2026-03-19
30 分钟Hi, everybody.
My name is Shauna, and this is the American English Podcast.
My goal here is to teach you the English spoken in the United States.
Through common expressions, pronunciation tips, and interesting cultural snippets or stories, I hope to keep this fun, useful, and interesting.
Let's do it.
You're a language learner, just like me.
Over the years, I've spent a lot of time learning German, Portuguese, French, Spanish, and even Esperanto.
My levels are very different in each of these languages, but each one has taught me something new.
In today's episode, I want to go back to the fundamentals,
how to improve the four skills, listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
My perspective isn't coming only from being a learner, though.
It's also from teaching experience.
After getting certified in TESOL, I taught more than 3,000 ESL classes to students from around the world.
And it always intrigued me why some students progress much faster than others.
What are they doing differently?
As both a teacher and a learner,
I've spent a lot of time thinking about how we can learn languages more effectively.
Maybe you have too.
Cool, we're the same.
The point is, I've sat with this question for a long time,