Today we’re going to do something a little bit different. Instead of doing grammar, we're going to have an interview with one of my students, Yesica Miranda. Yesica has been taking classes from me for about year. I thought it might be interesting to speak

 In this podcast I'm going to talk about: > * Difficulties that ESL students have when listening to native speakers. > * The Anatomy of a Phrasal Verb > * A Bit of Phrasal Verb History > * The two main types of phrasal verbs, two-word an

One of the test questions on the Cambridge tests is writing a friendly letter. Here is the way to write it!

Head on over to englishinyourface.blog for a transcript of this podcast. Also see my presentation on causatives Let me give you a road map of what we are going to talk about today. * First we will define what a causative is * How it differs from other lan

The English Inn Your Face Blog will have the transcripts of my podcasts and will also have podcast episode embedded in the blog post for you to listen to as you read along. Check it out at https://englishinyourface.blog

What has been happening lately. News about a new blog which will include the podcasts. You can now see The episodes of my podcast along with transcripts at petermangiaracina.com/Podcast

Today’s podcast is about the uses of make and do. Follow along with the transcript of this episode at https://englishinyourface.blog. This drives everyone crazy. In Spanish, for example, you have only one word for both make and do, “hacer,” so it’s diff

I have just finished correcting about eight medical articles. I do medical translations from time to time and also check the English before publication in American and European journals in English. The two most common mistakes when I do corrections are th

Episode 11. When to use definite and indefinite articles. In depth! By articles, I mean a (ay) or ah and the (thee) or thuh, the choice is up to you how you want to pronounce them. The longer vowels in thee and ay are sometimes used for emphasis such as i

Just a short episode to talk about a game that I have been using a lot in English class to help build vocabulary and teamwork. The name of the game is password and in this episode I will explain how it is played.