Words, Words, Words

Alice Irizarry and Andrew Devis present the story of author J. K. Rowling whose storytelling began with an idea on a train ride and months of writing in her notebooks in a small Scottish coffee shop. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-birth-of-harry-potter/Download our ...  Show more

What hope for healing do people with life-threatening diseases have? Patrick and Gillian Woodward share the story of Doctors Sujai and Lavanya Suneetha and their clinic in India. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/nireekshana-acet-a-place-of-confident-hope/Download our app ...  Show more

Reading and vocab! 

The story of the Oxford English Dictionary is really something. From its origin to its crowd-sourced literary quotations. Dive in today to learn all about the best dictionary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Catherine and Tom discuss the story and teach you vocabulary so you can discuss it too. 

People are passionate about language, especially language change, and words matter. And nobody knows this better Peter Sokolowski, who is an editor at the Merriam-Webster dictionary, one of the most famous and most trusted dictionaries in the world. Peter has spent his life immer ...  Show more