📖 English Lessons Section

Each Podcast is its own English lesson

Hi there you are listening to Adept English and this is a listen and learn podcast. My name is Hilary and I created this listen and learn method to help you speak English fluently. It's much more enjoyable if you learn English in the way that your brain naturally wants to learn. I live in the United Kingdom. I'm a native English speaker. And I love helping the hundreds of thousands of students who listen to us every month.

Every week we give you two English lessons in the form of podcasts. So listen to Adept English. You'll be on your way to speaking fluent English in no time.

📮 pronunciation

Learn To Pronounce And Speak English The Listen And Learn Way Ep 528

Many of your emails tell us that fixing your English pronunciation is one of the biggest issues you have as you move to spoken English fluency. Today I’m going to explain why learning English pronunciation is so difficult for some people. I’ll explain what you can do to fix well understood English specific pronunciation problems.

Published

April 11, 2022

📮 fluency

A photo of a young student snoozing on a study desk with a dictionary. In this English language podcast I give you practical techniques to help leave your translation approach to learning behind and move to language fluency.

Avoid The Number 1 Barrier To English Language Fluency-Translating In Your Head Ep 527

Do you ever stop listening to someone while they’re speaking because you’re too busy translating what they’ve said? You are not alone! Lots of English language learners fall into the trap of language translation. The good news is you can learn to stop that slow translating process and move to true spoken English fluency with the strategies I set out in this English podcast lesson.

Published

April 07, 2022

📮 phrases

A montage of faces representing different personalities. Learning these new English words and personality types can help you understand your work colleagues and friends better.

How Learning New English Words Can Help You Form Better Relationships Ep 526

Listening to today’s English language podcast and taking the suggested personality test will help you learn about the personality types you will encounter in your daily life. Learn about your own personality type, and its strengths and weaknesses, along with some useful common English vocabulary.

Published

April 04, 2022

📮 pronunciation

A photograph of a horse race with colourful jockey shirts. Today we’ll listen to a recording of a very strong English accent, one you might have trouble understanding. We’ll help you improve your ability to understand this accent.

Improve Your Ability To Understand Speakers With A Strong English Accent Ep 525

Today we are going to go outside of our comfort zone and listen to an English speaker with a very strong accent. We don’t always get perfect recordings of English to listen to in real life. This English lesson will really challenge your listening skills and improve your appreciation of the problems you may experience and help you overcome them.

Published

March 31, 2022

📮 grammar

PRESENT TENSE Fully Explained With Examples As We Listen And Learn English Grammar Ep 524

The Present Tense in English: We’re going to work on the present tense in our English grammar lesson today. I want to get you thinking about how you can use your knowledge of the tenses to your advantage when speaking. We use tenses to explain when an action takes place, and explaining when an action takes place is an important part of ALL our everyday conversations.

Published

March 28, 2022

📮 listening

A photo of post-it notes highlighting the feelings of an anxious person. Tips for overcoming your anxiety about engaging in English conversations that will help you develop confidence in all areas of your life.

Anxiety In Language Learning And Tips To Overcome It Ep 523

Tips to overcome nervousness in English conversations. An often overlooked but major learning obstacle is the feeling of being anxious when learning to engage and speak in a new language. Today we discuss this common problem and offer ways to overcome it.

Published

March 24, 2022

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