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It Takes Two to Tango: A Conversation with Lisa Wood | Advanced English Conversations (E79)

In this episode of Hear You Go, I speak with English teacher and neuro-language coach Lisa Wood about the importance of being an active, kind, gentle listener in the dance that is a conversation.

Our chat is perfect for advanced English learners, English teachers, and anyone interested in mindset, confidence, and how listening shapes communi...

📚 In this advanced English listening practice episode of Hear You Go, I dive into The Bee Sting by Paul Murray—a Booker Prize–shortlisted novel about an Irish family falling apart, unraveling really, under pressure. Each family member tells their own version of events, showing us how perspective, memory, and emotion shape the stories we carry.

The episode explores:

• Why personal narratives matter, ...

Have you heard the alarm bells too? Are we reading less these days? My friends are all readers, so I find it hard to imagine that people don’t read for enjoyment.

In search of answers, I decided to take a look at the shifting habits around reading for pleasure. Are people (especially young people) actually reading less? What does the data say? And why does it matter?

We’ll explore:

• What does it me...

Raising Bilingual Kids: A Conversation with English Language Teacher Leticia Dalposso

In this episode of Hear You Go, I speak with Leticia Dalposso, a Brazilian English teacher and mother of two, about how she is raising her children to speak English at home—even though they live in Brazil and English isn’t her first language.

This conversation is perfect for advanced English learners, English teachers, and anyone interested in bil...

It’s the final episode of Season 3—thank you for listening this season! 

Today, for your Advanced English Listening practice, I’m sharing a book that completely surprised me: The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim.

I honestly don’t know how I hadn’t heard of it before, but I’m so glad I read it. It’s a charming read (just what I needed in recent months!)—but also sharp, funny, and quietly radical and subversive.

In this episod...

The Long Game: From Zero to Real Life in Language

Learning - with Abbie Fulbrook.

What happens when you move to a new country, start a new job, and can’t speak the language? Abbie Fulbrook did just that—13 years ago, when she moved from the UK to Japan.

In this conversation for intermediate and advanced English learners, Abbie shares her experience learning Japanese from zero, and how it’s influenced the way she teaches English. We...

Happy 158th Birthday, Canada!

You’d have to be living with your head in the sand not to know that Canada’s very identity has been called into question these past six months.

On this Canada Day, July 1st, 2025, we reflect on what makes Canada Canada—not just to the world, but to me, personally.

In this timely episode, we’ll: 

🇨🇦 go on a whirlwind tour through Canadian history, from Viking visitors ...

In this new advanced English language conversation (E72), I talk to English language coach and pronunciation pro Jessica Dias to discuss one of the most underrated language skills: listening.

But not just listening for meaning — listening as a speaking strategy. Jessy shares how tuning your ear to real English conversations helps you sound more natural, confident, and fluent.

We explore why so many learners struggle to speak — and...

Episode 71: A Beginner Goes to Italy and Wonders: Why Learn a Language? 

In this episode of Hear You Go for intermediate and advanced English language learners, I take you with me as I connect the TED Talk by linguist John McWhorter to my 2½-week language experiment in Italy.

Can I tell you how often I felt like my head was going to explode?! 

In this three-part episode, I:

• unpack McWhorter’s fo...

Obasan and the Silence of History (E70)

In this episode of Hear You Go, we honour Asian Heritage Month in Canada by exploring the groundbreaking novel Obasan by Joy Kogawa—a powerful and emotional story that reveals the experiences of Japanese Canadians during and after WWII. 

In this two-part episode, we:

• examine the historical context of Japanese immigration to Cana...

Phrasal verbs: the ultimate headache for English learners—or are they?

In this episode, I talk with Nathaly Rodriguez, an English language teacher and self-proclaimed "language detective," to uncover the secrets behind these tricky verb + particle combinations.

Nathaly shares her personal journey with English, from struggling with phrasal verbs as an instructor to discovering a cognitive linguistics a...

Graduation is a milestone that marks both an ending and a beginning—not just for our children, but for us as parents too. As my youngest prepares to finish university, I find myself reflecting on the bittersweet reality of watching our kids step into their own lives.

In this episode of Hear You Go, I explore:

• the process of letting go
• the evolving parent-child relationship in adulthood, and 
• how to embrace this new chapter as ...

In this episode of Hear You Go (E67), I sit down with the exceptional Brazilian English teacher Bruna Passos for a conversation that started with a book and led us to so many interesting places.

We talk about the power of fiction—not just for enjoyment but for expanding our perspectives, building empathy, and even challenging the status quo. Bruna shares how literature has transported her to different t...

For your advanced English listening practice, we're blasting off to where everyone had a translator thingamajig on their t-shirt and could talk to any alien out there in the galaxy 🤣.

As a child, I dreamed of becoming an astronaut, exploring the final frontier aboard the Starship Enterprise. While my math grades grounded that dream, my fascination with space never waned. In this episode of Hear You Go, I dive into Orbital, the 2...

In this English language listening practice episode (E65), I talk to English language teacher Eidiane Rufino , who shares her experiences as a teacher from Brazil, now living in Canada. 

Eidiane opens up about how she went from hating English to seeing it as a key to opening up a whole new world. She knew from a young age that she wanted to be a teacher, and today, she can clearly see her strengths as a non-native teacher, and what...

Hats - Quaint Artifacts? Harmless Fashion Accessory? Political Statement? 

Ontario’s premier has a new baseball cap that makes a bold political statement—but it got me thinking about hats in general. When did they go out of fashion? Why were they once essential, and why do they still hold power today?

In this Ideas in English listening practice (intermediate and advanced B2/C1 level) episode of Hear You Go, we’ll explore: ✔️ The hi...