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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.

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Summer poppies in Norfolk UK. Our 400th Listen and learn English language learning podcast.

Common English Words To Charge Or Not To Charge Ep 400

The English language has a habit of taking a simple short word and using it in a multitude of ways. Today we focus on a common English word and do a thorough analysis to explain all of its common uses. As always, we aim to make our English lessons fun and interesting enough for you to repeat listen, which is key to learning any new language.

Published

January 18, 2021

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2531

โณ Length 13 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ listening

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

You Are Hardwired To Listen To Stories And Conversations In English Ep 399

Todayโ€™s English lesson is simple. All we ask is that you sit back and enjoy a short English listening practice story. You will listen to a conversation in English and try to comprehend all the key vocabulary used, and at the end we have short test so you can test how well you did (and check you paid attention).

Published

January 14, 2021

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 1929

โณ Length 10 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ listening

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.

What Happens In Your Brain When You Learn A Second Language Ep 398

Well, it has been a busy start to 2021, weโ€™ve received a lot of emails with lots of questions. I thought one of the more interesting ones was a question from Han in China, who asked why does listening and learning a new language like you learned your first language work? Why is it better than other approaches to learning to speak English, or any language, fluently?

Published

January 11, 2021

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2977

โณ Length 15 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ listening

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.

English Listening Mp3 Lesson On Who Pays For The Pandemic Ep 397

Todayโ€™s English listening mp3 lesson is going to talk about the English language used when talking about taxes and how people in the UK are discussing who is and how we are going to pay for the enormous costs associated with dealing with the pandemic and the impact of shutting the UK economy down.

Published

January 07, 2021

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2216

โณ Length 12 min

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Hike in the Patagonian mountains, Argentina. New beginning, start of a new English language learning year 2021.

Basics Of Grammar In English The Mechanics Of The Able Suffix Ep 396

We start 2021 with an English lesson that takes us back to the basics of English grammar. Weโ€™ve had some fun over the holidays with fairly easy listening English podcasts and we need to pick up the pace and get our brains back up to speed as we head back to work, school and or college.

Published

January 04, 2021

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2275

โณ Length 12 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ phrases

A photograph of people drinking from champagne glasses. Happy New year 2021 from Adept English. We talk about English phrases in this lesson.

English Phrases For A Happy New Year 2021 Ep 395

Well, as we say goodbye to 2020, and are on the eve of welcoming 2021, I wish you all a better year from now on. In the UK, we are preparing for the least festive and celebratory New Yearโ€™s eve in my lifetime. 2020 is going to go out with a whimper for many people. 2020 was a great year for Adept English. Today we continue helping people learn new English phrases as we learn to speak English through listening.

Published

December 31, 2020

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