Welcome to episode 47 of The English Sessions. The Silent B. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content. You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. For the full audio transcript,...

Welcome to Episode 46 of The English Sessions. MMM-Bye. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. For the full audio transcript, go to...

English Around the World - Belize - Vondra - For Advanced Learners and Native English Speakers -  Welcome to Episode 2 of a series I’m calling English Around the World. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These episodes within the English Around the World series are going to look a bit different. They are for more advanced English learners, and for any native English speakers who are just curious about other accents around the world.  In episode 1 I spoke with Omar in...

Welcome to episode 45 of The English Sessions. The “As” Sandwich. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. For the full audio...

How you can help Omar's family: https://gofund.me/22bc874c - For Advanced Learners and Native English Speakers - Welcome to Episode 1 of a new series I’m calling English Around the World. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These episodes within the English Around the World series are going to look a bit different. They are for more advanced English learners, and for any native English speakers who are just curious about other accents around the world. For more, including the...

Welcome to Episode 44 of The English Sessions. Pronunciation of B A S S and B A S E. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. For the...

Welcome a bonus episode of The English Sessions. An episode on Jakarta, Indonesia. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. For the...

Welcome to episode 43 of The English Sessions. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. For the full audio transcript, go to...

Welcome to episode 42 of The English Sessions. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. For the full audio transcript, go to...

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Welcome to episode 41 of The English Sessions. Hear and Overhear. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. For the full audio...

-- For Advanced Learners -- Welcome to a bonus episode of The English Sessions. Gerund vs. Gerundio with Andrea from Spanishland School.  I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  Listen for this word today:  Phenomenal -...

Welcome to episode 40 of The English Sessions. Time or Times? I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. For the full audio transcript,...

The ‘GH’ in English (Pronunciation: Taught; thought; tough; though) Welcome to episode 39 of The English Sessions. The pronunciation of ‘GH’ in English. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript...

Teacher, I have a doubt… or do I have a question? — A big THANK YOU to the latest Patreon supporters, Chris and Anna — Hello everyone. Today’s podcast is a special episode. It is a conversation with a young man in Brazil who is a native Portuguese speaker and is also an English teacher in Brazil. His name is Miguel. We talk about the differences between the word ‘doubt’ and the word ‘question’ in English. Many Brazilian learners mistranslate the word ‘dúvida’. However, it is not as simple...

As a bonus to all of my loyal listeners to The English Sessions I am offering the latest episode of Get the Word! before it's officially released on the Get the Word! with Mike Butler podcast. I also have an announcement. The English Sessions Patreon page is back! You can become a member for only $1(USD). It's simple to sign up, and you can cancel anytime. Starting today, the full audio transcripts of The English Sessions and Get the Word! are only available if you sign up to be a member of...

Welcome to episode 38 of The English Sessions. For or During? I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. Listen for these words...

Welcome to episode 37 of The English Sessions. The verbs: MAKE / DO. I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. --- Send in a voice...

Hello loyal listeners. I have exciting news! Get the Word is now its own official podcast. Here is the latest episode (FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS AND NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS). Make sure to find 'Get the Word! with Mike Butler' on your podcast player and follow/subscribe so you don't miss any episodes. Is the audio hard to understand? The transcript is on the English Sessions website. Here is a link: https://www.englishsessionswithmike.com/2021/06/get-word-podcast-episode-opening-up.html ---...

Welcome to episode 36 of The English Sessions. ED Endings, Part 2 (Adjectives). I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit  www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website as you listen to this episode. Listen for this word...

FOR ADVANCED AND NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS Welcome everyone to another episode of Get the Word! The series focusing on the etymology, or history and origin, of words in English. Go to the website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com for more content, and for the audio transcript of this episode. Listen for these words today: Enfranchise - to ‘enfranchise’ means to give the right to vote to someone Disenfranchise - to ‘disenfranchise’ means to deprive or remove someone’s right to vote Voter...

Good morning good evening good afternoon everyone, this is a short but  sweet episode of Get the Word! Our series on the etymology of words in  English. This will be a short one, and is intended more for advanced or  native English speakers. Don’t forget to head to the website  www.englishsessionswithmike.com for a transcript of this episode. Also,  sign up to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/theenglishsessions to get  extra episodes of Get the Word! and much more. On the Patreon page you...

NOTE: FOR ADVANCED AND FLUENT ENGLISH LISTENERS Hello everyone, this week has been very busy, selling a house and finishing a degree at the same time. I wanted to release something today, however, so here is an episode of my interview podcast, interviewing The Blues Wizard in Bisbee, Arizona. If you'd like to learn more about this now defunct podcast, you can visit: www.bajapod.com Growing up in California, The Blues Wizard (Keith Kifer) and I talk about how being a California kid impacted...

Welcome to Episode 35 of The English Sessions. Know the verb ‘know’! I am your host and English teacher, Mike Butler. These podcasts can help you improve your English! Together, we will talk about grammar… pronunciation… structure... and have some fun too. Remember to visit my website, www.englishsessionswithmike.com to contact me for private lessons, and for more content.  You can also read the transcript of this audio on the website, as you listen to this episode. We all know the verb...