English with Rob

Anne from English Valley Cafe is my teacher guest this week. We chat about different slang words we use in The UK and The USA. Then I have a lot of questions for her about living in California, because I am fascinated by the place.

You can find English Valley Cafe online here:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOVSN4pkrUcfgJ6GJt_A7tQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishvalleycafe/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/englishvalleycafe

It's business time on the English with Rob podcast this week. Stephen Collings from 4 Words (a company I work for) guests to talk about why business English is so important, and how it's different from 'regular' or 'street' English.

It's just me in this episode. I bring you some interesting English about pronunciation and connected speech. Also I answer some listener questions about grammar, how to learn English, and about myself.

In this English lesson podcast there is lots of useful English for conversations about cities, towns and villages. We meet Rod The Brazilian English Teacher, and learn all about his hometown of Palmital in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Useful vocabulary:

Metropolis

City

Town

Village

Adjectives 

Modern

Medieval

Quaint

Lively

Quiet

Tourist

(Industry it's known for/was created for)

(Landscape it's known for) Coastal Desert

What can you find in the place you're from?

Square

Statue

Fountain

Town Hall

Accommodation - what types?

Shopping center/shopping mall

Museum

Library

Check out Rod's YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/robuca2011

Travel Teacher Tom teaches us all about life on the farm.

As always, thie English learning podcast is full of useful vocabulary, examples and word games.

Useful Vocabulary from this lesson:

Ceops/Livestock

Poultry

Cattle

To cultivate/to rear

Abattoir/Slaughter house

To produce/produce

A dairy/dairy products/dairy farming

A vet/veterinarian 

A field

A barn

Organic

To plough/a plough

Acres/Hectares

Follow Travel Teacher Tom on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/travel_teacher_tom/?hl=en

Here's the English with Rob Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob/?hl=en

And YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ

Leigh from Enigmatic Learning introduces some riddles, puzzles and jokes which he uses to teach English online.

We have loads of fun and some great chat while solving some riddles and puzzles, and laughing (a little bit) at some pun-style jokes.

Useful vocabulary:

• Vocabulary for discussing possibility
• May, might and could for something which is possible but not 100% certain
• 2 different uses of may (permission/possibility)
• Can vs could (can- ability/permission)  (could- possibility/ability with conditional)
• 2 different uses of must 

You can find Leigh on Enigmatic Learning here:

https://enigmatic-learning.com/

https://www.instagram.com/enigmatic_learning/?hl=en

This week I have no co-host, it's just me.

But I have still filled this English lesson podcast with some interesting English and word games for you to play.

The interesting English I look at are:

• Portmanteaus (words created by putting two words together)
• Ain't - this slang word is very versatile

May the 4th is Star Wars day, so here is my Star Wars special episode with Charlie from Shirobear TV.

Hear us discuss why Star Wars can be good for English learners, which parts of the Star Wars universe we like and don't like, and how good our Star Wars trivia is.

And may the force be with you and your English learning, always.

Martin from Rock 'n' Roll English joins me for some English lesson chat about music.

Learn English through our useful English vocabulary section, our natural conversation, and play some English learning games with us.

Find the music mentioned in the English lesson podcast about music on this playlist I created:

https://open.spotify.com/user/itsrobertdylanwalker/playlist/4FrR20HMMKsq5W1VX4Jy35

Useful Vocabulary in this episode:

Band/Singer/Artist

Album

Track

The beat

The rhythm

The volume / turn up/turn down

A genre

The lyrics

A record / tape cassette / MP3 / Streaming

Upbeat

Catchy

Cheesy

A classic song - Bohemian Rhapsody / Smoke on the water

A one-hit wonder

Be sure to check out Martin's awesome Rock 'n' Roll English links

website:

https://rocknrollenglish.com/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/rocknrollenglish/

And you can find me on

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPChymTz1N2paPCn92wWGQ

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/english_with_rob

https://rocknrollenglish.com/

Czech mate and board game loving English teacher Zdenek from Zdenek's English podcast is back as my English teaching co-host. In this podcast for English learners we play a game in which we have to make some difficult decisions. As you listen, you can decide if you would make the same decisions as us.

Useful vocabulary:

To choose/chose/chosen - a choice

To decide/decided - a decision - decisive/indecisive

To make up one’s mind

To take something into consideration/to consider something/all things considered...

To have second thoughts

To be on the fence about something

To be in two minds about something

Either (UK) /either (USA)

neither/nor

To go with

I’m going to say…

Links:

Be sure to check out Zdenek's English Podcast:

https://zdeneksenglishpodcast.podbean.com/

And see his available courses (including an English with board games course) on his website:

https://www.teacherzdenek.com/