A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! Well, hello! It’s just me this time and I'm here to bring you a roundup of the latest collection of podcast episodes! Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok) Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com Artwork...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Viktor! We chatted about learning English at a young age, everything you need to know about Disc Golf, speaking English when you don’t need to, and not worrying too much your vocabulary...Pronunciation tip = Practicing the difference between the /dʒ/ ('jam') and /j/ ('yam') consonant sounds!Pre...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode has a Christmas theme and a lesson in bravery. While I was facilitating a conversation session, I set up my computer and microphone and invited attendees to leave a message starting with “For me, the holidays mean...”. Did anyone leave a message? Well, let’s see...Pronunciation tip = How we sound the letter H = /h/... ...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Anton! We chatted about growing up with two languages, living by the sea, abbreviations, and always counting numbers and spelling words in one language...Vocabulary tip = Abbreviations and acronyms! We look at the difference between them, and practice 3 very common ones...Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Satu about my favourite drink in the world = tea! We chatted about the difference between tea bags and loose-leaf tea, who drinks the most tea in the world, and what tea is best to drink at different times of the day...Vocabulary tip = It's ok to say 'very'! Here we look at the difference between 've...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Lucy! We chatted about not pronouncing, or “dropping”, the letter ‘t’, Cockney Rhyming Slang, and your mirror neurons – how mirroring other people (doing what they do) can help you learn a language...Pronunciation tip = How some 't' sounds in English are not necessary, so drop them!Presenter = Sam @_emaile...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Valéria! We chatted about the privilege of learning English at school, writing a thesis about non-native speakers working and learning the language in a new country, and what she feels is the difference between North America and Europe...Grammar tip : "The" v. "A" - how we use Definite and Indefinite Articles.Presenter...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Jaimee! We chatted about how vowel sounds differ between New Zealand and the UK, socio-linguistics and “kiwiness”, politely asking people to speak more slowly, and what to expect when you visit New Zealand...Vocabulary tip = Different ways to ask people to repeat what they said in English.Pronunciation tip...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Eric from @compellingtalks and @ChimayoPress! We chatted about American accents, tips for students of different disciplines preparing for Questions and Answers (or “Q & A”s) and long writing projects in English, and how being clear is often more important than being brief...Pronunciation tip = How and why we use "Q...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Tamara! We chatted about her first English words, learning English at bartending classes, working on texts for website interfaces, and the name of her new puppy...Quick Grammar tip = the difference between the Present Simple and the Present Continuous.Pronunciation tip = Making the difference between the u...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Aurora! We chatted about the differences in the French and English sound worlds, learning English working in a pub (in this case, the pub chain O’Neill’s in the UK), and when you realise you get the joke in English...Pronunciation tip = Making the difference between the /ʌ/ ("cup") and the /o/ ("cop") vowe...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Suzanne from @EnglishSmarts! We chatted about using Twitter for learning languages, Suzanne’s first language lessons, using phonetic symbols to help your English pronunciation, and making sure you stress the right syllable...Pronunciation tip = Looking at how words that look similar, or exactly the same, h...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! As most people have either just gone back to school or are preparing to go back, or are now thinking about starting new courses, this bonus episode brings together all the advice on learning English given by my guests so far! Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok) Mus...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, it's just me again! A short and sweet episode before I take a short break... Whether you're a good cook or a bad cook, why not follow a recipe in English? My recommendation is Chocolate Brownies by the British chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (link attached)! Pronunciation tip = making ...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Risto and Carolina from the Stick With Us podcast! We chatted about the influence of US and UK sitcoms (with a great reference to the UK sitcom “The IT Crowd”), hosting their own podcast and misunderstandings in English...Pronunciation tip = Many learners roll their 'r's ... in English, it's not necessary!  ...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Marlene! We chatted about holidays in the USA, learning English through gaming, and the difference between virtual reality and augmented reality...Grammar tip = How we view things in English = is it ON or IN the Internet? Do we get IN or ON a bus? Do we go ON or IN holiday? P...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Laurence! We chatted about the difference between copy editing and proofreading, the importance of being consistent in your writing, and UK v US spellings...Pronunciation tip = words with an '-OUGH' spelling in English can have very different sounds.... Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG)...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Niina! We chatted about speaking Australian English, working with international talent, and the difficulties of phrasal verbs...Vocabulary and Grammar tip = 3 x Phrasal Verbs with the verb 'PUT' - Put On, Put Off, Put Out. Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Ling! We chatted about starting English very young, teaching marketing, and the benefits of reading your writing out loud...Pronunciation = the difference between the short / I / sound (ship) and the long / i: / sound (sheep). Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (Tw...

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Stefan! We chatted about simplifying your English vocabulary, saying what you actually mean, and learning English from a non-native English parent...Vocabulary Challenge = learn 3 new and exciting words! If you use 'Myriad', 'Ostentatious', and 'Superfluous' after listening to this episode, let me know! &n...