_Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner It's winter which means, at least for us, it's getting very cold and very windy! But where is the windiest place on the planet? For level 3 we have a BBC video, students can watch Richard Hammond brave some very strong winds: Blowin' in the wind Richard was working in the US one year, for level 1 he talks about his experience of Thanksgiving and Black Friday. We stay with the Black Friday theme for our business listeners. The big shopping day h ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Teacher Christmas is almost here and so we are giving YOU an early present: 25% off new registrations! Just go onto our registration page and join today. We also have loads of Christmas podcasts for you to enjoy. The pie team want you to celebrate the festive season with poetry in 1.102 a poem for Christmas. Hear about some Christmas meals eaten in different parts of the world, in 1.101 figgy pudding, mmm Why is the 'queen of the forest' part of ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Teacher So far a podcast about music, knitting and football – something for everyone, perhaps?! For our business listeners we have a podcast about how background music encourages shoppers to buy more. It's called Mood music Jackie is mad about knitting so it's not surprising we have Knit 1 purl 1 where she chats to fellow knitter, Helen, about how her favourite hobby has changed over the years. Level 3. Richard, on the other hand, is mad about footba ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Teacher We start October with one of our business podcasts. Supermarkets are full of special offers and deals but we ask It's a bargain! Or is it?  As always we like to think our business podcasts are fun for other listeners too, listen in and tell us what you think of supermarket tactics. We wanted to know why the blue LED won the Nobel Prize for Physics this year. So we did some research and the answers are in this level 3 podcast Cool blue, liste ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Teacher Summer and the holidays are over for most of us so if you've been away for August, here are some of the podcasts you may have missed: Our first podcast in August was Drive, Drove, Driven a podcast about driving and learning to drive. Find out what was so strange about Richard's driving test. This is for level 2 Meanwhile for level 1 we talked about Bad Habits. Which ones do you think Richard and Jackie have? For our business listeners we hav ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Teacher The World Cup has come and gone but podcastsinenglish keeps on going! We started the month with a podcast linked to a video about the First World War which started 100 years ago. There are some amazing facts about The Great War in the video and the worksheet focuses on numbers. This is for level 2. Meanwhile for level 1 this month we ask Can you swim? The worksheet gets students to ask each other whether they can swim and where they le ...Continue Reading

   _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Teacher It's here at last – the World Cup. We have loads of ideas for teachers on how to use the World Cup in your classes. Have a look at *Kick off!_ _*which has a lesson plan for teachers, the worksheets have been updated for the 2014 event. We hope the activities will make the event interesting even for those who aren't keen on football. Meanwhile for level 1 this week we talk about *Brazil: not just a country* listen to how and why tw ...Continue Reading

_Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Teacher Easter is the theme for our podcasts so far this month. The first is Holy week which includes one of our pie videos. This is for level 2. For level 1 we have The Easter egg which describes four things we do with eggs during the Easter period. The extra vocabulary worksheet has some more strange British customs. World Book Day April 23 is a big event around the world. We have a number of podcasts about reading. A good book, is ...Continue Reading

_Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_ Dear Teacher Three podcasts up already this month. The first is That sinking feeling which is all about sinkholes both in the US and yes, in the UK too. Students find out why and how they happen, level 3. There's a song and worksheet for this podcast too. Our second podcast this month is about writing diaries. Students listen to some interesting stories in Dear diary and write a diary entry for the day before, level 1. Our latest podcast is the first on a new theme of ...Continue Reading

   _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_   February News Dear teacher We start the month with a cultural theme. There is a project on Facebook to encourage Paintings not photos, being put up on pages and we have decided to join in. It also gives learners an excuse to talk about artists they like and why; this is for level 1. (And if you 'like' our Facebook painting we'll send you an artist too!). Our second podcast this month is about an unusual cafe that has opened in London ...Continue Reading