🏷️ English Articles By Tag
We found 30 parts of the Adept English website which have been tagged with tag: #english vocabulary. Click on any image from the list below to jump to that part of the webiste.
An English Idiom You Should All Know Ep 371
I think it’s true that positive rewards are a better motivation for most people, rather than negative ones. However, if you need someone to do something, and suitable rewards cannot encourage them to act, you sometimes need to highlight negative or even threatening outcomes. Especially if people will not do what you need them to do. Now that took quite a lot of English vocabulary to explain a simple scenario, a native English speaker would prefer to use an English idiom, a metaphor which explains the scenario in a much simpler idiomatic way.
Published
October 08, 2020
English Idioms That Are Too Big For Their Boots Ep 349
I was talking to a British colleague of mine about Adept English recently and mentioned that one of our English lessons will be on English idioms. They said nobody uses idioms that much anymore, and I laughed because the music on the radio at that very moment was Stormzy, a popular English rapper, was literally rapping a song about an English idiom at that very moment. The English use idioms all the time!
Published
July 23, 2020
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
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!
Published
November 11, 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.
Published
September 16, 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.
Published
August 26, 2019