Dee’s English Lessons

Presenting details about the formats of Academic IELTS, General Training and Life Skills. Sections, content and duration.

Introducing a new series: IELTS - a standardized English language test for persons who intend to prove their English language proficiency. General introduction to IELTS. Basic facts.

Wrapping up the series on Social ills, wrapping up the year, new year greetings and statistics on listeners to the podcast.

Series on social ills continues: Focus: Addictions. Definition and variations of the word. An addict. To be addicted to... Examples of 10 top common addictions, quoting from Camino Recovery website. 1. Coffee 2. Tobacco and Nicotine 3. Alcohol. 4. Sex addiction 5. Illegal and prescription drugs 6. Gambling 7. The internet and modern technology 8. Video games 9. Food 10 Work.

Series on social ills continues...Case study: Stigma - Stereotype - Prejudice. Definitions and common examples.

Series on social ills continues: New case study: Embezzlement (noun) To embezzle (verb). Definition and examples of embezzlement.

Series on social ills: Topic of focus: Bribery and Corruption. Letters from three listeners. Discussing bribery and corruption in details focusing on the case of corporate hospitality. When can it be considered bribery?

Ongoing series on social ills: Introducing a new sub topic: Bribery and Corruption. Definition and examples.

Series on social ills: Topic: Discrimination. Discussing two types of discrimination: Physical appearance (Height, weight, special bodily features) and disability discrimination.

Series on social ills continues: Topic: Discrimination: Focus: Discussing Social status discrimination, workplace discrimination and age discrimination with specific examples.

Series on social ills continues. Case study: Discrimination:  Racial, gender and religious discrimination.

Teachers Day. Beginning a new series: Title: Social ills . What are social ills? Bad habits that make our society bad. Introducing the first social ill - Discrimination (Noun), Discriminatory (adjective) and to discriminate against... (verb). More discussions in the next episode.

Wrapping up the series on frequently misused English words. Correction of the last quiz from episode 136. Recommended further reading on Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs at the website ThoughtCo . Click here to go to the website page that has the list of words to learn. New series coming up in September. Stay tuned.

Series on frequently misused words continues: Case study: Flour / Flower / Floor / Flaw Quiz: Four sentences for practice.

Series on frequently misused words continues.  Answers to the quiz from the previous episode. 1. There are good students in our class. 2. They're happy. 3. Let's go to their class. 4. I dare you to go there . 5. Don't tear that paper. Tongue twister for practice: Don't dare tear that paper there.

Focus on frequently misused English words. Case study: The pronunciation of the words: there / their / they're / dare / tear.  A quiz of 5 sentences to test the understanding of the words.

Series on frequently misused English words continues. Answers and explanations of the quiz in Episode 132.

Vocabulary comprehension series continues: Filling out blanks in 10 sentences with the words: Lice, laying, lay, lies, lying, lie, lied

Series on frequently misused words continues with an introduction of a new set of words: The verb To lie (To tell lies), To lie (To lie down) and the verb To lay (To put something down). Attention on the words 'lice' and 'lies'.

Vocabulary focus on frequently misused words. Correction of words used in the quiz in Episode 129.

Introducing a new series: Commonly misused words. Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Antonyms. Case study:  Live / leave / leaf Lives / leaves / life Lived / lift

Closing the series on COVID-19 vocabulary. Learning 3 expressions used when sympathizing: "I am very sorry for your loss." "Accept my sympathy." "Please accept our sincere condolences."  Hint on the next series. Words we easily misuse.

Vocabulary: More words and expressions discussed within the context of COVID-19.  Conspiracy => conspirator => conspiracy theory => conspiracy theorist Controversy => controversial

More COVID-19 vocabulary discussions. Case studies: Clusters, community spread and incubation period.

Continuing the series on COVID-19 vocabulary and expressions. Describing a curve as used in describing the COVID-19 curve. The curve rises, reaches an apex then falls. Sometimes it flattens.