ARCHIVE: The Crazy World of Sound
English with Dane

ARCHIVE: The Crazy World of Sound

B2Upper-intermediateFebruary 24, 202626 min
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GROUP SESSIONS I LOVE THIS EPISODE. It's really strange to hear myself like this. This was one of the first every episodes of English with Dane and you can definitely tell. I was listening to old episodes, to see if I noticed much of a difference, and wow. It feels like a totally different person. This episode talks about stuff that we don't really consider in our day-to-day but that I find fascinating. I hope you enjoy it, and if you haven't heard early episodes of the podcast I recommend that you do. It had a different...

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This episode of English with Dane is sponsored by the app Spoken. Spoken is designed for intermediate level English learners who want to practice their speaking skills and feel more confident, because it is what it is that we like the most. This app makes it quick and easy to do short daily speaking tasks.

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You see a random topic and you have to talk about it for one minute. It also helps you improve on each speaking activity by suggesting alternative vocabulary, and it actually shows you your grammar mistakes. My favorite thing about spoken is that you can also collect

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little plants as you progress and you can actually have a little collection going, which seems silly, but I think actually really helps with staying consistent. So download spoken, try it for free and start working on

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