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TALC Chats Podcast#58 - Yikes! Aw! Yuck! Wow! ... and other Interjections!Send us a textGosh! It’s sure a beautiful morning!It is! You just said “Gosh!” We have learned that sentences have subjects, verbs and objects. What part of a sentence is “Gosh”? “Gosh” is an interjection.An Interjection? What’s an interjection?An interjection is a word that expresses an emotion. It isn’t grammatically part of the sentence.Right! In fact, you can just use an interjection alone...2025-06-2712 minTALC Chats Podcast#57 - What's the matter? Is everything OK?Send us a textYou look like you don’t feel well this morning. What’s the matter?Oh, thanks for asking. I didn’t sleep very well, and I have a headache.You were concerned about me because I looked like I didn’t feel well. You wanted to know if I had a problem, and you asked me “What’s the matter?” That is one expression we can use when we notice that another person seems to have a problem or difficulty, and we want to show that we are con...2025-06-1008 minTALC Chats Podcast# 56 Did you use to walk to school? 🏫 Practice with "use to"Send us a textL: Did you use to walk to school when you were a kid?D: Yes, I used to walk to school when I was a kid, Latonya. Did you? L: No, I didn’t use to walk to school. I took the school bus. Those are interesting verbal expressions “use to” and “used to”. When do we use them? The verb “to use” (the infinitive form) and “use” (the base form) means to put somethin...2025-05-2112 minTALC Chats Podcast#55 - I just have $5 in my wallet. 💵 Practice with the little word "just"Send us a textHow are you this morning?I’m fine, thanks! I just finished breakfast!You said you just finished breakfast. What does that mean?It means that I very recently finished breakfast - not hours ago, but in the very recent past. Notice that I used just with the simple past form of the verb finished.You could also say “I have just finished breakfast.” (present perfect tense)Yes! Both statements mean that in the ve...2025-05-0510 minTALC Chats Podcast#54 - I wonder if it will rain tomorrow. ☔ Practice with "wonder"Send us a textI wonder if it will rain tomorrow. We want to go for a hike.Right! And I wonder if it will bed dry enough to walk on the trails.We use “wonder if” in those sentences... what do we mean to say?We are curious about what the weather will be tomorrow.Curious?When you want to know about something, you are curious.I see a new car in fron...2025-04-0307 minTALC Chats Podcast#53 - Their cat is now our cat 😺! - Practice with their and ourSend us a textA correction! In our conversation Diana said that words that sound the same, but are spelled differently are homonyms. That isn't correct. Those words are homophones.Remember that in podcast # 48 we practiced using the possessive adjectives his and her?Right! We use possessive adjectives to describe something that belongs to a person or people . Remind us please, what is an adjective?An adjective is a word that describes...2025-03-2012 minTALC Chats Podcast# 52 - The Mystery of Bigfoot 👣 (Sasquatch)Send us a textHave you ever seen those drive though coffee kiosks called “Bigfoot Java”?Yeah, they have a big brown footprint on their signs.First, what’s java?Right! Java is a word we use for coffee.Why java?Because it is a part of Indonesia where coffee is grown.We should devote an entire podcast to coffee.We should! But today let’s talk about Bigfoot.Great idea!What is...2025-03-1210 minTALC Chats Podcast#51 - I need to feed Rosie. 🐶 Practice using want, need, like & loveSend us a text I need to feed my dog, Rosie. What does she want to eat? She wants to eat tuna fish.Does she like tuna fish?Yes! She loves tuna fish, but she doesn’t need to eat tuna fish for breakfast.That little conversation we just had about Rosie’s breakfast is a good example using “need” “want” and “like” and “love” in English. What do you mean?Well, I said "I nee...2025-02-1508 minTALC Chats Podcast#50 - Brrrr! It's cold🥶! Winter WeatherSend us a textA correction: Diana said, "The boiling point on the Fahrenheit scale is 112 degrees." The boiling point on the Fahrenheit scale is 212 degrees.What’s the weather like this morning? It’s cold, frosty and sunny this morning! Yes!! BRRRR! It is cold!Was it cold last night?Yes, it was below freezing.What do you mean :”below freezing”?The temperature at which water freezes is 32 degrees Fahrenheit.… or 0 degrees Celsius. If I say it’s below freezing, I mean the temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or...2025-02-0616 minTALC Chats Podcast# 49 - A conversation with Jaime, a TALC learner.Send us a textWe talk with Jaime, who has been studying English with a TALC tutor for about four years. We learn that English is not his second, but his third language. He also speaks Japanese! Listen to our conversation and learn what Jaime finds the hardest and easiest about learning English. What does he do to improve his English skills? Jaime leaves us with some advice for other English language learners: "Don't give up!" "You've got this!"Tacomaliteracy.org2025-02-0213 minTALC Chats Podcast# 38 - Mt. Rainier and the Cascade Mountain Range 🌄Send us a textIn podcast # 35 we talked about the Puget Sound, a body of water that starts north of us in the Straits of Juan de Fuca and extends to Olympia south of us. We live in the area of Washington State called The Puget Sound. From our homes in the Puget Sound we see a lot of mountains. Can you see mountains from where you live?What mountain we can see from many places in Puget Sound? Mount Rainier of course! It is our mountain. When we ask each oth...2025-01-3017 minTALC Chats Podcast#48 - Is that his phone or her phone? 📱 - Practice with possessive adjectivesSend us a textIf that phone belongs to Mary, I can say “That is Mary’s phone.” If that phone belongs to John, I can say, “That book is John’s phone.” When we are talking about someone owning or possessing something, we can use the person’s name, add an apostrophe plus an ‘s’ to show possession or ownership. An apostrophe is a little mark. It looks like a comma, but it is higher, not down on the line like a comma. Look in the...2025-01-2610 minTALC Chats Podcast#47 - The Orcas of Puget SoundSend us a text In podcast #35 we talked about the Puget Sound - a body of salt water that is connected to the Pacific Ocean at the Straits of Juan de Fuca north of Seattle and extends 95 miles south to Olympia. Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle, Bellevue and Everett are cities on Puget Sound. About 2/3 of Washington state’s population live on Puget Sound. Today we’re going to talk about the orcas who live in the waters of Puget Sound for several months every year. Orcas are also called killer whales. They are in the dolph...2025-01-1114 minTALC Chats Podcast#46 - Everyday English - Slow and EasySend us a textToday how about practicing some English phrases that are useful for everyday life situations? That sounds good! Where shall we start?Let’s start with greetings: To greet someone: Formal: Good morning/afternoon/ evening; How are you? It’s nice to see you! Informal: What’s new?; What’s up?; How’s it going? To reply: Formal : I’m fine, thanks, and you?; It’s nice to see you, too. Informal: Pretty good. I can’t complain. Could be better, how about you?To sa...2024-12-2910 minTALC Chats Podcast# 45 - We had a windstorm! Did your lights go out? 💡Send us a text On November 20th there was a big windstorm in western Washington. Did you have a lot of wind at your house? Some places escaped the high winds, but many areas in northwestern Washington were hit hard!What do you mean by that? “some places were hit hard.” I mean some places had a lot of wind. They were affected by the storm. The storm hit those places hard. What were some of the areas that were hit hard – had a lot of wind?Well, Issaquah, Renton, Bellevue and...2024-12-1812 minTALC Chats Podcast#44 - Happy HolidaysSend us a textHappy holidays to you!And happy holidays to you, too!We’re right in the middle of the time of the year we call “the holidays”.What is a “holiday?” It comes from an old English word that meant “holy day”. The word was first used a long time ago - before the 12th century. The word was used for days that were special religious days, holy days. People had religious festivals, and they did not work; they had the day “off”. Now “holiday” is used for...2024-12-1112 minTALC Chats Podcast# 43 - Can you hear me? Are you listening to me? 👂 - What is the difference?Send us a textCan you hear me? Are you listening to me?In Podcast #39 we talked about the difference between “see” “look” and “watch”. We use “see” when we are talking about our sense of sight. We “see” things without trying. I can see Mt. Rainier today.” We use “look” + “at” when we are focusing our eyes on something. “I am looking at the yellow and orange leaves on the trees.” We use look + “for” when we are searching for something – often something that we have lost. “I am lookin...2024-12-0210 minTALC Chats Podcast#42 - "What do you mean?" Practice with that little word, "mean"Send us a text"You know, I can do without Halloween. ""What do you mean?""I mean that I don’t like Halloween. It’s just too creepy …scary…for me."When you asked me “What do mean?” what did you want to find out? I wasn't sure what you wanted (intended) to say. That little word mean is like a lot of words in English. We use it in many ways. Let’s talk about some ways we use little word: “mean”.In that question “Wha...2024-11-2214 minTALC Chats Podcast#41 - The "ought" Word FamilySend us a textYou know, I don’t think we have ever devoted an entire podcast to pronunciation of words that are hard for English learners to pronounce and spell, am I correct?You’re right! So maybe we ought to do that today.I agree that we ought to do that!In fact, ought is one of those words that is challenging for learners to pronounce and spell.Before we start, dear listener, we suggest that you get a penci...2024-11-1410 minTALC Chats Podcast#40 - Back to school! 🏫Send us a textPodcast – Back to school!It’s the end of September already! Can you believe it! Time flies! Many languages have a similar expression because wherever you live in the world time goes so fast that it seems like it is flying away. What does the month of September make you think about? …the beginning of fall? …the days getting shorter?Or do you think about the new school year starting? Many schools started in early September after the Labor Day holiday. Shall we talk ab...2024-10-2817 minTALC Chats Podcast# 39 - "I see a bear."🐻 " I'm looking at a bear."🐻 "I'm watching a bear." 🐻 What's the difference?Send us a textCan you see me? Are you looking at me? Are you watching me? “see”, “look” and “watch". We use those three little words a lot in English. Each word means to do something – an action with our eyes.But…do they all mean the same thing? No, they don’t! And it’s easy to confuse them. Today let’s look at the differences between see, look and watch.First, when do we use “see”? Well, we usually use “see...2024-10-1612 minTALC Chats Podcast# 37 - Let's Take A Little Vacation! 🧳Send us a textDo you want to take a short trip? A little vacation?In episode # 33 ‘That Summertime Feeling”, we talked about activities that people do in the summer. Something that a lot of people do in the summer is take a vacation or “go on vacation” or “take a trip”. Do you go on vacation every summer? Do you prefer to take long vacations or short vacations? Do you like to travel to a location (spot) nearby or far away? Do you like to go camping o...2024-09-1514 minTALC Chats Podcast# 36 - More practice using "to get" as a phrasal verb - "I got rid of my old car 🚗 last month."Send us a textIn episode # 34 we talked about using that chameleon verb “get” as a phrasal verb A phrase is two or more words used together, so a phrasal verb is combining a verb with other words. Together they have a different meaning – a meaning that is not a direct translation of each of the words. Guess how many ways we use “get” as a phrasal verb in English. Get ready for it! There are 177 different ways we use “get” in combination with other words and each of those has a different mean...2024-09-0214 minTALC Chats Podcast# 35 - Bodies of Water - The Puget Sound 🌊Send us a textWe are lucky to live in a place where there are so many bodies of water. We usually use body to mean the physical structure of a living creature, but we also use "body" to talk about a significant accumulation (gathering) of water on the surface of the earth – or other planet. Oceans, rivers and lakes are bodies of water.The biggest bodies of water are the oceans or the seas. we usually use "oceans". Trick question: How many oceans are on the earth?2024-08-1214 minTALC Chats Podcast#34 - My dog 🐕 and cat 🐈 get along! Practice using "get" as a phrasal verbSend us a textWe use that little verb “to get” a lot! We use it in more than 50 ways. That’s we called it the “chameleon verb” in Podcast 30. In that Podcast, we practiced 4 common ways we use the verb “to get” when we use it alone – as a single word.1. We use “to get” to mean “to arrive”. I get home early on Mondays. – present I got home late yesterday. - past 2. We use “to get “ when we talk about a change in condition or situatio...2024-07-2514 minTALC Chats Podcast# 33 - That Summertime Feeling ☀️ 🏖️ 🐝Send us a textJune 20th was the first day of summer on the calendar. When does summer begin for you? What gives you that summertime feeling? .... Maybe the long days? Or the warm sunshine?What is that summertime feeling? What do you want to do in the summer? Do you want to relax? Here are some expressions we use for "relax": “kick back” “take it easy” “chill” “hang out” with friends & family Do you want to go to the beach, river or lake and hang out and chill?2024-07-1417 minTALC Chats Podcast#32 - The 4th of July 🎇Send us a textToday is July 3rd and tomorrow we will have a big holiday in the USA - the 4th of July! Let’s have a little 4th of July Trivia Quiz! The dictionary definition of trivia is "unimportant information or facts". It is very popular now to have trivia quizzes – games in which people try to answer questions about fun facts or information. A quiz is a short informal test. The teacher says “We’re going to have a “pop quiz.” – an unexpected little test. Our 4th of July trivia qui...2024-07-0421 minTALC Chats Podcast#31 - Let's take a tour of the kitchen!Send us a textWe spend a lot of time in our kitchens. We prepare food, cook and clean up in the kitchen. When when we have "get togethers" (when friends and family come to share a meal) people often gather in the the kitchen to help with food preparation, or just to "chew the fat" ( talk) or "catch up" (learn what is new). In this episode we take a tour of this important room.Let's go into the kitchen. Most kitchens don't have a door that you can open and c...2024-06-2623 minTALC Chats Podcast#30 - Practice with the chameleon 🦎 verb "to get" in slow(ish) English.Send us a textA chameleon is a lizard that is famous for changing its color to match its surroundings. The verb "to get" is like a chameleon because it changes its meaning like a chameleon changes colors. In this episode we will practice some of the most common ways we use "to get". Here are the "forms" (the conjugation) of "to get": Present: I get we get they get you get he/she/it gets Past: I/we...2024-06-0112 minTALC Chats Podcast# 29 - Achoo! 🤧 Do you have seasonal allergies?Send us a textAre you having allergy symptoms right now, dear listener? A lot of people are! Allergies are an over-reaction of our immune system to something in our environment - something that usually isn't really dangerous, but our immune system reacts like it is dangerous. Our immune system, says "Hey! This is a problem and we need to put up a fight against it."That "fight" causes the allergy symptoms that some people have.People can be allergic to almost anything. (Notice that we say al...2024-06-0111 minTALC Chats Podcast# 28 - The Verb "to be" Past Tense in Slow English; Were you busy yesterday?Send us a textIn episode #16 we practiced using the verb "to be" in present tense. Today we are practicing using "to be" in the past. Here is a quick review of the forms of "to be" in the present: I am (I'm- contraction) you are (you're they are (they're) we are (we're) she is (she's) he is (he's) it is (it's)Here are the forms (conjugation) of "to be" in the past: I was he was it was you were we were they were Notice: for all single subjects we use "was" (except "you" that can be single or plural) ...2024-05-1113 minTALC Chats Podcast#27 - Happy Birthday to You! 🎂🎈🎉Send us a textHere is a riddle(a question that needs careful thought to figure out the answer) for you: What goes up but never comes down? Your age!Our age goes up (increases) all the time, but we count the increase in years on our birthday.Not everyone celebrates their birthday. Some people don't celebrate their birthday for religious or personal reasons. Probably most people in the United States celebrate their birthday. People started celebrating birthdays in ancient Egypt - in...2024-05-1116 minTALC Chats Podcast# 26 - Tom's in the market for new wheels 🚗! - A story with a happy ending ....and a lot of idioms.Send us a textIn episode # 17 we shared a Valentine's Day story that had a lot of idioms about love. Today we tell a story with some more idioms - a lot of the idioms in this story are about $$$$$ - money.idioms are expressions or groups of words that have a special meaning that cannot be translated word by word. We use a lot of idioms in English. Here's Tom's story. The idioms are in bold. In the Market for New WheelsTom isn’t a guy who likes to fork over ...2024-05-1128 minTALC Chats Podcast#25 - "Hey! How's it goin?" - Making Small TalkSend us a textLatonya and Diana talk about making small talk - those short conversations between people who usually don't know each other very well. Small talk conversations are usually not about important things, but they are conversations that make connections between people. Small talk "breaks the ice" - it "melts" the cold, awkward silence between people and makes them feel more comfortable. Some situations when we make small talk are: At work when we talk with coworkers at the start of the workday or on break In our neighborhood or a...2024-04-2214 minTALC Chats Podcast#24 - What are you going to do today? Practice using "going to" to talk about the futureSend us a textToday we are going to talk about using “going to” to talk about the future. In episode #13 we practiced using "will" + the base verb ( the verb without any endings: eat, work, run) to talk about the future. A review: Mary will help me with my homework tomorrow. Offer/promise I will (I’ll) answer the door. Quick decision I will (I’ll) have a hamburger with fries, please. Quick decision The sun...2024-04-2217 minTALC Chats Podcast#23 - I'm hungry! What shall we have for breakfast? 🥞?🍳?🥓?Send us a textWhat shall we have for breakfast? We are asking for suggestions or recommendations about what we will fix for breakfast. "Shall" is an old fashioned word that we don't use very frequently. We still use it when we ask questions that ask for suggestions or recommendations with "I" or "we": "What shall I do now?" "What time shall we go ?" We also see :"shall "in legal documents and contracts meaning "must"...2024-04-1319 minTALC Chats Podcast#22 - What do we do in the spring? ☀️ 🪟Send us a textIn the last episode Latonya and Diana talked about the signs of spring that we see all around us. In this episode they talk about what people do in the spring. When the bright springtime sun shines through our windows we see lots of things that we didn't see in the dark days of winter. We see that our windows are dirty! We see smudges on the windows. We see that we need to dust our furniture and clean our floors.2024-03-2912 minTALC Chats Podcast# 21 - Signs of Spring 🌷🌱Send us a textTuesday, March 19, was the first day of spring 🌱. In this episode Latonya and Diana talk about the signs of spring in Western Washington. Cherry trees bloom 🌸🌸 in clouds of pink and white. The grass turns bright green. We need to mow (cut) the grass in our lawns. Dandelions are often the first flowers we see in the spring 🌼. People think of dandelions as "weeds" (plants we don't want in our yards and gardens), but they are pretty yellow flowers with leaves that are nutritious. Daffodi...2024-03-2918 minTALC Chats Podcast#20 - The verb "to have" in slow English; My neighbor has a pet goat!!Send us a textWe will practice using “to have in the present.We use “to have” a lot in English. It is the 2nd most used verb. We use “to have" in many different ways.Today we will practice using “to have“ as a main verb. “To have” means to own something or possess something: I have a car. (I own a car.)It can also mean to perform an action: "I have brea...2024-03-0310 minTALC Chats Podcast#19 - I did my laundry yesterday. What did you do? ~ Practice using "to do" in the past.Send us a textIn TALC Chats episode # 8, Latonya and Diana practiced using that little verb "to do'" in the present. In this episode they practice using "to do" in the past. A quick review of the forms "to do"in the present: I do we do you do they do he/she/it does"to do" has two important jobs: 1. As a main verb that means to accomplish something like "I do my dishes after I eat dinner." 2. As a helper f...2024-03-0311 minTALC Chats Podcast#18 - 2024 is a leap year! Are you a leapling? - Practice with ordinal and cardinal numbersSend us a textLatonya and Diana recorded this episode on March 1 , 2024. When we say that date in English we say "March first, twenty twenty-one". In English we use ordinal numbers when we talk about the date on the calendar. When we count (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 9,10), we use cardinal numbers. Ordinal numbers are numbers "in order": first, second, third, fourth. fifth. Those are a little tricky, but the other ordinal numbers are easy - just add "th" to the cardinal number: six+th = sixth, seven+th= seventh, eigh...2024-03-0311 minTALC Chats Podcast#17 - A Valentine's Day Love Story 💕 with lots of idiomsSend us a textThe theme of the day is "idioms" - expressions that have a special meaning. We cannot translate idioms word for word. Last week was Valentine's Day. People talk a lot about love on Valentine's Day. Let's read a Valentine's Day love story that has a lot of idioms. Latonya and Diana will read the story together and then they will take a close look at each of the idioms. A Valentine's Day Love Story 💕Bob and Julie we...2024-02-2016 minTALC Chats Podcast#15 - Morning Routines - What do you do every morning?🌅Send us a textMost people have morning routines. They do the same things every morning. Other people don't have a routine. For those people every morning is different.We all have some things in common (the same as another person or people) about starting our day. Everyone wakes up (stops sleeping) , and then they get up (get out of bed). Latonya and Diana both get up around 7 o'clock in the morning. They are both "early birds" (people who like to get up early in the morning). They have that in common. They aren't night owls (peop...2024-02-0316 minTALC Chats Podcast# 16 - The Verb "to be" (present tense) in Slow English; Are you at home?Send us a textThe verb “to be” Present Tense · I am (contraction: I’m)· You are (you’re)· We (you and I) are (we’re)· They (the children) are (they’re)· He (my father) is (he’s)· She (Latonya/Diana/the girl) is (she’s)· It (the time, the weather, an object) is (it’s) Liste...2024-02-0309 minTALC Chats Podcast# 14 - Do you make cookies 🍪 often? - the verb "to make" in past and presentSend us a textWe use "to make" a lot in English . It is one of ten most used verbs, so let's practice using "to make".Present tense : I, you, we, they make he, she, it makes Past: I, we, you, they, he, she, it madeDo you make cookies often? Do you make a mess in the kitchen when you cook? Did you make that hat?Do you make a grocery list?What did...2024-02-0214 minTALC Chats Podcast#13 New Year's Resolutions! What will you do this year? What won't you do this year?Send us a textIt's 2024! It's a new year! The day of the week today is Friday. The date is January 12, 2024. At the start (beginning) of a new year many people make resolutions. Resolutions are promises people make to themselves about what they will do and what they won't do in the new year. Resolutions are goals. Sometimes we make resolutions to do some things that we have procrastinated (put off/ dela...2024-01-2211 minTALC Chats Podcast#12 - Let's Take a Walk!Send us a textIt's a cold, rainy day. It's a perfect day for a walk! Diana invites Latonya to go for a walk today. They want to stay warm and dry on their walk. Latonya and Diana discuss what they will wear - what they will put on. They decide they will wear layers - maybe two shirts and a vest (a jacket or sweater without sleeves). Latonya likes to wear a warm pair of pants made of thick, warm fabric 2024-01-2211 minTALC Chats Podcast#11 - Do You Have a Pet? 🐶 😺 🐦 🐠 🐹 Pets are members of the family, too!Send us a textPets are important members of many households. A household is a group of one or more people who live in the same dwelling (living space). The people in a household may be relatives (family members) or may not be relatives (not family members).Pets are animals who live in our household. We love them and we take care of them. We feed them (give them food) and make sure they have a clean, safe place to live.There are ma...2024-01-0309 minTALC Chats Podcast#10 - I Would Like to Make an AppointmentSend us a textTalking on the phone in a language that you are still learning isn't easy. But sometimes you need to do it. In this episode a mom calls Dr. Getbetter's office to make an appointment for her son who is sick. He got sick a few days ago and now he is worse. His temperature is 103 degrees and he is coughing all the time. Dr. Getbetter's receptionist answers the phone. Listen for the very 2024-01-0311 minTALC Chats Podcast#9 Getting Sick. Catching a Cold.Send us a textIn the fall and winter a lot of people get sick. Latonya and Diana discuss a very common illness that people get this time of year: the common cold. Cold is the same word we use for something that is at a low temperature. For example: "I'm cold." "It's cold outside today." "My coffee is cold." Today we are talking about a different use of the word "cold". We are talking about an illness, a "cold". In E...2023-12-1512 minTALC Chats Podcast#8 Chores (The verb "To do")Send us a textLatonya and Diana talk about using the busy little verb "to do" in the present tense. (I, you, we, they do; he, she it does ). Here are some ways we use "do" as a main verb: 1. to talk about doing chores, like "We do the dishes every day."2. To talk about unspecified activities, I'm not doing anything special today, what are you do...2023-12-1512 minTALC Chats Podcast#7 Family Relationships Part 2Send us a textLatonya and Diana talk about where their parents were born. They also talk about the relationships that we have with family members through marriage, our in-laws. For example, your husband's mom and dad are your mother-in- law and father-in-law. Your sister's husband is your brother-in-law...2023-12-0311 minTALC Chats PodcastFamily Relationships Part 2Latonya and Diana talk about where their parents were born. They also talk about the relationships that we have with family members through marriage, our in-laws. For example, your husband's mom and dad are your mother-in- law and father-in-law. Your sister's husband is your brother-in-law and your brother's wife is yo...2023-12-0111 minTALC Chats Podcast#6 Family Relationships Part 1Send us a textLatonya and Diana chat about family relationships: parents (mothers and fathers), siblings (brothers and sisters), aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Some family members are living and some have died, or passed away. Listen for the present tense of that little verb that is used most frequently in English - "to be": I am, we/you/they are, he/ she/it i...2023-12-0116 minTALC Chats Podcast#5 Shopping. 🛒 🛍️Send us a textToday, Latonya and Diana talk about the different types of shopping we do and the different types of stores where we do our shopping. How about you? Where do you like to shop? Send us a comment.Tacomaliteracy.org2023-11-2925 minTALC Chats Podcast#4 Black Friday - Looking for a bargain!Send us a textWhat is Black Friday? Let's talk about shopping and good deals!Tacomaliteracy.org2023-11-2821 minTALC Chats Podcast#3 Thanksgiving 🦃Send us a textThanksgiving – it’s complicated· What are we celebrating?· If you ask different people you will get different answers.· What did we learn when we were kids? Well, we learned : These people, the Pilgrims, were not able to practice their religion freely in England so in November 1620, they came to an English colony in what is now Massachusetts in the Americas. They came on a ship called the Mayflower and they wore tall black hats with buckles. They named their new community New Plymouth.They had a very hard first...2023-11-2115 minTALC Chats Podcast#2 Daylight Saving Time ⏰Send us a textLet's talk about Daylight Saving Time. What is it? What is your experience? Listen to Diana and Latonya talk about the things that change for us when we set our clocks one hour ahead.Tacomaliteracy.org2023-11-2113 minTALC Chats Podcast#1 The Weather.Send us a textTacomaliteracy.org2023-11-1911 min