Episodes
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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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Did you know that you can improve your English with the Bible? It might sound peculiar, bit it really isn't.
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In her debut episode, Jenn from @jenn.is.living talks to us about how the Bible can take your English to the next level.
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You might be thinking that it is only a religious book, but there is more to it than meets the eye.
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Jenn tells us that this book, despite being a religious book, actually has a lot of different things it can bring to us for example different literary genres and different types of writers for example doctors.
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And, let's not forget that there are many idioms and phrases that derive directly from this wonderful book.
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Come and listen to this episode and find out more about this holy book can take your English further!
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Making mistakes while learning a language is something that none of us like and we're all scared about it.
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But, says Vito from @speakenglish.likeaboss in his return to the podcast, mistakes are not something that we have to be scared of at all.
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In fact mistakes are something that we can and should learn from. Every mistake we make should enhance and improve our language journey, whether that be a simple grammatical mistake or a mistake we make while talking to someone in our target language.
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Our message to you: embrace your mistakes and learn from them as this is one of the best ways for you to improve your language experience!
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Instagram is a very popular platform for people to communicate on.
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Nevertheless, not many people realise that we can actually it to improve English skills.
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Bianka from @englishbianka in her debut episode talks about the main reasons why she teaches English on IG, for example keeping in touch with her students and then to reach out to a wider audience.
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But what can I do on IG to improve my English?
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Well, Bianka explains that first thing you can do is actively watch and read the content teachers post. By doing this you can actively your different language skills.
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Secondly you can interact with different people, whether that be teachers or learners in English.
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Today, as your next aim, you should actively use Instagram and other social media platforms to go and improve your English!
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Who ever knew that literature could be so beautiful?!
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From similes to metaphors, to vivid descriptions, it is truly spectacular!
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In his debut episode Ben from @benbeuretlearnenglishnow presents different strands of literature which you as learners can pick up and use to improve your English.
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Ben brings to us different books for example 'Dig Yourself' where we can pick some everyday phrasal verbs and verbs. Yes, you may think that these are 'beautiful' but the way the author describes very mundane situations, makes the words stand out.
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Let's dive in and discover the beauty of literature and how it can take our English to the next level!
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Performing in front of people is not something all of us like or want to do, is it?
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But, did you know that it actually has a great impact on improving your English language skills.
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In her debut episode, Rosy from @weird.things_people.say talks to us about performing arts and how we can get into it and why it would help us improve our language skills.
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Rosy tells us how, at a young age, she was influenced by performing arts. At school, she started acting on an amateur basis.
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With this experience and knowledge, Rosy has started using the performing arts with her students for example performing the fairytale of Goldilocks with her young students.
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So what is there in it for you as an English learner?
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You don't have to be a great actor to get into the performing arts. For English learners you will broaden your vocabulary, become more confident speakers of the English and, the most important part of it: you'll have a lot of fun!
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Dive in! Come and listen to Rosy and become inspired to act a little!
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Game shows are something we all like to watch and enjoy!
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But the problem is that we don't always understand what we're watching and therefore we don't feel like watching them at all.
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Amy from @pinkflamingoenglish talks to us about the game show Catchphrase that she has watched since she was a child.
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In this gameshow, Catchphrase, contestants are asked to find out a phrase, whether that be from a popular TV shows or slogans from popular companies. Should one of the contestant get the answer wrong, their opponent will be asked to find the correct answer.
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What can English learners get from this type of TV show?
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The main thing is that you'll be able to broaden your vocabulary and improve your listening.
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Come and listen to this episode and find out more about this gameshow and why Amy likes it so much!
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Culture is something we don't usually associate immediately with language learning.
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Nevertheless Leon from @englishteacherleon talks to us about its importance.
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We start by looking at cultural nuances within different states in the USA for example calling someone 'friend' means one thing on the East Coast of the USA compared to the West Coast.
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Going deeper into this topic we pick up cultural nuances when it comes to him living in Brazil. How the meaning of one letter can have a completely different meaning in Brazil compared to the USA.
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We also look taboos when it comes to asking things on first dates or meetings with people, and how these questions can have a big impact on a friendship or relationship someone might have.
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Next time you have a conversation, remember that culture has a BIG impact on language!
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James Bond! The man with the licence to kill! The quintessential British spy!
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Love him or loathe him, this man has something different about him. He's a man who has survived over 60 years and numerous changes in personality from Sean Connery, the very first Bond to Roger Moore, and more recently Pierce Brosnan, the only Irish James Bond to Daniel Craig, the only Bond to have died.
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So what can English learners get from this wonderfully vibrant character? Well, the brutally obvious starting point is we can improve our listening skills, with either the title song or the films itself.
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Then we can pick up vocabulary based on spying and warfare, as James Bond is involved paying (for MI6).
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Come and get the licence to learn with this quintessential British spy and take your English to the next level!
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