WeSpeak English
WeSpeak English
Ayleen Woodhouse
Hello! I am Ayleen, the founder and content creator of WeSpeak English, a podcast that presents English classes focused on improving speaking skills. My first season is called "Conversation strategies", tune in to learn strategies that will make your conversation more natural and fluent. Welcome to my podcast!
I think Vs. I think so
In this episode I will be sharing segments of one of our English Conversation Workshops where we'll analyze the difference between "I think" and "I think so". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
Jun 16, 2023
6 min
Expressions for disagreeing and persuading
In this episode I will be sharing a segment of one of my classes where two students, Mafer and Milton, debate the following topic: "All students caught cheating should automatically fail the course and be required to take the entire course the following year." Listen carefully to their conversation and notice what expressions they use for disagreeing and persuading. Head over to https://wespeakidiomas.com/2022/08/27/disagreeing-and-persuading/ for a list of expressions to give opinions, disagree with opinions, clarify your ideas and persuade someone you don’t agree wit.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
Aug 22, 2022
8 min
The Present Perfect to make comments
Welcome to another episode of my series "A sneak peek into an online class". In this episode, we will learn how to use the Present Perfect to make comments about movies we've seen. Class details: This is a A2 level class (upper basic level). My students' mother tongue is Spanish, they're both from Perú. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
Jan 10, 2021
8 min
Collocations with "party"
Welcome to another episode of my series "A sneak peek into an online class". In this episode, we will learn collocations with the word "party" Class details: This is a B1 level class (intermediate level). My student is from Perú, she's a Spanish speaker. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
Oct 17, 2020
5 min
Grammar: Using "prefer" with gerunds
Welcome to another episode of my series "A sneak peek into an online class". In my second episode, I will be explaining how to talk about preferences using the verb "prefer" with gerunds. Class details: This is a B1 level class (intermediate level). My student is from Perú, she's a Spanish speaker. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
Oct 12, 2020
9 min
Vocabulary: Savage or wild?
Hello English learners, Welcome to the second series of our WeSpeak English podcast! Since this time I will share my students' participation in class, I've decided to call this series "A sneak peek into an online class". In the next 10 episodes I'll be sharing segments of my classes so we can learn and analyze grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, etc. In this first episode we will analyze word choice. Details of the class: A2 level (upper basic) My student is a Spanish speaker from Perú. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
Sep 20, 2020
6 min
Asking for favors
Can you do me a favor? Yes, that’s the typical question we use for making requests, but there are some other expressions that help us sound more polite. Listen to this podcast to learn four different ways of asking for favors. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
Aug 16, 2020
10 min
Reacting to a story
How do you show you're a good listener? There are ways you can show the speaker that you are paying attention to his/her story. Listen to this episode to learn new expressions to "react to a story." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
Jul 10, 2020
7 min
Asking politely
Sometimes you need to ask to do something or ask someone to do something, but how do you ask politely?  In this episode learn how to use: - Do you mind if + I + verb . . . ? to ask permission to do something - Would you mind + verb + -ing . . . ? to ask someone to do something --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
Jul 1, 2020
7 min
Responding to suggestions
Why don't we have Chinese? How do you respond to this suggestion? Listen to this episode and learn how to use different expressions to respond to suggestions in a positive and negative way. For a full script go to https://wespeakonline.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/conversation-strategies-responding-to-suggestions/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wespeakenglish/message
May 30, 2020
7 min
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