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You are hardwired to listen to stories and conversations in english ep 399

A photo of a toy red car in snow. This whole English practice conversation is about a very long and difficult car journey.

Today’s English lesson is simple. All we ask is that you sit back and enjoy a short English listenin…

What happens in your brain when you learn a second language ep 398

A graphic of a doctor holding model of brain in clinic, as we explain the science behind the Adept English way of learning to speak a English.

Well, it has been a busy start to 2021, we’ve received a lot of emails with lots of questions. I tho…

English listening mp3 lesson on who pays for the pandemic ep 397

Dusk at Eilean Donan castle, a place for the wealthy to hide as people start to suggest it's the wealthy who should pay for the pandemic. And English listening mp3 lesson.

Today’s English listening mp3 lesson is going to talk about the English language used when talking a…

Practice your english conversation with a little quiz ep 393

Portrait of a smiling young African woman, thinking about today's Adept English quiz!

I am sure many of you are busy with the coming holiday, I know I am. It is nearly time to say goodby…

Learn english while you catch up on the news ep 392

The skyline of London, UK with the Tower Bridge and the Shard after sunset. As we talk about Brexit, weather the pandemic and other things in the news.

In this English lesson, we take a snapshot of the news across the UK and the world at large and disc…

Learn about your brain while you use it listening to conversations in english ep 389

A photograph of a woman talking to professional psychologist at therapy session in his office.

After our podcast on neuroscience, we asked if anyone wanted more on how your brain works and why we…

Practice english talking about the jab ep 386

A photograph of a middle aged doctor injecting an older patient, or as we say in the UK, giving them a jab.

The first documented successful vaccine was in 1796, the British doctor Edward Jenner could prove im…

English lessons that make learning to speak english easier ep 382

A photograph of a woman working online from home, a common thing in the UK 2020

We like to keep our English listening lessons contemporary and interesting. There is no point learni…