English with Stephen

Listen to a story that includes lots of expressions that use the word "bed". 

10 top tips to improve your listening skills in English. These tips are guaranteed to improve everyone's listening abilities.

How and why did American English become different to American English. In this episode, we look at some interesting reasons for the differences between these two varieties of English.

Today we look at some of the words in English that originated in the country of Poland.

Your linguistic landscape can be a powerful tool to help you learn English. Find out what your linguistic landscape is and how you can fully exploit it in the latest episode of the English with Stephen podcast.

The English we speak today has been heavily influenced by the way the Bible was written. Even if you don't believe in a Christian God, you will use language from the Bible. Find out how and why in this latest episode.

As the cricket world cup is starting, I bring to you a number of expressions that come from the second most popular sport in the world. Don't worry if you don't know anything about cricket, you will still learn a lot of useful English expressions.

What do you need to know about a word to really understand it? In this episode, we look at what it truly means to "know" a word.

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RP stands for Received Pronunciation and is the standard for British English. But where does the name come from and how did it become the standard? Discover the fascinating story of RP and find out some other peculiarities along the way.

Two of the biggest sportswear manufacturers are Adidas and Puma, but do you know the origin of these words? Listen to find out the crazy story behind these two names and practise some vocabulary for talking about sports clothes.