Zapp! English Vocabulary and Pronunciation (English version)

Food is one of those subjects everybody likes to talk about (including Katie), so it's important you have the English vocabulary to join in. In this podcast we're focusing on the names for different kinds of foods and some of the ways we describe them in English. What do YOU eat and how does it compare to our speakers? Practise your listening as you find out and get better at pronouncing the words as they're said, not how they're spelled! Download the e-book and English conversations transcript at http://zappenglish.com.

Spending and saving are just two of the things we do with money. Would you like to learn more English vocabulary about money? In this unit your will learn the most useful and frequent verbs related to money – by the end you'll be rich in knowledge! What's another way to say you don't have enough money for something? Have you ever had to pay a fine? Listen to people answering all kinds of questions on the topic of money and find out. Download the e-book and English conversations transcript at http://zappenglish.com.

In everyday life we always need to talk about time. How close to now did something happen? How long does something take? How often do we do something? The answers to all of these questions use time-related vocabulary and by the end of this unit you'll be using it a lot more naturally. You'll also practise your listening and be better at linking English words together in speech. Download the e-book with vocabulary and transcription at http://zappenglish.com.

You live in some kind of house. Do you know the names of the different parts of your home? What's the difference between stairs and steps? Where does smoke go? You'll learn the most frequent and useful English words for talking about buildings that we live in and develop your listening around this topic as speakers describe places they have lived. Download the e-book and transcription at http://zappenglish.com.

Maybe you use computers at home or at work, perhaps just for fun or for pleasure. Computers are now part of everyday life and in this unit you'll learn the vocabulary you need to communicate about what you do with computers, the names of computer parts, common email actions and more. You'll practise your listening skills by listening to people answering questions such as "Have you ever had a virus?", and you'll improve your English pronunciation too. Download the eBook at http://zappenglish.com.

In this podcast you'll learn the English name and pronunciation for important objects in the house. You'll be able to describe your own home and the things you use in it. Pronunciation work focuses on silent letters and word stress and you'll be developing your listening at the same time as you hear native speakers with different accents talking about their own houses and belongings. Download the eBook containing the transcription and vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com. We need language related to numbers and amounts almost every day of our lives. In this Vocabulary & Pronunciation unit you will become more accurate at describing amounts of things in English, as well as improving your ability to talk about numbers, figures and mathematics. Stuart and Katie will be seeing who is better with numbers. What do you think? You'll also practise your English pronunciation of the new words you learn.

Very often we need to describe things. What are they made of? What are the parts of an object called? How are they different from other things? You'll learn adjectives for appearance and parts of things in this unit, and this language can be very useful for when you've forgotten the name of an object or want someone to tell you what it's called. In pronunciation you'll learn some words with unpronounced syllables and you'll develop your listening skills as native speakers describe some of their objects. Download the eBook containing the transcription and vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

How green are you? The environment is a topic which contains a lot of useful English vocabulary. You'll find the words in this unit useful for describing environmental problems and solutions, as well as being helpful in terms of reading articles on the subject. There are also lots of good opportunities to practise listening to people giving opinions as our two speakers debate environmental issues in English. 

Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

What does she look like? Is he good-looking? After this unit you'll be able to answer questions like these in a lot more detail. You're going to learn English adjectives to describe appearance: hair, faces and size and the shape of bodies. We'll also make sure you know how to do it politely! Download the eBook containing the transcription and vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.