That’s the new topic we’ll be dealing with for the next few grammar episodes. Indefinite article, definite article and zero article. They are especially challenging for us, speakers of Polish, but it certainly is doable! Let’s learn articles and use them fearlessly 🙂 In episode 172: ‘a university’ or ‘an university’? Who will learn articles […]
Here’s the first episode of a series on reasons why English is in fact a hard language to learn. What first jumped to my mind was phrasal verbs. Oh my, who doesn’t hate phrasal verbs? Today you’ll hear 5 reasons why we hate them. Hating phrasal verbs won’t make them go away, but it’ll you […]
Bruno Mars at last! The song we’re talking about today comes from his debut album released in 2010. Let’s learn some conditionals and a bunch of useful expressions. In episode 170: repeat song lyrics line by line listen to 18 example sentences inspired by the lyrics expressions: ‘to make somebody do something’, ‘to stare’, ‘to […]
There are so many meanings of the word ‘run’! Let’s have a look at the 10 most common ones. Listen and repeat the sentences out loud! In episode 169: 10 meanings of the word ‘run’ with examples two idioms 10 sentences to repeat out loud while listening to the episode. Listen, speak and learn! Download […]
Let’s deal with all kinds of questions! One by one! Today it’s going to be about questions with prepositions. Let’s practice throughout the whole episode. Listen to the sentence and formulate the question. In episode 168: formal/informal style how too sound more natural? What for? With what method? Practice with me! listen to the sentence […]
Today, let’s take a look at one of the two mindsets, the ‘fixed mindset’. Let’s ask ourselves some questions together and let’s confess. Isn’t your language blockade a sign of a fixed mindset? Why are you afraid of making mistakes? Do you perceive feedback as a personal attack? A somewhat reflective episode but at the […]
Here’s another song by Sia! In episode 11 we talked about the song ‘Chandelier’ and today we have ‘Unstoppable’. Listen, learn collocations, idioms and all the phrases from the song that are useful in daily communication! Sia’s ‘Unstoppable’ lyrics explained! In episode 166: repeat song lyrics line by line expressions: ‘all smiles’, ‘I know what […]
I hope you’ve tuned in to episode 161: Phrasal Verbs with LOOK (1). Here comes the second part! Have a listen, repeat out loud and complete the Worksheet. Happy learning! In episode 165: ‘to look out for somebody’ ‘to look down on somebody’ two meanings of ‘to look through somebody’ ‘to look up to somebody’ […]
Let’s refresh what we know about making basic questions! Gain that confidence you need to ask questions fearlessly! In episode 164: ‘yes-no’ questions ‘wh’ questions ‘normal questions’ ‘inverted questions’ repeat 28 questions out loud make your own 28 questions on the spot! Download the Worksheet and translate 10 questions into English. Happy learning Ola 🧾 […]
How to start reacting fast in a conversation? How to learn that skill? What are the most effective ways to get you to that fluency you strive for? Have a listen to find out! In episode 163: the problem with course books why do you need to practice reactions? how to stop translating in your […]
