Canguro English

Canguro English presents a podcast about language for people learning languages.

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S3 · E18
October 10 · 36 min
Phlegm to karate (Word Routes 006)
Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from phlegm to karate.
S3 · E17
October 1 · 22 min
Should you learn British or American English? (Ask Canguro 005)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's question: Should you learn British or American English?
S3 · E16
September 25 · 1 hr 26 min
Learn English with films - A Few Good Men (Canguro in the Wild 006)
Join Christian and Matt as they analyze a famous film scene starring Tom Cruise & Jack Nicholson.
S3 · E15
September 17 · 1 hr 36 min
Learn English with films - A Few Good Men (Canguro in the Wild 005)
Join Christian and Matt as they analyze a famous film scene starring Tom Cruise & Jack Nicholson.
S3 · E14
September 11 · 54 min
Die to hazard (Word Routes 005)
Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from die to hazard.
S3 · E13
September 3 · 1 hr 28 min
Why is English spelling so irregular? (Ask Canguro 004)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: Why is English spelling so irregular, and can it be replaced with a better system?
S3 · E12
August 28 · 1 hr 25 min
News story - Words and phrases (Canguro in the Wild 004)
Join Christian and Matt as they look at 10 interesting words & expressions from a short news report.
S3 · E11
August 20 · 51 min
Sausage to wedding (Word Routes 004)
Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from a sausage to a wedding.
S3 · E10
August 13 · 1 hr 26 min
How many words do you need to be fluent? (Ask Canguro 003)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: How many English words should we know to speak fluently?
S3 · E9
August 6 · 1 hr 27 min
Dog poem - Nouns, verbs, MWCs (Canguro in the Wild 003)
Join Christian and Matt as they rank the top five nouns, verbs, and multi-word constructions from a heartfelt poem about a dog.
S3 · E8
July 30 · 47 min
Wife to the Louvre (Word Routes 003)
Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from a wife to the Louvre.
S3 · E7
July 23 · 1 hr 19 min
Is grammar important? (Ask Canguro 002)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: Is grammar important?
S3 · E6
July 16 · 1 hr 16 min
Turn passive vocabulary into active vocabulary (Ask Canguro 001)
Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: How to move passive vocabulary into active vocabulary!
S3 · E5
July 9 · 1 hr 30 min
Steve Jobs - Idioms, cultural references, medical words (Canguro in the Wild 002)
Join Christian and Matt as they rank the top five multi-word constructions, cultural references, and medical words from a famous Steve Jobs speech.
S3 · E4
July 2 · 1 hr 34 min
Steve Jobs - Adjectives, verbs, phrasal verbs (Canguro in the Wild 001)
Join Christian and Matt as they rank the top five adjectives, verbs, and phrasal verbs from a famous Steve Jobs speech.
S3 · E3
June 25 · 47 min
Horse to helicopter (Word Routes 002)
Join Christian and Matt on an exciting journey through English vocabulary from horse to helicopter.
S3 · E2
June 19 · 46 min
Mouse to chef (Word Routes 001)
Join Christian and Matt on an exciting journey through English vocabulary from mouse to chef.
S3 · E1
June 17 · 20 min
The podcast is back!
The Canguro English podcast is back! In this episode you will learn about why the podcast stopped, why it's returning, and what you can expect in the future. See you in class!
Jul 13, 2021 · 1 hr 21 min
Accent and identity (with Erik Singer)
If you know me and my work then you know that I talk a lot about identity, and especially how your accent is a big part of your identity: your accent tells the story of your life. But if you do want to change your accent, or improve your pronunciation, how do you do it? Recently I had the pleasure of talking to someone with expert answers to that question: Erik Singer, a dialect coach who helps film and television actors to speak with an accent that is not their native accent, and because of this he knows exactly what it takes mentally and physically to change the way you speak. In this interview we talk about how to change your accent, the best ways to practice, but more importantly if and why you should try to ‘speak like a native’. I hope you enjoy it.
Jun 13, 2021 · 1 hr 4 min
The state of modern linguistics | The Story of Language | Bonus episode
Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this bonus episode we talk about the state of modern linguistics, including the effects of the replication crisis, scientific fraud, Anglocentrism, and how the underappreciated work of Charles Sanders Peirce might offer a universal theory of how language works.

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