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English with Rob
Learn English with me, Rob. I bring you interesting vocabulary, phrases and facts about language. There will also be chat with other English teachers and learners, grammar songs and lots of other fun stuff to help you to learn and remember English.
Euphemisms are a very useful part of English to learn. They can help to be diplomatic and caring when speaking about difficult or taboo situations, and on the other side they can help you to joke about serious situations in a very British way.
Shereen from An English Nerd joins me in this podcast episode for English learners to explore some of these euphemisms and how to use them.
USEFUL LINKS
An English Nerd website
An English Nerd on YouTube
An English Nerd on Instagram
English with Rob on YouTube
English with Rob on Instagram
Rod the English Teacher joins me all the way from Brazil to talk about a passion which became his reason to learn English: The American singer and 'Queen of Pop', Madonna.
I hope that Rod can be an inspiration for English learners to improve their English through finding sources which they love.
USEFUL LINKS
Rod the English Teacher on YouTube
Rod the English Teacher on Instagram
English with Rob on YouTube
English with Rob on Instagram
In this podcast episode for English learners, Stephen from SEND7 Podcast (Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes) chats to me about the news and how he creates his podcast for English learners to stay updated about the news while improving their fluency.
Useful Vocabulary script:
S: Hey Rob, I’m going to the shop. Do you want anything?
R: Ooh, yes please. Could you bias some apple source?
S: Us?
R: Yeah. And some orange juice. The fresh stuff. I think they have a Press machine at the shop. Get two cups.
S: Two?
R: Right. Three if you want one too, of course. I mean, you’re paying, so you can if you want to. Oh, and I’ll have an ice cream, with a Scoop of chocolate and a scoop of pistachio.
S: OK… Hey... Whose are those boots over there?
R: Oh, they’re Debbie’s.
S: Debbie? Stop the press! Is this another woman you’re having an affair with?
R: Yeah. She’s one of my Current affairs.
[BEEP BEEP]
R: Who’s Papping their horn out there? Wire they papping?
S: It looks like someone’s blocking the road. A car’s stopped. HiSyndicateors are on. People are papping because they want to get through.
S: So… What do you want the apple sauce for, exactly?
R: No comment.
[Debbie comes into the room]
D: Hello.
S: Hello.
D: Rob.
R: Yeah?
D: I think that’s my husband’s car outside blocking the road.
[Door knocking]!!!
USEFUL LINKS
SEND7 Website
SEND7Podcast on Spotify
English with Rob on YouTube
English with Rob on Instagram
Hello all. This is just a little message from me to explain why there is no full-length podcast this week. See you next week, hopefully.
Rob.
In this podcast episode for English learners, Tanya from ENglish Coach 3Ts and I explore whether it is better to live in the city or in the countryside.
Here is some useful vocabulary we talk about:
Metropolis
City
Town
Village
Hamlet
Country/countryside (possible confusion of word ‘country’)
Overcrowded
Isolated
Hectic
Multicultural
Peaceful
Natural
USEFUL LINKS
English Coach 3Ts Website: https://englishcoach-3ts.com/
English Coach 3Ts on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishcoach_3ts/?hl=en
English with Rob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RADEnglish
English with Rob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/
In this podcast episode for English learners, Anna with 2 Ns and I explore lots of useful phrases with 'get'.
Here are some of the 'get' phrases we talk about:
To get - to receive or take possession of somehow
To get - Where did you get that lovely…?
To get - To make contact with:
What’s the best time of day to get you?
To get + transport
Can you get a bus on the street where you live?
To get + Situation/state/emotion
Have you ever been in a car which got stuck?
Was there ever a time when you got lost?
When was the last time you got dressed up?
Interesting English: Does gotten exist?
Game: Got + what?
Guess the prepositions of the question.
- What do you get up to on weekends?
- Do you get on with your neighbours?
- How do you get rid of your bio waste?
- What’s something you try to get out of doing?
- Have you ever done something you shouldn’t have done, but got away with it?
USEFUL LINKS
Anna with 2Ns podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/anna-with-2ns-english-podcast/id1502718875
Anna with 2Ns on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna2nsenglish/
English with Rob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RADEnglish
English with Rob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/
In this podcast episode for English learners, I explore whether or not it's a good idea to use jokes in English lessons
TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE
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Pro's and Con's of using Jokes in English lessons
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Suggestions of how jokes can be used in the ESL classroom
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Different types of jokes
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Jokes I have made up
USEFUL LIINKS
English with Rob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RADEnglish
English with Rob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/
Thank you for listening (or for reading this, at least).
Rob.
Julie from English Etc with Julie is my guest today. She is a Canadian English teacher (and HR Management graduate) currently living in Dubai. She posts really useful content on Instagram for English learners (links below), so I invited her on to the show.
TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE
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Useful vocabulary for dating
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Good and bad dating experiences
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Useful practices for dating conversation
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Dating do's and dating don'ts
EXTRAS FROM THE PODCAST
English Etc with Julie's ebooks:
- English Conversation Made Simple
https://crafty-motivator-3560.ck.page/35320c6aa5
- 1000 English Words and Expressions
https://speakenglishwithtiffani.ac-page.com/lp-1000-english-words-and-expressions
Here is some of the useful vocabulary we discuss:
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To go on a date/to have a date/a date (event)/a date (person)
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Single (adj)/To be seeing someone/To be an item/To be in a relationship
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To have a crush on someone/a crush (noun) (USA)
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To fancy someone (UK)
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To flirt
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To have chemistry/to click
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To ask someone out
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To hit on someone
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To have a fling (a short, intense relationship)
USEFUL LIINKS
English Etc with Julie's Website: https://englishetc.com/
English Etc with Julie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLM0_74Ai-QekFIyxrLCH6A
English Etc with Julie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishetc_with_julie/
English with Rob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RADEnglish
English with Rob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/
Thank you for listening (or for reading this, at least).
Rob.
Sukhi from English Every Day is my guest in this episode. Sukhi and I had never spoken before we started to record the podcast, so we asked questions with phrasal verbs to get to know each other.
The phrasal verbs you can learn from context in this podcast are:
To be up to
To be into
To pick up on
To get up to
To take after
To be named after
To take up
To dress up/as
To pop out
To pick on
To catch up with
To gross out
To crack up
You can find more great content for English learners from Sukhi's English Every Day links here:
Website: https://englisheveryday.co.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english.language.everyday/
And more from me here:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RADEnglish
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob
Thank you so much for listening.
Rob.
This podcast episode for English learners is about how to understand connected speech. Connected speech is when native English speakers connect words, so that a sentence sounds like one long sound, and it is difficult to identify and recognise individual words.
In this episode I also give you some tips on how to stick to your 2022 English learning goals.
You can find more English teaching content from me here: Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob
Anna from English like a Native is my special guest for this Christmas themed podcast for improving your English. Even if you do not celebrate Christmas, at this time of year you are very likely to have some Christmas themed small talk if you meet native English speakers. This podcast is full of useful English vocabulary and phrases for Christmas conversations.
Be sure to check out Anna's fantastic content for English learners:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Hg2Ks00kCekyjZG_LxOmg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/britishenglishpro/
Website: https://englishlikeanative.co.uk/
Tika of Tika teaches English joins me on the podcast to tell us all about two massive changes in her life - her marriage and relocation to South Korea.
We begin with some useful English vocabulary to talk about moving house and relocating to another country, then Tika tells us about her preparations for relocating, followed by a game about famous expats.
Be sure to follow Tika on Instagram for some fantastic English learning content:
https://www.instagram.com/tikateachesenglish
In this podcast for English learners, I introduce you to some phrases, idioms and expressions which involve different countries and cities. You will learn the phrases, how to use them , hear some examples and learn about the origin of the phrases. The the jingle says, it's some interesting English.
You can find more English teaching content from me here: Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob
There's no English teacher guest this week, I'm all alone. But that doesn't mean I can't bring you useful English in a fun way.
In this episode I look at some useful English phrases about letters and abbreviations, I dig into the phrasal verb 'to make up' which has three meanings, pluss a noun and an adjective! I also look at some phrases and words which I think are stupid, make no sense, and are unfair.
Here are some things I mention in the podcast:
YOLO by The Lonely Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Otla5157c
Daft Punk - Doin' it Right lyrics
Doing it right Everybody will be dancing and be Feeling it right Everybody will be dancing and be Doing it right Everybody will be dancing and be Feeling all right Everybody will be dancing tonight
If you do it right Let it go all night Shadows on you break Out into the light If you lose your way tonight That's how you know the magic's right You can find more English teaching content from me here: Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob
I don't know much about cars, which is why English teacher and mechanic David, from Speak Like David, is the perfect guest for this discussion about cars.
We start by looking at some useful English vocabulary for conversations about cars. Next we discuss some differences between American and British English. There is also lots of car conversation and some useful car phrases.
Here is some of the useful vocabulary and phrases from the podcast/English lesson:
Useful Vocabulary
- Steering wheel
- Ignition
- Clutch
- Windscreen wipers
- Accelerator
- Dashboard
- Gear stick
- Glove compartment
UK vs USA car vocab
- Boot - trunk
- Bonnet - hood
- Bumper - Fender
- Indicators - blinkers
- Gear box - transmission
- Drive a manual - drive stick
- Car park - parking lot
- Motorway - Highway
- Estate - Station Wagon
Car Phrases and idioms
- To put the pedal to the metal
- An amber gambler
- A road hog
- A backseat driver
- To carpool
Here's where you can find David's fantastic English teaching content:
Website: https://speaklikedavid.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speaklikedavid/?hl=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrK-uYpgq26c-WqHCOnK55w
And here are my English learning links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RADEnglish
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/?hl=en
In this English teaching podcast I am with Cara Leopold from Leo Listening, talking about how to learn English with TV and Movies.
We discuss why TV and Movies can be a fantastic learning tool, and how you can benefit from being entertained while acquiring new language, or getting valuable English listening practice.
We look at some useful vocabulary, and some TV/Movie watching words which are different in The UK and The USA.
Then there are some English learning word games for you to join in with. Can you find the film names from synonyms, or do you know who says the catchphrases?
Here's a list of some of the English language TV shows we mention:
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Friends
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Seinfeld
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The US office
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The UK Office
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The Simpsons
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Dad's Army
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Red Dwarf
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The Big Bang Theory
You can find out more about learning English through watching TV shows and films on Cara's Leo Listening website:
https://leo-listening.com/
and YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/leolistening
And here's more free English teaching content from me:
https://www.youtube.com/c/RADEnglish
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5Sr9xEisnzoMoAlzea4ZQ
https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob
Ruth from English for Change is my English teacher guest this week. She is the perfect guest to talk about Feminism with, because she comes from a background of activism and campaigning for equality.
Feminism - Useful Vocabulary:
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Patriarchy
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Sexism
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Misogyny/Misogynist/Misogynistic
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Misandry/Misandrist
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A sexist pig
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Male privilige
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Mansplaining
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Manterrupting
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Manspreading
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Toxic masculinity
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Woke
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Intersectionality
You can find Ruth's English for Change company here:
Website: https://www.englishforchange.co/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_forchange
Here are all of my links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ
YouTube Podcast Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5Sr9xEisnzoMoAlzea4ZQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob
We also mention the brilliant Guilty Feminist Podcast:
https://guiltyfeminist.com/
With Dan, from Learn London, being an expert in teaching Business English, he was a great guest to sit down and chat with about the best formal English language words and phrases to use in job interviews.
We use English to chat about the weird coincidence of how we came to be in contact with each other, and seagulls.
There is also a job interview roleplay game at the end of the podcast. See if you can guess what job the interview is for before Dan and I do.
Here's where to find Dan's Learn London links:
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/learnlondondan/
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLtUoWhL4t7dU9qVgFmRw3Q
Website https://www.learn-london.co.uk/
And here is where I also have fantastic English learning content for you:
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ
Thanks for listening (or at least for reading this all the way to the end)!
Rob.
Yes, it's THE John from John's English Page guesting this week, and his cat Alan features too. We chat (not Alan) about:
EPISODE 27 - HOW HAS BRITAIN CHANGED?
John brings his Guess the Year quiz about what things were happening in Britain when he last lived there. Then we talk (and sometimes laugh) about a few things which have changed in the last few years since we have both lived away in different countries.
Here is the USEFUL VOCABULARY to remember and learn from this episode:
It's completely different
It's unrecognizable
It's no different at all
It's pretty much the same
To undergo a change (formal)
To adapt to something (to change your behaviour to fit a new situation)
To shift/a shift - a big change, a change in focus
To alter/to be altered
To convert (to change one thing into another)
To transition/a transition (a slow change)
To improve/an improvement (to change for the better)
To degenerate (to change for the worse)
Run down (a poor and neglected area)
Gentrified/Gentrification
For more fantastic English teaching content, be sure to have a look at:
John's English Page:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnsenglishpage/?hl=en
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnsenglishpage?lang=en
English with Rob:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ
Emma from Pronunciation with Emma (and Procrastination with Emma) joined me for this chat. It was supposed to be about managing all the different online social media platforms she uses, but we mostly talked about YouTube, teaching English through gaming, and pigeons.
There's lots of natural chat, gaming and social media vocabulary, and word games to play along with.
Useful Vocabulary:
To go viral
To troll/a troll
A Feed
To @ someone
A thread
To trend/trending
To DM someone/A DM (Direct Message)
NSFW (Not Safe For Work)
Be sure to check out Emma's fantastic English teaching content in all these places:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNfm92h83W2i2ijc5Xwp_IA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pronunciationwithemma/
Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/procrastinationwithemma/profile
Podcast: https://theprocrastinationpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pronunciationwithemma?
Website: https://pronunciationwithemma.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pronunciationwithemma/
Anne from English Valley Cafe is my teacher guest this week. We chat about different slang words we use in The UK and The USA. Then I have a lot of questions for her about living in California, because I am fascinated by the place.
You can find English Valley Cafe online here:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOVSN4pkrUcfgJ6GJt_A7tQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishvalleycafe/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/englishvalleycafe
It's business time on the English with Rob podcast this week. Stephen Collings from 4 Words (a company I work for) guests to talk about why business English is so important, and how it's different from 'regular' or 'street' English.
It's just me in this episode. I bring you some interesting English about pronunciation and connected speech. Also I answer some listener questions about grammar, how to learn English, and about myself.
In this English lesson podcast there is lots of useful English for conversations about cities, towns and villages. We meet Rod The Brazilian English Teacher, and learn all about his hometown of Palmital in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Useful vocabulary:
Metropolis
City
Town
Village
Adjectives
Modern
Medieval
Quaint
Lively
Quiet
Tourist
(Industry it's known for/was created for)
(Landscape it's known for) Coastal Desert
What can you find in the place you're from?
Square
Statue
Fountain
Town Hall
Accommodation - what types?
Shopping center/shopping mall
Museum
Library
Check out Rod's YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/robuca2011
Travel Teacher Tom teaches us all about life on the farm.
As always, thie English learning podcast is full of useful vocabulary, examples and word games.
Useful Vocabulary from this lesson:
Ceops/Livestock
Poultry
Cattle
To cultivate/to rear
Abattoir/Slaughter house
To produce/produce
A dairy/dairy products/dairy farming
A vet/veterinarian
A field
A barn
Organic
To plough/a plough
Acres/Hectares
Follow Travel Teacher Tom on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/travel_teacher_tom/?hl=en
Here's the English with Rob Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/?hl=en
And YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ
Leigh from Enigmatic Learning introduces some riddles, puzzles and jokes which he uses to teach English online.
We have loads of fun and some great chat while solving some riddles and puzzles, and laughing (a little bit) at some pun-style jokes.
Useful vocabulary:
- Vocabulary for discussing possibility
- May, might and could for something which is possible but not 100% certain
- 2 different uses of may (permission/possibility)
- Can vs could (can- ability/permission) (could- possibility/ability with conditional)
- 2 different uses of must
You can find Leigh on Enigmatic Learning here:
https://enigmatic-learning.com/
https://www.instagram.com/enigmatic_learning/?hl=en
This week I have no co-host, it's just me.
But I have still filled this English lesson podcast with some interesting English and word games for you to play.
The interesting English I look at are:
- Portmanteaus (words created by putting two words together)
- Ain't - this slang word is very versatile
May the 4th is Star Wars day, so here is my Star Wars special episode with Charlie from Shirobear TV.
Hear us discuss why Star Wars can be good for English learners, which parts of the Star Wars universe we like and don't like, and how good our Star Wars trivia is.
And may the force be with you and your English learning, always.
Martin from Rock 'n' Roll English joins me for some English lesson chat about music.
Learn English through our useful English vocabulary section, our natural conversation, and play some English learning games with us.
Find the music mentioned in the English lesson podcast about music on this playlist I created:
https://open.spotify.com/user/itsrobertdylanwalker/playlist/4FrR20HMMKsq5W1VX4Jy35
Useful Vocabulary in this episode:
Band/Singer/Artist
Album
Track
The beat
The rhythm
The volume / turn up/turn down
A genre
The lyrics
A record / tape cassette / MP3 / Streaming
Upbeat
Catchy
Cheesy
A classic song - Bohemian Rhapsody / Smoke on the water
A one-hit wonder
Be sure to check out Martin's awesome Rock 'n' Roll English links
website:
https://rocknrollenglish.com/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/rocknrollenglish/
And you can find me on
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob
https://rocknrollenglish.com/
Czech mate and board game loving English teacher Zdenek from Zdenek's English podcast is back as my English teaching co-host. In this podcast for English learners we play a game in which we have to make some difficult decisions. As you listen, you can decide if you would make the same decisions as us.
Useful vocabulary:
To choose/chose/chosen - a choice
To decide/decided - a decision - decisive/indecisive
To make up one’s mind
To take something into consideration/to consider something/all things considered...
To have second thoughts
To be on the fence about something
To be in two minds about something
Either (UK) /either (USA)
neither/nor
To go with
I’m going to say…
Links:
Be sure to check out Zdenek's English Podcast:
https://zdeneksenglishpodcast.podbean.com/
And see his available courses (including an English with board games course) on his website:
https://www.teacherzdenek.com/
In this Episode I'm joined by Ronan from the English in the Road Podcast. We chat about and give examples of phrases using the F word: Fuck.
Be sure to check out Ronan's
Website: https://englishwithronan.com/
Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/709875
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_ontheroad/?hl=en
I speak with some English learners about complaining.
These live lessons are an opportunity for English learners to practice the vocabulary I teach in the previous podcast.
Follow me on Instagram to find out when the next Live with Learners podcast recording will happen:
https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/?hl=en
Tommy and I discuss how to complain, when to complain, and what things British people complain about.
This podcast comes with a warning: Tommy liked the Idiom Alarm a lot, so there are many idioms in this podcast (I even cut a lot out).
Useful Vocabulary:
To complain/A complaint
To MAKE a complaint / I’d like to MAKE a complaint
I’m afraid there’s a slight problem with…
I’m afraid I’m not happy about...
Could I speak to the manager, please?
This is unacceptable
Look…
To get something off your chest
First-world problems
Compensation/to be compensated
I’m sorry, but there is nothing we can do about it
I’m sorry, but it’s out of our control
Please leave it with us, and we’ll get back to you with a solution
Tommy's website: https://learnenglishwithtommy.com/
Tommy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamasbradfordteaching/?hl=en
My live with learner podcasts are an opportunity for my English learners to practice using what I have taught in the previous podcast.
In episode 13a Sam (from PAPI English) and I explained and gave examples of two similar sounding phrases with very different meanings: 'used to do' and 'to be used to doing'.
Here you can listen to my learners give their own real-life examples.
To be a part of my Live with Learners episodes, follow me on Instagram or Facebook to receive notifications about when I will be going live.
I would love to see you there.
Rob.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/radenglish1/
In this episode Sam (from PAPI English) and I teach you the differences between the phrases USED TO DO and TO BE USED TO DOING by explaining some things we used to do and some things we are used to doing.
Get to know us, and understand these phrases through real English conversation.
Be sure to check out PAPI English on all of his channels:
PAPI English Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/papienglish
PAPI English Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papienglish/?hl=en
PAPI English YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0zQv5ckvZAmdcN0OkzAy6Q
Tika from Tika Teaches English is my guest today. We chat about staying in hotels and stealing hotel breakfasts.
Useful vocabulary:
The front desk/the reception
To check-in/to check out / late check out fee
The lobby
To book/a booking/to make a booking - to reserve/a reservation/to make a reservation
Single room/twin room/double room
Luxury/luxurious
Budget hotel/dodgy/a dive
Bed and breakfast / air bnb / hostel
Chain hotel/boutique hotel
Make sure to follow Tika on Instagram for some fantastic English learning content:
https://www.instagram.com/tikateachesenglish/?hl=en
My co-host this week is Izz from English Idioms with Izz. We get to know each other through questions with idioms. Then I test her (and your) idiom knowledge with some English idioms games. All idioms in this episodes are from the IELTS website.
Idioms mentioned in this podacst:
To be over the moon,
To run in one’s family,
To follow in someone’s footsteps,
To be under the weather,
To drive someone up the wall,
To tell a white lie,
To be like a kid in a candy store,
Out of the blue,
In the red,
To give someone the green light,
A white lie,
To be green with envy,
To pass with flying colours,
To kick the bucket,
Break a leg,
Sick as a dog,
Be sure to check out Izz's Instagram account and YouTube channel for some hilarious ways to learn and remember English idioms:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishidiomswithizz/?hl=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvrKFB7Vjs90K4H9JguywyA
Chris from Language with Chris co-hosts. We chat about all things related to shopping.
Useful vocabulary
To browse/To window shop
To shop around
The sales/on sale/the sales rack
A bargain / a good deal
A rip off / overpriced
Independent shops/chain stores/boutiques
Pound shop/discount shop
Branches
Department store
The checkout
Pay by cash/pay by card
To return an item / to get a refund / to be refunded
Sales assistant/Cashier
UK vs USA words for shopping
Charity shop (UK) / Thrift store (USA)
The changing room (UK)/cloakroom (USA)
The Till (UK)/cash register (USA)
Chemist (UK)/drugstore (USA)
Off license (UK)/liquor store (USA)
Trousers (UK)/pants (USA)
Car park (UK)/parking lot (USA)
Trainers (UK)/Sneakers (USA)
Waist coast (UK)/Vest (USA)
Also:
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Mystery object shopping role-play game
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Phrasal Verb of the Week: To set (one) back / To sell out
Links:
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Here is the stand alone remix of Ask Teacher Will's Five Pronunciation Tips video.
You can download this song to listen to and learn anywhere.
Here is a link to the video version.
And this is a link to Ask Teacher Will's original video.
In this episode I play you a remix I made of an English lesson by Ask Teacher Will: 5 Pronunciation Tips. This is followed by Teacher Will interviewing me about English pronunciation tips, advice for new English teachers, and the process of making the English lesson remix.
For the video version of the remix, check out my YouTube channel.
To learn more from Teacher Will, go to his YouTube channel and his Instagram account.
Thanks for listening, Rob.
In this episode I chat with some English learners about things which annoy them.
Useful Vocabulary:
To annoy / Annoying
To get on (one's) nerves
It gets my goat
A bugbear
It gets on my tits
It pisses me off
If you would like to appear on my next Live with Learners podcast, follow me on Instagram, where I will post about when upcoming live podcast records will happen, and what the theme will be.
I hope to see you there.
Thanks for listening,
Rob.
Zdenek from Zdenek's English Podcast co-hosts. We chat about how board games can be a great too to learn English in the classroom, at home and online.
Useful vocabulary
To win/won to lose/lost
The rules/against the rules
The instructions
The objective/goal/aim of the game
A dice/ a die
To roll the dice
Your turn/my turn/your go/my go/whose go is it?
A deck of cards
To shuffle the deck
To draw a card
Your hand
To cheat
A sore loser
Also:
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What's the name of the game game
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Phrasal Verb of the Week: To give in/to give up
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Which is the most popular game game
Links:
Be sure to check out Zdenek's English Podcast:
https://zdeneksenglishpodcast.podbean.com/
And see his available courses (including an English with board games course) on his website:
https://www.teacherzdenek.com/
British English teacher Fiona from Birdsong English joins me for fun chat and games about the news.
Useful Vocabulary:
Headlines
Tabloid vs broadsheet
Caption
Correspondent
An article/an editorial/a feature/a column
Hard news
Gossip
Offbeat stories
Coverage
Quotes
Also:
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Conversation about the news
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A game with headlines
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Some funny 'pun' headlines
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Funny cuttings (accidental jokes from newspapers)
Follow and learn with Fiona from Birdsong English:
Website: https://www.birdsongenglish.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birdsong_english/
Canadian English teacher Kate from English.anywhere.de joins me for a chat about parenting, exercise, and combining the two.
We discuss some useful vocabulary to talk about the subjects. There's my phrasal verb of the week, and a game about exercise workout moves.
With special guest Sabina from Damn It English, I discuss using rap to learn and to teach English.
Listen to the end to hear Sabina rapping about the present perfect tense.
Plus there is news about how this podcast will change in 2021.
Episode 3: Present Perfect Simple Tense
In this episode:
- A brief explanation of the present perfect tense and how it is different from the past simple tense
- 'Have you ever...?' chat with Michael from English with Michael and the Level up English podcast
- Phrasal Verb of the week: To carry on
- Song: Have You Ever Been in Love (The Divine Comedy cover)
I look at a received pronunciation rap song by British chap-hop artist Professor Elemental.
There's lots of useful vocabulary and facts about Britishness.
Thanks to the Prof himself for giving me permission to use this amazing track on my podcast.
Podcast Extra: Cockney Rhyming Slang
This podcast is all about cockney rhyming slang. Find out about this strange but interesting language quirk which exists in London.
The phrases I look at include:
The apples and pears (stairs)
To be brown bread (dead)
A butcher's hook (a look)
A China plate (a mate)
To be cream crackered (nackered)
The dog and bone (the phone)
Episode 2: Being British
In this episode:
- Top 30 things that British people do
- Chat with Shereen from An English Nerd - Experiences living in Manchester (UK)
- Phrasal Verb of the week
- Learn from a learner
Top 30 things that make you British (Metro March 2019)
This episode plays on stereotypes - not all British people are like this.
Stereotype = a popular generalisation about a group of people.
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Putting ketchup on everything
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Never letting your emotions get the better of you -
To get the better of you = to strong for you to control
- Shouting wahey when someone drops a drink in the pub
TEST IT!
- Being squashed on the train by a larger person and pretending you don’t notice when they are half sitting in your seat.
- Being tolerant
Tolerant/To tolerate = To accept something you don’t like.
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Saying ‘right’ before you’re about to do something.
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Moaning about our commute
To moan = to complain A commute = a journey you do regularly, usually to and from work/school
- Respecting our elders
Elders - people older than you / Elderly (adj) A polite way to say ‘old’
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Wearing shorts and sunglasses the second the sun comes out
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Holding the door open for someone when they’re unnecessarily far away so they end up running for the door
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Having a barbecue as soon as the sun comes out
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Having meals based on what day it is – like Fishy Friday - a Sunday roast
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Not complaining in a restaurant when the food is bad
(an example of being tolerant)
- Pulling together in a crisis
To pull together = To cooperate with people/to work together to solve a problem.
- Being proud of where you are from
- Eating fry ups for breakfast
A fry up - a meal with fried food: sausages, egg, bacon, tomato, baked beans, toast
- Sarcasm
Sarcastic (adj) = saying the opposite of what you mean to be funny, or to criticise.
- Having good manners
Manners = doing polite socially acceptable things. Eg saying please and thank you.
- Having a dry sense of humour
The joke is not always obvious, perhaps said in a normal or serious tone of voice. Sometime plays on misleading or unexpected details. (what are you doing in my house? Turned off the lights jokes).
- Having a stiff upper lip
Not expressing emotion / hiding your emotions
- Going to the pub
- Dunking biscuits in tea
To dunk = to dip = to put something into liquid, and pull it out again quickly.
- Saying please and thank you
(good manners)
- Saying ‘sorry’ too frequently
- Using tea as a cure/fix for everything
- Liking fish and chips
- Putting the kettle on in a crisis
Kettle = a machine to boil water
To put the kettle on (a collocation)
- Having a roast dinner on Sundays
- Queuing
(not queue jumping or cutting in line)
- Talking about the weather
Generational differences were also found:
42% of older people considered it British to be proud of where you’re from
19% of younger adults agreed
13% said they weren’t proud to be British at all
Talk to a Teacher
Shereen from An English Nerd - Living in Manchester
Phrasal Verb of the week
To put up with
To accept something which you don’t like.
To not complain about something which is unpleasant. Or someone who is unpleasant.
Eg: I put up with some of the TV shows my wife suggests we watch together.
Learn from a learner
Chien likes British weather.
Q: Does she prefer summer or winter?
She can enjoy the day and enjoy the sunshine, and it’s pretty nice here
(she lives in the UK).
Temperature pronunciation
Repetition of nice
The temperature is - pleasant, just right, warm,
In this episode:
Useful Vocabulary: Haircuts
Talk to a Teacher: Shereen from An English Nerd
Phrasal Verb of the Week: To cut back on / to cut down on
Learn from English learners
Useful Vocabulary: Haircuts
Hair cut (not hairs cut)
Hairdressers/barbers/hair salon
Hairdresser/Hair stylist/Barber
Get/have a hair cut (NOT I cut my hair)
A trim
Highlights/lowlights/a perm/layered/dyed/tapered/thinned
Wash, cut and blow-dry
Hairstyles: Short back and sides, crew cut, bob, fringe (bangs), side parting/centre parting, pixie cut
Scissors/clippers/hair straighteners/curling tongs/curling iron/foils
What to say/phrases:
I’d like a…. please
Do I need to make an appointment?
Just a trim please
Number two at the back and sides please
Number two all over, please
Just a bit shorter
Take about a cm off
Phrasal Verb of the Week: To cut down on / to cut back on = to do/have less of something which is bad or unhealthy.
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