Immersive English

Immerso Experiences

The Immersive English podcast provides English language learners with interesting information, conversation, and narrative in clear and understandable English. The podcast consists of mini lessons geared towards intermediate English speakers, with listening comprehension questions at the end of each episode.

  1. Episode 19 - The Dream Job: Fact or Fantasy, Part 3

    12/01/2021

    Episode 19 - The Dream Job: Fact or Fantasy, Part 3

    Join us for part three of a three-part series featuring interviews with people who have somewhat unconventional jobs, exploring the question “are dream jobs real”? This episode features Heide, who worked for the multinational company Procter & Gamble for over thirty years and who is now a team member of Enneagramm for Life, a German organization that promotes personal development through the Enneagram personality typology system. Special thanks to Ordovich of ordovich.com for the song “Punch In, Punch Out” and to the (Young) Pioneers for the intro and outro music. For more information, check out the homepage of the Immersive English podcast immersoexperiences.com. Listening Comprehension Questions: 1. The Enneagram personality types are survival strategies that develop in response to childhood _________. 2. Heide explained that her transition to working with the Enneagram came somewhat naturally because in addition to her financial responsibilities at Procter & Gamble (P&G), she put a lot of time and energy into supporting the ____________ of her employees. 3. The biggest difference between her current job and her previous job is that now ______________ is not the goal. 4. What is the “luxury situation” that she describes herself being in? 5. After only two days on the job as a ____________, her son decided that this wasn’t the right career for him. 1. wounds / wounding 2. personal development 3. money 4. She still gets paid by P&G, even though she no longer works there.  5. judge

    25 min
  2. Episode 17 - The Dream Job: Fact or Fantasy, Part 1

    14/12/2020

    Episode 17 - The Dream Job: Fact or Fantasy, Part 1

    When you were little, did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up? Did you want to be a fireman, an astronaut, or a professional baseball player? Most likely your current career is very different from your childhood dream job, but that doesn’t mean dream jobs don’t exist. This is the first part of a series exploring the concept of the dream job via interviews with people who have interesting and unconventional careers. Learn about their career paths and get their perspective on whether or not the dream job is a real thing. This episode features an interview with Matze, a fisherman and fisheries ecologist in the German state of Bavaria. Special thanks to Ordovich (@theordovichian) and to the (Young) Pioneers for the music. For contact information visit immersoexperience.com. Listening Comprehension Questions: 1. There is a law in Germany that if you catch a fish, you have to __________? 2. Matze gave two examples of situations in which he might have to give his expert opinion and “speak for the fish.” Can you name at least one? 3. For what reason does he do electrofishing while on the job? 4. Why did he quit his job at the ecology bureau? Responses: 1. take it home 2. when there is a proposal to build a hydropower plant and when there is a request for permission to allow runoff into a river 3. to gather data on the fishery from which he can base his expert opinion 4. because they didn’t have any projects involving fish, which is what he wanted to do

    18 min

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The Immersive English podcast provides English language learners with interesting information, conversation, and narrative in clear and understandable English. The podcast consists of mini lessons geared towards intermediate English speakers, with listening comprehension questions at the end of each episode.