ESLPod.com – English learning Podcast

These Podcasts are aimed at students with intermediate and advanced English language skills who wish to improve their pronunciation and listening comprehension of spoken English. Those Podcasts present the american English.

Each audio recording usually consists of two parts: the first part discusses the topic of the podcast episode or presents a dialogue, and the second part presents the explanations of the words, expressions and idioms that were used in the first part. The first part is pronounced quite slowly, and the second part – in the usual pace.

Audio recordings and the text of the first part of the podcasts are FREE on the website. But you’ll be are asked to pay $10 a month for access to the text of the second part and additional materials for the 12 new podcasts. For $60 you can also get access to all the previous podcasts, for which you have to register on the website and pay for access via PayPal.

I’d like to remind you once again that access to the audio recordings on this website is completely free. The Podcast narrator speaks quite slow, and you won’t basically need any texts if you have an average level of English knowledge.

There are 775 episode recordings available on the website (as of January 2010).

This is a part of the podcast and author description from the website:

“ESLPod cast is currently produced by a team of volunteers. It is a production of the Center for Educational Development, in Los Angeles, California. My name is Dr. Jeff McQuillan, and I’m the host of ESL Podcast. I have been teaching English as a Second Language for many years both here in the United States and in other countries. I received my Ph.D., my doctorate, in applied linguistics from the University of Southern California. I taught as a university professor for several years here in California and in Arizona. I have written many articles and books on the teaching English.”

Podcasts include the following topics:

	Daily Life Discussion of common everyday topics Sample topics: Everybody uses some form of transportation. Today learn about how people get around. Who are you? Where are you from? Learn how to talk about yourself on today’s podcast. It’s time to see friends we haven’t seen in a while in today’s podcast.
	Relationships Personal relationships Sample topics: Ever go out on a date with someone you didn’t know? Find out how to talk about it in English in this podcast. Men and women sometimes have problems communicating with each other. Learn how to talk about it in this podcast.
	Travel Everything related to travel Sample topics: Learn how to talk about taking a vacation trip on a cruise ship in this episode. Find out how to talk about luggage on an airplane in English in this episode. Get more free trips by participating in an airline’s frequent flier program in this episode.

	Business Business, work and everything related to it. Sample topics: Some people will do anything to sell their product. Learn how you can do it, too, in this episode. Is your boss impossible to work with? I know mine is. Learn how to fight back in this episode.
	Transportation Transportation and driving. Sample topics: Driving a car isn’t the only or even best way to get where you want to go. Learn how to describe other ways of getting around in this episode. Don’t get lost! Get driving directions in English and find out where to park in this episode.
	Shopping Going in for shopping. Sample topics: Learn about buying a hat in English in this episode. Find out how to buy men’s shirts in English in this episode. Learn how to save money when you buy things in this episode.
	Dining Everything related to cooking, buying food, eating, restaurants, cafes, etc. Sample topics: Hungry? You get to eat in this episode, where you’ll learn how to order at a sandwich shop. Be careful that the food you eat is fresh. Learn how to talk about it when it isn’t in English in this episode. Learn how to talk about cooking in English in this episode.
	Entertainment Entertainment – movies, theater, sports, etc. Sample topics: Go rent a movie tonight in English. Find out how in this episode. Watching your favorite sports team on television? Learn how to talk about it in this episode. Learn to talk about how people steal movie and music files on the Internet in this episode.
	Halth and Medicine Health and Medicine – diseases, medical treatment and healthy lifestyle. Sample topics: Find out how to buy glasses in English in this episode. Looking a little old? Get a new face and body on this episode about plastic surgery.
	English Cafe These records don’t contain any text or dialogues. They have a completely different format. Talks about american culture, news, books, movies, music and many other topics that are popular in the U.S. Here you will also hear interesting interviews and answers to questions from the audience. Sample topics: Hip Hop Culture; The New York Stock Exchange; effectiveness versus efficiency; jilted; hence versus thus. Social networking; government-run lotteries; the use of “on” with the days of the week; to travel in/by; individual versus personal.