Episodes
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Is Generative AI the Frankenstein of the 21st century? Maybe. But that doesn’t mean we can’t harness its power to boost our English skills in smart and ethical ways. 🌟
In this episode, Andy Santos returns to guide us through this cutting-edge tool. Discover why relying on AI for homework might stunt your progress but using it for detailed explanations or vocabulary breakdowns can supercharge your learning. 🧠 From clarifying tricky word pairs to providing practice prompts, AI can become your personalized tutor – if used the right way.
Learn how to avoid the traps of over-reliance, especially as a beginner, and unlock AI's true potential to complement your language-learning journey. 🚀 Let’s reshape the way you think about tech and education!
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In an impromptu and spontaneous episode I look at two words that have become more and more important in recent times: misinformation and disinformation.
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These two words have become more and more prevalent in our everyday lives, especially since the Covid pandemic.
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But now more so as certain people with a lot of power deliberately try to mislead us by posting disinformation.
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My message to you in this episode is to think about how we can stop this, by calling it out, or by using trusted sources for our information.
- Misinformation is the term to describe getting facts wrong.
- Disinformation is false information deliberately intended to mislead people.
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Isn’t it easier to learn a language in a classroom with a teacher to guide you? Yet, the real challenge begins when you step out of that comfort zone and try to learn on your own. 🌍
In this episode, debutant Dani breaks down how to make learning English outside the classroom not just effective but also enjoyable. From taking small, manageable steps, like choosing the right series or books, to building confidence for bigger challenges, such as tackling Game of Thrones, Dani shares actionable tips that anyone can implement.
This episode will inspire you to transform your everyday life into a language-learning adventure. ✨ Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced learner, there’s something here to help you bridge the gap between theory and practice.
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Have you ever thought about how one of the world’s most iconic sci-fi shows can help you improve your English? 🚀 Dive into the universe of Doctor Who and discover how to turn science fiction into a tool for boosting your language skills.
In this episode, I discuss with Laura about Ncuti Gatwa – the first Black Doctor – and how he’s bringing a unique perspective to this legendary series. 🎭 Learn how active listening can sharpen your comprehension, why reenacting scenes could transform your speaking skills, and how to master vocabulary that’s truly out of this world.
Let’s break down language barriers and take your English to a new dimension! 🛸✨ Get the best tips for your personal language journey with the Doctor.
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Migration shapes millions of lives – bringing challenges, growth, and powerful stories. Whether for economic opportunities or political reasons, moving to a new country means adapting to new languages, cultures, and ways of life.
In her debut episode, Cintia opens up about her journey from Argentina to Portugal. She shares:
🔹 The emotional rollercoaster of leaving her home behind.
🔹 How she embraced a new culture while struggling with unexpected changes, like swapping winter birthdays for Portugal’s summer heat.
🔹 What migration teaches us about resilience, adaptation, and the beauty of diversity.This episode is more than a personal story – it’s a call to understand, empathise, and celebrate the strength of those who step into the unknown. Let’s rethink migration together.
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Music isn’t just background noise – it’s a powerful force that shapes our memories and emotions. From the songs that define your favorite holiday to the soundtrack of your wedding day, music has a unique meaning for everyone.
But did you know it can also supercharge your language skills?
In this episode, Yara shares how her deep connection with music helped her learn languages faster and more enjoyably. Get ready to:
🔹 Discover how childhood hits like Aerosmith, Deep Purple, and Queen can inspire your English learning.
🔹 Uncover the science of how music stimulates memory and improves pronunciation.
🔹 Learn practical tips to use songs as your personal language teacher.This isn’t just about listening to great tracks – it’s about transforming your learning journey with rhythm, lyrics, and a whole lot of fun. 🎶
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Dopamine – that tiny molecule affects more than you think. It’s the key to your motivation, focus, and learning success. But what happens after the high? Why does learning often feel so hard after a big win?
In this episode, we sit down with Ruzanna, an English teacher and neuroscience enthusiast from Poland, to uncover how dopamine drives your learning process – and, more importantly, how to harness it. Here’s what you’ll discover:
🔹 Why dopamine is your secret weapon (or hidden saboteur) when it comes to learning English.
🔹 Which habits will immediately boost your success – and which ones secretly hold you back.
🔹 Why binge-watching or cramming isn’t the answer to your goals – and what works instead.Dive into this fascinating mix of neuroscience and practical hacks for your everyday life. You’ll not only learn English more effectively but also understand how to stay motivated and achieve your goals in the long run.
Tune in and make your English learning smarter, more effective – and most importantly, fun! 🎯
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Some of us like to learn with music, others with books, and some others prefer films and series.
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In her solo debut Thami from @thamiresfontinelle brings to us a wide range of different resources that will help you take your English to the next level.
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From Justin Bieber for younger learners to Pixar films, Thami explains to us why we should dive into different sorts of media to improve your language.
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When we talk, for example, about Pixar films, they are attractive to learners because of the family-friendly language and the easy-to-understand phrases and accents.
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So, come and listen to this episode and find out what other things Thami recommends for you to improve your English.
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We all have hobbies that we're proud of for example I like to play my guitar when I have the chance.
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But for many language learners, talking about hobbies in a foreign language is not as easy as it sounds.
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In her debut episode Andy from @ateacherandy talks to us about her wonderful hobby of going to the gym or crocheting.
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Andy also talks to us that many English learners don't realise that, for example, gym equipment or even exercises we do, have English names like 'leg press'.
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So how can we use hobbies to improve our English?
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Some ways are by using online forums to talk about things you like and do. Another obvious method would be to actively to talk to people face-to-face about them.
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So next time when you think to yourself that you don't know how to connect your hobbies with English learning, come and listen to Andy!
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Willpower, the ability to control your own thoughts and the way in which you behave, is something that we all have. Some people have more, others less.
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But in this episode with Djukica @english.exams.with.djukica, she explains to us why this doesn't always.
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Talking about the bestseller book Willpower Doesn't Work, Djukica tells us how this book explains that willpower is not enough to change things.
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In actual fact, according to the book, environment that we live and work in has a big effect on lots of things.
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And now to the question about why this will help your English?
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To put it bluntly, it's because we may try all we can to reach our goals of improving our language with willpower, but we need more.
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So listen in to this episode about the award-winning book and find out hidden keys to success!
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Mindset is something that is very important when we talk about learning.
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So why do we need to talk about mindset when we are learning?
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In her return to the podcast, Sabina from @damn_it_english talks to us about this very important topic of mindset.
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Mindset is something that effects the way we do things, whether we are fully motivated or not motivated at all at doing something.
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When it comes to learning and studying a language, we need to have a positive mindset, in other words, we need to accept that there will be ups and downs and we also need to accept that this is part of the process.
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So what can we do to improve with our mindset to improve our language skills.
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Simply put, it's a matter of realising that we will have those ups and downs while we're learning but at the same time, we need to embrace the downs and use them to push ourselves to the next level.
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It's time to change your mindset and come and listen to this great episode. It's a matter of the mind!
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It's sometimes hard to live in another country. It might be even harder when you live in a country where they don't speak your native language.
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In the first of this kind on this podcast, Thami from @thamiresfontinelle and Aline from @alinee.estevam talk to us about their experiences of being au pairs in the USA.
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They talk to us about the process of finding the right agency all the way to living with the family. They also tell us about the experiences they had from not having a family to live with all the way to celebrating special times with their host families.
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Thami and Aline also tell you how to become au pairs if you would like from finding the right agency all the way to how you become accustomed to the different language and culture.
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Come and join these wonderful guests and find out more about this job that so many people all over the world do.
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Today I have a double whammy for you: a book and film.
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And the book and the film are about a book thief.
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In her return to the podcast, Yessica from @ourconversationclub talks to us about this fictional book and the film that came from it.
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The book is based in Germany, in a fictional town, during World War 2.
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Narrated by Death, the story follows young Liesel Meminger, who lives with her foster parents in Nazi Germany.
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After the death of her brother, Liesel decides to steal her first book, hence becoming the Book Thief. Hans, her foster father develops a close relationship with Liesel and helps her to read.
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So what can I get out of the book and film? Both the book and film bring out a lot of emotions, mainly sadness and fear, due to the time they are set in, therefore you'll find some very beautiful language to describe the harrowing situations.
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Come and join us and find out more about the award-winning book and this fantastic film!
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I have gruesomely haunting TV series for you today!
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Raisareva from @raisareva_eng talks to us about the Vampire Diaries.
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This supernatural series takes place in Mystic Falls, VA, USA, where a lot of supernatural happenings have taken place in the past.
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We meet the teenage Elena Gilbert, who falls in love Stefan Salvatore, a boy she thinks is normal (but really isn't)!
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Over the course of the series you will encounter the power struggle Stefan and his older brother, who both want to be with Elena.
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So what does this haunting series give me as a learner?
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Well, as it is a supernatural series, expect there to be a lot of supernatural-based vocabulary and phrases.
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But not just this. You will also get lots of normal, everyday conversations between the characters (despite their supernatural backgrounds).
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Don't be scared! Come and listen to this supernatural episode and find out more about why TVD (The Vampire Diaries) is not just a gruesome series but also great to improve your English!
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What do love, death and robots all have in common? At first glance, you wouldn't expect them to have anything in common. But you'd be wrong!
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In her return to the podcast, Inna from @inna_mill_esl brings to us another one of Tim Miller's productions: Love, Death and Robots.
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Inna explains to us that all of these episodes are very short and easy to get into. 'You can't get bored by them' is how Inna explains why this TV series is good for learners.
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So why is this series so good for you learners?
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Apart from the short episodes, this TV series will give you great vocabulary to do with love, death and robots, along with dialogues, which can help you improve your English.
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So come and listen to this dystopian episode and find out more about Inna's favourite three episodes!
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Reading is one of the key skills that we need to improve our language skills.
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And today's episode with Jelena from @how.to.engleski brings to us not one, but a handful of books that are wonderful to improve our English.
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Jelena talks to us about the award-winning book by Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go, which was later made into a film featuring Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley.
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This book, which starts at a normal-looking boarding school, follows three main characters Kathy, Tommy and Ruth through their childhood and adolescent years. Unbeknown to the three characters, they have been set up for a dystopian future.
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The Harry Potter books, on the other hand are more from the magical side! They follow Harry Potter and his friends Hermione Grainger and Ron Weasley as they weave their way through the school of magic called Hogwarts.
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But what can these books, which have sold millions of copies, give to me to improve my English.
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As you all know, books can enhance our vocabulary and grammar skills, while also actively improving our comprehension skills.
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These particular books, however, are more aimed at intermediate or higher-level learners.
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Come and join us on this magically dystopian episode and find out more about what lies behind these wonderful pieces of literature!
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We all like to read, watch TV series and films in our free time.
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We both believe in offering the microphone to lots of different voices so you, our listeners, get the chance to hear interesting stories told in a variety of Englishes.
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In part two of 5 favourites, Catherine from @catherineangus_hearyougo joins me to tell you all about her top 5 recommendations to boost your English.
From a a British cooking TV series to a modernised sitcom, all the way through to contemporary literature from Canada and not forgetting an age-old fantasy adventure comedy film, Catherine's choices will give you somethings to explore.
I hope you enjoy this fun and funny episode. Listen out especially for Catherine's secret crush ;).
Don’t forget! To hear MY TOP 5, subscribe to Hear You Go podcast with the magnificently spoken Catherine Angus.
Thanks for tuning in.
Tell us: what’s on your top 5 list?Tommy & Catherine
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Many of us nowadays are multilingualists, people who can speak more than one language.
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Did you know that there are a lot of perks to being multilingual?
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Dana from @sana_die_bunte tells us, in her debut episode that there are many perks to knowing more than one language.
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So what are they?
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Languages, in general, will open many doors whether that for business, culturally or personally.
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It will help you to be able to understand people better from the country or countries that speak that language. Remember, multilingualism is not just speaking the language to a lower level but also understanding the language and speaking it at a high level.
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Nevertheless, it is also important to remember that multilingualism does have negative aspects such as we can get confused by the different languages we might speak, should they have similar routes for example the Latin languages of French, Spanish, Italian and to some extent, also Romanian.
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But don't be perturbed by this at all! Come and listen to Sana talk to you about multilingualism and why we should embrace it so much!
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One of the most important things that a lot of language students struggle with is motivation.
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Chio from @the.language.circle talks to us about motivation and why we, as language learners struggle with motivation.
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But first, what is motivation? Chio explains it as being the force that moves us towards doing things, to work hard towards doing things.
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Next: why do we struggle? We struggle with motivation because it very clearly comes and goes. It comes with waves and therefore it is not something that we can always control.
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So what can we do as language learners to stay motivated? That is the million dollar question! But Chio, quite correctly states there are three things we need to keep in mind:
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1. Why? Why are we learning the language?
2. Connecting dots. We need to connect the why, the reason, to things that bring you joy in your life, whether that be watching cooking shows for example.
3. Your tribe / support group / support network to keep you motivated.
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So jump on the motivation train and listen to this episode and find out more about how to stay motivated!
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We have perhaps all been in a situation where we have lived in a different country, where our mother tongue is not spoken, and struggled to acclimatise.
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In her return to the podcast Eleanor from @english.with.eleanor talks about the topics of culture shock and homesickness, two very relevant topics when we're living in a country of our target language.
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Eleanor talks to us about, how when we live in the country of our target language, we might encounter culture shock and homesickness.
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But what are these two words? Culture shock describes the effect of living in a country which has a different culture to home country, for example the way people interact with each other. Homesickness is what happens to us when we feel we would like to go home because you miss your home.
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Why are these two words important when learning a language? Well, they are very important we will, at one point or another encounter these two words.
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What can we do? Sometimes it's important to ride out the symptoms of culture shock and homesickness, but more importantly, we should try and assimilate ourselves.
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So instead of sitting in your home and suffering of homesickness and culture shock, come and listen to Eleanor and her tips.
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