Chat ENG: Recent Episodes
Chat ENG
Chat ENG is where people chat about how they learn and use English! This is a podcast that helps English learners improve their listening skills, practice their pronunciation and learn new vocabulary!
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 = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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!
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
Guest = Viktor https://www.discgolfstream.com/inside-disc-golf-podcast
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/... but do we say "a hotel" or "an hotel"?
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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 (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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 'very' + Gradable adjectives and their Ungradable versions...
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
Guest = Satu www.aito-tea.fi @aito_tea (IG)
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 @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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 = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle (Twitter) www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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 = The difference between the long /ɜː/ ("work") and /ɔː/ ("walk") vowel sounds.
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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 "Question Tags"!
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Guest = Eric Roth @compellingtalks & @ChimayoPress (Twitter)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle (Twitter) www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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 unvoiced /f/ (eff) and the voiced /v/ (vee) consonant sounds.
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle (Twitter) www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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") vowel sounds.
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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, have different syllable stresses for different meanings.
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Guest = Suzanne @EnglishSmarts, @DazzleEnglish, @150phrasalverbs (Twitter), www.recipesforenglish.com
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle (Twitter) www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
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 the difference between the / w / and / v / sounds.
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
Chocolate Brownies: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/04/brownie-recipes-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall
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!
Pronunciation tip = Many learners roll their 'r's ... in English, it's not necessary!
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
Stick With Us = https://podtail.com/fi/podcast/stick-with-us/
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Marlene!
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?
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Laurence!
Pronunciation tip = words with an '-OUGH' spelling in English can have very different sounds....
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Niina!
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)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Ling!
Pronunciation = the difference between the short / I / sound (ship) and the long / i: / sound (sheep).
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (Twitter)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
Oxford Royale reference: https://www.oxford-royale.com/articles/english-puns-wordplay/
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Stefan!
Vocabulary Challenge = learn 3 new and exciting words! If you use 'Myriad', 'Ostentatious', and 'Superfluous' after listening to this episode, let me know!
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Trevor!
Pronunciation tip = making the difference between 'irony' and 'sarcasm' (a tricky thing to master in English!)
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Ulla!
Pronunciation tip = how changing the stress on the word 'QUITE' can change its meaning...
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
FinnBrit = https://finnbrit.fi/
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Paddy!
Pronunciation tip = practicing the difference between the diphthongs / ɑʊ / ("Ow!") and / əʊ / ("Oh!")...
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by MaraCarlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Cynthia!
Pronunciation tip = Plosives! Let's make sure there is a strong difference between / t /, / k /, and / p / (unvoiced) and / d /, / g /, and / b / (voiced)...
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
C.R.I.L.S = http://www.crils.com/en-US/
Cynthia's YouTube Channel = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9IbI1T6jFAGtjgnzxTyPhA/featured
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Jane!
Pronunciation tip = practicing the /ð / to / z / sound with plurals like 'clothes'.
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Lars!
Pronunciation tip = The difference between the / ʃ / (sh) and / s / sounds.
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
Find out more about Lars' Porsche project: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqFSzHwMPQ6WZLWarnbPAZw/videos
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Fabi!
Pronunciation tip = Eliding words (I am = I'm).
Grammar tip = A quick explanation about the Past Perfect!
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
Hello! And welcome to Chat ENG - a podcast where people chat how they learn and use English.
In Group 2 of these podcasts, I chat to the wider world... in particular, I speak to lots of English teachers!
We chat about our experiences and the challenges of English, and all of my guests have great advice for learners at every level!
As before, each episode will end with a pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary tip, so check out the episodes in Group 1 for tips to practice.
With music from the wonderful Mara Carlyle, join me as we continue Chat ENG!
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with...well, myself! It's just me!
Grammar tip = Past Simple v. Present Perfect Simple..."They visited" or "They have visited"?
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Tina from the KYKY & Co podcast!
Vocabulary Tip = Understanding the informal negative 'Ain't' and Double Negatives!
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
Tina’s podcast KYKY & Co = https://www.buzzsprout.com/1564613
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Claire!
Pronunciation tip = 2 x 'TH' sounds = θ (air) and ð (buzz), with practice sentence "That Thing There Thanks This Thing Here!"
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Jochen!
Pronunciation tip = EXPRESS YOURSELF! Learn how changing the stress in a sentence changes its meaning...
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Heather!
Grammar tip = Have To v. Must
Pronunciation tip = 3 x typical UK & US differences
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.marcarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Anna!
Pronunciation tip = typical words that have fewer syllables, or beats, than you think...
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Ann!
Pronunciation tip = it's sometimes difficult to produce the right sound in English, so let's go back to basics...
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Jeff!
Pronunciation tip = the 3 different sounds for -ED past simple endings - / d /, / t / and / Id /.
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary!
This episode, I'm chatting with Maria!
Pronunciation tip = typical words where the spelling doesn't match the sound...
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com
Hello! Welcome to Chat ENG - a new podcast where people chat about how they learn and use English!
Join me for informal chats, advice for English learners and pronunciation tips!
Presenter = Sam @_emaileng (Twitter, IG), @emaileng (TikTok)
Music = "Baby Bloodheart" by Mara Carlyle @MaraCarlyle www.maracarlyle.bandcamp.com
Artwork = Penny Rossano @pennyrossanomusicart (IG) www.pennyrossanoillustrations.com