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Retelling the story of your favourite film, or book, can be a great way to practise your speaking skills in English. It can help you focus on narrative tenses, vocabulary recall and spoken fluency, while having fun reliving some great moments from cinema or literature. In this ep ...  Show more

Following a challenge from the comment section, I decided to see if it was possible to make an entire episode with my friends Amber and Paul based on the table of irregular verbs. This is the result. I decided to test the POD-PALS on their grammatical knowledge, and to see what a ...  Show more

In this episode, E2 Expert Teacher David chats with Dr Chris Corbel, a lecturer at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. David and Chris discuss a number of topics ranging from the social view of literacy to what has changed in the world of language learning. They also disc ...  Show more

In this episode of E2 Talks, E2 Expert Teacher David chats with Allen Davenport, Professional Learning and Development Manager at Cambridge University Press & Assessment. David and Allen discuss a range of topics ranging from “what is an online learner?", pluringalism and the int ...  Show more

Dealing with some questions from listeners about pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, namely how to know when 'd is had or would (in writing and pronunciation), the curious origins of the word podcast and a vocabulary lesson about the word cast including various collocations an ...  Show more

How many words are there in English? How many do you really need to know? And how many words have I spoken on this podcast? 🧐 Also, what is shadowing, and how should you do it? Can you do episodes about different English accents? What are your top 10 countries for this podcast? ...  Show more