Your American English Magazine 1 (1/2022)

Hey there, I’m excited to deliver this very first issue of Your American English Magazine to you. I don’t know how this new magazine will be doing. Hopefully well, because if there is interest in it, I’ll be publishing more issues on a regular basis.

So, what will you find in this issue? First, there’s a story, A Winter Hike. I’m planning to write a story like that in each issue. It will contain useful vocabulary and grammar that will be explained alongside. This column will be called Story of the Month.

Next, we’ll have a look at some winter-related vocabulary. We’ll be talking about weather, clothes, transportation and heating, among other things.

In the Grammar column we’ll be talking about the informal form AIN’T and the question tag AREN’T I used in first person singular.

In the USA column we’ll be talking about the famous Route 66. In this part of the magazine I would like to present content related to American history, geography and culture.

Next, in the Technical English column, we’ll have a look at some geometry-related vocabulary, and in particular vocabulary related to the elements of a circle. In this column I would like to present technical vocabulary used in math, science, arts, politics, geography, law, technology, computer science and more.

Next, in the Phrasal Verbs column, you’ll have the opportunity to learn some useful phrasal verbs related to traveling by car. In the following issues of the magazine I’d like to introduce other phrasal verbs by topic.

Throughout the articles of this and the following issues of the magazine I will be showing you the pronunciation of some more difficult or rarely used words. To do that we’ll need a system of symbols representing the sounds of English. I’ll be using the International Phonetic Alphabet as used in Merriam Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary. We’ll have a look at this alphabet in the Pronunciation column near the end of this issue.

And now meet the characters that you will see a lot in the magazine. These are 3D models that I made in Blender. You will see them often in all the columns of the magazine. There will be more, but for now there are: Frieda, her husband Borg and their kids, Ike, Kev and Bree.

I really hope you’ll like Your American English Magazine. I will be grateful for any feedback from you. What do you like?  What don’t you like? What would you improve? Maybe you have some ideas that you would like to read about in the future issues of the magazine. You can contact me via e-mail: americanenglishmagazine@gmail.com. Enjoy reading.