Tilghman Weekly Podcast | Cool American Cultural Phrases for International Students

Max Zhang
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This is a Podcast about the English idioms, slangs, and phrases that many of us use in our daily life in the U.S. We invite ESL faculty from Drew University to discuss these phrases, their usage, and the culture behind them with our Drew international student participants in the show.

Episodes

  1. 07/17/2020

    Episode-7 | The "Hold" Family, Propositions & Phrasal Verbs

    In this episode, we continue to explore commonly used phrasal verbs such as: hold on hold up hold against hold up hold back wrap up close up We also discussed some useful sayings: how are you holding up? hold your horses ballpark

    19 min

  2. 07/17/2020

    Episode-8 | A Game of Sayings

    In this episode, we played a little game where guests of the show tried to make sentences with sayings that they just learned. Some of the sentences needed more work while others were spot on. We hope that after listening to this episode, you understand how to use these sayings in your daily English conversations. My way or the high way Rub someone the wrong way An arm and a leg Cash Cow Pull the plug Too many cooks in the kitchen Too many balls in the air Drop the ball

    24 min

  3. 06/24/2020

    Episode-6 | The "Stand" Family & The "Hang" Family

    In this episode, we discussed: The Different Meanings of "Check out" The "Stand" Family - Can't Stand, Stand for, Stand up for The "Hang" Family - Hang out, Hang in, Hang tight, Hang up, Hang on, Don't leave me hanging

    27 min

  4. 06/17/2020

    Episode-5 | Flex This New Phrase To Your Friends: "I've got some tea ;)"

    In this episode, we discussed the following phrasal verbs: "Give Up", "Keep Up", "Show Off", "Throw Around". We also discussed if you can tell your boss to "bring you up to speed" on things at work. And we talked about trendy fun phrases such as "flexing" and "Spill the Tea".

    33 min

  5. 06/10/2020

    Episode-4 | Come Across, Run Into, Go Over, Mix up, and more!

    Here is a list of the phrases that we discussed in this episode: come across run into go over mix up I second that Naysayers Party pooper Vibe We also chatted about the popular filler word "like" as well. In the next episode, we will dig more into this topic.

    32 min

  6. 05/27/2020

    Episode-3 | Hang out, play with, and make up :)

    In this episode, we continued to dig into phrasal verbs.  what is the difference between Hangout and Play? the multiple meanings that the phrase "make up" has what does "play with" mean in different contexts We also discussed some other phrases such as "a piece of cake" and "an apple a day, keeps the doctor away". I hope you guys enjoy it!

    22 min

  7. 05/06/2020

    Episode-2 | Phrasal Verbs

    In this episode, we talked about Phrasal Verbs quite extensively. Phrasal verbs are very commonly used in daily conversations by native speakers. Still, they might be challenging for language learners to master, as they are usually considered more of an advanced subject and taught to students later on in their English learning journeys. There are about 300 "hot" phrasal verbs being used every day in English conversations, and the best way for students to grasp them is to have a keen ear to spot them and practice using them in conversations.

    37 min

  8. Season 1 Trailer

    Intro Episode | Why This Podcast?

    Hello, I am Max Zhang, your host for this Podcast, and I am a staff member at the Tilghman International Student Center at Drew University. We know for language learners who are not native to English, learning English is hard, and being witty in English is even tougher. During Drew Virtual Times, we are offering all our international students this podcast for you to learn a couple of interesting phrases every week, understand whether they can be used in an academic setting or not, and to learn a bit about the culture behind these phrases. Each episode, we invite one of our ESL faculty to the show, and we also open the floor to all our students to learn and to participate in the conversation as well. We go live every Wednesday at noon with our students and faculty and will post the episode right after. I hope you enjoy the show! Now, on to the learning!

    1 min

  9. 05/04/2020 ·  Bonus

    Episode-1 | What are Cool Cultural Phrases?

    This is a test run episode for proof of concept. In this episode, we talked about some big picture stuff such as what an inclusive title we can use to encompass idioms, slang, sayings, etc. We also discussed the fluidity of cultural phrases and how they are used or not used depending on different cultural (in a broad sense) groups, etc. I hope you enjoy this episode, and please join us in our future episodes! We go live at Tilghman Virtual Welcome Desk every Wednesday at noon.

    20 min

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This is a Podcast about the English idioms, slangs, and phrases that many of us use in our daily life in the U.S. We invite ESL faculty from Drew University to discuss these phrases, their usage, and the culture behind them with our Drew international student participants in the show.

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