📖 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 slow shutter photograph of busy traffic at night. Used in a native English spoken podcast on UK smart motorways.

Learn About UK Smart Motorways While Listening To English Spoken Natively Ep 340

The last time we were talking about English spoken natively was about the UK shutting down, so it seems appropriate to practice listening to English about something involved in the UK opening up again.

Published

June 22, 2020

📮 idioms

A photograph of a black forest Pavlova cake with a cherry on top, used to help explain the English idiom the cherry on top of the cake.

Three English Idioms Which Are The Same In French Ep 339

Today we examine 3 common English idioms. English idioms are a pain to learn for new English language learners. We try to make it fun and interesting, so much so you might like these awkward parts of the English language when we finish with them.

Published

June 18, 2020

📮 fluency

A photograph of young black children with a megaphone. Used as part of our discussion on racism in this English lesson.

Lets Focus On World News While We Listen And Learn English Language Ep 338

How about we talk about the news to help us listen and learn the English language? With the huge reaction to police brutality and racism, the effects of locking people in their homes for lengthy periods of time and the horror of starvation. There is plenty to talk about and lots of listening practise in this weeks lesson.

Published

June 15, 2020

📮 listening

A photograph of a modern studio flat with desk, used to talk about a common home for younger British people in this Speaking English class.

How The British Are Re-Thinking How They Live In This Speaking English Class Ep 337

In today's Speaking English class podcast we discuss how the British are changing the way they think about property in the UK. Because of the restrictions on movement of people, especially younger people, have spent a lot of time thinking about their lives and the importance of quality of life.

Published

June 11, 2020

📮 phrases

A photograph of a man driving an off road jeep, used to help visualise English vehicle vocabulary used in this English lesson.

Learn English Speak Fluently With Everyday English Vocabulary Ep 336

In this lesson we will keep it simple and just practice listening to several common English words, used in everyday conversation. Although the lesson focuses on 3-4 words, their meaning and spelling, you are really listening to 1,500+ English words spoken by a native English speaker.

Published

June 08, 2020

📮 phrases

A photograph of a Eurasian eagle owl, English language explanation of why people are sometimes called larks and owls.

In This Learn Spoken English Lesson We Ask Are You A Lark Or An Owl Ep 335

If you are looking to learn to speak English fluently, then you’ve found a splendid place designed to help you, you have found Adept English. That’s all we do here at Adept English, we focus on helping you to speak English fluently, one of many parts of learning the English language.

Published

June 04, 2020

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