The A to Z English Podcast improves my English? INTERVIEW

Welcome to another edition of Speak English fluently.

Maligayang pagdating sa isa pang edisyon ng Speak English nang matatas.

I'm your host, Steve Hatherly. And today I'm very excited because my guests

Ako ang host mo, Steve Hatherly. At ngayon ako ay labis na nasasabik dahil ang aking mga bisita

are fellow podcasters. I think this is the first time I've had the

ay kapwa podcaster. Sa tingin ko ito ang unang pagkakataon na nagkaroon ako ng

opportunity to say this. Jack McBain and Kevin Mitchell both come from

pagkakataong sabihin ito. Sina Jack McBain at Kevin Mitchell ay parehong nagmula

the United States of America. Both majored in communication in university.

sa United States of America. Parehong nagtapos ng komunikasyon sa unibersidad.

And both host a podcast called A-Z English Podcast.

At parehong nagho-host ng podcast na tinatawag na AZ English Podcast.

They have a shared love of podcasting, as do I.

Sila ay may ibinahaging pagmamahal sa podcasting, tulad ko.

They have lots of experience teaching English at the university level here in Korea.

Marami silang karanasan sa pagtuturo ng Ingles sa antas ng unibersidad dito sa Korea.

I believe they've been doing it for over 15 plus years.

Naniniwala ako na ginagawa nila ito nang higit sa 15 taon.

That's a long time. And I think maybe collectively, we have a

Mahabang oras iyan. At sa tingin ko, maaaring sama-sama, mayroon din kaming

shared love of dogs as well, at least I do with… with Kevin.

ibinahaging pagmamahal sa mga aso, at least ginagawa ko kay… kay Kevin.

Let me say hello to my guest today, Jack McBain and Kevin Mitchell.

Hayaan akong kumustahin ang aking panauhin ngayon, sina Jack McBain at Kevin Mitchell.

Fellas, welcome to the show. Thank you.

Fellas, maligayang pagdating sa palabas. Salamat.

Hey, Steve. Yeah, thanks for having us. Absolutely, absolutely.

Hoy, Steve. Oo, salamat sa pagkuha sa amin. Ganap, ganap.

Good evening. Good evening to you, Kevin. Has anyone ever

Magandang gabi. Magandang gabi sa iyo, Kevin. May nakapagsabi na ba

told you… you look like Neil Patrick Harris? That I haven't heard.

sa iyo... kamukha mo si Neil Patrick Harris? Na hindi ko narinig.

You've never heard that? That one. No, I… I do have a lot of Korean

Hindi mo pa narinig iyon? Iyang isa. Hindi, ako… Marami akong Korean

students tell me I looked like Benedict Cumberbatch. Oh, interesting.

students na nagsasabi sa akin na kamukha ko si Benedict Cumberbatch. Ay, kawili-wili.

And I don't agree, but I think I see where they get it because I have a relatively narrow

And I don't agree, but I think I see where they get it kasi medyo makitid ang

face. Alright, yeah.

mukha ko. Sige, oo.

And Mr. Cumberbatch does as well. And I think there’s a lot of just, yeah,

At ginagawa rin ni Mr. Cumberbatch. At sa tingin ko, marami lang, oo,

foreigner. Foreigner with somewhat similar face structures.

dayuhan. Dayuhan na may medyo katulad na mga istraktura ng mukha.

Podcast show idea for you guys, which celebrity do you look like most?

Ideya sa palabas sa podcast para sa inyo, sinong celebrity ang pinakakamukha ninyo?

I'm not sure I want to hear the answer to that to be honest.

Hindi ako sigurado na gusto kong marinig ang sagot diyan sa totoo lang.

There's a reason that we are podcasters and not video…

May dahilan kung bakit kami ay mga podcaster at hindi video...

Yeah, right. Right. Video stars.

Oo, tama. Tama. Mga bida sa video.

I will ask you about that in a moments time, but let's talk a little bit about you guys

Tatanungin kita tungkol diyan sa ilang sandali, ngunit pag-usapan muna natin ang tungkol sa inyo

before we turn our focus to your podcast.

bago natin ituon ang ating pagtuon sa iyong podcast.

Jack, maybe we can start with you and you can tell us a little bit about yourself.

Jack, baka pwede kaming magsimula sa iyo at maaari mong sabihin sa amin ng kaunti tungkol sa iyong sarili.

Yeah, sure. I… I actually came to Asia about 20 or so years ago.

Oo, sigurado. Ako… Talagang nakarating ako sa Asia mga 20 o higit pang taon na ang nakararaan.

I started teaching at the university level in Korea in 2006.

Nagsimula akong magturo sa antas ng unibersidad sa Korea noong 2006.

And I've been at the same school for 17 years. So. Yeah, yeah so.

At 17 taon na ako sa parehong paaralan. Kaya. Oo, oo kaya.

That's a testament to how good a teacher you are, obviously.

Iyan ay isang patunay kung gaano ka kagaling na guro, malinaw naman.

I think so. Well, either that or they're too lazy to try

Sa tingin ko. Well, either that or tinatamad silang

to find another teacher. Yeah, but yeah, I didn't realize that would

maghanap ng ibang teacher. Oo, pero oo, hindi ko napagtanto na iyon ang magiging

be my forever job. But you know, you… you kind of accidentally

panghabang buhay kong trabaho. Ngunit alam mo, ikaw... hindi sinasadyang

stumble into these things sometimes in life. That is how it goes.

natitisod ka sa mga bagay na ito minsan sa buhay. Ganyan ang takbo nito.

Where in Korea are you located? So I'm in Pyeongtech, but I actually teach

Saan sa Korea ka matatagpuan? Kaya nasa Pyeongtech ako, pero nagtuturo talaga ako

in Ansong which is the next city over, so not far from where I live.

sa Ansong na siyang susunod na lungsod, kaya hindi kalayuan sa tinitirhan ko.

Great to meet you.

Magandang makilala ka.

Kevin. How about you? Uhm, so similar to Jack I think.

Kevin. ikaw naman? Uhm, parang katulad ni Jack sa tingin ko.

I didn't a plan to be a teacher for forever either.

Wala rin akong planong maging guro for forever.

And here I am almost… almost 20 years into being a teacher - total.

At narito ako halos... halos 20 taon sa pagiging guro - kabuuan.

Not all of it in Korea, but it started when I was a student in university and I just did

Hindi naman lahat sa Korea, pero nagsimula noong estudyante ako sa unibersidad at ginawa ko lang

it as a part time job and I liked it. It was fun.

ito bilang part time job at nagustuhan ko. Nakakatuwa.

I enjoy teaching. I like being with students.

Masaya akong magturo. Gusto kong kasama ang mga estudyante.

And then I moved to Korea and started working at the university here and...

At pagkatapos ay lumipat ako sa Korea at nagsimulang magtrabaho sa unibersidad dito at...

Yeah, I've been doing the same thing for almost 20 years total as… as well.

Oo, halos 20 taon na rin ang ginagawa ko sa kabuuan... pati na rin.

Korea’s uh, a nice place to live, a nice place to… to teach in some ways.

Ang Korea ay uh, isang magandang lugar upang manirahan, isang magandang lugar upang… upang magturo sa ilang mga paraan.

I completely concur.

Ako ay lubos na sumasang-ayon.

So the relationship between you two does it go back to America?

So babalik ba sa America ang relasyon ninyong dalawa?

Did you meet here in Korea? Did you teach at the same school?

Nagkita ba kayo dito sa Korea? Nagturo ka ba sa parehong paaralan?

We do teach at the same school, so yes. Like… like a lot of friend friendships that

Nagtuturo kami sa parehong paaralan, kaya oo. Tulad ng... tulad ng maraming pagkakaibigang kaibigan na

develop, uh, after university, our friendship began because we teach at the same university.

nabubuo, uh, pagkatapos ng unibersidad, nagsimula ang aming pagkakaibigan dahil nagtuturo kami sa parehong unibersidad.

He's at the Seoul campus. I'm out in the Gyenggi-do area outside of Seoul.

Nasa Seoul campus siya. Nasa labas ako sa Gyenggi-do area sa labas ng Seoul.

But yeah, we have… we have been friends for a long time now, so yeah.

Pero yeah, we have... matagal na tayong magkaibigan, so yeah.

Yeah, we've been working at the same uni since… since I started.

Oo, nagtatrabaho kami sa iisang uniberso mula noong... simula noong nagsimula ako.

Interesting. Years ago.

Interesting. Taong nakalipas.

So when did the idea? Let's get into it now. When did the idea for the A to Z English podcast

Kaya kailan ginawa ang ideya? Let's get into it now. Kailan nagsimula ang ideya para sa A hanggang Z English podcast

begin? Was that early on in your friendship something

? Iyon ba noong maaga sa iyong pagkakaibigan ay isang bagay

that you may be mentioned once or twice, maybe let's do it later?

na maaaring mabanggit ka ng isang beses o dalawang beses, baka gawin natin ito mamaya?

Or was it one person idea and you decided to start Right away?

O ito ba ay isang ideya ng isang tao at nagpasya kang magsimula Kaagad?

Tell us about that. Do you want me to handle this one Kev?

Sabihin sa amin ang tungkol diyan. Gusto mo ako na ang humawak dito Kev?

Field this one? Yeah, I think this should be yours 'cause

Field ang isang ito? Oo, sa tingin ko ito ay dapat na sa iyo

the podcast really was your idea. It was something that I think we were bored

dahil ang podcast ay talagang iyong ideya. Ito ay isang bagay na sa palagay ko ay naiinip kami

during COVID and then it went from there. So go ahead, but you've… you've been interested

sa panahon ng COVID at pagkatapos ay umalis ito doon. Kaya sige, ngunit ikaw ay… matagal ka nang interesado

for a long time in podcasting. Well, right. I mean it, it's kind of like,

sa podcasting. Well, tama. I mean it, parang,

you know, you want you go to, uh, a blockbuster movie and you say I want to be an actor, I

alam mo, gusto mong manood ka, eh, blockbuster movie at sasabihin mong gusto kong maging artista, gusto

want to make movies, you know something, but. The threshold is too high. It's too difficult

kong gumawa ng mga pelikula, may alam ka, pero. Masyadong mataas ang threshold. Napakahirap

to do that. But when I really got into podcasting, I was

gawin iyon. But when I really got into podcasting, I was

like, you know what, it's not that difficult to start a podcast.

like, you know what, hindi ganoon kahirap magsimula ng podcast.

It's difficult to build a community of listeners, but, but it was something that was just kind

Mahirap na bumuo ng isang komunidad ng mga tagapakinig, ngunit, ngunit ito ay isang bagay na medyo

of eating away at me for a while. And finally, I asked Kevin and another friend

kumakain sa akin nang ilang sandali. At sa wakas, tinanong ko si Kevin at isa pa naming kaibigan

of ours. I said, you know what, guys? Let's start a podcast. And we actually started a

. Sabi ko, alam niyo ba, guys? Magsimula tayo ng podcast. At nagsimula talaga kami ng

podcast called The Seoul Patch.

podcast na tinatawag na The Seoul Patch.

Which is up on Seoul and we just talked about Korea related topics.

Which is up on Seoul and we just talked about Korea related topics.

I've heard of that podcast. Oh, really?

Narinig ko na ang podcast na iyon. Oh talaga?

I… I must admit, I must admit, I apologize. I… I… I don't think I've heard an episode,

Ako… Dapat kong aminin, dapat kong aminin, humihingi ako ng paumanhin. Ako… Ako… Sa palagay ko ay hindi ako nakarinig ng isang episode,

but I know that I've heard of that podcast before.

ngunit alam kong narinig ko na ang podcast na iyon dati.

Oh, wow. OK, well, that's inspiring. That's that's awesome.

Oh, wow. Okay, nakaka-inspire. Iyan ay kahanga-hangang.

Uh, we what happened was we kind of decided to make a kind of right turn towards something

Uh, ang nangyari ay nagpasya kaming gumawa ng isang uri ng pakanan patungo sa isang bagay

that was maybe a little more practical for listeners, which was a Language Learning podcast,

na marahil ay mas praktikal para sa mga tagapakinig, na isang podcast sa Pag-aaral ng Wika,

which combines my love of podcasting and I think Kevin also enjoys it.

na pinagsasama ang aking hilig sa podcasting at sa tingin ko ay nag-e-enjoy din si Kevin.

And also our experience as English teachers. And so that's what started the A-Z English

At gayundin ang aming karanasan bilang mga guro sa Ingles. At kaya iyon ang nagsimula sa AZ English

podcast? Pretty much, Yep.

podcast? Medyo marami, Yep.

So it wasn't a tough sell I guess for you then, Kevin to come on board and join Jack?

So it wasn't a tough sell I guess for you then, Kevin to come on board and join Jack?

Well, like I was saying a minute ago, it really started at first during the COVID pandemic

Well, like I was saying a minute ago, it really started at first during the COVID pandemic

when we were all just stuck at home.

when we were all just stuck at home.

And not meeting friends. And not being social. And so Jack got in touch and said, hey, do

At hindi nakikipagkita sa mga kaibigan. At hindi pagiging sosyal. At kaya nakipag-ugnayan si Jack at sinabing, hey,

you guys want to hang out and talk about Korea and record it and publish it?

gusto mo bang mag-hang out at pag-usapan ang Korea at i-record ito at i-publish ito?

And, I was like, yeah, that… that sounds fun because I was just lonely.

And, I was like, yeah, that... parang masaya iyon dahil nag-iisa lang ako.

I needed friends. I needed something to do.

Kailangan ko ng mga kaibigan. May kailangan akong gawin.

And there it just started and it just got better and… and it was fun to do. It was

At doon lang nagsimula at naging mas mabuti at... at nakakatuwang gawin. Masaya lang na

fun just to… to hang out and talk w ith cool people.

... tumambay at makipag-usap sa mga cool na tao.

So that suggests to me then that the podcast is about two years old, roughly.

Kaya iminumungkahi sa akin na ang podcast ay halos dalawang taong gulang, halos.

Actually, yeah. Yeah, I would say yeah, but we started the

Sa totoo lang, oo. Oo, sasabihin kong oo, ngunit sinimulan namin ang

Seoul patch about two years ago and we've been doing the A-Z podcast for about 3 months.

Seoul patch mga dalawang taon na ang nakakaraan at ginagawa namin ang AZ podcast sa loob ng halos 3 buwan.

It's still new. The Soul patch is on hiatus, but we plan to

Bago pa lang. Ang Soul patch ay nasa hiatus, ngunit plano naming

bring that back once a week. Soon.

ibalik iyon minsan sa isang linggo. Malapit na.

So the A-Z podcast. If you have to give a description about what it is, then what would

Kaya ang AZ podcast. Kung kailangan mong magbigay ng paglalarawan tungkol sa kung ano ito, ano ang magiging

that description be? Kevin, I'll let you field this one.

paglalarawang iyon? Kevin, hahayaan kitang ilagay ang isang ito.

So and the A-Z English podcast is a podcast for English learners, of course, people who

Kaya at ang podcast ng AZ English ay isang podcast para sa mga nag-aaral ng Ingles, siyempre, mga taong

want to learn English. But it's focused on listening to native speakers

gustong matuto ng Ingles. Ngunit ito ay nakatuon sa pakikinig sa mga katutubong nagsasalita

just talk and explain things in a kind of natural conversation with homework attached,

lamang ng pakikipag-usap at pagpapaliwanag ng mga bagay sa isang uri ng natural na pag-uusap na may nakalakip na takdang-aralin,

right? So there's, you can listen to Jack and I and our other host, Xochilt, she's not

tama ba? Kaya ayan, maaari mong pakinggan kami ni Jack at ang isa pa naming host, si Xochilt, wala siya

here at the moment. You can just listen to us talk about different

rito sa ngayon. Maaari mo lamang pakinggan ang aming pag-uusap tungkol sa iba't ibang

things or explain some idioms. Or sometimes we get into some grammar too, but grammar

bagay o ipaliwanag ang ilang mga idyoma. O kung minsan ay napapasok din tayo sa ilang grammar, ngunit ang grammar

is not as exciting. But it's just us talking about topics so that

ay hindi kasing kapana-panabik. Ngunit kami lang ang nag-uusap tungkol sa mga paksa upang

listeners can get a feel for what native English conversations sound like.

madama ng mga tagapakinig kung ano ang tunog ng mga katutubong pag-uusap sa Ingles.

And like I said, there's homework connected, so it's not just listening, it's listening

At tulad ng sinabi ko, may mga takdang-aralin na konektado, kaya hindi lang pakikinig, ito ay pakikinig

and, you know, answer some questions and focus, so there's, uh, a study element for… for

at, alam mo, sagutin ang ilang mga tanong at tumutok, kaya mayroong, eh, isang elemento ng pag-aaral para sa... para sa

our listeners and the students as well. Well, yes, I did listen to a handful of the

ating mga tagapakinig at sa mga mag-aaral din. Well, oo, nakinig ako sa isang dakot ng

podcast. One of them was grammar related, related to the present voice and the past

podcast. Ang isa sa mga ito ay may kaugnayan sa gramatika, na nauugnay sa kasalukuyang boses at sa nakaraang

voice. OK.

boses. OK.

I think talking about it being eaten by a giant sandwich was a sentence that stood out,

Sa palagay ko ang pag-uusap tungkol dito ay kinakain ng isang higanteng sandwich ay isang pangungusap na namumukod-tangi,

stood out to me my first, right? Passive and active.

namumukod-tangi sa akin ang una ko, tama? Passive at aktibo.

Yep, passive voice activation. My first thought was, “What kind of sandwich

Oo, passive voice activation. Ang una kong naisip ay, "Anong uri ng sandwich

would I want that to be?” Good question, good question.

ang gusto kong maging iyon?" Magandang tanong, magandang tanong.

Yeah, that's a good question, right. I… I would say ham and cheese if you had to ask

Oo, magandang tanong iyan, tama. Ako… Sasabihin ko ang hamon at keso kung kailangan mong itanong

if I if you really pushed me, but yeah. Not… not a bad answer.

kung ako kung talagang tinulak mo ako, ngunit oo. Hindi... hindi isang masamang sagot.

Another episode was about everyday idioms. Yeah, so there seems to be quite a variety

Ang isa pang episode ay tungkol sa pang-araw-araw na idyoma. Oo, kaya tila may iba't ibang

of topics that you study but or that you present. But when you do, when you did come up with

mga paksa na iyong pinag-aaralan ngunit o iyong ipinakita. Ngunit kapag ginawa mo, kapag nakaisip ka

the idea initially, it's kind of such a broad spectrum, isn't it to start…?

ng ideya sa simula, ito ay isang uri ng isang malawak na spectrum, hindi ba ito upang magsimula…?

English. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Ingles. Mm-hmm. Oo.

And yeah, English and then a podcast about English. So oh, OK, well, where where do we

At oo, Ingles at pagkatapos ay isang podcast tungkol sa Ingles. Kaya oh, OK, well, saan tayo

begin? Where do we go? So that very first episode that you did, if you can remember

magsisimula? Saan tayo pupunta? Kaya ang pinakaunang episode na ginawa mo, kung maaalala mo

back that far, how did you decide what the content would be?

noon, paano ka nagpasya kung ano ang magiging content?

That's a great question. Yeah. So I think probably our second one, the first

Napakagandang tanong iyan. Oo. So I think probably our second one, the first

one was probably just an introduction for us.

one was just an introduction for us.

OK, fair enough. Yes. But then yeah after that and that's honestly

Sige patas lang. Oo. But then yeah after that and that's honestly

topics is one of the hardest parts of… of thinking of new episodes for grammar, for

topics is one of the hardest parts of... of thinking of new episodes for grammar, for

idioms and… and for our chats. For the chats, it's just things that Jack

idioms and... and for our chats. Para sa mga chat, ito ay mga bagay lamang na kinaiinteresan namin ni Jack

and I are interested in.

.

And… and hopefully topics that our audience are interested in as well.

At... at sana ay mga paksang interesado rin ang aming mga manonood.

So we have a lot of young listeners, so we're trying to find more younger topics 'cause

Kaya marami kaming mga batang tagapakinig, kaya sinusubukan naming maghanap ng mas batang mga paksa

we're not so young and trying to relate. Jack, how do you come up with your… our

dahil hindi pa kami bata at sinusubukang makipag-ugnay. Jack, paano mo naiisip ang iyong... mga

topics? Well, I think it goes back to my experience

paksa natin? Well, I think it goes back to my experience

as a teacher. I think one of the pitfalls that a lot of teachers, they come to another

as a teacher. Sa tingin ko ang isa sa mga pitfalls na maraming mga guro, pumunta sila sa ibang

country to teach English and they go, Today, I am going to teach the present tense and

bansa upang magturo ng Ingles at pumunta sila, Ngayon, ituturo ko ang kasalukuyang panahunan at

the present continuous tense. And when I leave, after my one hour or whatever, everybody will

kasalukuyang patuloy na panahunan. At kapag ako ay umalis, pagkatapos ng aking isang oras o kung ano pa man, lahat ay

understand completely what I just lectured because…. 'cause I… I know that I organized

lubos na maiintindihan ang aking itinuro dahil…. 'cause I... I know na maayos kong inayos

my lesson so well.” And then I come back the next day, and everybody

ang lesson ko.” At pagkatapos ay bumalik ako sa susunod na araw, at lahat

is making the same mistakes that they were before I lectured.

ay gumagawa ng parehong mga pagkakamali na sila ay bago ako nag-lecture.

And what you have to… to realize is that, if you create a lesson for the classroom,

At kung ano ang kailangan mong… na mapagtanto ay, kung lumikha ka ng isang aralin para sa silid-aralan,

or a podcast episode or something, they're just listeners are going to take away maybe

o isang podcast episode o isang bagay, sila ay mga tagapakinig lamang na aalisin marahil

if you're lucky 1 little piece of something that they hadn't put together.

kung ikaw ay mapalad 1 maliit na piraso ng isang bagay na sila ay hindi pinagsama-sama.

But this idea that we're going to kind of solve the problem of tense or whatever is

Ngunit ang ideyang ito na lulutasin natin ang problema ng tense o kung ano pa man

I… I mean, it's a trap a lot of teachers fall into, especially new teachers.

ako... Ibig kong sabihin, ito ay isang bitag na nahuhulog sa maraming guro, lalo na sa mga bagong guro.

But for us, we don't, we try not to worry about, you know, them understanding everything.

Ngunit para sa amin, hindi namin, sinusubukan naming huwag mag-alala tungkol sa, alam mo, naiintindihan nila ang lahat.

If they can just take out one or two key points during that… that lesson, I would consider

Kung maaari lang silang maglabas ng isa o dalawang mahahalagang punto sa panahon na iyon... ang aralin na iyon, isasaalang-alang kong

that a success. In my mind, yeah. Yeah, I guess that's a great point is that

tagumpay iyon. Sa isip ko, oo. Yeah, I guess that's a great point is that

if there's something, because everybody learns differently, also everybody has their own

if there is something, because everybody learn differently, also everybody has their own

agenda to write about what they need to improve or what… what they want to learn in the

agenda to write about what they need to improve or what... what they want to learn in the

first place. So yeah, designing an episode where you can

first place. Kaya oo, ang pagdidisenyo ng isang episode kung saan maaari mong

take away one or two or three things, then, yeah, that has to be considered a success.

alisin ang isa o dalawa o tatlong bagay, pagkatapos, oo, iyon ay dapat ituring na isang tagumpay.

So, let's talk, let's talk about the… the structures of the episodes. Do they follow

Kaya, pag-usapan natin, pag-usapan natin ang... ang mga istruktura ng mga episode. Sinusundan ba nila

a similar breakdown each time you do it? The… the way that we have been organizing

ang isang katulad na breakdown sa tuwing gagawin mo ito? Ang… ang paraan ng aming pag-oorganisa

it lately is that we try to do, we try to evenly distribute the types of episodes that

nito kamakailan ay sinusubukan naming gawin, sinusubukan naming pantay-pantay na ipamahagi ang mga uri ng mga episode na

we are recording. So, we have what we call Quick Chats and those

aming nire-record. Kaya, mayroon kaming tinatawag na Quick Chat at iyon

are just conversations.

ay mga pag-uusap lamang.

And what we do is we just kind of freestyle a conversation between the three of us or

And what we do is we just kind of freestyle a conversation between the three of us or

two of us. And then we go back and we kind of cherry

two of us. At pagkatapos ay bumalik kami at kami ay uri ng cherry

pick vocabulary and put that into a study guide, provide a transcript for the students.

pick bokabularyo at ilagay iyon sa isang gabay sa pag-aaral, magbigay ng isang transcript para sa mga mag-aaral.

But in essence, it just gives them an opportunity to listen to a real time conversation between

Ngunit sa esensya, nagbibigay lang ito sa kanila ng pagkakataong makinig sa isang real time na pag-uusap sa pagitan ng

two native speakers. Yeah.

dalawang katutubong nagsasalita. Oo.

The other ep… two types of episodes that we have our where we we'd have 3 idioms and

Ang isa pang ep… dalawang uri ng mga episode na mayroon kami kung saan magkakaroon kami ng 3 idiom at

we just explain the meaning of them because, you know, idioms can be very difficult to

ipinapaliwanag lang namin ang kahulugan ng mga ito dahil, alam mo, ang mga idiom ay maaaring napakahirap

understand. Some of them are…. I don't even know the

unawain. Ilan sa kanila ay…. Hindi ko nga alam ang

genesis of, a lot of you know idioms like they're so old, you know, like talking about

simula ng, marami sa inyo ang nakakaalam ng mga idyoma na parang napakatanda na nila, alam mo, tulad ng pakikipag-usap tungkol

like a horse, you know, lead a horse to water or something.

sa tulad ng isang kabayo, alam mo, akayin ang isang kabayo sa tubig o kung ano.

Right. Uhm, the other type is the… the grammar

Tama. Uhm, ang isa pang uri ay ang… ang

episode that you listen to, and we're trying to kind of go through different grammar points

episode ng grammar na pinakikinggan mo, at sinusubukan naming dumaan sa iba't ibang punto ng grammar

and provide examples. And I think those are maybe the hardest to

at magbigay ng mga halimbawa. At sa palagay ko iyon ang pinakamahirap na

translate through a podcast format. Because you don't have a whiteboard. You don't

isalin sa pamamagitan ng isang format ng podcast. Dahil wala kang whiteboard. Wala

have, you know you can't draw a timeline and things like that. So, but those are the three

ka, alam mong hindi ka makakapagdrawing ng timeline at mga ganyan. Kaya, ngunit iyon ang tatlong

basic types of episodes that we have been recording most recently.

pangunahing uri ng mga episode na pinakakamakailan naming ni-record.

Which ones, Kevin, are your favorite ones to do?

Alin, Kevin, ang paborito mong gawin?

Oh, the… the quick chats are the most the… the easiest and the most fun.

Oh, ang… ang mabilis na pakikipag-chat ang pinaka… ang pinakamadali at pinakamasaya.

Because, I mean, like we said, it's we started this podcast just to hang out with friends

Kasi, I mean, like we said, it's we started this podcast just to hang out with friends

and that's what that is. The quick chat is just hanging out with…. with Jack or Xochitl

and that is what that is. Ang mabilisang pakikipag-chat ay nakikipag-hang out lamang sa…. kasama si Jack o Xochitl

and… and just talking about something, so those are fun. I would say that the grammar

at... at nag-uusap lang tungkol sa isang bagay, kaya nakakatuwa ang mga iyon. I would say that the grammar

and the idioms ones though are kind of interesting to do as well, because, Jack and I's relationship

and the idioms ones though are kind of interesting to do as well, dahil, ang relasyon namin ni Jack

for the past many years has just been a friend relationship.

sa nakalipas na maraming taon ay isang kaibigan lang.

We didn't teach together. But in those episodes, it's much more teaching, right? It's like,

Hindi kami sabay na nagtuturo. Pero sa mga episode na iyon, mas maraming pagtuturo, di ba? Parang,

here's a grammar, here's an idiom, how do you do it? And it's very interesting to see

eto grammar, eto idiom, paano mo gagawin? At nakakatuwang makita

his style of thinking of ideas. Or my style of thinking of ideas and how those translate

ang kanyang istilo ng pag-iisip ng mga ideya. O ang aking istilo ng pag-iisip ng mga ideya at kung paano isinasalin ang mga

into audio and into podcasts. And so even though they're not as fun necessarily to record,

iyon sa audio at sa mga podcast. At kaya kahit na hindi sila nakakatuwang mag-record,

they're equally interesting just to do it with someone else.

pareho silang kawili-wili para lang gawin ito sa ibang tao.

You get to feel what it feels like to be a student in Jack’s classroom and conversely,

Mararamdaman mo kung ano ang pakiramdam na maging isang mag-aaral sa silid-aralan ni Jack at sa kabaligtaran,

in Kevin’s classroom when you sit back and listen on the podcast how each of you might

sa silid-aralan ni Kevin kapag umupo ka at nakikinig sa podcast kung paano maaaring

explain a different grammar point or an idiom. And I'm guessing that helps because you can

ipaliwanag ng bawat isa sa iyo ang ibang punto ng gramatika o isang idyoma. At sa palagay ko nakakatulong iyon dahil maaari mong

take that to your own classrooms in your university and apply those things there.

dalhin iyon sa iyong sariling mga silid-aralan sa iyong unibersidad at ilapat ang mga bagay na iyon doon.

Yeah, it's amazing what you can learn from other teachers as… as well.

Oo, kamangha-mangha kung ano ang maaari mong matutunan mula sa iba pang mga guro bilang... pati na rin.

Oh, absolutely. And the, you know, the analogies that he'll use are some that I had never thought

Oh, talagang. At ang, alam mo, ang mga pagkakatulad na gagamitin niya ay ilan na hindi ko naisip

of. Yeah, right.

. Oo, tama.

It's same for you of course. And you know, well, yeah and I, you know,

Syempre ganun din sayo. At alam mo, well, oo at ako, alam

you tend to lean into the same ones over and over again every year after year.

mo, madalas kang sumandal sa pareho nang paulit-ulit bawat taon.

And it's… it's nice to just watch someone else do it and it opens up a whole, you know,

At ito ay... masarap panoorin ang ibang tao na gagawa nito at magbubukas ito ng isang buo, alam mo,

new world for you. So yeah, it's really useful. So you mentioned you mentioned homework. Is

bagong mundo para sa iyo. Kaya oo, ito ay talagang kapaki-pakinabang. Kaya nabanggit mo na binanggit mo ang araling-bahay.

that homework given at the end of each of the podcast, regardless of whether it's a

Ibinigay ba ang takdang-aralin sa dulo ng bawat podcast, hindi alintana kung ito ay isang episode ng

grammar episode or an idiom episode or a quick chat episode or a Jack’s chats episode?

grammar o isang episode ng idiom o isang episode ng quick chat o isang episode ng mga chat ni Jack?

I didn't bring that up, but we're going to talk about that in a moment too. Is it…

Hindi ko sinabi iyon, ngunit pag-uusapan din natin iyon sa ilang sandali. Ito ba ay...

Does it follow that format? There's homework at the end of each and every episode?

Sinusunod ba nito ang format na iyon? May takdang-aralin sa dulo ng bawat episode?

Yeah, yeah. Kevin, do you want to talk about? This there is different types of homework

Oo, oo. Kevin, gusto mong pag-usapan? Ito ay mayroong iba't ibang uri ng takdang-aralin

at the end of each episode. For each episode, we do ask questions for everyone. So the…

sa dulo ng bawat yugto. Para sa bawat episode, nagtatanong kami para sa lahat. Kaya't ang...

the most basic style of homework is simply asking our listeners to come to our WhatsApp

ang pinakapangunahing istilo ng takdang-aralin ay ang pagtatanong lamang sa aming mga tagapakinig na pumunta sa aming pangkat ng WhatsApp

group. We have a WhatsApp group for anyone to come and and just talk to us in practice,

. Mayroon kaming isang pangkat sa WhatsApp para sa sinumang darating at makipag-usap lamang sa amin sa pagsasanay,

which is very helpful. Tell us what that…. Tell us what that is,

na lubhang kapaki-pakinabang. Sabihin sa amin kung ano iyon…. Sabihin sa amin kung ano iyon,

please. So WhatsApp is just a chat program. Of course,

mangyaring. Kaya ang WhatsApp ay isang chat program lamang. Siyempre,

I'm sure all of our young listeners know it better than I do. And we just have a WhatsApp

sigurado akong mas alam ito ng lahat ng ating kabataang tagapakinig kaysa sa akin. At mayroon lang kaming WhatsApp

chat room for A to Z English and a couple of other ones as well where any listener can

chat room para sa A hanggang Z English at ilang iba pa kung saan maaaring pumunta ang sinumang tagapakinig

just come and talk to us and other teachers as well in there.

at makipag-usap sa amin at sa iba pang mga guro doon.

And so a lot of our homework is, you know, today we're talking about the weather. Come

At kaya marami sa ating takdang-aralin ay, alam mo, ngayon ay pinag-uusapan natin ang panahon. Halika

and tell us about your favorite weather. What season do you like? Or just some simple questions

at sabihin sa amin ang tungkol sa iyong paboritong panahon. Anong season ang gusto mo? O ilang simpleng tanong lang

at the end? Some of our episodes like the idioms, for example, that's a little bit more

sa dulo? Ang ilan sa aming mga episode tulad ng mga idiom, halimbawa, ay medyo mas

structured and we have a PDF file connected with those where they can download the PDF.

structured at mayroon kaming PDF file na konektado sa mga kung saan maaari nilang i-download ang PDF.

There's some questions that they can fill out and they can come to the WhatsApp group

Mayroong ilang mga katanungan na maaari nilang sagutan at maaari silang pumunta

again to share their example sentences using the idioms or using the grammar points. And

muli sa pangkat ng WhatsApp upang ibahagi ang kanilang mga halimbawang pangungusap gamit ang mga idyoma o gamit ang mga punto ng grammar. And

then we will comment and reply and say, oh good job or oh fix this or things like that.

then we will comment and reply and say, oh good job or oh fix this or things like that.

So it'…s it's a lot of self-study, but those WhatsApp groups do give us some interaction

Kaya't ito ay… ito ay maraming pag-aaral sa sarili, ngunit ang mga WhatsApp group na iyon ay nagbibigay sa amin ng ilang pakikipag-ugnayan

and allow us to work with students after. As well.

at nagpapahintulot sa amin na makipagtulungan sa mga mag-aaral pagkatapos. Din.

Yes, absolutely. It's… it's very, it's a great resource actually for us as well as

Oo, ganap. Ito ay… ito ay napaka, ito ay isang mahusay na mapagkukunan talaga para sa amin pati na rin

the students. So for example, If we're brainstorming an

sa mga mag-aaral. Kaya halimbawa, Kung nag-brainstorming kami ng ideya sa

episode idea, we can bring that to the WhatsApp group. Students will give us feedback. They'll

episode, maaari naming dalhin iyon sa pangkat ng WhatsApp. Bibigyan tayo ng mga mag-aaral ng feedback. Sasabihin

tell us what did you like about this? What is not working for you? Soemthin that we I'd

nila sa amin kung ano ang nagustuhan mo dito? Ano ang hindi gumagana para sa iyo? Soemthin na magdadalawang isip ako

be remiss if I didn't say we make a transcript through you know AI technology you can you

kung hindi ko sinabing gumawa kami ng transcript sa pamamagitan ng alam mo na AI technology

know punch it into… Uh, Microsoft Word and it will spit out a.. a whole transcript that

na alam mong punch it into... Uh, Microsoft Word at iluluwa nito ang isang.. isang buong transcript na

we can add to the… the study guide. And so, you know, there's just a lot of different

maaari naming idagdag sa… ang gabay sa pag-aaral. At kaya, alam mo, marami lang iba't ibang

ways that students can interact or interface with our content that doesn't just require

paraan na maaaring makipag-ugnayan o makipag-interface ang mga mag-aaral sa aming nilalaman na hindi lamang nangangailangan ng

listening. But they can also read along. UM, they can

pakikinig. Pero nakakasabay din silang magbasa. UM, maaari silang

make their own sentences and upload those to put them in WhatsApp.

gumawa ng sarili nilang mga pangungusap at i-upload ang mga iyon para ilagay sila sa WhatsApp.

Get some feedback from us in real time. So I just uh, this is what's different about

Makakuha ng ilang feedback mula sa amin sa real time. Kaya lang uh, ito ang kakaiba

the A-Z English podcast then our Seoul Patch podcast. The Seoul Patch Podcast was more

sa AZ English podcast at sa aming Seoul Patch podcast. Ang Seoul Patch Podcast ay mas

entertainment. This is more educational. So it does require a little more effort on the

entertainment. Ito ay mas pang-edukasyon. Kaya't nangangailangan ito ng kaunting pagsisikap sa

back end as far as marketing and things like that.

likod hanggang sa marketing at mga bagay na katulad nito.

And so, but it's it really pays off when you get positive feedback from students in the

At kaya, ngunit ito ay talagang nagbabayad kapag nakakuha ka ng positibong feedback mula sa mga mag-aaral sa pangkat ng

WhatsApp group. And that's… that's a beautiful thing about

WhatsApp. At iyan ay… iyon ay isang magandang bagay tungkol

podcasting in general, is that everyone, all of our listeners, can do what they want. If

sa podcasting sa pangkalahatan, ay ang lahat, lahat ng aming mga tagapakinig, ay magagawa ang gusto nila. Kung

they just want to come and listen, great, just come and listen. If you want to do the

gusto lang nilang pumunta at makinig, mahusay, pumunta lang at makinig. Kung gusto mong gawin ang

homework, the PDF file by yourself, check our web page. It's there and do that. If you

takdang-aralin, ang PDF file nang mag-isa, tingnan ang aming web page. Nandiyan at gawin mo na. Kung gusto

want to come and talk to us, come and talk to us. Now, if you want to do all of it, do

mong sumama at makausap kami, halika at kausapin mo kami. Ngayon, kung gusto mong gawin ang lahat, gawin mo

all of it as well. It's, it's up for them to choose how much they want to.

rin ang lahat. It's up for them to choose kung magkano ang gusto nila.

You can be as active or as passive as you would like to be in terms of you being a learner.

Maaari kang maging aktibo o kasing passive gaya ng gusto mong maging bilang isang mag-aaral.

Exactly. Very much so. So why podcasting as opposed to doing something

Eksakto. Sobra talaga. Kaya bakit ang podcasting bilang laban sa paggawa ng isang bagay

in front of a camera, I wonder? Uhm, again, I think the barrier to entry is

sa harap ng isang camera, nagtataka ako? Uhm, muli, sa tingin ko ang hadlang sa pagpasok ay

much lower for a podcast. All we had to do was purchas some microphones.

mas mababa para sa isang podcast. Ang kailangan lang naming gawin ay bumili ng ilang mikropono.

And I just had to go in and figure out, OK, what platform are we going to use to upload

At kailangan ko lang pumasok at alamin, OK, anong platform ang gagamitin namin para i-upload ang

our podcast. And I… I love podcasting. I… I… I also

aming podcast. At ako... mahilig ako sa podcasting. Ako… Ako… Nasisiyahan din ako

enjoy audiobooks. But I've kind of transitioned into just listening to a lot of different

sa mga audiobook. Ngunit medyo lumipat ako sa pakikinig lamang sa maraming iba't ibang mga

podcasts. And I don’t know, it's just I just love

podcast. At ewan ko, basta mahal

that medium so much. And I… I think YouTube kind of requires your, you know more of your

na mahal ko yung medium na yun. At ako... Sa tingin ko, kailangan ng YouTube ang iyong, mas alam mo ang iyong

attention. But you know, I can do chores around the house

atensyon. Pero alam mo, kaya kong gumawa ng mga gawain sa bahay

and vacuum and mop the floors while I listen to a podcast.

at mag-vacuum at magmop ng sahig habang nakikinig ako ng podcast.

But that's a little harder to do while watching a YouTube video and so, and I'm 45 years old,

Ngunit iyon ay medyo mahirap gawin habang nanonood ng isang video sa YouTube at kaya, at ako ay 45 taong gulang,

so I kind of missed the boat when it comes to.

kaya medyo na-miss ko ang bangka pagdating sa.

No, no. Right. No, no. You don't get to throw that card down. Not, not, not with this audience.

Hindi hindi. Tama. Hindi hindi. Hindi mo maaaring itapon ang card na iyon. Hindi, hindi, hindi sa madlang ito.

I'm sorry. You can keep that for your for your classroom students.

Ako ay humihingi ng paumanhin. Maaari mong itago iyon para sa iyong mga mag-aaral sa silid-aralan.

So what does the future hold that in terms of content, maybe you can tell us about the

Kaya't ano ang pinanghahawakan ng hinaharap sa mga tuntunin ng nilalaman, marahil ay maaari mong sabihin sa amin ang tungkol sa

most recent episode that you did and maybe some something that you have coming up soon.

pinakahuling episode na ginawa mo at maaaring ilang bagay na paparating mo sa lalong madaling panahon.

Well, actually, Kevin doesn't even know about this because I just created something called

Well, actually, hindi rin alam ni Kevin ang tungkol dito dahil kakagawa ko lang ng

Jack Chats and yeah. I'm looking at oh OK yeah, yeah.

Jack Chats and yeah. Nakatingin ako sa oh OK yeah, yeah.

Steve here mentioned that a second ago and I was like, what is that?

Nabanggit ni Steve dito iyon isang segundo ang nakalipas at ako ay tulad ng, ano iyon?

This is new. Jack shot.

Ito ay bago. binaril ni Jack.

News for you, Kevin, I… I was watching your facial expression when Jack said. Actually,

Balita para sa iyo, Kevin, ako... Pinagmamasdan ko ang ekspresyon ng mukha mo nang sabihin ni Jack. Actually,

Kevin doesn't know about this. And you, you had this wonderfully blank stare. A wonderful

hindi alam ni Kevin ang tungkol dito. At ikaw, nagkaroon ka ng kahanga-hangang blankong titig. Isang napakagandang

blank stare on your face. So wait, now I'm curious.

blankong titig sa iyong mukha. So wait, curious ako ngayon.

I knew more about the podcast for a brief moment than Kevin did.

Mas alam ko ang tungkol sa podcast sa maikling sandali kaysa kay Kevin.

So it seems. Jack, what is this? What is this secret?

Kaya parang. Jack, ano ito? Ano itong sikreto?

OK. So, OK. New project of yours. This is great.

OK. Kaya, OK. Bagong project mo. Ito ay kahanga-hanga.

Well, we it because we have three members of our, you know, 3 hosts of our show.

Well, we it because we have three members of our, you know, 3 hosts ng show namin.

One actually lives in the United States. Kevin and I are in Korea. We're all busy and

Ang isa ay talagang nakatira sa Estados Unidos. Nasa Korea kami ni Kevin. Busy kaming lahat at

our schedules are crazy. But we're trying to build up more content.

sira ang mga schedule namin. Ngunit sinusubukan naming bumuo ng higit pang nilalaman.

And so something that I wanted to do was to try a solo podcast where I'm just created.

At kaya isang bagay na gusto kong gawin ay subukan ang isang solo podcast kung saan kakagawa ko lang.

I just do like a… it's almost…. it's almost like, a confessional kind of thing where I

Gusto ko lang ng... halos.... ito ay halos tulad ng isang bagay na nagkukumpisal kung saan

just share some of my ideas, things that are happening in my life, uhm, things that might

ibinabahagi ko lang ang ilan sa aking mga ideya, mga bagay na nangyayari sa aking buhay, uhm, mga bagay na maaaring

be happening in the World News or something that somebody mentioned in the WhatsApp group.

nangyayari sa World News o isang bagay na binanggit ng isang tao sa pangkat ng WhatsApp.

I might talk about that. And it's just me basically in front of my

Baka pag-usapan ko yan. At ako lang talaga ang nasa harap ng

mic. Just kind of… stream of consciousness for 10 or 15 minutes. A nd I just wanted to

mic ko. Isang uri lang ng... stream ng kamalayan sa loob ng 10 o 15 minuto. At gusto ko lang i-

upload that and give students something if they're craving content in between our three

upload iyon at bigyan ang mga mag-aaral ng isang bagay kung sila ay naghahangad ng nilalaman sa pagitan ng aming tatlong

episodes that we release during the week, because we release episodes basically Sunday,

episode na ilalabas namin sa linggo, dahil naglalabas kami ng mga episode karaniwang Linggo,

Tuesdays and Thursdays. But if they were looking for something just to kind of satiate that

Martes at Huwebes. Ngunit kung naghahanap sila ng isang bagay para lang mabusog ang

urge to listen, I'm going to throw up on Monday, Wednesday and Friday Jack Chats.

ganang makinig, susuka ako sa Lunes, Miyerkules at Biyernes ng Jack Chat.

And of course, it could be a Kevin chat or a Xochitl chat or a Jack and Kevin chat. It's

At siyempre, maaaring ito ay isang Kevin chat o isang Xochitl chat o isang Jack at Kevin chat. Ito

a… it's not just mine. A Steve Chat is that may be in the cards in

ay isang... hindi lang ito sa akin. Ang isang Steve Chat ay maaaring nasa mga card sa

the future? I'm sorry, one more time.

hinaharap? Pasensya na, isa pa.

A Steve chat? Is that a possibility? Absolutely, Steve, you. You are always welcome

Isang Steve chat? Possibility ba yun? Talaga, Steve, ikaw. Lagi kang welcome

to. Do not give me a microphone. That is your

sa. Huwag mo akong bigyan ng mikropono. Iyan ang iyong

biggest mistake. I'll talk for hours. Well, that's the great thing about A-Z Podcast’s

pinakamalaking pagkakamali. magsasalita ako ng ilang oras. Well, iyon ang magandang bagay tungkol sa AZ Podcast

is that S is between A&Z. So Steve, Steve fits right in.

ay ang S ay nasa pagitan ng A&Z. Kaya Steve, si Steve ay akma.

Perfect. There… there you go.

Perpekto. Ayan... ayan na.

So we're talking, then for the students, for your audience, you're talking. It was three

So we're talking, then for the students, for your audience, nagsasalita ka. Ito ay tatlong

episodes a week, but now we're looking at upwards of four or five, possibly more episodes

episode sa isang linggo, ngunit ngayon ay tinitingnan namin ang pataas ng apat o lima, posibleng higit pang mga episode

a week in the future? What I'm hoping to do is to do 3 Jack chats

sa isang linggo sa hinaharap? Ang inaasahan kong gawin ay gumawa ng 3 Jack chat

or you know, solo chats. And then three of our regular episodes.

o alam mo, solo chat. At pagkatapos ay tatlo sa aming mga regular na yugto.

And that will give students six days of content during the week and you know just to keep

At iyon ay magbibigay sa mga mag-aaral ng anim na araw ng nilalaman sa loob ng isang linggo at alam mo na para lang mapanatili

that momentum going as we're… we're s young podcast and I mean. The… the market is saturated.

ang momentum na iyon habang tayo ay... bata pa tayong podcast at ang ibig kong sabihin. Ang… ang merkado ay puspos.

Sure. I mean it's just you, you work so hard and

Oo naman. Ang ibig kong sabihin ay ikaw lang, nagsusumikap

you kind of hit this this glass ceiling and trying to break through any way you can. You

ka at natamaan mo itong salamin na kisame at sinusubukang masira ang anumang paraan na magagawa mo. Kailangan mong

have to kind of throw everything, including the kitchen sink, you know, at it on in order

itapon ang lahat, kasama ang lababo sa kusina, alam mo, sa ito

to try to, you know, break through to the next level.

upang subukan, alam mo, makapasok sa susunod na antas.

So that's kind of where we are right now. And so we're just trying, trying everything,

Kaya ganyan kami ngayon. At kaya sinusubukan lang namin, sinusubukan ang lahat,

yeah. And I think I'm going to have to listen to

oo. At sa tingin ko kailangan ko ring makinig sa

some of these Jack chats as well. I knew, I knew, I knew there was a passive

ilan sa mga chat na ito ni Jack. Alam ko, alam ko, alam kong may pasibong

aggressive comment coming in the very near future.

agresibong komento na darating sa malapit na hinaharap.

I'm just curious. I want to know what Jack is thinking. He's a friend of mine, so get

curious lang ako. Gusto kong malaman kung ano ang iniisip ni Jack. Kaibigan ko siya, kaya kumuha ng

some more insight into… into the mind of Jack.

higit pang insight sa... sa isip ni Jack.

Hey, there you go. Stay tuned, stay tuned for episode one of

Hoy, ayan na. Manatiling nakatutok, manatiling nakatutok para sa episode ng isa sa mga

Kevin Chats coming up in the near future. The rebuttal chats.

Kevin Chat na paparating sa malapit na hinaharap. Ang rebuttal chat.

Yeah, well, Jack, did you know actually? Now, have you introduced this to your students

Oo, well, Jack, alam mo ba talaga? Ngayon, ipinakilala mo ba ito sa iyong mga mag-aaral

in your in your university classrooms? Have they given you any feedback? Any ideas on

sa iyong mga silid-aralan sa unibersidad? Binigyan ka ba nila ng anumang feedback? Anumang mga ideya sa

what they think about this project? As a matter of fact, I actually just did last

kung ano ang iniisip nila tungkol sa proyektong ito? Kung sa bagay, last

week. Uhm, I framed it in a way that it, to be kind of diplomatic about it, you know,

week ko lang talaga ginawa. Uhm, I framed it in a way that it, to be kind of diplomatic about it, you know,

I wasn't like, if you want an A in my class, you have to download, you know, 10 podcasts.

I wasn't like, if you want a A in my class, you have to download, you know, 10 podcasts.

Right. Listen to my podcast.

Tama. Makinig sa aking podcast.

Wink, wink. Yeah, exactly.

Kindat Kindat. Oo eksakto.

But I do think that what we are doing is creating useful content that students could find very

Ngunit sa tingin ko, ang ginagawa namin ay ang paglikha ng kapaki-pakinabang na nilalaman na maaaring

helpful. And so I just put it up there on the on the

makatulong sa mga mag-aaral. At kaya inilagay ko na lang doon sa

whiteboard for my students to say, hey, if you guys are looking for, you know, some supplementary

whiteboard para sabihin ng mga estudyante ko, hey, kung naghahanap kayo, alam mo, ng ilang pandagdag na

material. We've got these episodes, they're easy to

materyal. Mayroon kaming mga episode na ito, madaling

listen to, you can stream it right off of our website and it's very much related to

pakinggan ang mga ito, maaari mo itong i-stream mula mismo sa aming website at ito ay lubos na nauugnay sa

what we are studying in our… in our book. So I do put it out there, but I'm very careful

kung ano ang aming pinag-aaralan sa aming… sa aming aklat. Kaya't inilalagay ko ito doon, ngunit napakaingat kong

to say, Hey this is just another opportunity for you to do self study but because I think

sabihin, Uy ito ay isa pang pagkakataon para sa iyo na mag-self study ngunit dahil sa tingin ko

it can get it can get a little dicey eat if you if you're too pushy with it.

maaari itong makakuha ng kaunting dicey kumain kung ikaw ay masyadong mapilit dito.

Yeah, right. Well, that's kind of the way it goes in Canada,

Oo, tama. Well, ganyan ang paraan sa Canada,

where I'm from – buy my book. That’s par for the coarse.

kung saan ako nanggaling – bilhin ang aking libro. Iyan ay par para sa magaspang.

Yeah, yeah. My book, but that's par for the course. Kevin,

Oo, oo. Ang aking libro, ngunit iyon ay par para sa kurso. Kevin,

what are some ideas maybe that you've had for… for future episodes? Some… some content

ano ang ilang ideya na maaaring mayroon ka para sa… para sa mga susunod na yugto? Ilang… ilang content

that you'd like to introduce. You do the idioms now, you do some grammar

na gusto mong ipakilala. Ginagawa mo ang mga idiom ngayon, gumawa ka ng ilang mga

episodes now. Any other avenues you'd like to pursue?

yugto ng grammar ngayon. Anumang iba pang mga paraan na gusto mong ituloy?

Well, so I'm not really big into social media very much, but our third member, Xochitl,

Well, kaya hindi ako masyadong mahilig sa social media, pero ang pangatlong miyembro namin, si Xochitl,

who isn't here, unfortunately right now she's very into social media and she was saying

na wala dito, sa kasamaang-palad ngayon ay sobrang hilig niya sa social media at sinasabi

that she wants to start a TikTok for us. Oh, dear.

niya na gusto niyang magsimula ng TikTok para sa amin. Ay, mahal.

Yeah, and I'm not into. Yeah, quick, tell Jack what TikTok is.

Oo, at hindi ako interesado. Oo, dali, sabihin kay Jack kung ano ang TikTok.

It obviously has something to do with the clock, right?

Halatang may kinalaman sa orasan diba?

So I know. And I don't do TikTok. I don't do social media. So I want to leave that up

Kaya alam ko. At hindi ako gumagawa ng TikTok. Hindi ako gumagawa ng social media. Kaya gusto kong iwanan iyon

to, but I was thinking I could still record videos and send that to her and she could

, ngunit iniisip ko na maaari pa akong mag-record ng mga video at ipadala iyon sa kanya at mai-

upload them. And one thing that many of our listeners have

upload niya ang mga ito. At isang bagay na sinabi ng marami sa aming mga tagapakinig

said is that I speak very quickly. Right now, I'm trying to remember to speak slowly for

ay ang mabilis akong magsalita. Sa ngayon, sinusubukan kong alalahanin na magsalita nang mabagal para sa

all the listeners tonight. And so I was thinking it could be very fun

lahat ng nakikinig ngayong gabi. At kaya iniisip ko na napakasaya

for me to record some Yongue Twister TikToks. That's oddities.

para sa akin na mag-record ng ilang Yongue Twister TikToks. Iyan ay mga kakaiba.

OK. Basically where you know 'cause, uh, TikTok

OK. Talaga kung saan alam mo 'dahil, uh, ang TikTok

is a short 10-20-thirty second video of me just doing some English tongue twisters as

ay isang maikling 10-20-thirty second video na gumagawa lang ako ng ilang English tongue twister nang mas

fast as possible and then challenging our… our audience, our listeners to… to mimic

mabilis hangga't maaari at pagkatapos ay hinahamon ang aming… ang aming audience, ang aming mga tagapakinig… na gayahin

me. So I was thinking that could be fun.

ako. Kaya naisip ko na maaaring maging masaya.

What? What would the first tick tock tongue twister video be then? I'm going to put you

Ano? Ano kaya ang unang video ng tick tock tongue twister? Ilalagay kita

on the spot right now. Right, right now. Well, I mean, one that I

sa lugar ngayon. Tama, ngayon din. Well, I mean, isa na lagi kong

always practiced as a kid, of course, is Robbie rubber baby buggy bumpers. It was a fun one.

sinasanay noong bata pa ako, siyempre, is Robbie rubber baby buggy bumpers. Ito ay isang masaya.

Or fuzzy wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy wuzzy,

O si fuzzy wuzzy ay isang oso. Walang buhok si fuzzy wuzzy. Hindi masyadong malabo si fuzzy wuzzy,

was he? Are… are very fun ones and I think it could

di ba? Sigurado... ay napakasaya at sa tingin ko ito ay maaaring

be interesting 'cause every language has unique sounds.

maging kawili-wili dahil ang bawat wika ay may natatanging mga tunog.

A nd in English we've got those Zs and the Vs, which I know other languages don't have.

At sa Ingles, mayroon kaming mga Z at ang mga V, na alam kong wala sa ibang mga wika.

And tongue twisters are a great way for people to practice pronunciation. I mean, I practiced

At ang mga tongue twister ay isang mahusay na paraan para sa mga tao na magsanay ng pagbigkas. I mean, nagpraktis ako

English tongue twisters when I was a kid. And it helped me in my English pronunciation.

ng English tongue twisters noong bata pa ako. At nakatulong ito sa aking pagbigkas sa Ingles.

It could help anyone as well. So if I could give examples of saying it slowly, kind of

Makakatulong din ito sa sinuman. Kaya kung makapagbibigay ako ng mga halimbawa ng pagsasabi nito nang mabagal, uri ng

fast and then very fast, it could be fun for me, fun for them. And something that people

mabilis at pagkatapos ay napakabilis, maaari itong maging masaya para sa akin, masaya para sa kanila. At isang bagay na

could… could copy. You mentioned uh. A Facebook page or a Facebook

maaaring kopyahin ng mga tao. Nabanggit mo eh. Isang Facebook page o isang Facebook

group a few moments ago. Could you elaborate on that a little bit please?

group ilang sandali ang nakalipas. Maaari mo bang ipaliwanag iyon nang kaunti, mangyaring?

Yeah, so before Xochitl joined our… our podcast team, I was kind of handling the social

Oo, kaya bago sumali si Xochitl sa aming… ang aming podcast team, medyo hindi maganda ang paghawak ko sa social

media poorly, I would say. I did the best I could, but we do have a Facebook page called

media, sasabihin ko. Ginawa ko ang lahat ng aking makakaya, ngunit mayroon kaming isang pahina sa Facebook na tinatawag

the A-Z. I'm sorry, I'll say that a little bit more slowly. The A-Z English podcast and

na AZ. Pasensya na, medyo mabagal ko pa itong sasabihin. Ang AZ English podcast at

I try to upload all of our all of our videos like we have a video for, we have a YouTube

sinusubukan kong i-upload ang lahat ng aming lahat ng aming mga video tulad ng mayroon kaming isang video para sa, mayroon kaming isang

channel. And we also, so we do make videos, but we don't put our actual video on

channel sa YouTube. At kami rin, kaya gumagawa kami ng mga video, ngunit hindi namin inilalagay ang aming aktwal na video sa

Gotcha. Yeah. So some people like to listen on YouTube and

Gotcha. Oo. Kaya ang ilang mga tao ay gustong makinig sa YouTube at

that's a… a large segment of people that are just, you know, that just don't aren't

iyon ay isang... isang malaking segment ng mga tao na makatarungan, alam mo, na hindi lang

into the podcast thing. And so we put that into Facebook as well. And, um, we Xochitel,wWe

sa podcast na bagay. At kaya inilagay din namin iyon sa Facebook. At, um, kami Xochitel, wMayroon din

have an Instagram as well.

kaming Instagram.

And… and our Twitter is not yet up and running. You know, I'm still waiting to see if Elon

At... at hindi pa gumagana ang aming Twitter. Alam mo, naghihintay pa rin ako kung

Musk purchases it or not before I decide. Sure, well if, if, he said, he would, he'd

bibilhin ito ni Elon Musk o hindi bago ako magpasya. Oo naman, kung, kung, sinabi niya, ay gagawin niya,

probably back out and, you know, maybe a couple of weeks later.

malamang na aatras siya at, alam mo, maaaring makalipas ang ilang linggo.

Right, right. I… I'll, I'll just wait. I'm, I'm holding off on that one.

Tama, tama. I... I'll, maghihintay lang ako. Ako, pinipigilan ko ang isang iyon.

But yeah, so we're… we're really trying to do more social media stuff. But you can

Ngunit oo, kaya kami... talagang sinusubukan naming gumawa ng higit pang mga bagay sa social media. Ngunit maaari kang

watch or, sorry, you can listen to the podcast on Facebook, YouTube. Uhm, but I think the

manood o, paumanhin, maaari kang makinig sa podcast sa Facebook, YouTube. Uhm, pero sa tingin ko ang

best places to go to our website and just stream it there. Because that's where the

pinakamagandang lugar para puntahan ang aming website at i-stream lang ito doon. Doon kasi ang

study guide is, so, yeah. But we're on all the major platforms, so you

study guide, so, yeah. Ngunit kami ay nasa lahat ng pangunahing platform, para

can find us on Apple Podcast. Spotify, Apple…

mahanap mo kami sa Apple Podcast. Spotify, Apple…

You have Spotify, S titcher, all those. Very good. Alright. So give us the big sales

Mayroon kang Spotify, S titcher, lahat ng iyon. Napakahusay. Sige. Kaya bigyan kami ng malaking benta

pitch before we wrap up our conversation today. Why should a student of the English language

bago namin tapusin ang aming pag-uusap ngayon. Bakit dapat makinig ang isang mag-aaral ng wikang Ingles

listen to the A-Z English podcast? Kev, you're the… the com major with a masters

sa AZ English podcast? Kev, ikaw ang… ang com major na may masters

degree. Knock it out. So you should come and listen to A-Z because

degree. Patumbahin ito. Kaya dapat kang pumunta at makinig sa AZ dahil

we love podcasting. We love what we do. We've been teaching for

mahilig kami sa podcasting. Mahal namin ang ginagawa namin. Matagal na kaming nagtuturo

a really long time and we have a p retty good idea of how to share how to explain the ideas

at mayroon kaming magandang ideya kung paano ibahagi kung paano ipaliwanag ang mga ideya

that we want. And we're here to listen to your ideas as well, and your comments and

na gusto namin. At narito kami para makinig din sa iyong mga ideya, at sa iyong mga komento at

your feedback. So A-Z English is good practice for you to listen and to interact with us.

feedback. Kaya magandang kasanayan ang AZ English para makinig ka at makipag-ugnayan sa amin.

And where else can you? Where else can you do that for free on the Internet?

At saan ka pa kaya? Saan mo pa magagawa iyon nang libre sa Internet?

Right. As someone who's worked in media for a long

Tama. Bilang isang taong nagtatrabaho sa media sa mahabang

time, I can tell when I'm listening to someone who is really into what they are doing and

panahon, masasabi ko kapag nakikinig ako sa isang taong talagang interesado sa kanilang ginagawa at

someone who is just kind of mailing it in and so to speak.

isang taong nagpapadala lamang dito at sa sabihin.

Yes, so that said, when I listen to… to your podcast, the two of you with your partner,

Oo, sabi nga, kapag nakikinig ako sa... sa podcast mo, kayong dalawa ng partner mo,

I can tell, I can hear it. You really, really enjoy what you're doing. And that is enough

masasabi ko, naririnig ko. Sarap na sarap ka talaga sa ginagawa mo. At sapat na iyon

for me to make me want to listen to it. If I… if you're into it, that's going to make

para gusto kong pakinggan ito. Kung ako... kung gusto mo ito, mapapasama nito ang

your students into it. And… and… and… that's… and that's a good place to start.

iyong mga mag-aaral. At... at... at... iyan... at iyon ang magandang lugar para magsimula.

So well done. Congratulations on the three months that you've done.

Napakagaling. Binabati kita sa tatlong buwan na nagawa mo.

Thanks, Steve. So far, yeah.

Salamat, Steve. Sa ngayon, oo.

Thank you very much. Absolute ly.

Maraming salamat. Ganap na kasinungalingan.

Jack McBain and Kevin Mitchell. You can find their podcast A to Z English podcast. So that's

Jack McBain at Kevin Mitchell. Mahahanap mo ang kanilang podcast A hanggang Z English podcast. So that's

atozenglishpodcast.com, right? And that's all one word put together?

atozenglishpodcast.com, right? At iyon lang ang isang salita na pinagsama-sama?

That's right. Yeah, very good. You can also use that as

Tama iyan. Oo, napakahusay. Maaari mo ring gamitin iyon bilang

a kind of a doorway over to their Facebook group. You can join that. You can also join…what

isang uri ng pintuan patungo sa kanilang Facebook group. Pwede kang sumali diyan. Maaari ka ring sumali…ano ang

am I missing here? The WhatsApp group Link is right there on

kulang ko dito? Ang Link ng WhatsApp group ay naroon

the website as well. Perfect, so just go to the website and all

din sa website. Perpekto, kaya pumunta lamang sa website at lahat

the information you need is right there. One stop shop.

ng impormasyong kailangan mo ay naroon. One stop shop.

Fantastic. Once again atozenglishpodcast.com. Jack McBain and Kevin Mitchell, thank you

Hindi kapani-paniwala. Muli atozenglishpodcast.com. Jack McBain at Kevin Mitchell, maraming salamat

so much for joining me on Speak English fluently. And once again, congratulations on your success

sa pagsama sa akin sa Speak English na matatas. At muli, binabati kita sa iyong tagumpay sa

so far and I wish you nothing but more success in the future.

ngayon at wala akong hinihiling kundi ang higit pang tagumpay sa hinaharap.

Oh, that's great. Thank you very much, Steve. Awesome, guys.

Ay, ang galing. Maraming salamat, Steve. Galing, guys.

Yeah. Thanks for having us. Have a great night. Bye, bye.

Oo. Salamat sa pagkakaroon sa amin. Magandang gabi. Paalam.

OK. Bye.

OK. Bye.