In this episode, we dive into the exciting world of restaurants, with a special spotlight on the Rainforest Café. Can you imagine dining in a tropical rainforest surrounded by the elements? Tune in to test your memory with some fun questions and get creative with a challenge for your next English lesson!
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Tom and Kari follow up last week's episode on suffixes with an episode on the opposite - prefixes!

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Join Kari and Tom on their mission to help you improve your vocabulary - not by learning new words - but by adding prefixes and suffixes to the ones you already know.  This week - suffixes. 

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We're back! And as this is a new year it is also a new season.  
Our first episode in 2024 is an excellent chance to check how much winter vocabulary - you know. 
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Join Kari and Tom as they introduce our listeners to 6 idiomatic expressions related to animals - a horse, a dog and a bee!!

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Many people are aware that the Americans will be celebrating Thanksgiving this week.  But what do you know about the origins of this festival, and what can you do to respect its traditions?

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Next week is a very special week for VivaLing - we will be celebrating our anniversary - find out which by listening to this podcast, You will also  learn more about the history of birthday and anniversary parties with Kari and Tom. 
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Prepositions are small and annoying words - they are responsible for many mistakes in English, but why?
Join Tom to look at some key dependent prepositions and prepositional phrases and use his simple exercise to get more practice.  Don't forget to check the transcript to see the prepositions used in this podcast. 

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Do you know what stingy means? Find out what happens when Jack tries to trick the devil!

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Listen to these 4 different Halloween traditions and try to guess which country they come from. We hope you don't get too scared!

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Why are people so afraid of Friday the 13th? Is it really an unlucky day? What is the history behind the superstition? Find out more with Kari and Tom... 

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The gerund finishes with -ing - but it is not a verb.  What is it and how can we use it?
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Bhangarh Fort is one of the most haunted places in the world! Find out what happened when Tom visited it in 2022. Would you have the courage to stay the night in a cursed castle?
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Wednesday September 27th is world tourism day.   But what is dark tourism.  Listen to Tom explain this new (or not so new) phenomenon and make up your own mind.  Is it a good or bad thing?

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Last week we taught Kari the basics of rugby - a sport she knew nothing about.  This week she has actually seen a game so she was able to ask more questions.  Learn more vocabulary and practice your comprehension with the exercises on the transcript. 

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Have you ever tried to describe a sport to someone who knows nothing about it?  That was the challenge Tom faced with Kari - who has never seen a rugby match and wanted to find out more.   Listen out for specialist sport and rugby vocabulary!

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Do you know what a tall tale is?  Have you ever heard of Paul Bunyon?  And Babe?
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We all know about maths, science, English and history, but some schools and universities have some crazy subjects. 
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As people's thoughts start turning to school again - this podcast revises superlative adjectives and discovers the biggest, oldest and coolest schools in the world. 

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Now it's Kari's turn to tell us about her childhood memories of family camping and Tom's turn to be tested on the camp word family!

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Camping is a fun way to enjoy nature and spend time with your family or friends. In part 1 Tom shares a funny anecdote with Kari and tests her on the words he uses for camping equipment. In part 2, it will be the other way round! 

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Last week we were talking about the passive voice - this episode is an extension of that - looking at a specific passive voice structure that many students have difficulty with 0 the causative!

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Sarah is an English coach with VivaLing.  But she also speaks another language herself - listen to her lamguage learning tips based on her experience as a coach and a student. 

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It's important to be able to use a variety of grammar when you are speaking and writing - Kari and Tom give some excellent tips on the difference between the passive and active voices. 

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In British and American English we have different words for different meals and courses.  Join Kari and Tom as they steer through this minefield to help you undertsand which words to use. 

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