Learning English Vocabulary Podcast
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.
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Episodes to download
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Word stress
Mon 27 Mar 2023
Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.
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Compound adjectives
Mon 20 Mar 2023
Learn how to use compound adjectives (e.g. low-fat yoghurt, high-quality carbohydrates).
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-ing and -ed adjectives
Mon 6 Mar 2023
Interested or interesting? Which adjective do you use? We discuss -ing and -ed adjectives
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Binomials: phrases made of two words
Mon 27 Feb 2023
Do you want some cheap and cheerful tips to improve your English? Listen to learn more.
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Useful chunks of language
Mon 20 Feb 2023
Do you like to eat a full English breakfast? Listen to find out how to use this phrase.
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Prefixes: un-, in- and dis-
Mon 20 Feb 2023
Learn some prefixes which we hope won't make you feel unhappy.
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Adjectives and adverbs
Mon 6 Feb 2023
Fashionable? Fashionably? We teach you adjectives and adverbs.
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Academic Vocabulary
Mon 23 Jan 2023
Do you have to write academic texts and essays? We give you some tips on how to do it.
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Talk like Shakespeare
Mon 16 Jan 2023
Learn some idioms from 'the Bard' which are in common use today.
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More irregular verbs
Mon 9 Jan 2023
Write, wrote, written. Speak, spoke, spoken - learn more about irregular verbs.
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Eponyms as nouns and verbs
Fri 30 Dec 2022
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
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Adjectives from names
Boxing Day 2022
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
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Large numbers
Mon 19 Dec 2022
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
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Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Mon 12 Dec 2022
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
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Discourse Markers: Interjections
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
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Commonly misspelled words
Mon 21 Nov 2022
Weird or weird? English spelling is fascinating 鈥� but it's not always straightforward!
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Linking words
Mon 14 Nov 2022
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
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Words with more than one spelling
Mon 7 Nov 2022
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
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Acronyms
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
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Antonyms
Mon 24 Oct 2022
A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.
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Suffixes: -ness and -ity
Mon 17 Oct 2022
鈥楬appiness鈥� and 'responsibility'. Learn words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
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Discourse markers for showing attitude
Mon 10 Oct 2022
Fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. These words are useful. How do we use them?
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Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
Mon 3 Oct 2022
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
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Someone, nothing, anywhere
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Learn about words like someone, nothing and anywhere in 6 minutes.
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Irregular verbs
Mon 12 Sep 2022
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
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Easily confused words
Mon 5 Sep 2022
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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Suffixes: -less and -free
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
