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Back to SearchPodcast 158 Who was Sidney Peabody? (B1 short story - part 2)
Season 2 Episode 158
The second and final part of the short story "Who was Sidney Peabody?". Listen for the adverbs I use in this story. The language is for B1-level stud…
2 years, 11 months ago
Podcast 157 Who was Sidney Peabody? (B1 short story - part 1)
Season 2 Episode 157
Part 1 of this story about someone who performed a miracle - or did he? B1 English study. Words for calculating: plus, minus, divide by, multiply by.…
3 years ago
Podcast 156 The Great Dying (B1-level)
Season 2 Episode 156
Vocabulary about climate change for B1-level students. The Great Dying refers to a time millions of years ago when the Earth warmed so much that most…
3 years ago
Podcast 155 Marie Claire (B1 short story)
Season 2 Episode 155
Use of adjectives and adverbs in your B1 stories. A short story about a an English boy and a French girl and what happened when they met.
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3 years, 1 month ago
Podcast 154 Hattie Weatherspoon (B1 short story)
Season 2 Episode 154
A B1 short story about a walk on the white cliffs of Dover. Vocabulary to describe the countryside and the weather. https://www.practisingenglish.com…
3 years, 1 month ago
Podcast 153 Friendship (B1 short story)
Season 2 Episode 153
Today, I'm talking about useful cognates at B1 level. Useful, because they can be used in the Cambridge Preliminary or First exams instead of repeati…
3 years, 2 months ago
Podcast 152 The Attic (B1-level short story)
Season 2 Episode 152
This episode is for B1 students with lots of useful language to talk about describing a house. It's an extract from a short story by O. Henry set in …
3 years, 2 months ago
Podcast 151 After Twenty Years (B1 short story)
Season 2 Episode 151
After Twenty Years was, originally, a short story by the US writer O. Henry. I've completely re-written the story for B1-level English students with …
3 years, 3 months ago
Podcast 150 The Winds of Bolonia (B1 story)
Season 1 Episode 150
A B1 story about an island in the sea and a young girl's hopes and dreams for the future. B1 English with useful expressions about the sea and about …
3 years, 3 months ago
Podcast 149 Carlos and his English (a story for children)
Season 2 Episode 149
Today, to celebrate Epiphany, I'm going to release the audio version of my book for children learning English - Carlos and his English, The level is …
3 years, 4 months ago