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    Podcast 1 - Introduction - 11-15-2012

    by Rob McCormack - Slow English - http://slowenglish.info

    Podcast 1 - Introduction
    by Rob McCormack - Thursday, November 15, 2012

    http://slowenglish.info/?p=312

    Learn English while learning about daily life in Australia, with Rob McCormack

    Podcast Number 1 - Introduction

    Hi.

    My name is Rob McCormack. I have just turned 60 years old and I have been retired for about 18
    months. I live in Melbourne Australia with Silvia, my wife of 35 years, and our youngest son Andrew,
    who still lives at home. I'm very happy in my retirement, as I have many personal interests and I now
    have time to spend on them. But why am I making these podcasts? Let me explain that by telling you
    about my most important personal interest.

    You see, I am learning to speak German. I started to learn German because my wife, Silvia, was born in
    Austria and came to Australia when she was 8 years old. She still speaks German fluently. She learned
    to speak English very well and throughout our 35 years of marriage, we have always spoken English
    together. But when we go back to Austria to visit her relatives, I find that I can't understand what is being
    said unless everybody speaks English. Now, many of Silvia's relatives can speak English, but they prefer
    to speak German with Silvia. So I feel a little 'left out' of the conversation. That makes me think,
    wouldn't it be great if I could speak some German? I could perhaps understand a little of what they are
    talking about. Perhaps I could even do some of the talking.

    So I decided about 3 years ago that I would learn German. I have gone to German classes every week
    and I do other things to help me learn German. For example, I use websites for language learning (like
    www.Babbel.com) and I also use apps on my iPhone (like Pimsleur German). Now while I have learnt a
    lot of grammar and vocabulary, I find it difficult to understand spoken German. When I try to listen to
    the German news, or to watch German movies, the spoken German is always much too fast for me. I
    can't understand it because the people speak too fast. What I needed was some spoken German which was
    not too fast and about topics which are interesting. Imagine how happy I was when I found there were
    many podcasts for learners of German, where the speaker always spoke slowly.

    So I thought, I wonder if people learning English have the same problem? I decided to make a podcast in
    slow spoken English, about everyday topics, which learners of English could use to improve their
    listening skills. I would make sure that I spoke slowly enough so that learners of English could
    understand me.

    So this is my first podcast for 'slowenglish'. I hope you will download my podcasts and give me feedback
    about them. My podcasts will be about Australian topics, about life, people and events in Australia. If
    you're interested in Australia, I hope you will find my podcasts interesting. I have also created a website
    where you can read the transcripts of my podcasts. It is at www.slowenglish.info. If you have a question

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    or a comment to make, please leave it by clicking the comments link at the top of this story. Or you can
    send me an email at [email protected]. I would love to hear from you. Tell me a little bit about
    yourself and what you think of my slowenglish podcasts. Goodbye until next time.

    Rob

    Vocabulary

    apps = you can buy these at the iTunes store – short for 'applications'

    comment = something you would like to say.

    conversation = when you talk with other people

    created = to decided = when you have chosen something

    feedback = when you tell someone what you think about something they have done.

    fluently = can speak very easily

    imagine = when you think of something in your mind

    involved = to be a part of something

    opportunities = when you get a chance to do something

    prefer = when somebody likes to do something

    provide = when you give something to somebody

    purpose = what something is made for

    relatives = people in your larger family, for example cousins, uncles, aunties, etc.

    retired = when you are older and you do not work anymore

    skills = the things you are good at, the things you can do well.

    throughout = for all of the time

    topics = things to write or talk about

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