Today, I interview Hanna, an online English teacher who is a ball of positive energy. She specializes in teaching natural English as it is spoken in everyday life in the United States. She also speaks Spanish and has been studying Chinese for the last 1.5 years. I think you are going to love the unique expressions she teaches us today and we’ll also hear a little about her lifestyle in Houston, Texas. You can read the podcast transcript on my website.
In this episode, Hanna and I have a natural conversation about the lifestyle and language in Houston, Texas. She shares some of her hobbies and pastimes and a little about the cultural atmosphere in Houston, Texas.
Here are some words that she covers in the episode:
“Y’all”= a way of addressing a group of people and an alternative to “you guys”
“Y’all wanna go out tonight?”
“Fixin’ to”=I’m going to do something
“I’m fixin’ to go get some food.”
“Come in clutch”=to help someone out at just the right time. “By brother came in clutch when I got a flat tire.”
“Tight”=very close friends “We’re tight. We’ve been friends for 10 years.”
Hanna also shares the importance of learning slang to build relationships with Americans and to fit in culturally. She talks about ways of asking her friends to clarify what certain slang words mean since it can be tricky for people to understand all of the nuanced meanings. We also talk about Chat GPT and how she uses it in her own English classes. She uses Chat GPT to write the closing of our podcast episode.
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