goal of improving your English. ESL Podcast is
produced by the Center for Educational Development
in Los Angeles, California.