English with Helen

In this lesson, join your English teacher, Helen, and her guest, Tímea Pintye, to talk about the lifestyle of a digital nomad. You can practise your listening skills and put yourself in Tímea’s shoes with Helen’s corrections and explanations on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interesting phrases. 

Lesson Themes:
00:50  What is a digital nomad?
01:58  Argentina’s similarities to Europe
04:08  How to become a digital nomad
06:35  Highlights of Tímea’s travels
11:48  Present perfect
13:00  Future tenses: “going to” versus “present continuous”
15:36  Be/get used to
16:30  Phrasal verbs: “set up” and “switch off”
18:41  Third conditional
19:19  Inverted third conditional 

If you'd like to follow Tímea and her travels, you can find her on Instagram at: timea_pintye

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In this lesson, join your English teacher, Helen, and her guest, Fernando Louge, to talk about the dynamic sport of squash. You can practise your listening skills and put yourself in Fernando’s shoes with Helen’s corrections and explanations on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interesting phrases. 

Lesson Themes:
01:02  What is squash?
03:14/16:40  “Do sport” versus “practise sport”
03:35  Squash in Argentina
04:44  Egyptian players
05:10  Fernando’s injury
07:55  Squash as a spectator sport
10:46  Second conditional and “If you were to…”
14:57  “Ricochet” and silent T
18:02  Past modal verbs: “could have…”, “would have…”, “should have…”

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In this lesson, join your English teacher, Helen, and her guest, Danilo Ramirez, to talk about the world of fitness. Practise your listening skills and put yourself in Danilo’s shoes with Helen’s corrections and explanations on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interesting phrases. 

Lesson Themes:

01:07/09:19  “The” or no “the”? That is the question!   
01:52  Body image and self-esteem
04:48  Pronunciation: “guidance”
06:38  Injuries
11:42  Phrasal verb: “get rid of”
13:51  Nouns as adjectives

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In this lesson, join your English teacher, Helen, and her guest, Julie Vanhaeren, to talk about a new adventure into nursing. Practise your listening skills and put yourself in Julie’s shoes with Helen’s corrections and explanations on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interesting phrases. 

Lesson Themes:
01:14  Why Julie decided to become a nurse
04:04  COVID and nursing homes
06:58  Was nursing what you expected?
07:33  Real-life emergencies
08:52  Most challenging and best things
10:45  Past perfect & past perfect continuous
16:33  “Furlough”
17:29  Suffix: “-wise”
18:17  “Did’ for emphasis 

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Join your English teacher, Helen, and her guest, Adriana Renedo, to talk about the magic of engineering. Practise your listening skills and put yourself in Adriana’s shoes with Helen’s corrections and explanations on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interesting phrases. 

Lesson Themes:
01:03  Why engineering?
06:42  What Adriana built for the Chillida Leku Museum and how she created the magic
11:42  Pronunciation: “choose – chose – chosen” and “choice”
12:30  Indirect questions/statements
15:46  Phrasal verb: “throw away”
16:28  Pronunciation: words ending -age
18:06  Useful phrasal verbs: “get by” and “give up”

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Join your English teacher, Helen, and her guest, Navin Boeddha, to talk about the little-known country, Suriname. Practise your listening skills and put yourself in Navin’s shoes with Helen’s corrections and explanations on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interesting phrases. 

Lesson Themes:
01:09  Where is Suriname?
02:06  Where do people guess Suriname is: Africa, Asia or South America?
03:49  Suriname’s ethnic mix
05:31  Navin’s family history from India to Suriname to the Netherlands
09:49  A funny stereotype
10:51  Suriname’s dancing culture
12:54  Indirect questions/statements
15:46  Past perfect
17:11  Idiom: “melting pot”
18:35  Structure with “recommend”

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Join your English teacher, Helen, and her guest, Ira, to talk about a shared love of language and culture. This episode was recorded before the war in Ukraine, so that is not discussed. Practise your listening and put yourself in Ira’s shoes with Helen’s corrections and explanations on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interesting phrases. 

Lesson Themes:
01:13  Do Russians use small talk?
04:38  Is Russian a beautiful language?
07:02  Literature and Dostoevsky
07:55  Intriguing complexity of Russian names
12:23  “Do” and “did” in positive sentences for emphasis
15:33  “Subtle” and the silent B
17:28  “Broaden your horizons” and other idioms

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Join your English teacher, Helen, and her guest, Javier Alfonso Gomez Chavarro, to talk about the wide variety of British accents. Practise your listening and put yourself in Javier’s shoes with Helen’s corrections and explanations on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and interesting phrases. 

Lesson Themes:
01:21  What is a Brummie accent?
01:56   Find out why Javier wants a Brummie accent
02:44   Learn vowel sound differences between the north and south of England
06:07  “Been to” versus “gone to”
08:02  Test your knowledge of UK regional nicknames
12:41  “Lilt”
13:03  “Pick up” and other phrasal verbs
18:46  “Be/get used to”

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