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Nine-year-old speaking champion
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/07/2013
» Whether speaking English from a pre-planned script or speaking “off the cuff” (without planning), nine-year-old Onrampha Souvannavong from Sriwittayapaknam School is a champion.
Chompoo has her say
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/04/2013
» Chompoo Araya A. Hargate gives an English language interview about her new musical Reya, her life, taxes and her career.
Learning Thai: Getting to know Trang 2
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/09/2012
» Once again, Acharn Sunee has done both a central Thai and a southern Thai version – and, of course, there is an English version as well.
Finding stories on Storycorps
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/09/2012
» Yesterday I introduced you to Storycorps, a website where you can find and listen to hundreds of very short stories told by ordinary Americans. Best of all, you can see what they said. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the site.
Getting to know Trang 1: ของหรอยเมืองตรัง
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/09/2012
» Roast pork or moo yang, a Trang speciality, is the subject of today's Thai/English lesson. Since this is a very southern story, once again Ajaan Sunee Khaenyuk is doing two versions, one in the central dialect and one in phasaa pak tai.
Veronica, who’s the President?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/08/2012
» It wasn’t intended to be an English lesson, but this youtube video featuring a very clever two-year-old is great for learning how to form English questions.
Is this English?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/08/2012
» Sir Alex Ferguson talks about Van Persie joining United. If you are an English language learner, you may wonder if Sir Alex Ferguson is speaking English or some other language. It’s English, but it’s English with a Scottish accent.
Listening to the stars, part 2
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/08/2012
» Try out your listening skills with a short section of a conversation with Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest human. He comes from Jamaica, so his accent will be a little different than you are used to. AFP photo
Listening to the stars
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/08/2012
» Practice your listening with short passages from Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps (American English) and Jessica Ennis (British English).
Songkran water frenzy
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/06/2012
» Bangkok Post photographer Patipat Janthong was right in the middle of some of Bangkok wettest action yesterday. How do we describe what he photographed?