388 | Short Story: The Painting on the Canal ...

Title: The Lantern's MessageLevel: Intermediate (B1-B2)DescriptionEvery full moon, Linh releases paper lanterns onto Hoi An's Thu Bon River, exactly as her family has for three generations. When she finds a decades-old lantern trapped against the riverbank, carrying a message wri ...  Show more

Title: The Guardian of RotokareLevel: Intermediate (B1-B2)DescriptionAroha Ngata grew up hearing her grandmother's stories about the taniwha of Rotokare lake — until the guardian spirit itself surfaces beside her boat one morning, revealing that her community's traditional fishin ...  Show more

Get episodes without adverts at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Your support is appreciated! The king asks a clockmaker to repair an old magical clock. But when the clockmaker tries to repair the clock, nothing works... until he discovers a secret that will change ...  Show more

A short story for B1 learners of English. The original title of the story was called The Sleuths. It was a short story by the American writer, O. Henry. I've completely re-written this story to a B1 level so learners of English can enjoy it. To see the podcast audioscript come ov ...  Show more

🎧 Learn English with Stories | Slow English Podcast – Treasure Island (Beginner–Intermediate) Welcome to English Unleashed: The Podcast! In this episode, we learn English through one of the most famous stories in English literature: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Thi ...  Show more

Short story called The Fool on the Hill for B1 learners of English. Useful personality adjectives and other vocabulary at B1 level.Contact Mike Bilbrough with a question or enquiry about advertising on Practising English Podcasts: https://www.practisingenglish.com/contact.htmMy N ...  Show more