&gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp; 2024! Visit&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; Today is a special day because it's our&nbsp;seventh&nbsp;year together!!! This week, we have reached&nbsp;300 episodes&nbsp;and more than 30 million downloads! Thanks to all of you, we've created a huge family of learners from all around the world. Let me recommend to you my most listened-to episodes:   &nbsp; &nbsp; For more episodes and the full text, visit&nbsp;

300th Episode Celebration - Seven Years of Speak English Now Podcast

&nbsp;&gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp; 2024! Visit:&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; Today, we will learn about a famous&nbsp;coffee&nbsp;company in the&nbsp;USA&nbsp;called&nbsp;Starbucks. Have you ever seen a&nbsp;Starbucks coffee shop? They are all over the world! Let’s discover how&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;started and grew to be so popular. What is Starbucks? Starbucks is a company that sells coffee and other drinks. It started in the USA, and&nbsp;now&nbsp;there are Starbucks coffee shops in many countries worldwide. For more episodes, and the full text, visit&nbsp;

#303 Talking about Coffee in English - Starbucks

&gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp;&nbsp;Course 2024! Visit&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; In this episode, I’ll talk about the Christmas holidays. And after that, you’ll practice your English speaking with an exciting mini-story about a man dressed in red. Ah! It's Christmas at last! I don't know about you, but I love this time of year. I start to think about what presents to give to my family and friends. Normally I make a list, so I don't forget anyone. Can you imagine forgetting someone?&nbsp; For more episodes and the full text, visit&nbsp;

#070 Christmas Holidays 2018 - English speaking practice

&gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp;&nbsp;Course 2024! Visit&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; In this episode, let's take a look at the most common New Year's resolutions. Then you will practice your English fluency with a mini-story. Well, first of all... Happy New Year! How time flies! A new year has just begun.  It’s curious how the passage of time is perceived according to age. Young people don't think much about it. Middle-aged people think about the things they still want to achieve and realize that they have less and less time.&nbsp; For more episodes and the full text, visit&nbsp;

#072 New Year’s Resolutions

#113 Christmas Holidays 2019

&gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp;&nbsp;Course 2024! Visit&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; In this episode, I’ll recommend some of my favorite  that will help you with your English. I’ll give you some useful tips on how to use Netflix to improve your English. And later, you’ll practice your English speaking with an exciting mini-story. Netflix has changed the way we spend our free time. We spend a lot more time watching our favorite shows, so why not use all this time to speed up the way we&nbsp; too?&nbsp;  For more episodes and the full text, visit&nbsp;

#124 How to Learn English with Netflix

&gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp;&nbsp;Course 2024! Visit&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; In today's episode, I will talk about an issue that is of great concern to language students. It is the much-feared&nbsp;plateau.&nbsp; What is a&nbsp;plateau? A plateau happens when you stop your progress despite continuing to do "all the right things."&nbsp; An interesting expression for this situation is:&nbsp;to hit a plateau.&nbsp; For example: "It seems&nbsp;I hit a plateau because I can't see any progress with my English, and I'm still studying really hard!" For more episodes and the full text, visit&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

#126 Did you stop improving your English?

&gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp;&nbsp;Course 2024! Visit&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; Today, we are going to continue with more things that we should not say or do when you have a conversation in English. Next, you will practice some grammar in an intuitive way with a point of view lesson Cool! Let’s look at some more bad strategies. This way, you can avoid having&nbsp;uncomfortable&nbsp;conversations&nbsp;in the future. For more episodes and the full text, visit&nbsp;

#192 How to avoid uncomfortable conversations in English

&gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp; 2024! Visit&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; Do you like tea? I love trying different kinds, especially on cold days. Today, we’ll talk about the&nbsp;British&nbsp;love for&nbsp;tea. And in a future episode, I’ll show you how to make a&nbsp;British-style cup of tea. Tea for Everyone  Tea was cheaper:&nbsp;Tea cost less than alcohol, so more people could buy it. Easy to find:&nbsp;You could find tea in many places. It was easy to buy. No harmful effects:&nbsp;Tea didn’t make you sick or misbehave, like alcohol.  For more episodes and the full text, visit&nbsp; &nbsp;

#284 The History of Tea in the UK

This episode is for my English students who work in finance. But don't worry if you don't! I'll explain marketing and accounting in a way that's easy for everyone to understand. &gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp; 2024! Visit&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; Understanding Marketing Marketing is how businesses tell people about their products or services. Imagine it as a four-letter word: 'P-P-P-P.'  'Product' 'Price' 'Place' 'Promotion'  This is how companies advertise their products, like TV ads or online banners. &nbsp; For more episodes and the full text, visit&nbsp;

#288 Marketing and Accounting Made Simple

&gt;&gt; Get my new course: The&nbsp; 2024! Visit&nbsp; and get the course! &lt;&lt; Today, I want to talk about something called Diogenes syndrome. It might not be something you're familiar with, but it's a big deal in society. This syndrome is about people accumulating too much stuff in their homes. In the US, when someone has Diogenes syndrome, people try to help them in different ways.&nbsp; &nbsp; For more episodes and the&nbsp;full text, visit&nbsp; &nbsp;

#289 Diogenes Syndrome

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#124 How to Learn English with Netflix

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