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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 429: Giving Awards and Congratulations.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 429. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Giving Awards and Congratulations.” It will use several vocabulary words that we associate with “congratulating,” telling someone they did a good job, as well as giving out awards to people. Let’s get started.

Part of my job as school principal is to hand out awards and scholarships to students. We recently had a ceremony to do just that. .....

Principal: Miguel, I want to commend you for your work this year and congratulate you for winning the science award. It is well deserved.

The recipient of this year’s community service award is