07 – Find vs. Find out – Happy English Podcast

MichaelAD Confusing Words 13 Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS In today’s podcast, you’re going to find out how to use the verb “find” and the phrasal verb “find out.” These two are similar, but actually have different meanings and uses. You’ll be glad you found this podcast after you learn about these words. To get the details of …

05 – Social Vocabulary

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Technology always has a big influence on language. When the telephone was invented, they had to create a lot of new vocabulary – telephone (“tele” means far away and “phone” means sound), hang up (remember the old phone that was attached to the wall?) and dial (as a verb). …

04 – Fun vs Funny, and a funny joke!

MichaelAD Confusing Words 15 Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Do you like to laugh? Do you have an enjoyable time learning English? Well, for today’s lesson, we are going to look at two confusing words in English: Fun and Funny. This lesson starts out with a classic joke from an old movie. I hope you enjoy it. To …

03 – Pronunciation of the /ər/ Sound

MichaelAD Pronunciation 13 Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS The /ər/ sound in English is tricky for a number of reasons. The main one is that there are several different ways to spell this sound, and in some languages, this sound doesn’t exist. So, check out today’s lesson and see of you can catch the answers to the …

01 – Introduction & A Cup Of Joe

MichaelAD Idioms 53 Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Welcome to the Happy English Podcast! This is our first episode! I’m really excited to bring you this podcast. In today’s episode, I am going to tell you a little bit about myself, so we can get to know each other. Then, I’m going to teach you the idiom, …