In this podcast I am going to introduce myself and briefly talk about the importance of ‘signal words,’ also known as linking words. To begin with, my name is Lia de Carvalho, and I am a 49-year-old English teacher. Currently, I live in the Netherlands with my husband and our 14-year-old daughter. The reason why I have decided to create my own podcast, is because I wanted to show my students how to avoid beginning sentences with “I,” “my,” and “the.” I would like to show them that the use of linking words is quite helpful in the creation of structure both in writing assignments and presentations. For example, when you say “in addition” or “additionally,” your listener immediately realizes that you are going to add something to what you’ve just said. However, when you say, “but,” “on the other hand,” and “however,” your listener understands that you are going to say something in opposition or in “tegenstelling” to what you’ve just said. These are just a few linking words, there are a lot more. For instance, there are also signal words that “signal” or “show” that an example is coming up, these linking words are: “for example” and “for instance.” Furthermore, there are also signal words signaling that you are about to conclude what you are talking or writing about, these are called linking words of conclusion. For example: to conclude and “in conclusion.” Well, I hope you enjoyed this short podcast and that you’ve learned something from it. Thank you for listening to it.

MsLia

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