๐Ÿ“– 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.

๐Ÿ“ฎ speaking

A woman in a black protective medical mask in a Santa hat at the window of a city shop with purchases in multi-coloured paper bags. English Christmas songs.

The Unofficial Top British Christmas Songs Everyone In The UK Knows Ep 390

For what seems the briefest of moments, the UK went back to almost normal at the start of December. The government relaxed lock-downs, people went shopping and could meet up with friends and family, even socialise and go to the pub. However, all that has stopped now. So let's turn this into a positive English language lesson where we can practice speaking English.

Published

December 14, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2441

โณ Length 13 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ listening

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

Learn About Your Brain While You Use It Listening To Conversations In English Ep 389

After our podcast on neuroscience, we asked if anyone wanted more on how your brain works and why we do the things we do. We got a lot of feedback saying, yes please tell us more. So today we have another English lesson that talks about your brain, while we use the knowledge about how your brain works to deliver another interesting English conversation that improves your English language.

Published

December 10, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2391

โณ Length 12 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ pronunciation

Young smiling man in casual wear and eyeglasses listening to lecture in earphones while preparing for an IELTS test.

English Tutorial About Skill Assessment Tests Like IELTS Ep 388

In this English lesson we are going to talk about and explain the main English language tests used to by UK government, for visas, UK collages and employers to help assess the English language skills of applicants. You could also think of this as an English tutorial on acronyms, as there are a lot of them in this lesson.

Published

December 07, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2336

โณ Length 12 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ phrases

Red and ripe British apples on a tree, one of the many foods and drinks made in Britain. Discussed as part of this English food phrases lesson.

Provenance And Other English Phrases Related To British Food Ep 387

Today we talk about provenance, and other food related English phrases. Provenance, which is from the Latin โ€œpro-venireโ€ and later the French โ€œprovenirโ€ the phrase is now a well-used part of the English language.

Published

December 03, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2017

โณ Length 11 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ listening

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

Practice English Talking About The Jab Ep 386

The first documented successful vaccine was in 1796, the British doctor Edward Jenner could prove immunity to small pox using the relatively mild cowpox virus. Todayโ€™s English talking practice is about what we in the UK call, the jab.

Published

November 30, 2020

๐Ÿ’ฌ Words: 2656

โณ Length 14 min

๐Ÿ“ฎ phrases

Path in Keukenhof flower garden with blooming tulip flowerbed - one of the world's largest flower gardens at sunset. Lisse, the Netherlands. Flowers make me happy.

Enjoy Poppycock Balderdash And Piffle As You Learn Spoken English Ep 385

Today we have an odd lesson where we talk about some old-fashioned English words and English phrases, which admittedly you might not hear that much, but when you hear them, you might be interested to know what they are, and how to pronounce them. Just relax and smile as you learn spoken English with us today.

Published

November 26, 2020

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