📖 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.

📮 phrases

A photograph of a group of happy millennials having a lot of fun on their getaway road trip. Used to highlight the use of the getaway phrasal verb.

Get Phrasal Verbs Much More Than A List Of Prepositions Ep 282

Why, oh why, do English speakers make simple vocabulary so much more difficult to learn than it needs to be? At some point someone decided that taking some prepositions and verbs, that mean one thing on their own would be a good idea to mean something different when you put them together in a short phrase. Lets talk about get phrasal verbs.

Published

December 02, 2019

📮 listening

A photograph of woman in Victorian dress in a winter park, used to symbolise British upper class.

Posh English Learning Language Through Listening Ep 281

Are you posh? Did you go to a posh school? Today we talk about the word posh in English. Learning a language also means learning more common slang terms used in everyday conversations and today we dig into the English class system while we explain the word posh.

Published

November 28, 2019

📮 grammar

Basic Grammar English Students Should Know Ep 280

Today we will go back to some basic grammar. English language learners really struggle with English grammar, mostly because English breaks its own grammar rules in special cases. You often find that a rule applies 80 percent of the time and then for just 20 percent of the time special cases apply and the rule is different. It’s frustrating to have to learn, and it results in grammar mistakes.

Published

November 25, 2019

📮 fluency

A photograph of a beautiful young woman blowing vape smoke looking cool and making vaping look cool. An image used to help explain what vaping is and also learn English conversation.

A Chat About Vaping Helping You To Learn English Conversation Ep 279

A lesson on vaping? Not really, today the lessons topic might be on e-cigarettes but really this English lesson is about how you learn English conversation. The key to improving your English conversation skills is listening to native English speakers in conversation and not just once but listening to English being spoken lots of times.

Published

November 21, 2019

📮 speaking

A photograph of an empty lectern with various country flags in the background. Suggesting that someone new will speak on behalf of a country following elections.

Talking English About The 2019 Brexit Election Ep 278

In this talking in English lesson we cover the British 2019 general election, and why this election is different. Along the way we explain how elections work in the UK and how things are changing because of the Brexit referendum result. So an interesting opportunity to dust off vocabulary specific to elections and democracy, great for conversational English practice.

Published

November 18, 2019

📮 listening

A crowd of people are watching amazing fireworks at night. A photograph used to help explain English language conversation about Guy Fawkes Night Nov 5 in the UK.

How To Learn The English You Need To Understand A British Bonfire Night Ep 277

If you are new to Adept English then you might not know the answer to this question; How do I learn the English required to hold a sensible everyday English conversation? If you are a regular listener, then I hope your shouting (in your head). If you want to learn to speak English: 'You need to listen to lot's of English language being spoken by native English speakers.' If you catch yourself saying that in your head, then full marks to you!

Published

November 14, 2019

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