📖 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.

📮 speaking

A photograph of an African American man sitting in front of computer coding, programming, web developer. Nearly all programmers are in part, English speakers.

English Speaking Is Popular And Very International Ep 402

Today our English pronunciation lesson focuses on why the English language is so popular and continues to grow as a popular international language. We see it every year at Adept English, more and more people are choosing to learn English as their second language. So why is the English-speaking world growing?

Published

January 25, 2021

📮 grammar

Photograph of a woman taking selfie by holding digital camera at green forest. An English conversation comprehension practice lesson about going for a walk in the UK during a pandemic.

Listening To Native English Speakers Will Improve Your English Grammar Ep 401

A common question we get from new language learners, especially those who are new to our way of acquiring a language through listening, is so what about learning English grammar? The good news is that the more you listen, the better your English grammar will get.

Published

January 21, 2021

📮 phrases

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

📮 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

Today’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

📮 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, we’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

📮 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

Today’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

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