📖 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.

📮 idioms

Every Adept English lesson will help you learn to speak English fluently.

English Idioms A Storm In A Teacup Ep 233

When we talk about English idioms, you might think this is a little used or useless part of your English language learning. Something you will probably never come across. You would be wrong!

Published

June 13, 2019

📮 pronunciation

English Place Name Pronunciation Audio Practice Ep 232

Today’s podcast covers a tricky problem for most new English language learners, and that’s the correct pronunciation of place names. The UK has a long history behind its place names and as a result UK place names can be difficult to pronounce.

Published

June 10, 2019

📮 idioms

Are You A Plain Vanilla Person Ep 231

Today we learn all about the use of Vanilla as a British English idiom in this comprehensive lesson! However Be careful what you say! You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there. - Joel Osteen.

Published

June 06, 2019

📮 speaking

British Accent Practice Ep 230

When you learn to speak a language, like English, you spend your early days just trying to remember vocabulary and basic sentence structure. It’s hard work. There are so many things to remember just to say a few English words out loud. You probably won’t have time to think about accents.

Published

June 03, 2019

📮 listening

Listen And Learn How To Use The Ish Suffix Ep 229

Today we help explain the use of suffix and explain one particular suffix “-ish” using examples in everyday English conversation.

Published

May 30, 2019

📮 speaking

IELTS Listening Practice Online Time In English Ep 228

Getting the time and giving the time of day is something we English speakers do all the time. So it’s important that you feel comfortable hearing and asking for the time in English and the good news is you can get this IELTS listening practice online in today’s podcast.

Published

May 27, 2019

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