Here’s the second episode of a series on reasons why English is in fact a hard language to learn. Part one was about phrasal verbs and it’s episode 171. Today you’ll hear 8 reasons why we hate English pronunciation. In episode 175: ‘queue’ foreign sounds consonant clusters through, thorough, though, rough, bough, trough… ‘gnome’ Gloucester, […]
It’s gonna be Christmassy today. We’ve got plenty of phrases and example sentences so that you can use the words from ‘Santa Tell Me’ in your everyday communication in English. In episode 174: repeat song lyrics line by line listen to 19 example sentences inspired by the lyrics synonyms for ‘fall in love’ expressions: ‘give […]
Winter can be a kick in the shins. It may make you long for summertime but it doesn’t have to be like that. Winter has the potential to become your favourite season! I’ve prepared my top 5 ideas on how to survive those cold and dark days of winter. Listen, shadow, learn some vocabulary, repeat […]
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 […]
