PoLoop Angielski
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 38. Feedback or Feedforward?
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGiving employee feedback is becoming tricky with Gen Z's joining the workforce. Find out why, discover new ideas about performance r...
Episode 37. A Tense Issue
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textCould there be a better way of teaching English tenses? Here is Jacek's ongoing journey and experimentation to answer this question, d...
Episode 36. How to disagree politely
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis episode highlights the cultural differences between non-native speakers and native speakers, particularly the British, when it comes t...
Episodes 35. Who Owns English?
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textDrawing inspiration from an article published by The Economist, titled "As it spreads across the world, who owns English," this e...
Episode 34. Why We Feel Burnt Out
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textDo you often feel exhausted? Are you trying to fit as many things into your busy schedule, desperately hoping to be left with some time for...
Episode 33. Third Conditional Fluency Practice
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textSpeaking a language is more of a skill than a knowledge-based activity. In this respect, it is similar to dancing or doing sport. In this e...
Episode 32. Learning from Chess Masters
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, we are looking at two studies on the psychology of playing chess. Can we use their findings about the thinking processes o...
Episode 31: The Stigma of Eating Alone
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode, Jacek explores the topic of dining alone and its associated stigma. He begins by sharing statistics that reveal how dining...
Episode 30. Toadies
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn today's episode, you will learn about toadies a.k.a. suck-ups, brown-nosers, and apple polishers. Toadies are not the slimy creatur...
Episode 29. Learn What's Relevant
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis time Jacek talks about his "relevant today" posts on Instagram, in which he presents expressions related to current news sto...
Episode 28. Banned Words
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis episode of the Poloop Angielski Podcast is about banning some words and phrases because they are seen as discriminatory, offensive, or...
Episode 27. Fashion for Passion
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode of PoLoop Angielski Podcast, Jacek discusses an article from The Economist titled "The Pitfalls of Loving Your Job a...
Episode 26. Blame Game
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis episode of the Poloop Angielski Podcast focuses on the topic of blaming people for their mistakes. Jacek discusses a recent article fr...
Episode 25. Anti-advice Advice
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textWhat trap do polyglots and teachers of foreign languages fall into when advising learners? Should you listen to the advice of those who&apo...
Episode 24. Stress in Three-part Phrasal Verbs
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis episode is the continuation of the topic of stress in Phrasal Verbs, so it might be a good idea to listen to Episode 23 first.You can ...
Episode 23. Stress in Two-part Phrasal Verbs
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode you will learn about three kinds of two-part Phrasal Verbs (transitive, separable PVs, transitive, inseparable PVs, and int...
Episode 22. Chatting Pays Off!
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIn this episode you'll find out how chatting with the big guys in the tech industry will soon make me a proud owner of a brand new Tes...
Episode 21. Are you a Lumper or a Splitter?
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textWhen it comes to learning a language, are you a lumper or a splitter? Which approach is better for learners of a foreign language?You can d...
Episode 20. New Year's Resolutions
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textLet's kick off the new year with a few pieces of advice about the New Year's resolutions.You can download the complete transcript...
Episode 19. Gerunds with Phrasal Verbs
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textVerbs sometimes want to act like adjectives or nouns. In order to take on their new role they need the -ing ending. In this episode I expos...
Episode 18. The Lie
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIs learning a foreign language as easy as some want us to believe? What are the consequences of thinking that you can learn a language with...
Episode 17. Three-part Phrasal Verbs
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThree-part Phrasal Verbs are made of a verb, a particle and a preposition. In this episode you'll learn a few of them.You can download...
Episode 16. Choking - what we can learn from Lewandowski's blunder
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textRobert Lewandowski's failed penalty kick can teach us a few things about learning a foreign language. You can find out what in this ep...
Episode 15. Inflation Collocations
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textInflation is one of the words that we can often hear these days. In this episode I'm looking at many collections with the word infla...
Episode 14. How to Learn Phrasal Verbs
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textPhrasal Verbs are a challenge to learners of English. They are difficult to master, but learning them is definitely worth the effort. In th...
Episode 13. Working From Home While Sick
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textWe've got autumn. A colder weather has settled in, so it is time to revise some expressions about illnesses and their symptoms, but do...
Episode 12. The Crown - History or Fiction?
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIs the Netflix hit drama series a historical account or a fictitious story? With the fifth season of the The Crown scheduled for release on...
Episode 11. Time is Money - on how to learn collocations using extended metaphors
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textLearning collocations is a great way to expand your vocabulary. We can do it more effectively understanding how metaphors work in everyday ...
Episode 10. Find out why the Japanese love wearing face masks so much that many of them can't kick the habit.
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textW czasie pandemii Japończyków nie trzeba było specjalnie nakłaniać do noszenia maseczek ochronnych. Zwyczaj osłaniania ust był w Jap...
Episode 9. "With gas or without?" This is the question .... you should NOT ask - czyli o wodzie mineralnej z perspektywy paneuropejskiej.
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textW tym odcinku podzielę się informacjami jakie uzyskałem od moich słuchaczek o zamawianiu i konsumpcji wody mineralnej w różnych kraja...
Episode 8. That's the very word we need - czyli o "very" jako przymiotniku
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textTym razem przekonamy się, że tak jak przysłówek very jest nadużywany, to z przymiotnikiem very sytuacja wygląda zupełnie odwrotnie...
Episode 7. O bardzo, aż za bardzo, popularnym angielskim słowie i jego zamiennikach
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textSłowo very to jedno ze słów najbardziej nadużywanych przez uczących się języka angielskiego. Niektórzy poprzedzają tym przysłó...
Episode 6. Idiom: to take something with a pinch of salt - czyli o tym jak nie być łatwowiernym po angielsku
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textW tym odcinku poznasz znaczenie idiomu: to take something with a pinch of salt. Dowiesz się również co to wyrażenie ma wspólnego ze ...
Episode 5. Business English - czyli jak rozmawiać o mobilizacji w Rosji po angielsku
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textW tym odcinku przedstawiam rozwiązanie zadania, które umieściłem na moim blogu, a więc zapoznasz się wyrażeniami przydatnymi w rozmo...
Episode 4: Jak po angielsku rozmawiać o naszych stacjach telewizyjnych, czyli kilka słów o słowie: mendacious.
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textW tym odcinku odpowiadam na pytanie słuchacza jak przetłumaczyć wyrażenie zakłamana stacja telewizyjna. Przykłady użycia przedstawi...
Episode 3: Jak powiedzieć, że coś było silniejsze od Ciebie?
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textTym razem dowiesz się jak powiedzieć po angielsku, że coś było silniejsze od Ciebie, że nie mogłeś sobie z czymś poradzić, że ja...
Episode 2: O mojej miłości do phrasal verbs. Na dobry początek dwa z nich: level off / level out.
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textW tym odcinku poznasz dwa czasowniki frazowe, a.k.a. frejzale, które mogą okazać się przydatne, gdybyśmy zapomnieli czasownika plateau...
Episode 1: Wyrażenie plateau (out) i jak pokonać zastój w nauce angielskiego
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textW pierwszym odcinku dowiesz się co znaczy wyrażenie plateau (out) i usłyszysz rady jak wyjść z zastoju w nauce języka. For more,...