Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher It's cold, it's wet, it's snowing on the hills: it's winter! The heating is on and the dog is refusing to go out but we still have some podcasts for you! We start with a new level 3 podcast. The previous podcast for this level was about bad design, but this month we are looking at good design, both big and small. Have a listen to It works! and see if you agree with our choices. All podcasts have worksheets and the transcript. There'll be one more podcas ...Continue Reading

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: ke ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher To be honest we are rather happy that August is over. It was so very hot and like many other European countries we had loads of forest fires. In fact this summer Portugal had the largest fire since records here began. Now there has been a bit of welcome rain and we look forward to the rest of the year. However, September means Back to school for many! Did we enjoy our schooldays? Listen to this level 1 podcast and find out. Another reason to be hap ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher We continue to be very hot! How hot? Well, we talk about this in our new podcast for the beginners level: What a scorcher! (The clue is in the name!) But of course there are some problems too, perhaps we are looking forward to the autumn already?! We have added more Summer podcasts to be found in the sidebar of the levels pages. These include The summer hols for level 1 and Before the internet: travelling for level 2 and A tourist hotspot for level 3 ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher The summer is well and truly here. We are boiling hot both night and day! So of course we have lots of Summer podcasts to be found in the sidebar of the levels pages. These include Summer jobs for level 1 and Forza Italia (Linda talks about why Italy is her favourite summer destination) for level 3. Of course we have updated our Podcasts of the month. Come camping is for level 2, do you like sleeping under canvas when it's hot? Can you swim? is for lev ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher For many people around the world Easter is a very important time. We have two podcasts for that: Holy week is a level 2 podcast and video about the last week of Jesus' life. We also have The Easter egg, a level 1 podcast about why these chocolate treats are eaten at Easter. We have added yet another of our pie videos this week (making a total of 104!) for the beginners level. This time we ask Richard about his hobbies. Do you have a hobby? helps stude ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher After what seems a rather long and wet winter we are pleased that spring has arrived, we just need to tell the sun. In case you missed it, Richard avoided the worst of the weather by returning to India, he came back with tales of his trip especially about the Incredible caves he saw there. This is a level 3 podcast, but we also have a video too. We have updated the Podcasts of the month which includes a podcast about Two great British meals for level 1 ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher Thank goodness it's the last month of winter for us. There is a week of cold and rain to come so we are already looking forward to spring. Last month we celebrated our 700th podcast and our 100th pie video on the site (well done to us, again!). This month we have podcast 701 and video 101 which is called Good luck! This seems a good title because it's for our beginners' level and we really wish good luck to everyone learning English. We often think ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher Happy New Year! No-one knows what lies ahead for us all in the coming year, but we do know that Being kind to each other is going to be very important. This is one of our podcasts of the month. Others include The market stall for level 1, a pie vid, where Jackie talks about her success at selling things. For level 3 we have actor David talking about a very traditional January event in the UK: The panto  And don't forget we have a beginner's level so of ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com and Competition Time! Dear Teacher After a really wet October we are enjoying a sunnier November. We start the month with a level 2 podcast about Making memories, We realise that we have taken loads of photos but they are all digital, so what happens when we die? Do those all disappear? And our emails? Listen to hear what we found out! Meanwhile we have plenty of podcasts for November. We have Thanksgiving... and Black Friday: Richard talks about his time in the U ...Continue Reading