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April 9, 2022

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Learning English with Podcasts

I started to listen podcasts to improving my English listening and speaking abilities since last year.

There are two types of podcasts I listen to mainly; Podcasts hosted by native speakers with the topics I interested like business, startups, self-help...etc. Another one are the Podcasts which are made to be English learning tutorials produced by teachers.

there is a quote "Read what you love until you love to read." I followed it at the very beginning when I choose what podcasts to listen. So I picked up the podcasts like The Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This. Although I only could understand about 70% what the hosts said , but I still pretty enjoy them. After finishing few episodes, I stopped listening to that kinds of podcasts. Why? Because the hosts talked with normal speed, I had to be very focus on listening. That made my brain occupied so it was hard for me to do the "shadowing practice" at the same time.

I want to imrpove my English speaking, as a results I decided to try some English learning podcasts and saw if I could learned more. The result was really beyond my expectation when I could follow the hosts' clear pronunciation to speak. Now, the Podcast I spend most time listen to is called "Culips". The podcast itself is free for all, but they also offer a paid membership which gives the members detailed transcript and extra tutorals for speaking practice. I'm ready to pay for the exclusive stuffs.

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Learning English with Podcasts

I started to listen podcasts to improving my EnglishLast year, I started listening to English podcasts in order to improve my listening and speaking abilities since last year.

There are two types of podcasts I listen to mainly; P: podcasts hosted by native speakers with theon topics I'm interested in, like business, startups, and self-help...etc, as well as ones produced by teachers for English learners.

Alt: I listen to two main types of podcasts: [...] on topics I'm interested in, such as

Semi-colon is used to connect two complete sentences that can stand on their own, so a colon would be more appropriate here.

Another one are the Podcasts which are made to be English learning tutorials produced by teachers.

Works better when combined with previous sentence.

tThere is a quote "Rthat says "read what you love until you love to read."

I followed it at the very beginning when I choose whatich podcasts to listen to.

Alt: In the beginning, I followed that principle when choosing which podcasts to listen to

So I picked up the podcasts like The Tim Ferriss Show, and How I Built This.

Alt: podcasts such as

Although I only could only understand about 70% of what the hosts said , but, I still pretty enjoy them.

Alt: Despite only understanding about 70% of what the hosts said, I still enjoy them.

After finishing a few episodes, I stopped listening to that kinds of podcasts.

Alt: a couple of episodes

Why?

BecauseAs the hosts talked with in normal speed, I had to be very focused on listening.

That madSince my brain is already occupied so, it was hard for me to do the "shadowing practice" at the same time.

I want to imrprove my English speaking, as a results I decided to try some English learning podcasts and sawee if I could learned more from them.

Alt: so I decided to

The result was really beyond my expectation whens as I could follow the hosts' clear pronunciation toand speak along.

Nowadays, the Ppodcast I spend most of my time listening to is called "Culips"."

The podcast itself is free for all, but they also offer a paid membership which gives the members detailed transcripts and extra tutorials for speaking practice.

Alt: but the producers also offer
(to specify it's the people who make the podcast)

I'm ready to pay for their exclusive stuffscontent.

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Learning English with Podcasts

I started to listen podcasts to improvinge my English listening and speaking abilities since last year.

You can say either...

- I started listening last year, or

- I've been listening since last year

but not both (it not "started" and "since" together).

There are two types of podcasts I listen to mainly; Ppodcasts hosted by native speakers with theon topics I'm interested in, like business, startups, self-help...etc.

Anthe other one are the Pis podcasts which are made to beas English learning tutorials produced by teachers.

You have stated that you listen to two types of podcast. You cannot then, for the second type, say "another one" because that implies there are others after that.

Also "the other one is podcasts..." seems strange (mixing singular and plural) but I think is correct because "the other one" (singular) refers back to "type" in the previous sentence, not to "podcasts" (plural).

tThere is a quote: "Read what you love until you love to read.".

I followed it at the very beginning when I chooseing what podcasts to listen.

I changed "choose" to "choosing" to avoid the clash of past and present tenses in your original sentence.

So I picked up the podcasts like The Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This.

Note that "picked" and "picked up" have quite different meanings.

Although I only could only understand about 70% of what the hosts said , but, I still pretty much enjoyed them.

Changed slightly, again to avoid mixing present tense and past tense in the same sentence.

After finishing a few episodes, I stopped listening to that kinds of podcasts.

Why?

Because the hosts talked withat normal speed, I had to be very focused on listening.

That madeoccupied my brain occupied soso much that it was hard for me to do the "shadowing practice" at the same time.

(I'm not quite clear what "shadowing practice" is - but I'm please to see you used British English spelling for it!)

I want to imrprove my English speaking, as a results. So I decided to try some English learning podcasts and sawto see if I could learned more.

The result was really beyond my expectation, when I found I could follow the hosts' clear pronunciation to speak.

This sentence would be better re-arranged, eg "To find I could follow the hosts' clear pronunciation was beyond my expectation."

Now, the Ppodcast I spend most time listen to is called "Culips".

You don't need to capitalise "podcast".

The podcast itself is free for all, but they also offer a paid membership which gives the members detailed transcript and extra tutorials for speaking practice.

Careful using "free for all", which has a different connotation to "free".

I'm ready to pay for the exclusive stuffs.

"stuff" is always singular; but anyway it's too colloquial a word to use here; "benefits" might be better.

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This was very clear. In a text such as this you should avoid using words and phrases that are very colloquial until you understand well how and where to use them.

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kuo

April 28, 2022

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Thank you!!!

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kuo

April 28, 2022

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That madeoccupied my brain occupied soso much that it was hard for me to do the "shadowing practice" at the same time.

Hi, could you tell me more about the British English spelling you mentioned?
I don't know what exactly the word is, lol.

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June 3, 2022

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Hi, could you tell me more about the British English spelling you mentioned? I don't know what exactly the word is, lol.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/practice-vs-practise/

Learning English with Podcasts


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I started to listen podcasts to improving my English listening and speaking abilities since last year.


I started to listen podcasts to improvinge my English listening and speaking abilities since last year.

You can say either... - I started listening last year, or - I've been listening since last year but not both (it not "started" and "since" together).

I started to listen podcasts to improving my EnglishLast year, I started listening to English podcasts in order to improve my listening and speaking abilities since last year.

There are two types of podcasts I listen to mainly; Podcasts hosted by native speakers with the topics I interested like business, startups, self-help...etc.


There are two types of podcasts I listen to mainly; Ppodcasts hosted by native speakers with theon topics I'm interested in, like business, startups, self-help...etc.

There are two types of podcasts I listen to mainly; P: podcasts hosted by native speakers with theon topics I'm interested in, like business, startups, and self-help...etc, as well as ones produced by teachers for English learners.

Alt: I listen to two main types of podcasts: [...] on topics I'm interested in, such as Semi-colon is used to connect two complete sentences that can stand on their own, so a colon would be more appropriate here.

Another one are the Podcasts which are made to be English learning tutorials produced by teachers.


Anthe other one are the Pis podcasts which are made to beas English learning tutorials produced by teachers.

You have stated that you listen to two types of podcast. You cannot then, for the second type, say "another one" because that implies there are others after that. Also "the other one is podcasts..." seems strange (mixing singular and plural) but I think is correct because "the other one" (singular) refers back to "type" in the previous sentence, not to "podcasts" (plural).

Another one are the Podcasts which are made to be English learning tutorials produced by teachers.

Works better when combined with previous sentence.

there is a quote "Read what you love until you love to read."


tThere is a quote: "Read what you love until you love to read.".

tThere is a quote "Rthat says "read what you love until you love to read."

I followed it at the very beginning when I choose what podcasts to listen.


I followed it at the very beginning when I chooseing what podcasts to listen.

I changed "choose" to "choosing" to avoid the clash of past and present tenses in your original sentence.

I followed it at the very beginning when I choose whatich podcasts to listen to.

Alt: In the beginning, I followed that principle when choosing which podcasts to listen to

So I picked up the podcasts like The Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This.


So I picked up the podcasts like The Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This.

Note that "picked" and "picked up" have quite different meanings.

So I picked up the podcasts like The Tim Ferriss Show, and How I Built This.

Alt: podcasts such as

Although I only could understand about 70% what the hosts said , but I still pretty enjoy them.


Although I only could only understand about 70% of what the hosts said , but, I still pretty much enjoyed them.

Changed slightly, again to avoid mixing present tense and past tense in the same sentence.

Although I only could only understand about 70% of what the hosts said , but, I still pretty enjoy them.

Alt: Despite only understanding about 70% of what the hosts said, I still enjoy them.

After finishing few episodes, I stopped listening to that kinds of podcasts.


After finishing a few episodes, I stopped listening to that kinds of podcasts.

After finishing a few episodes, I stopped listening to that kinds of podcasts.

Alt: a couple of episodes

Why?


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Because the hosts talked with normal speed, I had to be very focus on listening.


Because the hosts talked withat normal speed, I had to be very focused on listening.

BecauseAs the hosts talked with in normal speed, I had to be very focused on listening.

That made my brain occupied so it was hard for me to do the "shadowing practice" at the same time.


That madeoccupied my brain occupied soso much that it was hard for me to do the "shadowing practice" at the same time.

(I'm not quite clear what "shadowing practice" is - but I'm please to see you used British English spelling for it!)

That madSince my brain is already occupied so, it was hard for me to do the "shadowing practice" at the same time.

I want to imrpove my English speaking, as a results I decided to try some English learning podcasts and saw if I could learned more.


I want to imrprove my English speaking, as a results. So I decided to try some English learning podcasts and sawto see if I could learned more.

I want to imrprove my English speaking, as a results I decided to try some English learning podcasts and sawee if I could learned more from them.

Alt: so I decided to

The result was really beyond my expectation when I could follow the hosts' clear pronunciation to speak.


The result was really beyond my expectation, when I found I could follow the hosts' clear pronunciation to speak.

This sentence would be better re-arranged, eg "To find I could follow the hosts' clear pronunciation was beyond my expectation."

The result was really beyond my expectation whens as I could follow the hosts' clear pronunciation toand speak along.

Now, the Podcast I spend most time listen to is called "Culips".


Now, the Ppodcast I spend most time listen to is called "Culips".

You don't need to capitalise "podcast".

Nowadays, the Ppodcast I spend most of my time listening to is called "Culips"."

The podcast itself is free for all, but they also offer a paid membership which gives the members detailed transcript and extra tutorals for speaking practice.


The podcast itself is free for all, but they also offer a paid membership which gives the members detailed transcript and extra tutorials for speaking practice.

Careful using "free for all", which has a different connotation to "free".

The podcast itself is free for all, but they also offer a paid membership which gives the members detailed transcripts and extra tutorials for speaking practice.

Alt: but the producers also offer (to specify it's the people who make the podcast)

I'm ready to pay for the exclusive stuffs.


I'm ready to pay for the exclusive stuffs.

"stuff" is always singular; but anyway it's too colloquial a word to use here; "benefits" might be better.

I'm ready to pay for their exclusive stuffscontent.

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