Episodes
This is a re-release of Episode 18 with a correction. NOTE: Phrasal verbs need more than one WORD to complete its meaning. Often, this is a verb and a preposition. I misspoke on the podcast. Send your suggestions AND corrections to [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theenglishsessions/message
Published 11/04/20
Welcome to Episode 34 of The English Sessions. Talk / Say / Tell (Rock and Roll Edition!). 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....
Published 10/28/20
Welcome to episode 33 of The English Sessions. Win or Earn?. 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 this word...
Published 10/21/20
Welcome to episode 32 of The English Sessions. Child/children. 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 this word...
Published 10/15/20
Welcome to Episode 31 of The English Sessions. next to  / near . 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...
Published 10/07/20
Welcome to Episode 30 of The English Sessions. STOP + Gerund/Infinitive. 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. --- This...
Published 09/30/20
Welcome to episode 29 of The English Sessions. Few or a few?. 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...
Published 09/24/20
This is our first and most popular episode. It is especially helpful for my Brazilian learners. I am re-releasing this episode without advertisements. Remember, you can listen to all episodes of The English Sessions without advertisements by becoming a $5 Patreon supporter of The English Sessions. Click here to learn more. You will find much more on the Patreon page, including bonus episodes of different series. $2 supporters have access to English Sessions recorded with English learners from...
Published 09/16/20
Welcome to episode 28 of The English Sessions. Transitive / Intransitive verbs. 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...
Published 09/12/20
Welcome to episode 27 of The English Sessions. The Passive Voice. 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. --- This episode is...
Published 09/03/20
Welcome to episode 26 of The English Sessions. Don’t count those nouns! 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. --- This episode is...
Published 08/26/20
Welcome to episode 25 of The English Sessions. Could (Modal Verb Series). 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. This episode is...
Published 08/19/20
Make sure to listen to the end for A NEW ENGLISH SESSIONS CONTEST! Welcome to episode 24 of The English Sessions. The Infinitive. 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...
Published 08/13/20
Welcome to a bonus episode of The English Sessions. This podcast episode suggestion came from my student, Anna, in Brazil. She wants to know more about where I live, Bisbee, Arizona, USA. So, today, I am going to tell you about all the great things in my area, and some bad things. Do you have any suggestions for episodes? Give me your suggestions by writing an email and sending it to [email protected], or, record a message on the website: www.englishsessionswithmike.com I am...
Published 08/06/20
Welcome to episode 23 of The English Sessions. Vowel Sounds (Pronunciation THE LETTER ‘U’). 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...
Published 07/30/20
Welcome to episode 22 of The English Sessions. Fun or Funny? 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. --- This episode is sponsored...
Published 07/22/20
Today’s episode is about something very specific. Why do some learners say “Most of people”. For example, “Most of people think that pizza is delicious”. I am here to say, to you, that this is not the common way to phrase this. A native English speaker will probably not say this.  You can read the transcript of this audio on the website, as you listen to this episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in...
Published 07/16/20
Welcome to episode 20 of The English Sessions. The Silent ‘W’. 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. --- This episode is...
Published 07/08/20
Welcome to episode 19 of The English Sessions. Determiners. 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. --- This episode is...
Published 07/01/20
Welcome to episode 18 of The English Sessions. Grow / Grow up (Phrasal Verb Series). 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.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. ...
Published 06/24/20
Welcome everyone to a bonus episode of The English Sessions. I am your host and dog lover, Mike Butler. Today’s episode is part of a series called, “Great Gretas doing Great Things” because history is fun, AND, because we have ended our puppy naming contest. The name of our puppy is now Greta. The winner of our contest is Patrick, because he thought of the name “Gobou”, which was a very close runner up. A “runner-up” is a phrase for someone or something that is not the winner, but is in...
Published 06/22/20
Welcome to episode 17 of The English Sessions. Too much / so much / too many / so many (Much/many, Part 2). 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...
Published 06/17/20
Welcome to episode 16 of The English Sessions. To and For Part 2, (The Preposition, TO). 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...
Published 06/11/20
- FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS AND NATIVE/FLUENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS - This second episode of Get the Word! is being released to the general public, through the podcast and through our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/theenglishsessions). These episodes feature Mike, an English teacher and Etymology nerd and Alexa, Mike's lovely partner and PhD candidate in Anthropology. They will discuss the history of the words we use everyday in English! We would love to hear from all of you. I will release...
Published 06/04/20
Welcome to episode 15 of The English Sessions. To / For, Part 1 (The Preposition, “FOR”) . 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...
Published 06/02/20