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Academic English? What’s the difference?!

Had a very good IELTS talk with one of the students today. Positive vs negative responses. And should we record these to playback and analyze?

Thinking… what would an online degree in Chinese be like? And why would I want to do one?

-More recognition than HSK

-A variety of topics

-In depth knowledge (but why do I need this?)

And there seems to be more Jesus and God talk as of late. Why? Well, I think it’s become clear that the USA has some issues as of late and the Church has especially been sidelined. New Pope is USAmerica, is that the only reason?

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00:00 Cold Open Setup and Teasers

00:46 Show Intro and Monolingual Classrooms

02:28 Academic English and Contractions

06:14 Third Person Review Assignment

08:47 Semester Classes and Exam Rubric

11:28 Speaking vs Writing Exams

13:06 Casual English and Attendance

14:48 Office Hours and IELTS Buddies

18:07 IELTS Practice Session

24:21 Recording and Transcribing Speech

29:16 Online Chinese Degree Idea

31:20 HSK vs IELTS

33:05 Motivations for Chinese Degree

37:14 Adam Curry Leaving No Agenda

39:53 Catholicism and Religion Sensitivities

42:02 Good vs Evil and the Bible

43:24 American Pope and DEI

45:27 Skepticism About the Bible

47:04 Concise History of the Church

48:38 Wrap Up Links and Support