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How To Improve Your Speaking Skills With A Podcast Partner
Today, I’m excited to introduce my colleague, Annemarie Fowler from Speak Confident English. You may already know her from the fluency lessons she shares online. I spoke with Annemarie about how to use podcasts as a way to start discussions with a speaking or...
The Blogcastastic Way To Improve Your Listening Skills
I recently found out about a new invention in the internet world: the blogcast. A mixture of the words ‘blog’ and ‘podcast’. In a blogcast (sometimes called an audio blog), the writer of a blog post records themselves reading it aloud. So you can listen...
4 Listening Resources For Literature Lovers
Tell me, which do you prefer? Reading an email from a colleague in English or talking on the phone with them? Relaxing in the evening with a book in English or a film without subtitles? Reading a blog post or listening to a podcast? If you learned...
4 Lessons From Origami To Help You Understand Spoken English
Have you ever done any origami? It’s the Japanese art of folding paper. I got into it at school when I was about 9 or 10. We had an origami book in the classroom. Our teacher would let us try making different things. I guess we had a pretty cool teacher....
Podcast 18: What You Should Listen To
2 weeks ago, I told you that you shouldn’t listen to TED talks. That episode is now my most popular one on Soundcloud. It seems you like to be told what’s not good for you. So let’s talk about what you should listen to. First a disclaimer...
Podcast 17: Why You Shouldn’t Listen to TED Talks
Have you heard of TED talks? TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. TED organises conferences twice a year and invites THE BEST speakers from different areas such as business, education and literature. You can watch almost all of these talks for free on...
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