Sold on Stories

Sold on Stories

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Sold on Stories episodes

  • See how watching movies can improve your English

    Students improve their English pronunciation, comprehension and vocabulary base optimally when they're learning in a comfortable environment.

    Levels of confidence improve and when you are confident in what you're doing, you are content and happy, which leads to smiling. Smiling improves pronunciation and better pronunciation reinforces the levels of comfort and confidence. It's the ultimate virtuous circle of positive reinforcement.

    Movies are relaxing, aspirational and a gateway to an dreamy reality.

    When we watch films, we dream, we desire and we decompress.

    See how you too can take advantage of this type of learning!

    17 min
  • A Non-native's Journey To English Success

    Nevena Korac is an inspirational, brave and determined young women who is taking the copywriting industry by the horns. Take a look with me at the amazing progress she has made over the last 5-6 years and find out first-hand how she did it, which obstacles she faced and how she overcame them. Buckle-up folks!

    51 min
  • Rock your IELTS Speaking Task 2 - Topic: Advertising

    Speaking Task 2 needs some sound planning, based on effective strategies used to impress examiners.

    This is the one you need to listen to, if only to see how important it is for your personality to shine through in your answers.

    Learn how you can allow your ideas to flow and transition into supporting statements.

    Understand how word-choices and variety of vocabulary adds to your answers and how they are scored.

    14 min
  • IELTS Speaking Task 1 Topic 2

    Make sure you understand the finer tricks and tips to be able to;

    1. Answer examiners' questions clearly;
  • Illustrate your points effectively and;
  • Showcase your word-choice range!
  • 13 min
  • IELTS Speaking Task 1 - Topic 1

    Get over that initial anxiousness and fear of the face-to-face speaking task by listening to some encouraging advice and expert guidance.

    Make this encounter easier to handle and turn this task into an opportunity to score some easy marks!

    12 min
  • Vocabulary learning and word pairings

    Understand how much simpler it is to acquire the correct vocabulary through word pairings and word associations. Discover how much more you can comprehend if words are learnt holistically and in context than singularly and as separate units of language.

    13 min
  • Vocabulary can make or break your IELTS efforts!

    One of the crucial common threads between ALL the IELTS disciplines is vocabulary.

    It is vital to be able to draw on a rich, varied word-source to be able to impress your examiner. 

    Read more on the weighted marks attributed to a good vocabulary range and how this resource assists you in more ways than you realise.

    7 min
  • Improving your vocabulary score in IELTS Writing

    Naturally, in IELTS Writing you want to showcase your range and make sure your word choices are varied, however these choices need to be contextually correct as well.

    For this reason we will look at not only the preferred options to select, but in the process we will also dispel some common IELTS Writing misconceptions.

    51 min

About Sold on Stories

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Sold on Stories is an intermediate level ESL podcast focussed on acquiring communicative competence through idioms.