Read the quote and learn more about June Jordan.
Listen to her beautiful very intelligent thought!
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Mar
11
2010
11
2010
Quotes. June Jordan
Feb
27
2010
27
2010
Special Episodes. March 8 – Thanks so much, dear feminists!
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Happy March 8, International Women’s Day!
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Feb
02
2010
02
2010
Useful Language. Talking about your winter holidays
This audio includes some language tips, too: on the uses of “will” and the good context for practicing comparatives here, the use of the present perfect + “ever” in the UK and of the past simple + “ever” in the USA, plus a language note, on the use of How …? &What … like?
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Feb
02
2010
02
2010
Stories. A Telephone Call, by Dorothy Parker
Read the story and learn about how to exploit literature to keep learning the language!
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Feb
02
2010
02
2010
Useful Language. Saying You’re Sorry
This audio includes “sorry” sentences you can use in conversations and in notes and letters/emails. It also includes some language comments, like the comment about the three different “that” words you can find!
Read the sentences in this episode. More: Apologies Accepted at TP and some sorry letters at the TP Writing section.
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Feb
01
2010
01
2010
Poems. Her Kind, by Anne Sexton
Check out the Talking People webpage for Anne Sexton, and you’ll be able to listen to her!!!
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Dec
26
2009
26
2009
Useful Language. Elementary. Questions-n-Answers 01
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Listen and repeat! Imitate the pronunciation!
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Dec
13
2009
13
2009
Useful Language. Elementary. Nationalities, countries and languages (part 1)
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Listen to the sentences!
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Dec
12
2009
12
2009
Useful Language. Elementary. Days-n-dates
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Listen and repeat by clicking the arrow below. You can also download this episode!
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Nov
22
2009
22
2009
Useful Language. Everyday Language 001
We are starting a new segment, based on the language we fin on TV — a more everyday kind of language than that in textbooks.
Post the language you learn on the TP Forums here! Thanks!
Read the sentences in this audio.
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