Boost Your Learning Experience
See the spelling to look up words. Review what you’ve heard. Dive deeper into each episode.
I recommend listening to the episode first and then listening a second time with the transcript. With this package, you'll gain access to:
- Transcripts and Mp3s for episodes all new episodes 101 - 150.
- New Transcripts posted as episodes released!
- When complete, 400 + PDF pages and Mp3s that correspond the audio.
This will take me more than one year to create. If you study one a week, it’ll take you also almost one year to complete!
Step 1: Listen Actively
Just like usual, you can listen to the episode. However, in addition to the Mp3 - which gives you permanent access to the audio files - you can actively listen and check on words you do not understand.
I recommend listening first without the transcript.
Step 2: Check Vocab
When you can't understand a word from context or from pronunciation, check the transcript. In addition to being key in clarifying misunderstandings, it can serve as a resource for comparing written and spoken English.
I recommend writing original sentences with new vocabulary.
Step 3: Listen again!
Before listening a second time, be sure to review the transcript and / or use the podcast player in Season 2 to review new words, phrases you didn't know the first time around. Then listen again. I recommend shadowing (repeating after me) ONLY after you've understood everything in the audio.
Episodes
Season 3 will include Expression Episodes, 5-Minute English Episodes, Chats with Shana Episodes, 10 Words a Day Episodes and Interviews. Episodes are released EVERY TWO WEEKS.
- 101 - Welcome to Season 3!
- 102 - 5-Minute English: Toddlers
- ***BONUS*** 5-Minute English Lesson: Toddlers
- 103 - To Push Someone's Buttons / The Milgram Experiment
- 104 - Study or Work Abroad: The IELTS Exam with Jessica Beck
- 105 - Chats with Shana: Animals and Nature in Brazil (+ Collective Nouns!)
- 106 - A Dream Trip to the Maldives with Charlie ("Off the Beaten Track")
- 107 - The Coast is Clear / Alcatraz and the Great Escape
- 108 - Expression: To Rock the Boat
- 108.2 - Sharks and Shark Attacks in U.S. Waters
- 109 - Dream Houses with Pete
- 110 - 5-Minute English: Skincare and Makeup
- 111 - Chats with Shana: A Vacation to Hawaii
- ***Bonus*** IN Hawaii or ON Hawaii (111.2)
- 112 - Embarrassing Stories with Charlie
- 113 - Chats with Shana: We're Moving to Los Angeles!
- 114 - Dream House with Mara (Napa Valley, California) (7:22)
- 115 - 5-Minute English: Winter in the U.S.
- 116 - 5-Minute English: Colds, Flus and Sicknesses
- 117 - Expression: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- 117.2 - The Survival Story of Aron Ralston
- 118 - Expression: Out of the Blue
- 118.2 - The Blue People of Kentucky
- 119 - The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- 120 - 5-Minute English: U.S. Geography
- 121 - Chats with Shana: 5 Surprising Things About Los Angeles
- 122 - Expression: Once in a Blue Moon
- 122.2 - Rosa Parks and the Freedom Movement
- 123 - Goldilocks and The Three Bears (Phrasal Verb Fairy Tale)
- 124 - 3 Must-Know Expressions for IELTS and Daily Life with Aubrey Carter
- 125 - Expression: To Sugarcoat Something
- 125.2 - Doughnuts (or Donuts!)
- 126 - 5-Minute English: A Day at the Beach
- 127 - Discovering Washington with Philip Clem
- ***BONUS Episode*** - Chats with Shana: Did we save the baby birds?
- 128 - 5-Minute English: Birthday Parties
- 129 - Expression: Off the Record
- 129.2 - The Monster Study
- 130 - Music: "Sunday Toasted" with Zinn
- 131 - 13 Common Superstitions in the U.S. and their Origins
- 132 - Discover Colorado with Lindsay McMahon
- 133 - Common Similes with Liz (Part 1 + 2)
- 134 - Expression: To Blow Off Steam
- 134.2 - The Story of Starbucks
- 135 - Expression: Bells and Whistles
- 135.2 - The Story of "Jingle Bells" and its lyrics
- 136 - Discover Michigan with Camille Hanson
- 137 - 10 Words a Day: French Words in English
- 138 - 5-Minute English: How to Order a Cocktails in English (To be posted Jan. 25)
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About Your Teacher
My name is Shana and I’m an ESL teacher from California.
Over the past 10 years, I’ve been fortunate to share my love of English in Brazil, Spain, Germany, and throughout the US. Having taught over 3,000 online and in-person lessons, I’ve become obsessed with how to make the intermediate student's learning experience effective and memorable.
Apart from teaching, I like to bake, hike and I’m an avid language learner. I love listening to German and French podcasts and chatting with my husband Lucas and our two daughters in Portuguese!
What students say:
"I'm happy to tell you that I've acquired Season Number 3. I'm not lying, the content is more than I expected !!!!
To be honest I expected only the downloadable audio in mp3, the transcriptions in the form of PDF and the quizzes but your web page surprised me, I love the transcription by SONIX, it allows me to read, listen and mimic pronunciation easilies than ever. And not to mention your professional learning methodologies, so great!
Thank you again for helping me to restore my sense of fun in learning English and revive my interest in the language."
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Bernardo Téllez Gómez
