Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com and Competition Time! Dear Teacher The days are getting shorter and it's time to get the fire on for those long winter nights. We have plenty of podcasts to keep you busy though! For November we have Thanksgiving... and Black Friday: Richard talks about his time in the United States (November 24 & 25). Others include Black Friday UK and Shop less, live more for Buy Nothing Day, a protest against consumerism, which is also on November 25.There are many more: keep an eye open on the sidebar on the levels pages. Check out the highlighted Podcasts of the month too: A mouse in the house for level 2 and Liquid gold (it's over 10 years since we did our first olive harvest!). This level 3 podcast also has a pie vid. A new podcast this month is for level 2. This time we ask: why do men (usually) have short hair? In Long hair, don't care we talk about men who used to wear their hair long and wonder why that is not the case anymore. We also have a new level 1 podcast this month. We are back in London and enjoying the sights of the city from an unusual viewpoint. Join us for a ride on British icons: The London Eye It's a great experience! Remember that while most podcasts are free, podcasts 1 - 99 are for members only. Each podcast has essential transcripts, worksheets and extra materials for teachers and learners and with over 2000 to choose from, Join pie now! If you are not already a member, one lucky winner in our monthly competition gets free pie membership! Ed from the United States was the lucky winner of last month's competition. He correctly said that the answer was: a) turnips. For this month just answer this question: November 30th is St Andrew's Day, the patron saint of Scotland. What can you see in Scotland? Mountains, forests, islands and... a) rivers, b) lakes or c) parks? The answer is in this beginners video: Scotland the brave.. Simply reply to this email with your answer. Remember to tell us your name and where you are from. Good luck! Answers by the end of the month. Please remember to check your spam folder every month. Sometimes our newsletter gets sent there by mistake! Best wishes Richard and Jackie The pie team |