Episode 1: A Rose By Any Other Name

If you know me and my work then you know that I talk a lot about identity, and especially how your accent is a big part of your identity: your accent tells the story of your life. But if you do want to change your accent, or improve your pronunciation, how do you do it? Recently ...  Show more

Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this bonus episode we talk about the state of modern linguistics, including the effects of the replication crisis, scientific fraud, Anglocentrism, and how the und ...  Show more

In today's episode of our new series "Unlock the Story", we're playing a game where you'll need to fill in the blanks with the correct French vocabulary to complete the narrative.

The stories follow the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and are approp ...

Ever heard someone described as "the cat's meow" and wondered what on earth it means? Join us as we explore this quirky idiom, its surprising origins, and how it's used today. Get ready to add some feline flavor to your English! Find the full transcript of this episode and learn ...  Show more

In this week's episode, we're exploring the fun topic of animals, except we're not learning simple animal words or noises they make. This is more advanced.We'll be looking at a few animal idioms, expressions and phrasal verbs that you can use in your daily life. Native speakers u ...  Show more

In this episode, we're going to learn about how to express happiness, sadness and anger using commonly used idioms.

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