Quick Tips 001: What kind of music do you like?

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In this episode of the podcast, Kevin and Jack teach a lesson about music. They begin the podcast with a practice dialogue. Next, they unpack vocabulary and key words from the dialogue and explain the meanings. Finally, they answer discussion questions related to music. Download a homework guide for this episode by clicking the link here: https://atozenglishpodcast.com/what-kind-of-music-do-you-like/ Click the WhatsApp link here to chat with your hosts and other listeners: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7 If you could take a minute and complete a short survey about the podcast, we would be very appreciative. You can find the survey here: https://forms.gle/HHNnnqU6U8W3DodK8 We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future episodes. Intro/Outro Music by Eaters: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/eaters/the-astronomers-office/agents-in-coffee-shops/ Full Transcript: Quick Tips 001: What kind of music do you like? Welcome to A to Z English Podcast. We're here to help with anything in English A to Z. I'm Kevin. And I'm Jack.  Kevin: And today, we're going to talk about the kind of music you like. And today for our lesson, we're going to start with a dialogue that Jack and I will read, then we'll look to unpack some of the specific vocabulary that we used and finally we'll have a short discussion about the topic. You can follow along with the PDF file that will be linked in the show notes and remember that you can join our Whatsapp group to ask questions or join in the discussion together. So let's start with the dialogue.  Jack: Hey Kev, what kind of music do you like? Kevin: I like all kinds of music, Jack.  Jack: Give me a few examples of genres that you like.  Kevin: I like Classic Rock, Hip Hop, and R&B.  Jack: Rock and Roll is my favorite genre of music.  Kevin: Yeah, you seem like a Rock and Roll kind of person.  Jack: I'm so, who is your favorite singer?  Kevin: Adele is my favorite singer. She's amazing. Did you know she's from England?  Jack: Yes, I did. You know who else from England?  Kevin: Who?  Jack: The Beatles. They're my all-time favorite band.  Kevin: Great. And now that we've done our dialogue. Let's go ahead and look at some of the vocabulary. So our first vocabulary word is kind of or kinds of. And Jack, what is kind of, what is kinds of?  Jack: Yeah, so what kind of is singular and kinds of is plural and a kind of would be a type of something, so we use the expression type of, which has the same meaning. A type of car. UKevin, could you give me an example of a kind of car or a type of car? Kevin: Alright, well there's sports cars which would be a kind of car, or a pickup truck would be a kind of car or a van, a sports soccer van would be a kind of car. Jack: A soccer mommy van.  Kevin: Exactly, so kind of any part of a big category of things, right, a kind of food would be Thai food or Mexican food. A kind of car, a kind of music.  Jack: Right, and so if I asked you, like what kinds of food do you like? If I ask you kinds of with an s. Then you might say I like Mexican food and Thai food, so you can give me two examples of two types or three types or four types. So Kevin: Our next word is genre and why don't you, uh, tell our students what genre means?  Kevin: A genre is basically a kind of, but it's a kind art thing. It's used for art topics, like music or movies or TV shows or actual art paintings and things like that as well. So there's many genres of movies for example. Right, so what's your favorite genre of movie, Jack?  Jack: My favorite genre of music is probably science fiction. I really enjoy outer space and I like aliens and robots and things like that. So science fiction is my favorite genre. What about you? What's your favorite genre?  Kevin: I like science fiction a lot, but also, comedy and action films. I like those are one of my favorite genres of movies.  Jack: If we put two genres together like science fiction and comedy, what does that make?  Kevin: