📖 Free English Listening Lessons

Hello, and welcome to Adept English a "New & Better" way of learning to speak English fluently. Here you will find lots of great "listen & learn" podcasts.

Our lessons use our "listen & learn" method of learning to speak English fluently. It's much more enjoyable if you learn English in the way that your brain naturally wants to learn. Every week we publish a FREE English lesson in the form of a video podcast, and for people who subscribe to our podcasts on Spotify or Apple Podcasts they get an additional 2 podcasts every week.

📮 pronunciation

A photograph of a girl listening to Adept English outside on a sunny day. We focus on English consonants in todays English pronunciation practice.

Practice English Pronunciation Difficult English Consonants Ep 434

It’s been a while since we did a podcast on English pronunciation, so today we look at difficult to pronounce English consonants. Depending on what language you are coming to English from, you may or may not find today’s lesson a challenge.

Published

May 17, 2021

💬 Words: 1932

Length 10 min

📮 speaking

Children playing together in the UAE. In this English speaking topic we learn much about learning English vocabulary by observing the way children learn.

English Speaking Topics The Difference Between Expressive And Receptive Vocabulary Ep 433

If you are learning a new language it’s normal to think, hmm I’ve been doing this for weeks or months, how am I doing? Is this where everyone gets to when they put in this much time and effort in? So today in this English language podcast we pick an English-speaking topic that will help us understand what your expectations should be in terms of English listening comprehension vs your ability to speak English.

Published

May 13, 2021

💬 Words: 1938

Length 10 min

📮 speaking

A man sat down using a computer. Computers are growing more important in everyone's lives, but what happens when they go wrong?

An English Conversation About Miscarriage Of Justice Ep 432

Looking back at this podcast, I worried I was covering an English topic that was only useful for people who were in trouble with the legal system! Although that was not my intention at all. I was reading a story about a miscarriage of justice here in the UK, and the actual issue was how errors in computer software ruined the lives of innocent people. I thought you might be interested in the English vocabulary used as legalese is a strange thing and worth exploring.

Published

May 10, 2021

💬 Words: 2377

Length 12 min

📮 listening

Photograph of a young lady undertaking a brainwave EEG or Electroencephalograph Examination in a Clinic. As we discuss what goes on in a language learners brain?

What Is Going On Inside A Language Learners Brain Ep 431

For most of us, thinking about how our brains work is pretty low on the day’s to-do list. We just let our brain get on with the thousands of jobs it does every day, and we ignore just how amazing our brains are. Well, in today’s conversation in English we are going to talk about some interesting science about how language learners’ brains actually work when learning a language.

Published

May 06, 2021

💬 Words: 2191

Length 11 min

📮 fluency

A lady standing in front of wall of old TV sets. As we Learn English Language through listening to interesting topics.

Learning English Language An Epic TV Series Ep 430

Today’s English language lesson we talk about TV series as we practice listening to English being spoken by a native English speaker. Although I watch less TV than I used to, I’m still watching various TV series being recommended to me, by friends, during the UK lock-down.

Published

May 03, 2021

💬 Words: 2037

Length 11 min

📮 listening

A lovely photo of an eclectic garden. As we ease into some soothing spring English language listening practice.

Sit Back And Enjoy Some Soothing English Listening Practice Ep 429

Today we have some easy English listening practice. So just find some time to slip your headphones on, step away from what you are doing right now, and focus on listening to some English language.

Published

April 29, 2021

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