Learning English Vocabulary Podcast
Build your English vocabulary with these short programmes. Each episode explores a new topic to improve your English.
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Episodes to download
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Eponyms as nouns and verbs
Fri 30 Dec 2022
To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.
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Adjectives from names
Boxing Day 2022
We discuss a group of adjectives that are made from the names of famous people.
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Large numbers
Mon 19 Dec 2022
How many stars are there in the universe? Learn how to say big numbers in English.
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Suffixes: -tian, -sion and -tion
Mon 12 Dec 2022
Have we got your attention? Listen and learn how to use suffixes -tian, -sion and -tion.
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Discourse Markers: Interjections
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.
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Commonly misspelled words
Mon 21 Nov 2022
Weird or weird? English spelling is fascinating 鈥� but it's not always straightforward!
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Linking words
Mon 14 Nov 2022
Listen to Angela talk about her lucky shark escape and learn some linking words.
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Words with more than one spelling
Mon 7 Nov 2022
Disk or disc? Confused about which one to use? Finn and Catherine talk about spelling.
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Acronyms
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Listen to Peter and Catherine talking about acronyms like NASA and FIFA in this podcast.
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Antonyms
Mon 24 Oct 2022
A good way of building vocabulary in English is to learn words with opposite meanings.
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Suffixes: -ness and -ity
Mon 17 Oct 2022
鈥楬appiness鈥� and 'responsibility'. Learn words with the suffixes -ness and -ity.
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Discourse markers for showing attitude
Mon 10 Oct 2022
Fortunately, obviously, seriously, ideally. These words are useful. How do we use them?
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Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
Mon 3 Oct 2022
ExciteMENT, performANCE, differENCE - how suffixes turn verbs and adjectives into nouns.
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Someone, nothing, anywhere
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Learn about words like someone, nothing and anywhere in 6 minutes.
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Irregular verbs
Mon 12 Sep 2022
Choose, chose, chosen... We talk about verbs that don't follow the -ed pattern.
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Easily confused words
Mon 5 Sep 2022
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.
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Suffixes: -less and -free
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Is this a smoke-free or a smokeless workplace? Learn the difference!
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Prefixes: dys- de- dis-
Mon 15 Aug 2022
Do you suffer from DYSpepsia? Could a DEtox diet help? Neil and Finn talk about prefixes.
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Ordinal numbers
Mon 8 Aug 2022
What's the date today? Do you know how to say it? Listen to the programme to find out.
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Spoken short forms
Mon 1 Aug 2022
Gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha... We give you an introduction to short spoken forms.
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Uncountable nouns
Mon 25 Jul 2022
Can you count knowledge, money or happiness? How to deal with uncountable nouns.
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Words with double letters
Mon 4 Jul 2022
We talk about spelling words with double letters, such as 'accommodation'.
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Pronouncing verbs and nouns
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Learn how to pronounce verbs and nouns with Neil and Catherine.
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British and American English
Mon 20 Jun 2022
Hear about differences and similarities in vocabulary from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Business jargon
Mon 30 May 2022
Do you 'think out of the box' or 'push the envelope' at work? Learn business jargon.
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How to pronounce words beginning with 'c'
Mon 23 May 2022
Catherine cycled through the city centre! How do you pronounce all those words with 'c'?
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Phrasal verbs and context
Mon 16 May 2022
Learn phrasal verbs in sentences to help understand their meanings.
