Real ESL With Kim Purcell - Our New Video Podcast For ESL Students

Hey everyone,

Sorry it’s been a little slow around here lately, I’ve been working with my wife on something other than our children.

You may or may not know this but I met my wife in Asia in the late 90s, when we were both ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers in Seoul, Korea. My time there helped send my love of Asian culture to another level and ultimately inspired this site.

Long story short, we loved our time in Asia and often found ourselves missing our interactions with our students. While being a TV producer is awfully fun, we thought we’d start a small video series to get back into the teaching habit and to maybe get us back to Asia once in a while.

The site, realesl.com, is in the beginning stages and the videos are rough but we’re getting there. More than anything we want the videos to teach people English the way it’s actually spoken on the streets, swearing and all.

Let us know what you think and visit the website when you can. And leave us some feedback! We’d love to hear from you. Also, if you’re an ESL student or know someone who is be sure to let them know about the series!

Below is an example of one of the videos we’re doing. As I mentioned, it doesn’t pull any punches. If you want to learn how to speak English, you’re going to have to learn that people often swear.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out. Now we return you to your regularly scheduled Japanese TV programming.

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6 Responses to “Real ESL With Kim Purcell - Our New Video Podcast For ESL Students”

  1. Clarissa says:

    Hey, that looks really good for my advanced students. :) Unfortunately I only have a few of those…I’m dying for some videos, audio, and reading for my beginner and lower-intermediate students. Anyway, I’ll try to post it on ReadableBlog soon!

  2. Clarissa says:

    (I’ve put the site into StumbleUpon now, too. :))

  3. gavinpurcell says:

    Thanks Clarissa!

    We’ll probably be doing a beginning series as well down the road as well!

  4. Mike says:

    They are really to hard to watch.

  5. Nar Williams says:

    Congrats on the new site. I always wondered how people learn swear/street words when learning new languages… Go internet!

  6. JR says:

    Great idea, nice intro, my only criticism is the abundant wind noise in the narration track. If you didn’t have a shield on your mic, it would be a good idea to invest in one. If you were using a built-in mic on a camcorder, etc., you should try an external one w/ the aforementioned shielding. Good luck!

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