Podcast English Lessons
Here are some examples of the latest podcast English lessons. If you want to see the full English lesson articles, then you can browse them all here. Or click on an image below to jump to that article.
Holiday English Lesson The Twelve Days of Christmas Maths Puzzle Ep 289
Today's English lesson is proof of several things. One, Adept English is always trying to be on time with its lessons, and two mathematics is all around us. If you just expect Adept English to be reliable and are not that keen on maths, then maybe learning about a UK song that’s hundreds of years old and still just about everyone in the UK could sing along, will get you listening.
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December 26, 2019
2019 Has Been Much More Than Free English Tutorials Ep 288
Adept English wants to help people learn to speak English fluently. We want to help as many people as possible learn to speak English fluently using modern language acquisition techniques. We believe that learning a language should be easy and fun and should focus on getting this done quickly. That’s our mission.
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December 23, 2019
Practice English Speaking While We Talk About UK 2019 Election Ep 287
Today's lesson focuses on practicing your English speaking. We use that tried and tested formula, pick a topic everyone is talking about in the UK right now and talk about it using everyday English. All you have to do is listen and learn.
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December 19, 2019
Adept English~Learning A Language Made Simple Ep 286
If you are a new listener who has just found us or if your back here because you like our podcasts, welcome and get ready to listen and learn your way into understanding English, learning a language using the Adept English method is just easier. So today we talk all about Christmas cards while we learn our everyday English vocabulary.
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December 16, 2019
Discover Some Christmas Idioms While We Learn English Speaking Ep 285
It’s nearly Christmas, and the UK is in full on shopping frenzy, it seems the commercial side of Christmas is bigger than ever. As we come to a close of 2019, we thought some English Christmas idioms might interest you while you learn English speaking.
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December 12, 2019
Conversations In English Why Do We Hoard Ep 284
In today's listen and learn English lesson we pick an interesting topic, today it is all about why people hoard, and then we hold a conversation in English on the topic. This English lesson type is probably one of our most powerful learning techniques.
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December 09, 2019
How I learn English Speaking Conversation On Black Friday Ep 283
Looking at an object and hearing the new words used in your target language to describe it is the basis of listen and learn. So here at Adept English we try to always keep our lessons centered on things that will interest you, that you are already likely to be familiar with in your own language.
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December 05, 2019
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.
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December 02, 2019
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.
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November 28, 2019
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.
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November 25, 2019
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.
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November 21, 2019
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.
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November 18, 2019
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!
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November 14, 2019
British Accent Practice 2-Learning English Speaking Accents Ep 276
To speak English fluently with a British accent, you need a lot of listening practice. Not just any old listening, you will need to listen to natural English speakers with variations in accent. Today we focus on a Welsh accent, but as the lesson explains, even Welsh has several accent variations. So listen to this podcast and test your English listening skills!
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November 11, 2019
Just Listen To Learn English-Electric Cars Please Ep 275
Adept Englishis here to help you learn English speaking using improved and modern learning techniques. If you have never listened to one of our English lessons before you might not even notice you are listening to an English lesson designed to help you learn to speak English fluently.
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November 07, 2019
How To Learn To Speak English-And He She Or They Ep 274
Our goal here at Adept English is helping you to speak confidently and fluently in English. We spend a lot of time making the steps needed to improve confidence and getting to speaking English fluently fast and easy. We cover how to learn to speak English and practical steps in improving your speaking here in our free 7 rules of Adeptenglish which is free and if you haven’t tried it, you should.
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November 04, 2019
Learn English Speaking Through Listening Ep 273
If you think listening is not important to helping you speak English then you are wrong! Listening to native English speakers is one of the most important things you can do to improve your English speaking. If you are not making progress with the English-speaking part of your English language learning, then it is probably because you are not listening to enough English.
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October 31, 2019
Listen And Learn Your Way to Speaking The English Language Ep 272
How to become more confident when you speak English? If you want to learn to speak the English Language, you need to listen to it being spoken by native English speakers. You need to listen and be able to understand what is being said, this needs to be a smooth operation, fast, fluid and automatic with no translation.
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October 28, 2019
Practice Your English - Talking About Britains Biggest Dating Turn Offs Ep 271
With the Internet, social media and dating apps on you phone it’s never been easier to find and talk to people online. The problems start when you meet in the real world, the rules for dating are always changing and dating using a new language will be harder than using your native language. So today we practice our English language listening and talk about the dating scene in Britain.
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October 24, 2019
Learn English, Speak Fluently And Understand Everything You Hear: Homophones Ep 270
Do you want to improve your English-speaking skills? If you are learning to speak English and you want great quality free English language lessons which focus on the speaking and listening part of learning the English language, then you just hit the jackpot! Adept English specialises in helping you to learn English, speak English fluently. We use a learn through listening system” which is a fun and an easy way to learn to speak English.
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October 21, 2019
Are You A Spanish Speaker Learning English Palabras Inglés Ep 269
If you are a Spanish speaker, then I begin this audio English lesson by asking your forgiveness, speaking English words is easy for me but Palabras inglés well you need to listen to the whole podcast to understand why, trust me when I say it is worth it! This English lesson is all about pronunciation and why speaking a new language is difficult for everyone not just you.
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October 17, 2019
Helping You With Learning English To Speak Fluently And Have Fun Ep 268
We design all Adept English lessons to help you with learning to speak English and English language fluency. We spend a lot of time thinking up new ways to make your lessons fun to listen to. Our goal is to help you improve your English-speaking skills while learning about something interesting enough to talk about. We want you to practice using what you have learnt in an English conversation. If you are learning English and want to speak fluently, you’ve come to the right place.
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October 14, 2019
You Are The Important Part Of Learning How To Speak English Ep 267
One of the least talked about parts of improving your English-speaking skills, is the self belief and self esteem needed to do that. If you don’t feel confident in yourself and your abilities, then you will find speaking in English for the first time, very hard. Much harder than it needs to be.
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October 10, 2019
How The English Speak Out About Climate Change Ep 266
You want to learn how to speak English fluently, but do not know where to start? Rather than force you to read a lot, I will give you the answer up front. To improve your English-speaking skills, you need to listen to native English speakers.
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October 07, 2019
Talk In English Fluently Climate Activism Ep 265
I will not lecture you on how to talk in English today, if you are interested in why we are so popular for learning to speak English then check out our free 7 rules course https://7rules.adeptenglish.com/ Although it is tempting to jump into a massive monologue about why our learning system works, like those bad guy monologues in the movies where they explain the plan to the good guys :)
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October 03, 2019
7 Subject Verb Agreement Exercises Ep 264
One of the first things you learn in a traditional English lesson is subject-verb agreement. Subject verb agreement means the subject and verb must agree in number. This means both need to be singular or both need to be plural. Easy Right?
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September 30, 2019
What Is A Low Hanging Fruit Ep 263
The expression low-hanging fruit is used to describe achieving a result with little effort. This English phrase is something you might hear in a business meeting and was once a favourite vernacular of management consultants. An entrepreneur might use the idiom when talking about a new business opportunity in business-related English conversation.
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September 26, 2019
How Can I Improve My English 7 Essential Tips Ep 262
One of the biggest problems with the modern internet is that people often assume bigger is better. I’m here to argue that when learning how to improve your English language learning, quality is more important than quantity.
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September 23, 2019
How To Learn Spoken English Deja Vu Ep 261
If you are here reading this, then you probably want to learn to speak English. Learning how to speak English is different to learning to read or write in English. Speaking in an English conversation means you need to have strong English listening skills (understanding) and fast word recall (fluency).
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September 19, 2019
English Vocabulary Practice Words For Thin Ep 260
Your spoken English will be more interesting the more English vocabulary you have to use when describing things in a conversation. When you start with a new language, you focus on being understood. You will use the smallest amount of simple English in a conversation, enough to get your message across.
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September 16, 2019
Listening To News In English Ep 259
Today we have an English lesson which takes some funny English news stories and turn them into an English listening exercises to help you practice common English vocabulary words spoken by a native British English speaker.
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September 12, 2019
Phrasal Verb Word Order Grammar Practice Ep 258
Today we talk about phrasal verbs, which are simple enough when you understand what is going on. There are a few things you need to be careful of and then it’s just a matter of learning some everyday English phrases to help with your English conversation fluency.
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September 09, 2019
Practise English Pronunciation Like There Is No Tomorrow Ep 257
Today we have a short podcast lesson which explains an adverbial phrase in an interesting and fun way. While we turn that rather dry and boring linguistics topic into something interesting you can use in everyday English conversation. We also practice English pronunciation and pick up some interesting English vocabulary along the way.
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September 05, 2019
Learn English Through Listening Greece Brexit And Money Ep 256
Learning English through listening should be fun, so today we take a bunch of interesting topics and talk about money, a Greek holiday and BREXIT.
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September 02, 2019
Spoken English Conversation Staycation Ep 255
In today’s lesson we practice spoken English conversation and explain the portmanteau word Staycation. Although this is a short lesson (Thursday lessons are shorter, Monday’s lessons are longer) it’s still 1000+ English words, all spoken by a native English speaker at just the right pace to help you practice listening to spoken English.
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August 29, 2019
Learn English Wedding And Marriage Ep 254
Today we learn about marriage and weddings in the UK. We talk about what type of marriage is possible in the UK and about some interesting marriage statistics. If you go to the website and look at the full article, you will find a bonus at the end which talks about the sad part of marriage.
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August 26, 2019
English Words For Hair Colour Ep 253
Today’s English podcast lesson we will talk about the English words used to describe the colour of your hair. We often discuss the colour of your hair when describing what a person looks like.
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August 22, 2019
Lets Work On Your Yoko Meshi Ep 252
When you first learn a new language, much of what you do is private, between you and your class, your teacher or just you speaking to yourself inside you head. However, there comes a point in time where you have to use your new language skills in the real world, and a lot of us find this a hard thing to do!
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August 19, 2019
English Speaking Topics Eton Mess Ep 251
We British love a good pudding! I’m sure this is the same for all the sweet toothed readers. So today we talk about one of the most British of puddings, Eton Mess.
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August 15, 2019
Common English Words For Travel Ep 250
A lot of English language students confuse these common English words: travel, travelling, trip, journey, tour, voyage, cruise. So let’s find out why and listen to these common English words being used correctly.
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August 12, 2019
This English Idiom Says You Cannot Keep A Secret Ep 249
Some people are great at keeping secrets, some are just awful. Which are you? Today we talk about an English idiom that’s used to describe the act of telling a secret. We’ve included lot’s of practice sentences and explain how to use it best.
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August 08, 2019
English Conversation The Demise Of The British High Street Ep 248
40% of British shoppers wouldn’t care if the high street shops disappeared. Unless the UK high street changes to meet the needs of its customers, its customers will continue to ignore it.
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August 05, 2019
English Language Learning It Is Hot Hot Hot Ep 247
Last year it was all about how cold the UK got, this year we are all about the UKs hottest day on record. So this is an interesting English language learning lesson all about how the British handle too much sun.
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August 01, 2019
Hybrid words The Correct Term Is Portmanteau Ep 246
Normally when you get a red line under a word your typing on your computer or phone you think, oh no spelling mistake, I need to correct that. But sometimes (very rarely!) you get to smile and say no silly computer I am right you are wrong! Today we discuss portmanteau and have some fun with made up English words.
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July 29, 2019
English Phrases Shades Of Grey And Black And White Ep 245
Lot’s of English-speaking practice in this lesson, using listen, and repeat to get you to grow the English language part of your brain and learn all about some new English phrases.
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July 25, 2019
English Fruit Idioms Explained With Sentences Ep 244
Today we have some fun with English fruit idioms that you will hear in everyday English conversation here in Britain. There are a lot of fruit themed idioms in use today, far more than you would expect. I guess we all like fruit and it’s something we all have in common so it’s a powerful way of communicating something we would (or should) understand.
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July 22, 2019
Spoken English Let Us Review Something Ep 243
Today we improve our spoken English by listening to a podcast which is all about theme parks and LEGO. Not only will you learn some great everyday English vocabulary, but if you ever decide you want to visit a UK theme park, you will learn all about the Lego Windsor theme park.
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July 18, 2019
English Listening Skills New UK Universities Ep 242
Traditional universities in the UK are expensive. The average university student in the UK leaves with a degree and with £50,000 in debt. But what if a university wanted to pay you £18,000+ annually to get your degree at a university? Would you be interested?
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July 15, 2019
English Accent Words New Nyoo and Noo Ep 241
Once we have trained our brains to listen to a language and we mimic the pronunciation of that language we forget or just don’t notice that we all pronounce words differently depending on where we are on the planet. So today we cover some English accent word pronunciation.
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July 11, 2019
Fun Short Stories for ESL Students Ep 240
Learning to speak English through listening to native English speakers is a quick and easy way to learn. Today we have responded to several requests from ESL (English as a second language) students who liked the last ESL short story which you can find here: https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/short-stories-in-english-for-students/
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July 08, 2019
English Phrases Not In The Dictionary Ep 239
Learn common English phrases used in everyday conversational English. In today's podcast, along with a lot of useful English vocabulary, we learn an English phrase which you won’t find in a dictionary.
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July 04, 2019
English Listening The UK Is Getting Fat Ep 238
If you want to speak English fluently, you need to listen to native English speakers. The more you listen the more you train your brain which will automatically recognise English vocabulary, sentence structure, the sounds and patterns every day English conversations contain.
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July 01, 2019
How To Improve English Speaking Break Phrasal Verbs Ep 237
Today we will work on English phrasal verbs, specifically the verb break. It’s quite a fun one because it has a lot of different meanings. So we cover things like celebrities break-up, cars break-down, thieves break in, meteors break up on entry to our atmosphere and so on.
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June 27, 2019
Practice English Your Listening And Learn About Boris Johnson Ep 236
Here at Adept English we know all about learning to speak English through listening to spoken English. One of the most important parts of your journey to learning to speak English fluently is training your brain to hear and understand English words, phrases and sentences. So you need to practice English listening, especially to English being spoken by a native English speaker.
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June 24, 2019
English Water Pronunciation And Idioms Ep 235
There are a lot of English water idioms and you hear some popular ones regularly in everyday English conversation. So today we learn two of the most common and importantly we practice our water pronunciation.
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June 20, 2019
Learn British Accent With Received Pronunciation Ep 234
So let’s start by saying There is no British accent. That may sound confusing but if you think about it, Britain is actually a collection of countries; England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland. The people of these countries all speak English differently.
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June 17, 2019
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!
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June 13, 2019
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.
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June 10, 2019
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.
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June 06, 2019
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.
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June 03, 2019
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.
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May 30, 2019
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.
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May 27, 2019
ESL Short Stories For Adults Mysteries Of The Titanic Ep 227
If you have listened to some of my other ESL story based English listening lessons, you know that listening to a native English speaker is great for learning and remembering new English vocabulary, picking up English grammar automatically and practicing listening to English.
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May 23, 2019
How To Speak English Fluently And Confidently Ep 226
Collocations may sound complicated or difficult when you first hear about them when learning to speak English. Collocations are just English speakers all agreeing that a single way of saying something is the best way to say it. All the other ways of saying these groups of words are unnecessary.
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May 20, 2019
A Helping Hand With ESL English Grammar Ep 225
Today we help simplify some English grammar that ESL (English as a second language) learners find difficult. All you have to do is listen, nice and easy. Or you could deep dive into English grammar.
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May 16, 2019
Six Of The Best English Cooking Idioms Ep 224
If you search for English language idiom articles on the Internet, you will find a lot of them titled; 100 idioms… or 1,000 idioms… or a million English idioms. They are useless, they are just a list of idioms with a basic description, they give you no value. You need not know 1,000 cooking idioms you need to know the 5-6 most commonly used today, right now in everyday English conversation.
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May 13, 2019
How To Improve Your Spoken English Ep 223
If you're here reading this, then you are probably learning to speak English. The problem most new English language learners suffer is not how to read English it’s how to speak it. So let’s cut right to the main question. How do you improve your spoken English?
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May 09, 2019
English Pronunciation Guide to English Street Names Ep 222
Today we have an English pronunciation guide on the English vocabulary used when travelling or giving/taking directions.
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May 06, 2019
British Accent Words VS American Accent Words Ep 221
The British don’t speak the same as Americans even though we share the same language, English. Today we cover some pronunciation diferences a native British or American English speaker will spot a mile away!
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May 02, 2019
Short Stories In English For Students Ep 220
It’s a simple fact, we humans communicate through stories. It has been this way for a long time, since humans established the first spoken languages. We are all much more interested in information, if the format of the information is a story format.
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April 29, 2019
The Science Of How To Improve Pronunciation In English Ep 219
Today we explain some science behind “listen & learn” the best method of learning to speak English fluently.
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April 25, 2019
IELTS Speaking Test Topic A Trip To Amsterdam Ep 218
If you want the best IELTS speaking test score you can get, then you need to practice listening and speaking English for topics your examiners will ask you about.
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April 22, 2019
Do I Need To Learn The British Accent Ep 217
British people expect you to talk funny because everyone in the UK speaks English differently. Being understood is far more important than you learning a specific British accent.
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April 18, 2019
How To Get The Best Out Of Your Speaking English Podcast Ep 120
This weeks speaking English podcast is different to last weeks English podcast. We have had quite a number of questions asking how to? or how do I? use the English podcasts and we thought it would be best to produce a dedicated explanation of how to get the best out of our podcasts.
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May 14, 2018
English Listening Mp3 Designed To Improve Your Spoken English Ep 125
As you know, we (and 250,000 other English students) believe listening to English conversation is the best place to start when learning to speak English fluently. Each of our podcasts provides you with great listening English practice.
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May 13, 2018