Swim
This week we look at the world of K-pop with the return of BTS and learn idioms and vocabulary that talk about water. Let's dive in!
Watch and Learn English
Do you want to have more than an intermediate level of English? I can help you achieve that. Every week you get an English lesson based on an interesting video and topic that is currently in the news.
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Poor punch
After the story of a baby macaque called Punch spread across social media, we look at his life at a zoo in Japan and learn how participle clauses connect ideas in English.
Reality bites
Listen now | In the week that Netflix launched a new documentary on reality TV, we take a look at how the popularity of these shows has changed and how to reevaluate the past in English.
Here’s looking at you, kid
This week we take a look at a movie widely regarded as the most romantic of all time, Casablanca. Our language point then focuses on how famous lines from the big screen are used in everyday English.
Good questions for a bad bunny
Listen now | Following Bad Bunny's recent Grammy win, this post uses a chat show interview with the man himself to look at how you don’t need to rush your answers.
Persepolis: A Story from Iran
With the political situation in Iran in mind, this post uses Persepolis to look at one life story and how English uses past tenses to talk about important life events
Shakespeare every day
Listen now | Shakespeare lived over 400 years ago, but his language is still part of everyday English. Inspired by the film Hamnet, this post looks at common expressions he created that we still use today.
This year's words
It’s been a busy year and not just in the news, but in the English language itself. This post is on some interesting new words that were added to the dictionary this year.
Remembering Jane
Welcome back! After a long break I'm back with lots of new ideas to help you watch and learn. This post is on the amazing Jane Goodall who died yesterday and her powerful message that lives on.
The wonderful witches of Wicked.
In this post, we look at the trailer for 'Wicked'. Then we study 'interjections,' the language of emotion.