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TALC Chats Podcast — 76 episodes

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# 76 - Join us for a trip to the Galapagos Islands!

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#75 - Let's have a picnic in the park!

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#74 - Would you mind if I sat here? 🪑 Practicing a very polite way to ask for something

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#73 - From English Learner to English Tutor! How did Violetta do it?

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#72 How to have a healthy brain 🧠

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#71 - Lots of ways to say "Hello!" 👋

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#70 - How many books 📚 do you have? How much time 🕟 do you spend reading each day? "how much?" & "how many?"

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# 52 - The Mystery of Bigfoot 👣 (Sasquatch)

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#69 - I met you four years ago. 📅 Practice with for, ago and since

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#68 - "My Grandma had a heart of gold" ... idioms from the heart❣️

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# 67 - Valentine's Day ❤️ 🍫 🌹

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#66 - How happy are you? 🙂😃😁 Qualifiers and Intensifiers

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#65- Aaah - Autumn! 🍁

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#64 - Yesterday that young man was yelling! - Practice with the beginning "y" sound (slow English)

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#63 - Apples!! 🍎🍏

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#62 - "I'm on the mend, but I'm not on the ball!" - practice with "on the" idioms

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#60 - Do I know you? - Practice with Know & Meet (Slow English)

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#61 - The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens 🌋

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#59 - Can I borrow $10? 💵

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#58 - Yikes! Aw! Yuck! Wow! ... and other Interjections!

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#57 - What's the matter? Is everything OK?

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# 56 Did you use to walk to school? 🏫 Practice with "use to"

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#55 - I just have $5 in my wallet. 💵 Practice with the little word "just"

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#54 - I wonder if it will rain tomorrow. ☔ Practice with "wonder"

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#53 - Their cat is now our cat 😺! - Practice with their and our

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#51 - I need to feed Rosie. 🐶 Practice using want, need, like & love

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#50 - Brrrr! It's cold🥶! Winter Weather

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# 49 - A conversation with Jaime, a TALC learner.

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# 38 - Mt. Rainier and the Cascade Mountain Range 🌄

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#48 - Is that his phone or her phone? 📱 - Practice with possessive adjectives

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#47 - The Orcas of Puget Sound

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#46 - Everyday English - Slow and Easy

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# 45 - We had a windstorm! Did your lights go out? 💡

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#44 - Happy Holidays

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# 43 - Can you hear me? Are you listening to me? 👂 - What is the difference?

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#42 - "What do you mean?" Practice with that little word, "mean"

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#41 - The "ought" Word Family

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#40 - Back to school! 🏫

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# 39 - "I see a bear."🐻 " I'm looking at a bear."🐻 "I'm watching a bear." 🐻 What's the difference?

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# 37 - Let's Take A Little Vacation! 🧳

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# 36 - More practice using "to get" as a phrasal verb - "I got rid of my old car 🚗 last month."

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# 35 - Bodies of Water - The Puget Sound 🌊

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#34 - My dog 🐕 and cat 🐈 get along! Practice using "get" as a phrasal verb

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# 33 - That Summertime Feeling ☀️ 🏖️ 🐝

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#32 - The 4th of July 🎇

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#31 - Let's take a tour of the kitchen!

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#30 - Practice with the chameleon 🦎 verb "to get" in slow(ish) English.

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# 29 - Achoo! 🤧 Do you have seasonal allergies?

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# 28 - The Verb "to be" Past Tense in Slow English; Were you busy yesterday?

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#27 - Happy Birthday to You! 🎂🎈🎉

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# 26 - Tom's in the market for new wheels 🚗! - A story with a happy ending ....and a lot of idioms.

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#25 - "Hey! How's it goin?" - Making Small Talk

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#24 - What are you going to do today? Practice using "going to" to talk about the future

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#23 - I'm hungry! What shall we have for breakfast? 🥞?🍳?🥓?

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#22 - What do we do in the spring? ☀️ 🪟

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# 21 - Signs of Spring 🌷🌱

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#20 - The verb "to have" in slow English; My neighbor has a pet goat!!

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#19 - I did my laundry yesterday. What did you do? ~ Practice using "to do" in the past.

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#18 - 2024 is a leap year! Are you a leapling? - Practice with ordinal and cardinal numbers

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#17 - A Valentine's Day Love Story 💕 with lots of idioms

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# 16 - The Verb "to be" (present tense) in Slow English; Are you at home?

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#15 - Morning Routines - What do you do every morning?🌅

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# 14 - Do you make cookies 🍪 often? - the verb "to make" in past and present

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#13 New Year's Resolutions! What will you do this year? What won't you do this year?

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#12 - Let's Take a Walk!

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#11 - Do You Have a Pet? 🐶 😺 🐦 🐠 🐹 Pets are members of the family, too!

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#10 - I Would Like to Make an Appointment

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#9 Getting Sick. Catching a Cold.

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#8 Chores (The verb "To do")

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#7 Family Relationships Part 2

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#6 Family Relationships Part 1

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#5 Shopping. 🛒 🛍️

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#4 Black Friday - Looking for a bargain!

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#3 Thanksgiving 🦃

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#2 Daylight Saving Time ⏰

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#1 The Weather.