3 Lessons from Emily in Paris: Improve Your Speaking Skills

Introduction

In this episode, you learn two English vocabulary and how to pronounce them correctly in addition to an English idiom, its meaning, and how to use it. This lesson is based on three scenes in Episode 7 of Emily in Paris Season 3. 

3 English Lessons from Emily in Paris

• Atelier (with a focus on how Emily pronounces it)
• Erratic (with a focus on how Sylvie pronounces it using the American accent)
• Take the wheel (what Emily means when she uses this English idiom when speaking with Nicolas) 

Episode Summary 

In this lesson, you listen to the clips where these English vocabulary and idioms were used, and you get to understand the context of their usage. 

Then you listen to me explain their meanings and how to pronounce them correctly. Lastly, you get to practice pronouncing and using them with me. 

Key Highlights 

Watching English films and TV dramas is a fun, efficient, and easy way to improve your English speaking skills. 

Beyond watching, however, create a system to understand, practice, and document what you learn. And that is the purpose of this podcast.

Chapters

What this Episode is about: 00:30 - 2:12
Learning Process: 2:13 - 2:29
Clip 1, Explanation & Practice: 2:30 - 4:43
Download Lesson Pin on Pinterest: 4:44 - 5:05
Clip 2, Explanation & Practice: 5:06 - 8:05
Language Learning Motivation: 8:06 - 8:36
Clip 3, Explanation & Task for You: 8:37 - 11:04
Share Your Comments: 11:05 - 11:37
Recap: 11:38 - 12:06

Links and Resources  

If you'd like a visual copy of this English lesson to go over later or share it with a friend, click this link to download the Pinterest Pin. https://pin.it/6WhShZtsz

It includes the idiom, the vocabulary and their transcriptions, and their meanings. 

Click the first link at the top to send your feedback, questions, comments, or fears about speaking English. I'll read and feature them in future episodes. 

Over to You

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Host Information

I remain your host, Adenike Babalola (Online Content Creator)

Additional Notes/Credit

The photosclips from Emily in Paris were played and recorded via Netflix, and this podcast show has no rights or affiliation with Netflix. These episodes are strictly for English teaching purposes and are not a form of promotion. Visit netflix.com to watch Emily in Paris.

Dialogue (Source: Netflix.com)

Clip 1

Sylvie: I thought Gregory Dupree was showing us. The Air France uniforms he’s designed for the pitch.
...

Emily: Okay, Gregory now wants us to meet him at his ATELIER. Apparently, his redesign cannot be contained to a conference room.

Clip 2: 

Sylvie: That was Pierre. He was ver