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Welcome to our first English as a Second Language

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podcast. In this podcast, we are going to introduce

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you to the format of our podcast, as well as

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the people... who record it. ESL Podcast is designed

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especially for people who are intermediate or

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advanced speakers of English, but want to improve

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their listening and speaking skills. We plan

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on providing a new podcast every day, Monday

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through Friday. The daily podcasts are always

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free. There will be many different topics for

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our podcast. We will try to talk about topics

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that you will find interesting. All of our podcasts

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use real English, the normal, everyday English

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you will find among native speakers in the United

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States. ESL Podcast is not a textbook or a course.

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It is a way to listen to real native speakers

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talking as they do every day in English. ESL

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Podcast tries to provide you with English you

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can understand. We speak at a slightly slower

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rate, but always use normal native speaker English

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to help you improve. There are two parts to every

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podcast. After a brief introduction, there is

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a discussion or dialogue on the topic of the

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day. That usually lasts three to six minutes.

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In part two, there is an explanation of the vocabulary

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and expressions used during part one. We explain

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how certain words and phrases are used by native

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speakers. including both formal and informal

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expressions. ESL Podcast is currently produced

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by a team of volunteers. It is a production of

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the Center for Educational Development, located

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in Los Angeles, California. My name is Dr. Jeff

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McQuillan, and I'm the host of ESL Podcast. I

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have been teaching English as a second language

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for many years, both here in the United States

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and in other countries. I received my Ph .D.,

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my doctorate, in Applied Linguistics from the

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University of Southern California. I taught as

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a university professor for several years here

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in California and in Arizona. and books on the

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teaching of English. All of the voices you will

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hear on ESL podcast will be native speakers.

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We suggest that you listen to the entire podcast

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at least once, then re -listen to the first part

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until you feel you understand most of it. You

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will find that your listening comprehension will

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increase after each listening. The text or script

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of Part 1 of each podcast can be found on our

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website, www .eslpod .com That's www .eslpod

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.com click on the Scripts link in the upper right

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-hand corner. We would love to hear from you,

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the listener. Please email us to tell us where

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you live and what topics you would like to hear

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on future ESL podcasts. Our email address is

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Thank you again for listening. We hope you enjoy

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these podcasts and that they help you in your

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goal of improving your English. ESL Podcast is

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produced by the Center for Educational Development

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in Los Angeles, California.