In today’s podcast, we talk about home schooling your children. Should you do it? What are the advantages and disadvantages of educating students at home? Can you legally do it where you live? We’ll answer these questions and you’ll learn some useful home schooling vocabulary. Voice message from Alex from Segovia Gradable and Ungradable Adjectives:…
Archives for March 2024
From ‘About’ to ‘Give or Take’: Different ways to say ‘approximately’ – AIRC511
There are many different ways of saying approximately in English, and some of them are more formal or informal than others. In this episode, we’ll look at some of the most common synonyms of approximately, and how to use them in different contexts. Before we start talking about English expressions and vocabulary, on a more…
Prison, Punishment and Criminal Rehabilitation – AIRC510
In today’s podcast, you’ll learn vocabulary connected to prisons and criminal rehabilitation. We also talk about the death penalty and ask the question; should criminals be helped or punished? Voice message from Mamen ‘On the other hand’ (not XsideX) Prison, Punishment and Criminal Rehabilitation Crime Idioms: https://www.inglespodcast.com/412 Vocabulary To go/be sent to prison/jail To be/get…
From Learner to Fluent English Speaker with Kirsty – AIRC509
This week on the podcast I was delighted to speak to Kirsty from https://englishwithkirsty.com/ who spoke about how you can improve your fluency in English. Where is your (English) accent from? Where are you based now? Kirsty has moved around a lot in the Uk. Currently she is based in the south of the UK….
Gradable and Ungradable Adjectives – AIRC508
It sounds strange to say ‘very huge’, or ‘a bit amazing’ or ‘a little wonderful’. This is because some extreme adjectives like to collocate with particular adverbs. On this podcast, you’ll learn some gradable and ungradable adjectives and the adverbs that go, or maybe don’t usually go, with them. Voice message from Alex from Segovia…