Native English speakers answer questions about advertising.

In this episode we have loads of nice advertising vocabulary, including some colloquial expressions from the US, the UK and Australia. We also look at how to make your speech more cohesive and we focus on different ways to use the verb do. 

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Native English speakers answer questions with phrasal verbs.

Everyone loves learning phrasal verbs, right??? Perfect, because this episode has lots of them, plus a bunch of top idioms and expressions. We have speakers from Canada, Wales, Australia, England and Ireland so you can improve your listening skills. Enjoy!

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Native English speakers answer questions about school.

This is definitely one of the most common topics in English exams, especially if you are a teenager and are doing exams like First for Schools for instance.  So we talk about useful school subjects, school trips, positive learning environments and a bunch of other schooly things. We focus on using auxiliary verbs for emphasis and on question tags, which are always in need of some practice! We have some nice phrasal verbs too and quite a few idioms. 

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Native English speakers answer questions about space.

Ok, it’s not the most common exam topic ever but it is a very interesting subject and a lot of people are really enthusiastic about it, as you are gonna hear, we have quite a few space fans speaking today. So there’s plenty of space vocabulary, lots of adjectives, some phrasal verbs and a wide variety of accents, including quite a funny conversation between two Welsh ladies that is sure to test your listening skills. 

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Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
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Native English speakers answer questions about the manners.

We have speakers from England, Wales, Canada, Australia, Ireland and South Africa so you are gonna get a good impression of what manners are expected in English-speaking countries. You’re gonna hear plenty of useful vocabulary, some top idioms, phrasal verbs, connectors, loads of great language, but more than anything it’s really interesting from a cultural viewpoint. 

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Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Native English speakers answer questions about relaxing.

It’s a great topic to cover as we all love to relax. So you’re gonna hear loads of different ways to talk about relaxing. There’s also a bunch of new phrasal verbs, there’s some stuff about comparatives, the differences between British and Australian English, yes we have some Australians this season, and also a Canadian too actually for the first time, and some Welsh people, so a few next accents for you to contend with. 

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Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome
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In this episode Trevor has a super interesting chat with a Brazilian lady, Melina, who is an international law professor and researcher and has an excellent level of English. They speak about learning English in Brazil, the benefits of spending some time in an English speaking countryand challenges with pronunciation. As Melina is currently researching the effect of eating meat on climate change they have a chat about that too, with loads of useful vocabulary and top-notch expressions.

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Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
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Today we have a chat with an English teacher in Vietnam. 
 
 Firstly, we talk about Vietnam and the state of English there. Then we speak about the IELTS English exam, specifically the writing part. The tips given here are quite universal and can be applied to most other English writing exams also. 
 
 Konner, the speaker is from Australia, so you can practice listening to the Australian accent and as usual we will take a look at some of the nice language he uses in his answers, including a bunch of idioms and really useful advanced expressions. 
 
Link for Konner's website: theenglishevolution.com - NO LONGER ACTIVE

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This episode is a monologue about the legalisation of marijuana. 

You will hear tips on how to tackle this task and lots of good examples of how to organise your speech.

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Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
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This episode features a non-native speaker for the first time on the Real Exam English podcast.
 
 Martyna from Poland speaks about her English journey, including working for an international airline company, preparing for the Cambridge C1 exam and the benefits of watching TV in English. 
 
 As usual we pick out some nice bits of language, including some excellent use of substitution words and ellipsis. We also pick up on some common errors for Polish speakers.
 
Enjoy!

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Music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
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