Emma's ESL English
Episodes
Episode 52 Mnemonics- English Words and Phrases We Use To Remember Things
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mnemonics is the word we use to describe rhymes or phrases we can use to help us remember things. In today's episode I will talk about a few commo...
Episode 51 English Idioms and Phrases about Bees
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's a lot of very busy bees in my garden right now. In honour of all their hard work I wanted to talk about so phrases and idioms we have in E...
Episode 50 How To Improve Your English Writing - Punctuation Apostrophes
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking about a tricky punctuation point: apostrophes ' We will be discussing how to use them when we talk about possessive nouns....
Episode 49 How To Correctly Address People In English
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode will be particularly useful for people who are serving customers or clients and wish to address them directly. These two situations are d...
Episode 48 My Least Favourite Business Expression: 'Manage Your Expectations'😫
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! This is my first video episode! Let me know if you like it and would like to see more. If your podcast provider doesn't allow videos, don&#...
Episode 47 - How To Improve Your English Writing - Punctuation - Brackets/Parentheses
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have the final reading of the review. I'll read it with all the punctuation included, see if you can hear the difference between today...
Episode 46 - How To Improve Your English Writing - Punctuation - Commas
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'll read the review again, this time with commas, full stops and exclamation marks (points). Tomorrow we'll be finishing off the revie...
Episode 45 - How To Improve Your English Writing - Punctuation - Full Stops
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're talking about punctuation. We'll cover full stops (or periods, as the American's call them) today, commas tomorrow and bra...
Bonus Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Reading
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've been prepping for today's episode all week! Finally all the vocabulary and phrases we learned will be used in context. Are you ready? To...
Episode 44 Phrases from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Part 2
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are going to review some more phrases from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Remember none of the vocabulary from this week is ma...
Episode 43 Phrases from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Part 1
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are going to review some of the phrases that appear at the beginning of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. None of the vocabulary ...
Episode 42 Vocabulary from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This Sunday (31st July) is Harry Potter's birthday. In honour of that day we're going to study the first few pages of Harry Potter and the Phi...
Episode 41 - American and British Conversation Topics for Tea or Break Time in Business English
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is really for people who are working in office environments who will be having short small talk conversations with colleagues at t...
Episode 40 Making Tea UK Customs and Etiquette
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is really for people who are working in office environments or perhaps you're planning on having visitors over and you might h...
Episode 39 The History of Tea - From a British English perspective
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episodes are relevant for anyone living in the UK or working with British professionals. Tea is an important part of our working cultu...
Bonus Episode - Shakespeare/Terry Pratchett Reading
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Surprise! I'm here again! Just in time to start your Friday! This bonus episode is a reading of the opening scene of Shakespeare's Macbeth and...
Episode 38 Learn some English idioms that first appeared in Shakespeare's Plays and Poems
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are looking at some of the phrases that appeared in Shakespeare's plays that have become common idioms in the English language. I know ...
Episode 37 Shakespeare's Influence on English Words - He might have invented a lot of them!
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're learning some of the vocabulary that was first captured in Shakespeare's plays. Many people think Shakespeare invented all of thes...
Episode 36 - Who Was Shakespeare? And Why Do British People Care So Much?🤓
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today I'll be introducing Shakespeare. I'll talk about the history we know and tell you about some of the influences Shakespeare has had on Br...
Episode 35 Introducing Yourself Well in Business English Conversations
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're thinking about your business. If you're trying to build your business, or make some business connections then we need to have a li...
Episode 34 - How to Extend Your Conversations In English (So many Questions!)
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This time we're thinking of ways to extend your conversations with colleagues or new friends past 'Hi, how are you?' There are lots of way...
Episode 33 - Starting A Conversation In English - How Are You? - Varied Questions And Answers
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have already covered some vocabulary and options related to this topic all the way back in episode 6, but here we are looking specifically at answe...
Episode 32 - British English Vocabulary for Food And Meal Times
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the UK we have a lot of words for meal times and it can get pretty confusing with different people using the same words but for different meals! Ho...
Episode 31 - Phrases and Sounds Native English Speakers Use To Talk About Time
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're looking at using 'ish' (tenish) when making appointments. We also cover a lot of vocabulary that might be useful if you're...
Episode 30 Telling The Time In English - Why is it so complicated! 😭
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I thought we'd do a few time related things. This episode is really a review of what you learned in school and covers different kinds of...
Episode 29 - So Many English Idioms Mention Paint!
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm currently doing some decorating in my house and I'm having to watch the paint dry! This got me thinking about all the different idioms we ...
Episode 28 - Use See Look Watch Correctly in English
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are looking at the vocabulary we use when we talk about seeing something. We cover looking at our phone, watching movies and some p...
Episode 27 - How to use 'Have Got' in English
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are looking at sentences using 'have got' and especially at time phrases using 'have got'. We use 'have' fo...
Episode 26 A Surprising Number of English Idioms That Use The Word: Guts
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week I came across an idiom using 'guts' and when I started thinking about it, I realised we have SO MANY! So I thought I'd look at s...
Episode 25 Master Using Until and By In English
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode let's consider the time words 'by' and 'until'. It can be tricky to know which one of these to use, just like yest...
Episode 24 - Master Correctly Using During and For in your English Sentences
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today was a grammar class with the focus on time phrases using 'during' and 'for'. 'During' is used to say when something hap...
Episode 23 - What's the difference between using One Day and Some Day in an English Sentence? Find Out In THIS episode!
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On English we often use 'one day' or 'some day' to talk about the future. When we use these we don't know exactly when something w...
Episode 22 - Is Time Countable or Uncountable in English? I'll try and help 🤯
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The question from my student was: do we need an article 'a' in the sentence 'too much drinking in too short a time'? Good question! T...
Episode 21 - Reading from Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novel: Thief of Time
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode I read a little excerpt from Terry Pratchett's 26th Discworld novel, Thief of Time. You can find the English version of the novel he...
Episode 20 - How To End An Email In English (Useful for business and general use)
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episodes 18 an 19 we looked at the beginnings and middles of your emails. Today we're looking at the ends. Just like before I've focused on...
Episode 19 How to make your English emails sound natural (Useful for business and general English)
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about what to say after you've started your email. After 'Dear Sir' what comes next? If we start with yesterday...
Episode 18 Start Your English Emails With Confidence (General and business English)
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about how to begin your emails. We will be talking about emails all this week. So many people need to write emails in English t...
Episode 17 - Learn Some American West Coast Music Slang, just for fun😎 Native speaker interviews International Speaker
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
English changes and evolves depending on where in the world it's used and which industry or culture it's being used in. In this episode we lis...
Episode 16 - Slang (from the radio) you might hear in the UK - Useful for anyone living in the UK
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are analysing a short piece from a recent UK radio show. We will look at some common vocabulary and grammar from this kind of show,...
Episode 15 English Grammar - Can you say 'Me Either' to agree with someone in English?
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are looking at a grammar point: when you want to agree with someone, do you say 'me too' or 'me neither'? You could agree wi...
Episode 14 I could eat a horse! - English Idioms for when you've had too much food or alcohol!😵
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, carrying on from yesterday's theme, we're looking at ways we can talk about being full, full of food and...full of alcohol! Vocabular...
Episode 13 Bursting at the seams - English idioms that aren't actually about food!
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking about idioms and phrases, many of which sound like they're related to food, but they can be used for other things. We sta...
Episode 12 English Grammar Test: 'Most of time I watch TV.' ...wrong or right?😱 Let's Find Out.
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are looking at a piece of grammar. It's not very simple! I will put the examples here and some links to places for more information. Ex...
Episode 11 - Common English Vocabulary And Phrases You Might Hear In Shopping Conversations
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we looked at some vocabulary related to shopping. First we thought about deciding what to buy. 'Shop around' - 'I want to shop arou...
Episode 10 - English Vocabulary For Having and Talking About Arguments😬
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talked about some vocabulary we might use when we're having an argument or discussing an argument. We started with things that might cau...
Episode 9 - Britain's Favourite Small Talk Topic: WEATHER! -Now you can join in with confidence! 🥶
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I live in the UK and we LOVE talking about the weather. It's our most common small talk conversation, with strangers and friends! We have so much ...
Episode 8 Business English Vocabulary to talk about negative situations at work
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode we were looking at some vocabulary that you might hear at work. As I mentioned some of it could be quite negative situations, a...
Episode 7 May the 4th Be With You - Idioms and Vocabulary from Star Wars Movies
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, celebrating Star Wars Day, I talked about some of the idioms and vocabulary you can find in the very first movie: Star Wars: A New Hope. Please...
Episode 6 - How was your weekend? - English Conversation Starters
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I expanded on a question from a learner. He wanted a way to start a conversation in the minutes while he and his colleagues waited for...
Episode 5 - English Dating Vocabulary ...or Don't Panic!
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I answer a question from a listener. This episode covers a lot of dating vocabulary and considers some pronouns we can use when talkin...
Episode 4 Spill the beans - Some common English Idioms
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I was talking about questions from my lovely French learner who is reading an English novel. I felt that a lot of the vocabulary was c...
Episode 3 - Let Me Tell You About Where I Live
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 3 I talk a little bit about the North West of England, where I was born and now live.y county is called Cumbria.In the episode I talked abo...
Episode 2 - Let me tell you about some of the countries I've travelled to
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 2 I talked about my travels around the world. If you head to YouTube you can watch the video which is accompanied with pictures from my tra...
Episode 1 - Let me tell you a little bit about me
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A little bit about my teaching background and some ideas about what you might ask. Vocabulary obscure - not clear or very unusual up-level - to increa...
Introduction to Emmas's ESL English Podcast
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and Welcome to my podcast. This podcast is available everywhere you can find podcasts. In addition it's also available on YouTube. https:/...