Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com and Competition Time! Dear Teacher Brrr, it's getting colder and darker for us. The clocks have gone back and winter is around the corner. For many this period is very gloomy indeed. But in our new level 3 podcast Dark days, we talk about what makes us feel low and how we can prevent that. Remember we also have a level 3 podcast about how nature can help us when we're feeling down: A walk in the woods. Meanwhile we have plenty of podcasts for November. We have Than ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher We're not sure what's happening this October. It should be autumn: orange leaves, misty mornings and bonfires. And yet the weather has been like summer, 30 degrees for us tomorrow! However, our Podcasts for October have an autumn theme. We have a level 1 podcast about The Fall, listen and find out what we like about the cold but colourful season. For level 2 we talk about collecting Mushrooms and how we take care when picking our favourite free food. An ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Learner We're not sure what's happening this October. It should be autumn: orange leaves, misty mornings and bonfires. And yet the weather has been like summer, 30 degrees for us tomorrow! However, our Podcasts for October have an autumn theme. We have a level 1 podcast about The Fall, listen and find out what we like about the cold but colourful season. For level 2 we talk about collecting Mushrooms and how we take care when picking our favourite free food. An ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher Recent news has been dominated by the death of Queen Elizabeth II. For our English learners and teachers we have a number of podcasts about the Royal Family including, The Royal Family, The little prince and Farewell Philip. Watch out for another podcast on the Queen later this month. Did you have a good holiday? For our Podcasts of the month we remember a nice holiday we had a few years ago, and the worksheets help you to talk about your trip too. Nic ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher It's August and unfortunately we, as much of Europe (including the UK!) and other parts of the world, are experiencing some very high temperatures. This means wildfires. We have two level 3 podcasts about this topic. In Fire! Fire! Peter talks about his experience of escaping a forest fire, this includes one of our pie vids. And in The firefighters we salute the brave men and women who do one of the toughest jobs. Talking of bravery, this is the theme ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher Hooray for May, we say! There's something special about the last month of spring and knowing summer is just around the corner. We have a new podcast for level 3: Tilting towers. This takes us to both Italy and the US to talk about two buildings with the same problem. Our level 2 podcast asks What did you learn at school today? We question whether it's suitable for children just to learn academic subjects in the classroom, or whether some more practical ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher April is here so that means listening out for the nightingales, which usually arrive the first week, and having the first of the asparagus. We grow it in our garden and it tastes delicious! Talking of vegetables we have put up another podcast/video for our new beginners level. This time we talk about all the colourful Fruit'n'veg we grow. What is your favourite? Do let us know if you have any topics you would like us to talk about for this level. E ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher It's raining. However, we are quite happy about that as the winter has been so dry. March means spring, of course, and therefore our favourite flowers The wild orchids are beginning to appear. Watch the video that also goes with the level 1 podcast and see how beautiful they are. This is one of our podcasts of the month, there are others including Catching up a level 2 podcast: Sue tells Jackie all her latest news. And we have Podcasts for Mar ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher February is a big month for us, mainly because we love sports. Firstly, it's the start of The 6 nations rugby tournament. Listen to this level 2 podcast about what the game is all about. Secondly, because it's the Winter Olympics. Our first podcast for the month is all about the games, listen to Beijing 2022, a level 3 podcast, for what we are interested in the most. Will you be watching? Do you know what Moguls, Monobobs and Halfpipes are?! O ...Continue Reading

Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Teacher Happy New Year! A big welcome back to all our listeners. So we start with some exciting news: we have a new level! Yes, we are starting a beginner level and our first podcast for 2022 is for that. It also has one of our pie videos and it's called the first week. As teachers it would be great to get some feedback from you. We want, where possible, for the podcasts to be (fairly) natural but easy enough for beginners to get most of the content. It's quite ...Continue Reading