TALC Chats Podcast
Supported by Tacoma Area Literacy Council Volunteers.
This podcast supports American-English language learners by strengthening listening and comprehension skills. In addition, this podcast focuses on pronunciation challenges, idioms, and expressions in the American- English language.
Contact info: https://tacomaliteracy.org/ ph. 253-272-2471
TALC Chats Podcast
Latest Episodes
#74 - Would you mind if I sat here? 🪑 Practicing a very polite way to ask for something
Would you mind if I asked you a personal question, Latonya?No, I wouldn’t mind if you asked me a personal question but remember I don’t have to answer it. That’s a perfect answer, Latonya! You wouldn’t ...
#73 - From English Learner to English Tutor! How did Violetta do it?
Latonya and Diana talk with Violetta, a new tutor with the Tacoma Area Literacy Council (TALC), the organization that sponsors this podcast. Violetta is a new tutor from Ukraine who began learning English 3 years ago when she arrived in t...
#72 How to have a healthy brain 🧠
Do you ever think about what you can do to keep your brain healthy?I listened to an interesting radio program last week about how to keep our brains healthy and I’d like to share what they said with our listeners.Wha...
#71 - Lots of ways to say "Hello!" 👋
Hey! How are ya, Latonya?Pretty good! And you?I’m okeydokey!That’s one way that we exchange greetings in English. How many ways do you think people say “hello” in English?According to Berlitz – a language...
#70 - How many books 📚 do you have? How much time 🕟 do you spend reading each day? "how much?" & "how many?"
How many books did you read last year? How much time do you spend reading every day?When do we use “how much” and when do we use “how many??If we’re asking about something that we can count, we u...