In this podcast we will hear about Stanley Park in Vancouver, Canada. Stanley Park is considered by many to be the most beautiful park in North America. It may also be the largest urban park as well. At 1000 acres in size, Stanley Park is larger t…
In today’s episode we present a conversation in which Steve speaks with Art and Art shares his understanding and knowledge of personal finance. Difficulty Level: Advanced Category: Business Duration: 7:41 Click here to listen to Personal Finance. …
In this episode Steve speaks with Al Wardale who is from a small community in Northern Alberta, in Canada. Al describes life in the North. Difficulty Level: Beginner Category: Beginner II Duration: 3:08 Click here to listen to Life in a Northern T…
Listen in as David chats with his Mom, Lorna Avender, about her birthday; and one surprise in particular that only her daughter could have given her. Difficulty Level: Intermediate Category: Family Duration: 8:02Click here to listen to A Special B…
In this conversation Steve speaks with Rebecca about networking and mentorship opportunities available to members of the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Leaders of Tomorrow program. Difficulty Level: Advanced Category: Business Duration: 20:51 Click he…
In this episode Steve talks with Art about resume writing, job interviews and other aspects of finding a job. Difficulty Level: Advanced Category: Careers Duration: 8:24 Click here to listen to Interviews and Resumes. Make sure to study it using o…
Steve speaks with Farouk Verjee. Farouk tells of his background as a refugee from Uganda, the law practice he established in Canada, and the situation faced by new Canadians today. A very interesting story of a successful Canadian. Difficulty Leve…
Click here for the podcast of this article. Learning by example and changes in the REVIEW area of The Linguist I would like to talk about the power of examples in language learning. We learn by seeing and hearing words in use. The more examples we…
Click here for the podcast of this article. One of our learners asked for advice on what content to study and how to improve fluency. At first he chose difficult content which he could not understand very well, despite saving many words and phrase…
We have had quite a bit of discussion lately about our writing correction system and Steve sent out his tips on writing a few days ago. In addition we have made a few changes to the writing system itself. First of all, we have tried to simplify th…