Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Learner In many ways November is one of our favourite months. The countryside is turning into beautiful autumn colours and it's perfect weather for walking. Also it's exciting having the wood burning fire on for the first time as temperatures drop at night. We start the month talking to Jemma who tells us about an ever popular event in the UK, and around the world. Listen to Parkrun, what's that? and find the answer. This podcast is for level 3. The US election h ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Learner Lots of changes on the site this month! We are now totally secure. You may well have noticed that in the address bar of your web browser there is a green padlock which shows that all our communications over the internet are now encrypted. Safer for us and for you. However, lots of our emails are getting blocked by your ISP, so remember to put [email protected] into your address book. This will ensure you get our monthly newsletter. If you are not a ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Learner Do you want to win free pie membership forever? Yes, forever! It's easy. Just do these three things: 1 Watch our video, 2 Listen to the question, and 3 Email the answer to us. Watch the video here Good luck! The competition is because podcastsinenglish is now 10 years old - hurrah! Twitter is also 10 this year and our first podcast of the month, for our business listeners, is all about using Twitter for work. Listen to The hashtag and get s ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner The Olympics are here! In 2012, we covered the London Olympics but now it's Rio's turn. We have a number of podcasts about the host country including Let's go to Rio, Brazil: not just a country and Amazing Amazon. Of course summer is hotting up so check out the sidebar on the website for podcasts on the sunniest season. Meanwhile, we start August with a look back at the Great Fire of London which was 350 years ago. The podcast is called London' ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner The Euros and Wimbledon are over but the summer of sport continues with The Tour de France and of course the Olympics for which we have loads of podcasts including Let's go to Rio, Follow the flame and The London Olympics. However, summer is here (and we really should be outside enjoying it) so do check out the sidebar for lots of podcasts about the sunniest season. We also have 3 more 'podcasts of the month'. The first, for level 1, is Portuga ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner It's going to be a summer of non-stop sport in our household, but we do hope that you'll find time to stop watching the tennis / football / cycling / cricket / Olympics to listen to our podcasts! Don't forget we have a podcast about The Euros! so you can enjoy the football and learn English at the same time! We have 3 more 'podcasts of the month'. The first, for level 1, is Why yoga? World Yoga Day is 21 June so we talk to Jim about why he does yog ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner It's going to be a summer of non-stop sport in our household, but we do hope that you'll find time to stop watching the tennis / football / cycling / cricket / Olympics to listen to our podcasts! Don't forget we have a podcast about The Euros! so you can enjoy the football and learn English at the same time! We have 3 more 'podcasts of the month'. The first, for level 1, is Why yoga? World Yoga Day is 21 June so we talk to Jim about why he does yog ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner At last the rain seems to be stopping and the sun is out, spring is really here. Time to get out and crafty. We have lots of podcasts about crafts on the site: Watch In a lather (vid), where the pie team describe their new hobby - soap making. Also, Paper frog (vid). Watch Lindsey show us how to make an origami frog. For level 3 we have Knit 1, purl 1. Get out your needles and yarn, Jackie and Helen are talking about knitting! Not forgetting Richard. ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner It's springtime! and of course another busy month ahead with lots going on including International Women's Day, Easter, Earth Hour, St Patrick's Day and the clocks going forward - and we have podcasts on all of these! Keep an eye on the sidebar on the website for updates. We start the month with a topic that is dominating the British news - whether we should stay in Europe or not. We have found a video that looks at a few possible scenarios, watch ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner First of all a very big Happy New Year to all our listeners around the world. As always our first podcast for the new year is a quiz, except this year it's Richard asking Jackie the questions about 2015. How does Jackie get on? And can you do better than her? Have a listen to No idea!  and find out. This is for level 2. The Oscars are just around the corner and everyone is in movie mood so we have a video about James Bond. It's called Sha ...Continue Reading