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Take Off 34: Find the River with REM
August 13, 2008 11:39 PM PDT
In just a little more than a day, I'll be there with the crowd watching and listening to REM at the Sziget, Budapest, Hungary. I hope to be back from that concert with a special REM Live edition of the podcast. We'll see. What's sure is that the most recent episode features "Find the River."
July 22, 2008 02:29 AM PDT
I'll post the next episode in early August, after I come home from the Kapolcs Magic Days festivities. Meantime, you can listen to one of my favorite student stories, which also appears in my collection, the JPU Corpus. July 10, 2008 09:39 AM PDT
That's right: this week, the lyrics comes from that 60s musical, Hair. Enjoy! July 01, 2008 11:54 PM PDT
How about shifting into sixth gear with this fantastic track from REM's latest album? Plus listen to my rendition of the lyrics. Enjoy! Also, check out Take Off after the REM concert on the Sziget on August 16. I will be there and share with you some of the highlights of the show!
June 23, 2008 08:57 AM PDT
The first summer episode! Enjoy your vacation and this story, the lyrics of Coldplay's Viva La Vida. June 04, 2008 10:39 PM PDT
Konkoly Kriszta, Horváth Bálint, and Szilas Péter, three English majors at the University of Pécs, talk about an exam and their summer plans. May 19, 2008 12:35 PM PDT
Lovorka Zergollern - Miletic, a colleague from the University of Zagreb, and I gave a talk on coherence and originality in student writing at a Pécs conference last week. After the presentation, we went to have a glass of wine downtown -- together with a team of participants. It was there that I made this recording.
May 02, 2008 11:43 AM PDT
Kosóczki Kata, Buda Réka and Fodor Balázs, three students from my Oral Presentation Skills II course, are talking about Forster's novel, A Passage to India, and another passage.
April 14, 2008 01:08 AM PDT
In the past three years, I have met Steve four times: at the annual Budapest Folk Dance Festivals. This past weekend I asked him to tell Take Off a little bit about his interest in things Hungarian and Transylvanian.
March 30, 2008 06:52 AM PDT
A scene from the movie starring Sean Connery and Kevin Costner, plus a conversation with Rácz Krisztián.
March 24, 2008 03:46 AM PDT
In this episode I read a passage about the prehistoric statues on Easter Island. Read the rest of the chapter and other sections in Routledge's book on Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=36yi7JgoBY8C&rview=1 March 17, 2008 12:39 PM PDT
Listen to Rudolf Anna's story from her blog at http://anchuk.blogspot.com
March 06, 2008 12:42 PM PST
A talented writer, Gergo is a fourth-year student at the University of Pecs. February 25, 2008 08:42 AM PST
This episode features Lugossy Reka and her stories.
February 16, 2008 08:21 AM PST
Another rerun of a segment from a Joe and Co. episode from last year, featuring Marianne's ideas about learning vocabulary.
February 10, 2008 09:34 AM PST
The Lord of the... listen to the episode to find out! January 29, 2008 01:10 PM PST
Horvath Bernadett, a friend and former JPU student, joined me in the morning on Skype. She told me about an exercise she's recently designed and about a Newsweek article written by... but you will find that out.
January 22, 2008 09:17 AM PST
A look back at a session held last year in the American Corner. Students read and talk about magazine articles, watch a movie, and discuss what they have discovered at 9 Maria street, Pecs, Hungary.
January 19, 2008 09:56 AM PST
Ever wanted to know what keeps your teachers on the job? Not really? Well, for those of you who are interested, here's my reason. Ten, actually.
January 13, 2008 11:24 AM PST
An essay written in 1996 by Schubert Gabor, a former student at the University of Pecs.
January 10, 2008 12:16 PM PST
A part of episode 2 from my first podcast, Joe and Co., Co. and Joe, featuring blog news about Aliz, on the phone with Judit, and Bono from the Guardian podcast.
January 08, 2008 12:55 AM PST
Two parts from a chapter from William Zinsser's On Writing Well, a classic nonfiction guide.
December 31, 2007 12:24 AM PST
A passage from Annie Poulx's novella. Some of you may have expected an essay of mine for the last 2007 episode: nine listeners out of 24 requested, in my blog poll, that the feature be my funny bad essay. But my only hard copy of that piece, "Why Do We Play Soccer," is missing. If anyone out there still has it, please let me know.
December 12, 2007 12:17 AM PST
The author: Takacs Daniel. The piece: a short story written exclusively for Take Off.
December 03, 2007 03:04 AM PST
Welcome to the eleventh episode. It features a passage from Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's.
November 22, 2007 11:38 AM PST
Zsani tells about her accident, Reka about leaving home, and Mark about whether it's worth talking about hobbies. November 21, 2007 12:17 AM PST
I answer five Xanga featured questions November 20, 2007 11:57 PM PST
Featuring recent blog posts November 20, 2007 11:48 PM PST
Episode based on Wikipedia content.
November 20, 2007 11:44 PM PST
A passage from The Catcher in the Rye
November 20, 2007 11:39 PM PST
An essay by a student in Zagreb, Croatia November 20, 2007 06:15 AM PST
A story from the creative anthology of Take Off about photocopying November 20, 2007 05:57 AM PST
An essay by a student about childhood -- from the JPU Corpus. November 20, 2007 05:05 AM PST
The first in the Take Off podcast series, featuring a story by Daniel Takacs about his summer in England. It is also part of the creative anthology of Take Off, the book. |
Podcast Summary
A series from Hungary, featuring students' stories as well as classics like The Catcher in the Rye and Breakfast at Tiffany's. To send a story or comment: email me. If you need the address of this page: http://jozsefhor.podomatic.com. Take Off blog: http://take-o-f-f.blogspot.com. About JozsefHello. I am a teacher of English at the University of Pecs, Hungary. I started podcasting last year. Right now, I'm working on Take Off, which is a book and blog for advanced university students of English as a foreign language. Fans of this Show
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