Listen UP!

In this episode, Andrea tells you all about her love of traveling.  

ALL TRANSCRIPTS are accessible here: https://bit.ly/listenUP-transcripts >>> see Slide 13 for #011 - Traveling

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I hope that you are finding the podcast to be useful.  If so, please consider sharing about it with friends… also, leaving reviews and giving the podcast a 5-star rating will make it easier for others to find it as well. 

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This is by no means necessary!  My primary goal is to help others who are trying to learn my native language (English) in the way that others have helped me to learn Spanish and Chinese through their podcasts.  =)  Please keep listening no matter what… and provide feedback whenever you can. Happy language-learning!

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In this episode, Andrea continues to talk about the rest of her family.  This is a continuation of episode 009 - My Family, Part 1. 

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>>> see Slide 12 for #010 - My Family, Part 2

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This is by no means necessary!  My primary goal is to help others who are trying to learn my native language (English) in the way that others have helped me to learn Spanish and Chinese through their podcasts.  =)  Please keep listening no matter what… and provide feedback whenever you can. Happy language-learning!

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Today, Andrea begins to talk about her big family and shares a few expressions in English ("cheaper by the dozen" / "older and wiser"). 

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>>> see Slide 11 for #009 - My Family, Part 1

I hope that you are finding the podcast to be useful.  If so, please consider sharing about it with friends… also, leaving reviews and giving the podcast a 5-star rating will make it easier for others to find it as well.

If you are finding the podcast to be helpful and have interest in supporting the show & the creation of future episodes…

- consider being a monthly sponsor by visiting https://anchor.fm/andrea-schweitzer/support
- or make a one-time donation to “Buy Me A Coffee” at  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/listenup

This is by no means necessary!  My primary goal is to help others who are trying to learn my native language (English) in the way that others have helped me to learn Spanish and Chinese through their podcasts.  =)  Please keep listening no matter what… and provide feedback whenever you can. Happy language-learning!

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In this episode we talk a little more about Independence Day in the U.S. and some of the history behind it.  We also talk about the importance of not taking freedom for granted.  

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>>> see Slide 10 for #008 - Freedom

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This is by no means necessary!  My primary goal is to help others who are trying to learn my native language (English) in the way that others have helped me to learn Spanish and Chinese through their podcasts.  =)  Please keep listening no matter what… and provide feedback whenever you can. Happy language-learning!

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In this episode, Andrea talks about the Independence Day national holiday in the United States on the 4th of July. 

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I hope that you are finding the podcast to be useful.  If so, please consider sharing about it with friends… also, leaving reviews and giving the podcast a 5-star rating will make it easier for others to find it as well.

If you are finding the podcast to be helpful and have interest in supporting the show & the creation of future episodes…

• consider being a monthly sponsor by visiting https://anchor.fm/andrea-schweitzer/support
  
• or make a one-time donation to “Buy Me A Coffee” at  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/listenup
  

This is by no means necessary!  My primary goal is to help others who are trying to learn my native language (English) in the way that others have helped me to learn Spanish and Chinese through their podcasts.  =)  Please keep listening no matter what… and provide feedback whenever you can. Happy language-learning!

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In this episode, Andrea talks about how intrinsic and extrinsic motivation can help when learning a new language. 

Listen UP! is a podcast that is designed to help those at the novice high and intermediate levels (of learning English) to train their ears and increase their proficiency level through short, comprehensible listening interactions.

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>>> See slide 8 for this episode (006 - Motivation)

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This is by no means necessary!  My primary goal is to help others who are trying to learn my native language (English) in the way that others have helped me to learn Spanish and Chinese through their podcasts.  =)  Please keep listening no matter what… and provide feedback whenever you can. Happy language-learning!

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In this episode, Andrea talks about how intrinsic and extrinsic motivation can help when learning a new language. 

Listen UP! is a podcast that is designed to help those at the novice high and intermediate levels (of learning English) to train their ears and increase their proficiency level through short, comprehensible listening interactions.

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All TRANSCRIPTS are accessible here: https://bit.ly/listenUP-transcripts

>>> See slide 8 for this episode (006 - Motivation)

I hope that you are finding the podcast to be useful.  If so, please consider sharing about it with friends… also, leaving reviews and giving the podcast a 5-star rating will make it easier for others to find it as well.

If you are finding the podcast to be helpful and have interest in supporting the show & the creation of future episodes…

• consider being a monthly sponsor by visiting https://anchor.fm/andrea-schweitzer/support
  
• or make a one-time donation to “Buy Me A Coffee” at  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/listenup
  

This is by no means necessary!  My primary goal is to help others who are trying to learn my native language (English) in the way that others have helped me to learn Spanish and Chinese through their podcasts.  =)  Please keep listening no matter what… and provide feedback whenever you can. Happy language-learning!

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In this episode, Andrea talks about her how Dr. Krashen restored her love for reading.   

All TRANSCRIPTS are accessible here: https://bit.ly/listenUP-transcripts (see slide #7 - 005 Reading and Dr. Krashen) 

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This is by no means necessary!  My primary goal is to help others who are trying to learn my native language (English) in the way that others have helped me to learn Spanish and Chinese through their podcasts.  =)  Please keep listening no matter what… and provide feedback whenever you can. Happy language-learning!

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In this episode, Andrea talks about being a teacher and the joy of summer vacation. 

TRANSCRIPT: https://bit.ly/listenUP-transcripts  (see slide #6 - 004 Summer Vacation)

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>>> with TEXTIVATE you can go in and click on specific lines that you would like to hear repeated (for pronunciation help) as well as play a variety of "games" with the text to test your comprehension skills!  

This podcast is designed to help those at the novice high and intermediate levels (of learning English) to train their ears and increase their proficiency level through short, comprehensible listening interactions.

I hope that you are finding the podcast to be useful.  If so, please consider sharing about it with friends… also, leaving reviews and giving the podcast a 5-star rating will make it easier for others to find it as well.

If you are finding the podcast to be helpful and have interest in supporting the show & the creation of future episodes…

• consider being a monthly sponsor by visiting https://anchor.fm/andrea-schweitzer/support
  
• or make a one-time donation to “Buy Me A Coffee” at  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/listenup
  

This is by no means necessary!  My primary goal is to help others who are trying to learn my native language (English) in the way that others have helped me to learn Spanish and Chinese through their podcasts.  =)  Please keep listening no matter what… and provide feedback whenever you can. Happy language-learning!

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In this episode, Andrea talks about the benefits of using podcasts when acquiring a new language!

TRANSCRIPT

Hello! And welcome to Listen Up!, a podcast that helps you acquire English through comprehensible listening interactions.  As you LISTEN to this podcast, it will help to increase or “UP” your English vocabulary and proficiency level. I’m Andrea and today we will be talking about podcasts. I think that podcasts are an important tool (or, device / resource) to use when trying to improve (or, strengthen) your language proficiency. I listen to many podcasts designed (or, made) to help me acquire Spanish and Chinese. They have been a big help in many ways.  In the first two episodes of this podcast, I talked a lot about why comprehensible input is important. It is the key (or, the important element) to acquiring and wiring language into your brain.  When we comprehend the meaning of input (or, messages) that we read or hear, we make a mental image (or picture) of them in our head. That helps our brain to make connections for that language in our head. When we have those mental-image connections in our brain, we are more capable of using that language spontaneously while speaking.  Also, we improve (or, get better) at comprehending language at faster speeds. Books and magazines and videos are great tools (or, resources) for comprehensible input, especially if you can find them at the level that meets your current comprehension level. And, especially if they are interesting and fun! What makes a podcast different, however, is that it forces you (or, requires you) to process language without pictures or words or video images. This is an important skill to develop if you want to be able to comprehend native-language speakers in spontaneous settings (or, interactions). For this podcast, I will always provide the transcript in the show notes so you can read along if needed, or so you can check it afterwards to look up any words or phrases that you didn’t understand.  Most podcast players give you the option to slow down or speed up the pace of the audio as it plays. If you think that I am speaking too fast, you can choose to play the podcast at a slower pace. If you think that I am speaking too slow, you can choose to play the podcast at a faster pace. Listening to English podcasts like this one will also help to affirm and strengthen your pronunciation. My goal is to keep the episodes short so that you can easily listen to them multiple (or, many) times. This will provide additional repetition and reinforcement (or, confirmation) of the message and the language used in the episode.  Most episodes will be around five minutes long.  Sometimes they may be shorter or longer. Repetition of meaningful (in other words, comprehended) messages is an effective way to help strengthen language connections in your brain. Most importantly, my goal will be to talk about a variety of topics and stories.  Hopefully you will think that they are interesting and enjoyable. I won’t always ramble on (or, talk over and over) about comprehensible input. I promise!  What are the topics that you would like to hear more about?  What interests you? Let me know in the comments. Thanks for “LISTENing UP” with me.  Happy language learning!

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