Update 2017-2-27: Added Oxford images & links.
Re our classes on neighbours, neighbourhoods and homes, I'm posting some relevant images from the Merriam Webster Visual Dictionary and the Oxford Learner's Dictionaries.
Click on each image to see the page in the dictionary, with definitions and more info & vocab.
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UPDATE 2017-10-22: Added Giles Parker and Culips CB#196. 2017-2-27: All ESLPod.com links changed to Lizhi.fm. For more info, see this post: ESLPod Links Broken.
Update 2017-01-06: Updated ESL Pod links to Lizhi.fm. (For more info see this post: ESL Pod Links Broken.) Added ESL Podcast 138, 382,
Update 2016-06-20: Added ESLpod 247, 461, 635, 690, 711, 801, 914 & 1162, and BEP 89, 283 & 284.
Re our classes on travel and staying at a hotel, here are a few relevant podcasts.
Researching / Choosing a Hotel
Making Reservations
Getting to your Hotel and Around Town
Staying at a Hotel: Services, Amenities and Facilities; Problems
Checking Out
Business English Pod has several podcasts and videos related to the topic of project management. You can see all those tagged 'project management' here:
The embedded videos are blocked in China, but you can still get them if you click the little "Download" link at the bottom of the page.
Here is a selection:
Don't forget to also check out my posts on other project-related materials from Business English Pod:
Also you might want to look at my post on project management podcasts from ESL Pod:
Cambridge have a useful online dictionary of English specifically for business, and I have often given links to it in my classes and articles. But they recently changed the way their site works. It is now impossible to link directly to a word's definition and example sentences in the business dictionary. Instead it is only possible to link to a page that shows the ordinary English definition and example sentences, and which has a tab you must click on to see the Business English definition and examples. Just click on the tab marked "Business" and you can see the relevant definitions and examples. I have many links to the old dictionary that don't work any more, in my class notes in my articles here. I will, over time, update them or replace them with links to other dictionaries. In the meantime, when I give a link to Cambridge in class, remember to click on the Business tab to see definitions and examples that are specifically for business.
UPDATE 2017-10-22: Some reorganization of links. Added Culips CB#68, CB#123 & SS#021; many from Podcasts in English; Let's Master English Daily Expression 06. Fixed a couple of ESL Podcast links. 2017-4-9: Changed ESL Podcast links to Lizhi.fm. Added a few more.
For our class on sports, here are some podcasts from ESLPod on: playing sports, watching sports, talking about sports and sports people, and sports injuries.
Specific Sports or Types of Sport
Football (meaning 'association football' or 'soccer')
Winter sports
Other
Sports in General, and Watching & Discussing Sports
Health & Injuries
Other
A scene from a game of cricket: the batsman (holding a bat in his hands and wearing a helmet on his head, pads on his legs and gloves on his hands) raises his bat to hit the ball. If the ball hits the wicket (the three stumps/sticks in the ground) making the bails (two small sticks on the wicket) fall down, the batsman is out (eliminated from the game). If the batman successfully hits the ball, he will run to another wicket to score a run (a point). Behind the wicket, the wicketkeeper waits: if the bat touches the ball and the wicketkeeper catches the ball before it hits the ground, the batsman will be out. If the wicketkeeper gets the ball and hits the wicket while a batsman is running (before he arrives at the wicket), the batsman will be out.
Update 2017-10-22: Added Podcasts in English 1.117, 2.114 and 3.114. 2017-08-27: Added several Culips podcasts. 2017-03-22: Added British Council. 2017-01-12: Update ESL Pod links to Lizhi.fm. Added ESL Podcast #870.
Re our class on health and fitness, here are some podcasts where you can hear discussion on: health, diet, exercise, habits etc.
Food and Diet
Exercise, fitness, gym, spa
Habits
Update 2017-04-24: Added ESL Podcasts #191 & #1108.
Update 2017-03-10: Changed ESL Podcast links to Lizhi.fm. Added ESL Pod #557. Update 2016-06-20: Added BEP 88 & 89.
Re our class "Before You Go Somewhere" about preparing to go on a trip, here are some podcasts you can listen to about things to do before you travel: planning, preparing, packing etc.
Here are a couple more advanced, business-focused podcasts.
I've checked, updated and fixed all the links (and added a couple of new ones) in my article on the word "résumé". (Especially links to the Oxford Learner's Dictionary, as they recently changed the format of their URLs.)
Check it out here:
Update 2017-02-14: Updated many of the vocabulary links.
Re our class on "Employee Resourcing and Management", here are a couple of podcasts on staffing needs, relevant to an organization in general, or when starting a new project. They involve dealing with issues like: how many employees are needed, what work will they do, what qualifications should they have, where to find them, how much to pay them.
Some vocabulary from Part 1:
Some vocab from Part 2:
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