The best stories that come out of a trip usually come from an unexpected surprise or adventure. Hear about Amy and Curtis' latest road trip that lead to a great way of connecting with the local people in a small village. Read and Listen to this American English Podcast to Practice English Listening: Get the Latest Podcast Lesson Here     Become the Confident Communicator You’ve Always Wanted to Be! If you're feeling like you're a little bit stuck with your current level and you're not really happy with the results that you're getting, I would recommend booking a trial lesson with one of our expert teachers to help you identify where you're stuck, what we need to change and how we can help you to get to your goal in the shortest way possible. If you'd like to find out how you can get your trial lessons for free, head over to our Fluency Programs page and click on the link that says Book A Trial Lesson.     American English Podcast to Practice English Listening https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2e2b/71_Unexpected_Adventures_Podcast9fx8x.mp3   Transcription: Curtis: This is the Real English Conversations Podcast. Amy: Where you'll find the lessons and advice you need to be able to confidently use your English in the real world. Curtis: Hi, everybody. It's Curtis Davies and Amy Whitney from realenglishconversations.com. Curtis: And today we're going to tell you about one of our adventurous trips that we went on. Amy: Wait before we get started, I just want to remind everybody that if you want to get access to the latest conversation lesson and the text transcription, all you need to do is go to the description area of this podcast and click on the link that we have for you there. You'll just enter your email, and we will send you those files. Amy: Beyond that, you're actually going to be added to our email list, where we send out lessons that are really focused on helping you to improve your speaking fluency and your confidence. We send out some really great lessons with some awesome tips. So, take a second to do that right now, and let's get going with this conversation. Curtis: Where did we go? And what was our plan of this little adventure that we went on Amy: Well, we went to a little fishing town called Tehualmixtle. It's about 2 hours drive from Puerto Vallarta, so not really that far. And our plan, this is the thing, we didn't really make much of a plan. All we wanted to do was go there. We knew that we would be staying overnight. We had a hotel in mind we thought we'd probably be staying at and just go to the beach and have some dinner or lunch at our favorite restaurant. And that was about it. Why do we like to travel in this way? Curtis: We like to travel in this way and not make plans or reservations, because sometimes things change. Sometimes unexpected things happen, and you have to kind of adapt to those situations and kind of ... Amy: Create your own adventure. Curtis: Yeah Amy: Anyway, we left the house in the morning a little bit later than scheduled in my mind. And I should know better because this never happens. End of Transcription: Get a copy of the transcription of our most recent podcast emailed to you now! Go to this page to request your copy of the audio file and transcript:  https://realenglishconversations.com/rec-podcast/   Other English Podcast Conversation Lessons: Long Weekends - Learn Real English From Real Life Conversations Mother Nature- Advanced English Podcast Lesson Carry On, Wander Around - Everyday English with Stories Job Interviews - English Conversation Practice Podcast

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71. Unexpected Adventures: American English Podcast to Practice English Listening

Everybody loves long weekends! It's a chance to get away for a few days or just have an extra day to relax. Find out Amy & Curtis typically spend a long weekend compared to other people that they know and learn real English from a real life conversation. Read and Listen to this Lesson: Get the Latest Podcast Lesson Here   ? Summer to Fluency Sale On Now! ? Take your speaking fluency to the next level this summer by enroling in one of our Fluency Programs. We have a special promotion running until June 10th where you can get a FREE MONTH when you join any 3-month program. We have limited space available, so don't wait to check out the special Summer to Fluency Sale!   Learn Real English From A Real Life Conversation https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/a9gfb6/Long_Weekends_Podcast8u2cy.mp3   Transcription: Amy: Hi, everybody, my name is Amy, and I'm from Real English Conversations, and I'm here with Curtis. And today we're going to be having a conversation talking about long weekends. So, Curtis, what exactly is a long weekend? Curtis: A long weekend is usually a weekend where there's an extra day off and that day off is either going to be before the weekend, on a Friday or after, on a Monday. It could be a national holiday. It can be just an extra day off your boss might give you to make it a three-day weekend or a long weekend. Amy: Yeah, exactly, and I think that we have one long weekend that's actually four days, and that's the Easter long weekend. So, we have the Good Friday on the Friday and Saturday and then Easter Sunday. But that's a normal Sunday. We normally have that day off. And then Easter Monday is another national holiday. So, what about we have some holidays that are actually specific to the day. Like we have some holidays that fall on a Monday. It's like the first Monday of the month, for example. Amy: But we have other holidays like Canada Day, for example, which is on July 1st. That one can fall on any day of the week, right? It depends on the day of the calendar. So how would we talk about that day, for example, if Canada was on a Wednesday, like how would you talk about it or describe that day to somebody? Curtis: It would be Canada day Wednesday or holiday Wednesday. It would be your ... Amy: Yeah, it's a holiday on Wednesday. Curtis: It's a holiday. Amy: Yeah, it's a day off. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. And at least in Canada, again, we have provincial holidays, we have national holidays. >> Read and Listen to the Full Podcast Lesson: Get the Latest Podcast Lesson Here    Other English Podcast Conversation Lessons: Snowboarding & Filming - Advanced English Podcast Lesson Mother Nature- Advanced English Podcast Lesson Carry On, Wander Around - Everyday English with Stories Job Interviews - English Conversation Practice Podcast

70. Long Weekends – Learn Real English From Real Life Conversations

Finally Speak English without Fear Of course you know that to speak English, you need to practice. But EVERY time you have to speak in English it feels stressful, uncomfortable and awkward. Is there an easier way to improve speaking without having to feel stressed out with each interaction you have in English? In this final episode, I'll explain my experience with speaking and why it was so difficult for me to gain confidence (because I did it the difficult way). Then, I'll explain the easier, safer, and faster way to practice speaking while increasing your confidence at the same time! **Get the Free Lesson Notes and Activities for this Lesson** Read and Listen to this lesson with the full transcript Try the Listening to Speaking Activity Challenge Get the lesson notes here: https://realenglishconversations.com/part-3-podcast/   English Fluency Programs Get your English to the next level faster by getting the specific help you need from expert fluency teachers and courses that are designed to get you USING your English! Interested in our programs? Learn more here: https://realenglishconversations.com/fluency-programs

69. Finally Speak without Fear and Gain Confidence [Part 3/3]

Feeling anxious and scared to speak English happens to a lot of people. And that fear makes it very difficult to practice your speaking skills. So, how can you break this cycle? In this podcast lesson, Amy will explain her fear of making phone calls and the steps that helped her to overcome this problem.

68. When Low-Confidence Takes Control [Part 2/3]

Most students say they want to improve their speaking, but... they rarely practice speaking due to low confidence. In this podcast series (of 3 episodes), I'll be explaining the connection between speaking and low-confidence. 

67. The Broken Connection: Listening to Speaking [Part 1/3]

In this everyday English about Technology podcast, where Amy & Curtis share their experience that they had with cell phones. In only 20 years, cell phones have gone from being an item only a few 'cool people' had to an item that nearly everyone has (and can't imagine leaving the house without it)! In this fun conversation lesson, Curtis and Amy talk about their first cell phones and also share some funny stories to show how important cell phones are and how cell phones can save the day! Everyday English Conversation about Technology https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yvx6ei/66_Cell_phones_Podcastaiiz2.mp3     Transcription: Amy: Hi, everybody, this is Amy, and I'm here with Curtis from Real English Conversations, and today we're going to be talking all about cell phones. So, Curtis, why don't you get us started? Can you tell us a little bit about your very first cell phone and whether or not you were excited to have something like that? Curtis: My very first cell phone, wow, this is going back quite a ways. It was a flip phone, they called it, so it had a flipped lid, and that's how you would power it on to make a phone call, and it had an antenna on it as well. So you had to pull out this antenna to get a clearer kind of call quality, and it wasn't really that great, it wasn't the best. And then, of course, to end your call, you flip the lid closed, push down the antenna, and that was about it. I don't think I even had text messaging on it. I just made phone calls. But I was super excited because it was cutting edge technology and it was something new and exciting, like you started to see people having them in their hands and talking. And I thought, I need one of those. I got to have one of those. So what I did was I went out and bought one and I thought, yeah, my life is more modern now. End of Transcription Sample. To get access to the full transcription for this lesson and the other 71+ conversation lessons currently available, register as a Real English Conversations member here.   English Fluency Programs Get your English to the next level faster by getting the specific help you need from expert fluency teachers and courses that are designed to get you USING your English! Interested in our programs? Learn more here: https://realenglishconversations.com/fluency-programs   Other English Podcast Conversation Lessons: Snowboarding & Filming - Advanced English Podcast Lesson Mother Nature- Advanced English Podcast Lesson Carry On, Wander Around - Everyday English with Stories Job Interviews - English Conversation Practice Podcast

66. Cell Phones – Everyday English Conversation about Technology

Want to improve your English? With so many words to learn, it can be difficult to know which words you need to learn to 'speak fluently'. In this lesson, I'll explain an easy way to identify which words are worth the effort to learn first AND will also help you to speak English with more fluency faster! How to Speak English Better and Improve Your English https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cu64ib/65_Learning_Useful_Vocabulary_Podcastbhf93.mp3   Transcription: Amy: Hi, everybody, this is Amy from realenglishconversations.com, and today I have another one of these advice podcasts where I'm going to give you some advice about how to learn English in a more efficient way and to make sure that you're focusing on the right things, so that you can start making progress forward faster with your English and working toward fluency. So today I'm going to talk about something that's related to learning the right type of vocabulary to help you become fluent and really talking about the most common error that I see students making over and over and over again that I'm working with. To get started I just need to explain how students generally at an intermediate or an advanced level or any level really think about vocabulary and how they're studying English. And generally, with most people, if you're reading a newspaper or maybe a novel or you're watching a TV series, if you hear a brand-new word, you're probably going to write it down or look it up in a dictionary and try to learn it. And that's sort of our strategy for learning new vocabulary, and that's why it's called new vocabulary. But what happens is when we reach this intermediate to advanced level of the language, we have this gigantic pile of new vocabulary that we've taken the time to learn, but then we're not really able to use any of it, and we realize that a lot of the vocabulary that we learned and use that precious brain space and that memory power isn't exactly useful either. End of Transcription Sample. To get access to the full transcription for this lesson and the other 71+ conversation lessons currently available, register as a Real English Conversations member here. Do you Want to Improve Your English? Amy and Curtis are experts in helping our students to improve their speaking and listening skills, improve confidence and reach their goals faster. Learn more about Private Lessons with us here   English Fluency Programs Get your English to the next level faster by getting the specific help you need from expert fluency teachers and courses that are designed to get you USING your English! Interested in our programs? Learn more here: https://realenglishconversations.com/fluency-programs     Other English Podcast Conversation Lessons: Delivery Service - Intermediate/Advanced English Podcast Lesson Mother Nature- Advanced English Podcast Lesson Niagara Falls - Advanced English Podcast Lesson Going to the Doctor - English Conversation Practice Podcast  

65. Vocabulary for Speaking Fluency – Improve Your English

This is another one of our Canadian English conversations where we are going to share some of our memories and adventures from travelling around Canada on a ferry boat. These boats are part of the transportation and highway network in areas where cars and people need to get across rivers, lakes, and even sections of ocean! Canadian English Conversations About Ferry Boat Rides Get a copy of the transcription of our most recent podcast emailed to you now! Go to this page to request your copy of the audio file and transcript:  https://realenglishconversations.com/rec-podcast/ https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tyh4qs/64_Ferry_Boats_Podcast73vmh.mp3   English Fluency Programs Our Fluency Programs are perfect for students like you that want to improve their speaking fluency, develop strong listening skill, and to learn the right type of vocabulary that will help you to communicate in English with confidence. This program is completely different than anything you have tried before! You will have access to online courses, conversation practices with a teacher, one-to-one lessons, and even daily speaking challenges that are reviewed by a teacher to give you corrections and feedback. Get your English to the next level faster by getting the specific help you need from expert fluency teachers and courses that are designed to get you USING your English! Interested in our programs? Learn more here: https://realenglishconversations.com/fluency-programs   Other English Podcast Conversation Lessons: Household Chores - Intermediate/Advanced English Podcast Lesson Mother Nature- Advanced English Podcast Lesson Niagara Falls - Advanced English Podcast Lesson Hand Out - One Minute English Phrasal Verb   About Amy & Curtis - English Teachers from Canada Our fun conversations are based on interesting stories and adventrues that we have had. To make sure that you get exposed to authentic Canadian English, we speak in a totally natural way, including our mistakes and thinking noises. What is the difference between American English and Canadian English? In Canada, we speak 'American English' (includes all of North America) but we have a few words that are uniquely Canadian such as toque (wool hat), smokey (sausage), etc. Canadians usually speak clearly and have a neutral accent that is very similar to the western states of the USA. We are from the beautiful province of British Columbia which is located in the most western part of Canada.

64. Ferry Boat Rides | Canadian English Conversations

Feeling excited and motivated to learn is a key part of maintaining your energy to be consistent! In this episode, I'm going to give you a 7-day action plan to get your motivation back (even if you've completely lost it at this point...) and also to finish the week excited to continue working on your English. 

[Special Episodes] Pt. 4/4: Supercharge Your Motivation Again!

Being consistent is one of the easiest things you can do to see faster progress with your English. Unfortunately, this 'easy' idea, is pretty challenging to make into a strong habit. In this lesson, I'll talk about a powerful idea that will help you to be more consistent and reach your goals without feeling disappointed in yourself OR disappointing other people.

[Special Episodes] Pt. 3/4: Be More Consistent with this Powerful Trick

As a language learner, trying to navigate from intermediate to advanced and beyond to fluency is a very complicated and confusing. In this episode, I'll give you a few tips and ideas to help you simplify the process and focus on the types of activities that will keep moving your forward in the right direction.

[Special Episodes] Pt. 2/4: Navigating the Difficult Path to Fluency

Get motivated and have the most successful year of progress ever with this very special lesson series of 4 lessons that I've put together for you to understand how to get 'restarted', navigate the path to fluency, be more consistent and rapidly increase your motivation!

[Special Episodes] Pt. 1 of 4: Kick Start Your English & Set Clear Goals

In this American English conversation podcast, Curtis and Amy discuss how they split up the responsibilities around the house to keep things tidy and clean. This conversation has lots of great English phrases and vocabulary terms related to everyday living!   American English Conversation Podcast about Household Chores | Learn Real English from Stories https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2w7irs/Chores_Podcast892vp.mp3   Transcription Curtis: Hi, everybody, it's Curtis Davies and Amy: Whitney from realenglishconversations.com. Today, we're going to talk about something called chores. Curtis: And this is a word that I teach almost every single student of mine. And what is a chore? Curtis: A chore is the odd job or little tasks that you do usually around the house. Curtis: We're going to talk about some of the things that, that we do in our house, who has the responsibility or makes the decisions on which chores to do. Amy: I think this is something that every couple or every family has to go through. Honestly, I remember when I was growing up, I don't think I really had a choice. My parents told me to do something and I had to do it. Whether it be washing the dishes or taking out the trash, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, whatever that task may be. Amy: And occasionally my dad would need a hand with something and it would always be this horrible task. Like he would say, oh, I'm going to trim the hedges outside, Amy:, come outside and help me. Amy: And I'm like. And that meant that I had to pick up all the trimmings from the trees and get like a rash on my arm. And it was awful. So I yeah. I think one of the main reasons why parents have kids is to maybe have some help around the house. But for us, Curtis:, we don't have any kids, so we have to handle our own house cleaning and especially when we were living in Canada. End of Transcription Sample. To get access to the full transcription for this lesson and the other 67+ conversation lessons currently available, register as a Real English Conversations member here.   Other Phrasal Verb Lessons: Hear some other lessons from our podcasts Improve English Pronunciation & Your Mindset with Hadar Shemesh Perfect English Pronunciation And Mindset Tips with Hadar Shemesh Phrasal Verbs (261): End Up, Run Around Follow us on YouTube here      

63. Household Chores | Learn Real English from Stories | American English Conversation Podcast

Listen to this podcast episode that will help you with your English pronunciation. Let me introduce Hadar Shemesh. Hadar is an accent coach specializing in American English. She has helped thousands of students to reduce their accent, speak with better fluency, And most importantly, to build confidence to speak in English. In this episode, we discuss the obsession that students with 'sounding like a native' and the mindset changes that need to happen to protect your confidence. English Pronunciation And Mindset Tips with Hadar Shemesh https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rfqxw4/62_Interview_with_Hadar_Shemesh_Podcastb09w6.mp3   Transcription Amy: How are you doing today? Hadar: Hi, Amy. How are you doing? Amy: I'm really great, thanks. Thank you so much for coming on the show. I'm really excited to talk to you. Hadar: Me too. It's such an honor to be here. Thank you for inviting me. Amy: Great. So today we were going to be discussing a little bit about pronunciation, but I think one of the first things that we should talk about is really dealing with this belief that so many students have where they feel that they need to speak and sound exactly like a native speaker. Is this something that you have in your students where they're always mentioning this? Do you hear it a lot? Hadar: Well, absolutely, I think it's a big part of the conversation and a bit a big part of the journey where people believe that if they work on their pronunciation or their accent, then the end goal is to sound like a native. Hadar: And I find it not only very problematic socially and politically, I also think it's detrimental to fluency. I think it's not serving the learner, but instead is just getting in the way. And I'll explain because this idea of sounding like a native means that they really need to work on the nuances of speech. Right, to get to a level. Hadar: So there is the basic level where you may sound unclear because you're bringing patterns from your native language into English, which prevents you from having that clarity that you need to communicate and to create trust and to basically deliver your message and get what you want from the other person, right. End of Transcription Sample. To get access to the full transcription for this lesson and the other 60+ conversation lessons currently available, register as a Real English Conversations member here. Mentioned Links and Resources YouTube Channel: Accent's Way English with Hadar Influency Podcast The Accent's Way Magazine Website: The Accent's Way   Get Podcast Transcriptions, Online Courses, and Have Live Conversations with Us! Real English Conversations is a website for students that want to start USING their English skills! We offer a mix of real conversations you can join to practice speaking and excellent online lessons that can be studied anytime. Members of our website get immediate access to: Join conversations with Curtis and Amy to discuss interesting topics All the online courses to quickly improve speaking, listening and increase vocabulary All the transcripts and exercises related to each podcast lesson! Learn More about the membership options here Other English Podcast Conversation Lessons: Delivery Service - Intermediate/Advanced English Podcast Lesson Mother Nature- Advanced English Podcast Lesson Niagara Falls - Advanced English Podcast Lesson Going to the Doctor - English Conversation Practice Podcast  

Perfect English Pronunciation And Mindset Tips with Hadar Shemesh

This English fluency podcast is for you if you feel like you do not know how to make smaller commitments when it comes to improving your English fluency! In this English fluency podcast episode Amy shares a learning hack on how to make smaller commitments when it comes to learning English.   Learning Hack: Make Smaller Commitments | English Fluency Podcast https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xb4rff/Amy_smaller_commitments_final_Podcast_MV7fsxy.mp3   Transcription Amy: Hi, everybody, this is Amy from realenglishconversations.com. And today we have the first episode of hopefully many, where I'm going to be doing a solo podcast rather than having a conversation or an interview, I am going to be the only person speaking in this podcast. And that's because I really want to share with you some of the language learning advice that I have, a lot of the methods and techniques and concepts that I teach in our courses. It's really important for you to realize that although our conversations with Curtis and I and the interesting topics that we speak about, these are great and they're fun to listen to. Really, the core of what we do at Real English Conversations is we help people to become confident communicators in English and beyond that, at the same time that we help develop your skills, we're actually teaching you how to learn a language in a more efficient way, a more effective way by teaching you different things that not every course is going to show you. So, for example, in today's podcast, I'm going to be talking about how we can make smaller commitments to make sure that every single day you make some time or some effort with your English. Unless you're in an absolute crisis situation, you should be able to find a few minutes a day to work on your English skills. And in this podcast specifically, I'm going to help you to develop the mindset that you need to be more consistent and readjust the tasks in your mind to make it something that you can do rather than something that you can't do. End of Transcription Sample. To get access to the full transcription for this lesson and the other 67+ conversation lessons currently available, register as a Real English Conversations member here. We Can Help You Get Focused! Curtis and Amy help students every day to focus on the right activities and overcome barriers faster. If you feel like you need a push (and a bit of experienced guidance) to get to the next level, send us a message to get started with private lessons. It's time to become the confident communicator you've always wanted to be with our Fluency Program.Learn more here   Language Learning Advice for Our Members By joining us as a member of our website, you will get access to full lessons with the top learning advice to become an efficient and independent learner. Beyond the advice, we have the lessons you need to improve your speaking fluency, listening comprehension and practice speaking with real people (including us!) Join conversations with Curtis and Amy to discuss interesting topics All the online courses to quickly improve speaking, listening and increase vocabulary All the transcripts and exercises related to each podcast lesson! Learn More about the membership options here   Other English Podcast Conversation Lessons and Mentioned Links Try the REC New Courses! Brave Beginner > Inspired Intermediate >> Confident Communicator REC Member Cafe (online meet ups) Weekly Speaking Practice Sessions (with an REC teacher!) Member-Only Groups Interview with Amy on IELTS Energy: Speaking Fluency Advice & Activities  Book a Trial Lesson  Sign up as a Fluency Program Member

60. Learning Hack: Make Smaller Commitments | English Fluency Podcast

Improve your listening skills and expose yourself to English that is used in everyday speaking. Hear expressions, phrasal verbs, new vocabulary naturally spoken audio lessons. Learn conversational American English with Real English Conversations! Mejore sus habilidades de escuchar y exponerse al inglés que se usa en el habla cotidiana con estas conversaciones naturales (sin guión) ¡Aprende inglés americano con nuestras conversaciones reales en inglés!

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