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The British English Podcast

Learn British English as well as British culture, history, news and current affairs, and much more with weekly episodes from your host Charlie on The British English Podcast! Visit the website for learning resources:thebritishenglishpodcast.com

Episodes

Bonus Ep 13 - Where is an American's dream holiday?

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Learn British English & about British culture in this episode where Charlie, your host, gets Shana, the host of The American English Podcast, back on the show to explore an imaginary trip of a lifetime. More useful links below... πŸ“’ Sponsor - betterhelp.com/bep πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ The American English Podcast πŸ“‘ Get Transcripts & Glossaries 🎁 Try the sample lesson in The Academy 🎯 The 7-Day Challenge πŸ“” How to use idioms i...

Oct 31, 2021β€’39 min

Bitesize Episode 22 - The Journey of a British Musician

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Learn British English in this episode with Charlie, your host, where he interviews a best friend from school who is on track to becoming a successful artist in the music industry. Charlie asks his friend about his journey as an artist to give you a better understanding of how the British music industry works and how musicians "make it" in today's world. More useful links below... πŸ“’ Sponsor link: betterhelp.co...

Oct 25, 2021β€’18 min

S3/E2 - British Pests with Harry | [Not for the faint hearted]

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation In this second episode of Season 3 of The Academy, Charlie invites Harry back on the show to discuss Harry's latest British problem related to pests you get when living in the UK.This episode includes some stories related to pests being dealt with in a rather brutal way. Listener discretion is as advised. Useful Links below... πŸ“‘ Get transcripts and glossaries πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ« Book a private English Lesson with Harry οΏ½...

Oct 19, 2021β€’36 min

Bitesize Episode 21 - How to talk about your hometown

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie focuses on vocabulary that is particularly useful when talking about your hometown. You'll get to hear many native expressions related to the hometown in general and better understand how to score top marks in an English speaking test like the IELTS Test. Useful Links below... πŸ“” How to use idioms in IELTS audiobook πŸŽ“ The IELTS Speaking Course πŸ“‘ Get Transcripts & Glossaries 🎁 Try the sample lesson i...

Oct 10, 2021β€’18 min

Bonus Ep 12 - British Music with Al from Fika

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Learn British English & about British culture in this episode where Charlie, your host, gets a British musician and music producer on the show to talk about British music, what instruments we learn as children, the journey of a musician in the UK and why we often tend to sing in an American accent. Useful Links below... πŸ“’ Listen to fika on Spotify πŸ“² Follow fika on Instagram πŸ“‘ Get transcripts and glossaries ...

Oct 03, 2021β€’42 min

Extra Episode: How to improve Your British English Fast!

This is an extra episode to tell you how a Russian student is improving her British English so fast and announce that The Academy Doors are closing very soon! Sign up to The Academy before the doors close to new sign ups before Midnight September 30th, 2021.Useful Links below...🎁 Try the sample lesson in The AcademyπŸŽ“ Test your English level🎁 Learn how to paraphrase effectivelyπŸ“§ Get the newsletter with e-lessonsβœ… The 5-step listening method every polyglot usesπŸ–₯ Go to The British English Podc...

Sep 29, 2021β€’8 min

Bitesize Episode 20 - A Modern British Commentary on The Gruffalo

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Learn British English & about British culture in this episode where Charlie, your host, takes a look at a classic Children's book and adds commentary as a modern British person. Let's see if the author's writing of The Gruffalo goes down well with Charlie. More useful links below... πŸ“‘ Get Transcripts & Glossaries 🎁 Try the sample lesson in The Academy 🎯 The 7-Day Challenge πŸ“” How to use idioms in IELTS audi...

Sep 28, 2021β€’23 min

Bonus Ep 11 - I ended up in a wheelchair

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Learn British English & about British culture in this episode where Charlie, your host, fills you in on an injury he's had recently as it brought up some interesting cultural differences as he went through the procedure. Useful Links below... πŸ“’ Sponsor: Join the next Lingoda Language Sprint. Use the code **CHAMP57** to get a €20 discount. πŸ“‘ Get Transcripts & Glossaries 🎯 The 7-Day Challenge πŸ“” How to use id...

Sep 20, 2021β€’23 min

Bitesize Episode 19 - Discussing The British Social Classes with Ricky

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie gets Ricky back on the show to discuss his own thoughts on the British social classes and how they might be changing as we speak. Ricky is a Psychology Coach who helps a wide variety of people find more happiness and meaning in their lives. He helped me find a way to live a more mindful and passionate life over 10 years ago and his teachings still remain with me on a day-to-day basis. Enjoy this conver...

Sep 12, 2021β€’18 min

S3/E1 - 5 British English Films for English Learners with Cara

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation In this brand new Season of episodes in The Academy, Charlie invites Cara from Leo Listening on to the show to talk about a bunch of culturally relevant British movies and to discuss the idea of a Movie Club for English learners. More useful links below... Cara Leopold's info: - 🎁 Download Cara's FREE guide "Understand Movies In English" - πŸ–₯ Sign up to Cara's Movie Club - πŸ“Ί Watch Cara on YouTube πŸ“‘ Get Tran...

Sep 07, 2021β€’36 min

Bitesize Episode 18 - Super Advanced Vocabulary

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation In this bitesize episode Charlie gives you 3 super advanced words to sound even more intelligent than you already are and uses a large number of colloquial expressions throughout the episode when talking about them. So, get those notebooks out because you are certainly going to be adding some phrases to your "new vocabulary" list from this episode. More useful links below... πŸ“’ Download LingoChamp App πŸ“‘ Get T...

Aug 30, 2021β€’26 min

Bonus Ep 10 - 5 Tips on Compelling Storytelling with Olly Richards

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie gets the British polyglot Olly Richards on the show. Olly has written over 30 language learning books and is here to give us all a few tips on how to be better storytellers. Listen up as we all know storytelling is a fundamental part of communication. Useful Links below... Olly Richards info: πŸ“Ί Watch Olly's YouTube Channel πŸ–₯ Visit Olly's website πŸŽ™ Listen to Olly's podcast πŸ“± Follow Olly on Instagram...

Aug 24, 2021β€’31 min

Bitesize Episode 17 - A Modern British Commentary on Little Red Riding Hood

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie takes a look at a classic Children's book and adds commentary as a modern British person. Let's see if the author's writing of Little Red Riding Hood goes down well with Charlie. Either way you'll get your fix of British culture with plenty of native expressions for you to learn from in context. Join The Premium Podcast to access the full glossary and transcript of this episode. More useful links below...

Aug 15, 2021β€’20 min

Bonus Ep 9 - Culture Shock in Italy for British Father

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation In this episode, Charlie invites Martin from Rock N Roll English back on the show to talk about the cultural differences he is noticing now that he is a father raising a child in Italy with his Italian wife. Join The Premium Podcast to access part 2 and 3 of the show. More useful links below... πŸŽ™ Rock N' Roll English (Episode 231 Ft. Charlie) πŸ“• Martin's Hilarious Short Stories Ebook (100% of proceeds go to U...

Aug 11, 2021β€’34 min

Bitesize Episode 16 - Pt. 2 of Top Ten Most Popular All-time British TV Shows for Baby Boomers

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie continues to take a look at the most well known TV Shows in the UK, for non-natives to better understand pop culture and casual TV references that are likely to appear in conversation amongst British baby boomers. More useful links below... πŸ“‘ Transcripts & Glossaries πŸŽ“ The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources πŸŽ“ English Courses πŸ–₯ thebritishenglishpodcast.com πŸ“§ Newsletter with e-lessons πŸ‘‹ Instagram @thebritis...

Aug 03, 2021β€’27 min

S2/E8 - TOEFL vs Duolingo English Test with Josh

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie invites Josh from TST Prep on the show to talk about the duolingo English test that is becoming more popular than ever before and is starting to compete with the more traditional tests such as IELTS or TOEFL. So Josh is here to tell you all about it. We also get to know Josh a bit better as he grew up in America but now resides in Japan with his Japanese wife. This conversation will help any English le...

Jul 27, 2021β€’29 min

Bitesize Episode 15 - Top Ten Most Popular All-time British TV Shows for Baby Boomers (Pt. 1)

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie takes a look at the most well known TV Shows in the UK for non-natives to better understand pop culture and casual TV references that are likely to appear in conversation amongst baby boomers. Useful Links below... πŸ“‘ Transcripts & Glossaries πŸŽ“ The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources πŸŽ“ English Courses πŸ–₯ thebritishenglishpodcast.com πŸ“§ Newsletter with e-lessons πŸ‘‹ Instagram @thebritishenglishpodcast πŸ€‘ Get pai...

Jul 18, 2021β€’26 min

Bonus Ep 8 - Off The Beaten Track with Harry

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie gets Harry back on to explore an imaginary trip of a lifetime. This episode is hopefully the first of many of a new conversation game Charlie has called "Off The Beaten Track" going through the fundamental questions to get an understanding of what the perfect adventure looks like for the interviewee. This week you will get to see what "a perfect trip abroad" looks like in the eyes of a British person. ...

Jul 11, 2021β€’29 min

Bitesize Episode 14 - A Modern British Commentary on Goldilocks & The Three Bears

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie takes a look at a classic Children's book and adds commentary as a modern British person. Let's see if the author's writing of Goldilocks & The Three Bears goes down well with Charlie. Either way you'll get your fix of British culture with plenty of native expressions for you to learn from in context. More useful links below... πŸ“‘ Transcripts & Glossaries πŸŽ“ The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources πŸŽ“ English Cou...

Jul 05, 2021β€’23 min

S2/E7 - British & American Differences with Joel Wood

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Joel Wood from the YouTube Channel 'Joel & Lia' comes on the show to talk about cultural differences between British and American people based on the various trips he has made to America documenting pop culture on his YouTube Channel. This conversation will help any English learner better understand the differences we think British and American people have in terms of cultural identity along with some accent t...

Jun 27, 2021β€’40 min

Bitesize Episode 13 - Pt. 2 of Dating a British Person

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie continues to give you his own look on the cultural norms British people have when it comes to dating that will give you your fix of British culture with plenty of native expressions for you to learn from in context. More useful links below... πŸ“‘ Transcripts & Glossaries πŸŽ“ The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources πŸŽ“ English Courses πŸ–₯ thebritishenglishpodcast.com πŸ“§ Newsletter with e-lessons πŸ‘‹ Instagram @thebrit...

Jun 21, 2021β€’28 min

Bonus Ep 7 - A Russian's Perspective on The UK

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation We have a native Russian English teacher and podcaster on the show to discuss her experience when she visited the UK to see what cultural differences she noticed and what she enjoyed and missed about her own country. Join The Premium Podcast to access part 2 and 3 of the show. More useful links below... πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘¦β€πŸ‘¦ Are you a Russian parent? Check out Anya's content: Podcast Instagram @anya_english_teacher πŸ“‘ T...

Jun 13, 2021β€’38 min

Bitesize Episode 12 - Dating a British Person, Pt. 1

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie gives you his own look on the cultural norms British people have when it comes to dating in a bitesize episode that will give you your fix of British culture with plenty of native expressions for you to learn from in context. More useful links below... πŸ“‘ Transcripts & Glossaries πŸŽ“ The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources πŸŽ“ English Courses πŸ–₯ thebritishenglishpodcast.com πŸ“§ Newsletter with e-lessons πŸ‘‹ Instagra...

Jun 06, 2021β€’23 min

S2/E6 - A Conversation on Pronunciation & Accents with Emma

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation The Pronunciation Teacher Emma comes on the show to talk about her experience of cultural differences based on her upbringing in Yorkshire and various other places she has lived including Brighton and Bristol. This conversation will help any English learner better understand the variety of accents in the UK particularly the difference between a northern and southern accent such as a Yorkshire and Surrey (moder...

May 30, 2021β€’41 min

Bitesize Episode 11 - A British Conversation in Charlie's Pub, Scene 2

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie brings you a "typical" British conversation in a British pub that will give you your fix of British culture and language with plenty of native expressions for you to learn from in context. More useful links below... πŸ“‘ Transcripts & glossaries πŸŽ“ The Academy 🎁 FREE Resources πŸŽ“ English Courses πŸ–₯ thebritishenglishpodcast.com πŸ“§ Newsletter with e-lessons πŸ‘‹ Instagram @thebritishenglishpodcast πŸ€‘ Get pa...

May 23, 2021β€’16 min

Bonus Ep 6 - A Bunch of British Behaviours with Harry

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie goes through a handful of behaviours with Harry that they suspect are typically British. These small but telling mannerisms are what cultural differences are all about. Spotting those ways of being that seem illogical to one group of people but perfectly ordinary to another is a large part of why Charlie enjoys doing this show so much. So, we hope you enjoy it yourself! Join The Premium Podcast to acce...

May 16, 2021β€’25 min

Bitesize Episode 10 - 9 Ways to Improve Your Fluency Skills in English

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie and Pete (from Aussie English) give you their best tips on fluency. Enjoy an episode on "How to improve your FLUENCY skills in English." This is the 3rd and final part to a miniseries focused on learning tips rather than cultural aspects of the Brits but we hope you like them as we enjoyed making them for you! Useful links below... πŸŽ™ Aussie English 🎁 Pete's 5-Day Next Level English Course πŸ“‘ Transcri...

May 09, 2021β€’22 min

S2/E5 - An International Student goes to Oxford University

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Hear what it's actually like going to Oxford University from an International Student's perspective. This fascinating talk with Vanessa from Speak English With Vanessa gives you everything from native expressions to secrets only an Oxford University Student would know. What more can you ask for!? Useful links below... 🎁 Grab Vanessa's free ebook πŸ“Ί Check out Vanessa's YouTube Channel πŸ“‘ Transcripts & Glossari...

May 02, 2021β€’33 min

Bitesize Episode 9 - 6 Tips To Boost Your Confidence When Speaking In English

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation Charlie gets together with Pete from Aussie English again to give you their best tips on a different topic which is how to build confidence when speaking in English.This is the 2nd part of a 3 part series focused on learning tips rather than cultural aspects of the Brits but we hope you like them as we have one more of them coming your way! More useful links below... πŸŽ™ Aussie English 🎁 Pete's 5-Day Next Leve...

Apr 25, 2021β€’25 min

Bonus Ep 5 - How to Accept British Culture Shock with Marta Zielinska

πŸ“ Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test πŸ‘„ Improve Your Pronunciation An expert in effective intercultural communication and cultural adaptation comes on the show. Marta Zielinska is a professional in helping people adapt to a new culture and since she's been living and working in London for 6 years, Marta has a huge amount of information and experience to help anyone interested in moving abroad. Useful links below... πŸ–₯ Marta's website πŸ‘‹ Marta's Instagram @ProjectAbroadBlog πŸ“‘...

Apr 18, 2021β€’33 min
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