Some say silence is golden while others think silence is the loudest scream, and in this episode we’ll tell you what we, your hosts, think! What are some ways to ask people to be quiet and when do you like silence? Listen in to find out these questions and how you, too, can talk about silence! 2 helpful expressions in the language focus will help you expand your vocabulary so you don’t have to be silent :)

This week we are talking about that most popular, sweet, freezing cold treat … ice cream! 

Find out about your hosts favourite flavours, the ice creams they enjoyed as kids and a recipe Jennifer uses to create ice cream with her son. Lots of ice cream vocabulary is included - you’ll learn all about cones, mivis, 99s, flakes and popsicles!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for … ice cream!

In a world with so many options, many people rely on a rating system to judge whether a product, service or restaurant is good. What is this rating system? Reviews! Tune in to hear what your hosts think of reviews, why your review will help our podcast and how you can win silver membership! We personally give this episode, 5 stars!

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Ladies and gentlemen ... You Ask, We Answer! This week we invited members of our Telegram communities to ask us questions and we are here answering them in this week’s podcast. 

What’s our favourite film genre?

Why did we decide to become English teachers?

How do we manage our time?

Listen along and find the answers to these and more juicy questions ... and improve your English at the same time!

P.S. If you have a question for us then come into our free Telegram community and let us know - www.englishacrossthepond.com/community

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Everyone needs them, and when you do, it can be frustrating when you don’t have them! What are we talking about? Batteries! Learn American and British English pronunciation differences, about batteries in our everyday life, and get a helpful tip from Jennifer :) Stick around for vocabulary in our language focus and how to learn phrasal verbs and idioms more easily.

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We all have good ones and we all have some bad ones too! That’s right, dear listeners, this week we are chatting about habits. Jennifer teaches us all something new by talking about the science behind our habits while Dan just grosses his podcast partner out (makes her feel sick). Can you guess what he does?! After the chat there is the language focus where we take a closer look at some of the important vocabulary from this week’s conversation. If you haven’t done so already, we suggest you make listening to our weekly English language podcast one of your habits :)

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Passion! What are you passionate about? Here at English Across The Pond we are extremely passionate about bringing you the very best in online English learning. Every. Single. Week. Oh yeah! 

Join Jennifer and Dan for another fun-filled chat, packed with everything you need to improve your fluency - natural conversation, 21st century expressions and … passion!

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Hey everyone and welcome to a special episode of English Across The Pond. We are really excited to be answering all of your questions about our new certification course, Step Up To Fluency. The course is now open for enrolment. Listen as we answer all of your FAQs using polite question and answer forms (so useful for speaking exams and job interviews!) and give you the opportunity to go from fearful silence to confident conversations. Enroll at www.englishacrossthepond.com/community

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This is the third and final episode of this bonus confidence and fluency training and

today is the perfect accompaniment to the last two days we've provided for you because it addresses one of the scariest things in English conversations; what to do or say when you don't understand something. We're going to show you exactly how to respond and how to regain control of a conversation when you feel lost, especially in unexpected situations. 

Grab your free transcript and PDF at www.englishacrossthepond.com/community 

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Welcome to part 2 of our confidence and fluency training. Today we’re going to teach you the details of simple fluency using the outline that we taught and introduced yesterday in PLC #1.

We’ll give you some of the necessary language to start a conversation in English (and we’re talking about more than just saying ‘hello’ and ‘how are you?’!) Then we’ll show you how to transition, or flow into the main topic with phrases, intonation cues (kind of hints) and finally, a natural way to let others know the conversation needs to end.

So, are you sitting down? Are you taking notes? Because this is about to get real interesting!

Visit www.englishacrossthepond.com/community to get your free transcript.