this is an all ears english podcast episode 1847. is all here's english for beginners
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hey lindsay how are you i'm doing great michelle how are you how's it going yeah i'm good i'm good
happy to be here in september i guess yeah we're getting into the fall we are we are
it's so exciting i know the year has flown by it's been a big year for you that's for sure
yes definitely definitely so lindsay today we are going to answer a a listener question about
about when you're more at a beginner level close to beginner level and you're what you want to
listen to all there's english too guys we are here for you yeah and this is a great question for this
time of year right we're into september we know everyone is putting up their goals for the fall
don't you love that time of year michelle when everyone kind of gets serious again we've just
had the summer time we've been going to the beach and having fun now we're getting down to business
absolutely absolutely lindsay so would you read the question for us sir here we go so this is
from anas oria and anas says hello how are you could you please do an episode for the new people
especially at the beginner levels on how they can improve their english by using the allers english
podcast i think it's a good idea to find the way to learn english through your podcast i'm looking
forward to starting but i don't know how to start or from where waiting for your answer thanks
yes yeah great question right it is a great question yeah so you know this listener is kind of
maybe a little bit new to the podcast but you know really we're really going to talk
this is relevant for just being a new listener but also more of the beginning a
beginner listener at the beginner level however lindsay is this for is always english for like
somebody who just started learning english no so it's really not for total beginners so if you are
in week one day one of your english learning journey if you're just learning basic verbs guys
basic grammar then there are other shows that would be better to prepare you and then you'll
be ready for all there's english right that's your goal is to be ready for all his english
um but some really good beginner shows one in particular is esl pod that podcast has so many
episodes more than we do i think um and they are really good because they speak slowly
and they are perfect for that beginner beginner level um but michelle what about as people i mean
ideally our show is really more for intermediate to advanced learners like we are here to help you
guys get as close to native fluency as possible yeah but an advanced beginner could learn a lot
from our show too right michelle oh absolutely i don't think that you know if if you're listening
to this and you're like okay i'm not a true beginner i'm more of an advanced beginner
stay you know you could stay with us you know it's it's definitely a challenge like this is more for
that you know intermediate advanced uh english speaker but you know you don't have to turn don't
don't turn us off right we're here let's give you some ideas um so but actually to lead into this if
you do want to find out your level yeah go to all ears english dot com fluency score because there
you can take a short quiz and you'll get that level that you're looking for like where are
you starting and you'll get resources for your level right lindsay exactly you want to know
where you are so again go to aldersenglish.com fluency score good stuff awesome yeah all right
so lindsay let's talk about some ideas okay um well number one we have transcripts guys
and yeah with our app we have keywords so there are lots of different tools that you can use while
you're listening through the allers english app is that right lindsay definitely so if you want
to get the app we have it now for android or ios so really everyone can have this you know you do
need to join monthly to see those transcripts and to see the keywords which you could then
save in your word list but very cool features if you want to go a little deeper with each episode
so go to allearsenglish.comapp app right to get in there all there is english.com app so that's
the first thing we would recommend everyone needs to go get the app and then we have a whole website
absolutely yes guys yeah we're kind of giving you some intro stuff right now but yeah use the search
bar i mean we have a website it shows categories you can find areas of english that you feel you
most need help with so you might say like i want to start with grammar i want to start with idioms
right choose something that you really like but what i would say is make it a goal to try a little
bit of everything right yeah i mean we spent pretty much all of 2021 basically fixing that
search bar it wasn't working right for a while but now guys it is working real well very smooth
and if i go here now i go to aldersenglish.com and i type in idioms geez i'm getting tons of
episodes i'm actually getting 34 pages of episode that's a lot tons of episodes about
sports and being active and all sorts of good idiom episodes guys so learn based on categories
absolutely so choose those categories now let's talk about when you get to an actual episode okay
where we've chosen our categories right and guys this isn't also like guys i i
i want to make sure our advanced listeners you can still listen to this episode right
we're gonna give you some tips here as well that will help you so but in general for learning with
all year's english so let's talk about before listening so what what should our listeners do
so you want to read the description and so do you mean the description of the episode michelle
is that what you mean yeah yeah the description of the episode or if it's a blog post right if we
have some more information you can read along yes and also listen to the title in the description
you know we always give a title and then we give a little bit more um of what you're gonna hear
so and then press pause right and just and then say like okay so this is what i know like i know
the title i read maybe a description and i have listened to another description like i think like
what do what do you think this will be about try and use some of your predictive skills like yeah
that's a good point michelle you know because i know that you have a masters in this and in
how students learn and i think maybe that's part of why aller's english works so well why we get
emails all the time from students that say oh when i found you i only understood 50 and then i got
addicted and now i understand 80 it's because we give you that little blurb where we explain hey
in this episode michelle and lindsey are going to talk about xyz and you're going to get xyz that
is actually a scientific principle of learning right yeah it's not something when you know when
like when you listen for it when you turn on the episode don't zone out for that part
you know listen to it and start to think well okay well also think what do i already know about that
topic oh my gosh that's so good yeah so like like okay so pause it and say like okay maybe
like okay maybe i know some of this like what's like play a game say like what are
some words that i think they might use or that they might teach and see if maybe maybe you
or or this is fun now that you have the topic could you this is this is guys a
tip for probably the more advanced learners yeah but could you plan that episode oh that's
that's really fun that's really fun i love that plan all the words that could be taught
that's a good challenge maybe we'll do some kind of community-wide challenge plan an episode of
alders english and we'll record the best one okay okay lindsay we have to do that that would be so
fun oh yeah okay that's i like that okay so those are some things you can do before listening and
and if do it for your level like maybe you'd maybe you don't know but let's say we're it's something
about animal idioms like with some we've done things like that before like maybe you think like
okay well what are the animal words that i know yeah right yeah and then you write them all down
and then while you listen to the episode you check off you know idioms that you listened for that
are one of those yeah and how cool if you've predicted one of the words it's on your list and
it is one of the ones that we teach i mean what a cool feeling and and so motivating that would be
right right right all right so now we know what we do before the episode what can we do while we're
listening michelle all right so so like we said you know you can use the transcripts you can use
the keywords um but i think a good technique i mean there's so many techniques we can do with
the episodes but one thing i was thinking of was to listen to the first two minutes or maybe
30 seconds i mean if you're a beginner maybe you want to listen to the first two
30 seconds yes so you can choose excuse me and try and summarize what we said or if
you're more of a beginner and that's hard for you just say like okay what are some of the key
the key words that were used or what are some of the things that you understood like lindsey said
this michelle said this right yeah try not to don't bring that old way of thinking and that
perfectionism you know keep in mind our motto and what we believe in here which is connection not
perfection guys go for connection connect with the material connect with the episode connect with us
you know have a good time and enjoy it don't get caught up on the every single word oh yes
i'm so glad you said that enjoy yourself yeah that's that's the key if you're not enjoying
yourself it's i don't think that this like method will be working like that's what that's what we
want that's what we want you to enjoy we want you to learn um you can also listen with a friend and
maybe you listen to that same 30 seconds and you know you each describe what you heard and see how
because then you can learn from each other like that you know one person describes it one way
and another i mean you're gonna use different you know ways of describing what you heard of course
um yeah take notes on three things you learned yeah right so maybe write down the words or
something else um and you know another thing was you could listen to different sections because
if you notice like we we very rarely start an episode by saying
i don't know if we ever do uh hi lindsay oh hi michelle okay here's what we're teaching here's
the words now let's start no we banter don't we michelle that's a good key word for our listeners
today is banter right we'll write that one down and that'll be in the app by the way um banter is
little back and forth simple conversation but kind of fun right building the relationship building
the connection because we want you guys to be able to do that so we show you how to do it
right so you might say like i'm going to listen like i'm a beginner you know an advanced beginner
and i'm going to listen to this episode and i like i'm going to listen to you know this week
whenever i listen to an episode i'm listening for the banter yeah and then i'm going to turn
off the episode i mean well i don't know lindsay i should say that's okay maybe
but maybe you're gonna focus on that one part yeah and you're gonna say okay what patterns
do i find in this banter because that'll start you to get like like the way we kind of banter
in the beginning of our episodes that's a lot of how people start conversations and honestly yeah
that's what you want to be able to do so that's the motivating part too so if you do listen to
any part you know that banter is really good um okay michelle so are there three things we should
do at the end of the episode after it's over if we are able to get through the whole episode what
should we do all right well gather your notes have them be in one place like we said the app
does that for you but yeah you know or you could have a special english notebooks notebook um and
you could practice like two new words so you could either write them or say them or um you
know practice using them in a conversation and then another thing you could do is tell a friend
about the episode it doesn't matter you don't need to have like um the most advanced english
in the world to share a little bit about an about an episode right yeah some very basic things i
listen taller's english it was about this this and this yes i love it i love it i love it tell
a friend and just one other piece you know we are now starting to offer live group classes and those
classes are actually based on episodes right so we're taking some of these episodes into the live
group zoom class with you guys and you're able to actually practice what michelle and i have said
on the episode so this is very next level that's right that's right we give you other opportunities
yeah it's very cool i'm so excited to meet more of our listeners in these classes so if you guys
are interested in those classes drop me an email at lindsay alairesenglish.com and i could tell
you the details but you'll be hearing more about that for sure good stuff awesome i love it so guys
i mean this was such a great question and you know we gave you lots of tips today that can work for
more on the beginner side but also on the more advanced side so guys if you're listening to
this and you're saying oh this is for beginners no no it's also more and more advanced just cater
it you know just like put it up to your level um totally so guys you know we have many ways
that you can listen to all ours english that you can work with always english don't think you have
to understand every single episode at once right and look for those patterns maybe one day you're
listening for our banter in the beginning maybe another day you're listening to how do we close
out the episode maybe one day you're listening to how do we change from the banter to the content
right like the transition out yeah the transition some very fine skills depending on your level
you're looking for different things but everyone here on this community in this community believes
in what michelle what do we believe in connection not perfection yeah that's what it comes down
to so find your way to learn guys you know all there's english is here for you four days a week
so make sure you hit follow right we're in the fall now time to get serious but we still have fun
over here at allers english oh we're learning and having fun at the same time so hit follow on this
show good stuff all right well this was a lot of fun thanks again to our listener for that
question and yeah let us know how it goes all right michelle talk to you soon all right bye
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