MUSIC: My Internet Girl/Aaron Carter (lyrics) You've got e-mail ... AA: E-mail is just one of the benefits of the Internet. I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER we look at learning English online. RS: Charles Kelly is an...
MUSIC: Help!/Beatles AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster we talk about a few of the differences between American English and British English. RS: It's a question we often get. After all, some differences can lead to emba...
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: December 19, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- slang on campus. RS: Our friend Dianne Gray, an English teacher in Moscow, has a student who would like to know some of the slang...
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: December 12, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: Just in time for those unattainable New Year's resolutions, the art -- and danger -- of making excuses. SCHLENKER: What excuses do i...
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: December 5, 2002 MUSIC: Lose Yourself/Eminem (8 Mile soundtrack) AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the art of rap. This form of music sprang from the hip-hop culture of young, urban...
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: November 21, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble and this week on Wordmaster -- language and the law. RS: That's what our guest today writes about in a column for The Green Bag, which calls itself An Entertainin...
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: November 28, 2002 MUSIC: Thank You For ... /Hall and Oates AA: No, thank you -- for listening! I'm Avi Arditti. RS: And I'm Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: Some advice on how to write a thank-you note, as ma...
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: November 14, 2002 Rebroadcast on VOA News Now: November 17, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster, English teacher Lida Baker answers some of your questions. RS: Starting with this fro...
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: November 7, 2002 Rebroadcast on VOA News Now: November 10, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- slang and idioms in American politics. RS: Tuesday was Election Day, and Slangman Da...
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: October 31, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: November 3, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, we catch up on some listener mail. RS: The first question is by e-mail from Paul, an E...