British Accent Podcast 32: Reading of "Pronunciation Poem" by the British Council.

Please find the poem here: 

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-poems-pronunciation-poem-support-pack.pdf

"Pronunciation Poem" by the British Coucil Read in a British English Accent - Podcast 32

This is dictation exercise 1 for the Blue Level. 

BL Dictation Exercise A

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Parents Conversation

Phan Xa - Mini Story

Today we’re going to really focus on how you can talk about different future events more naturally in English. You probably learned to use the word “will” or what we often call the future simple when we talk about future events. For example, you would maybe say something like, “I will go to dinner with my friend after work tonight”, or “I will go to Portugal next week for a business conference”. The only problem is we don’t really talk like that in English.

The Simple Future Tense

Have you ever had a conversation in English, maybe on the telephone, when you’re making hotel reservations or talking to an international client in another country, or maybe you’re talking face-to-face with someone after a business meeting or a conference, and you don’t know how to end the conversation? 

The good news is, today is the last day where you will ever feel like that, because we’re going to focus on how you can end a conversation and say goodbye in many different situations, using common, everyday expressions that we use today in modern English.

17 Ways to Say Goodbye in English

Meritocracy, then and now. Laurie Taylor talks to Peter Hennessy, Attlee professor of contemporary British history at Queen Mary, University of London. How did meritocracy arise as a concept and has it ever been realised in practice given the persistence of notions of a British Establishment with control over access to the centres of power? They are joined by Danny Dorling, professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. Also, doctors' choice of desert island discs - what do they tell us about the possession of cultural capital? Ruth McDonald, professor of health science research at Manchester University, discusses the meaning of elite musical tastes.

Producer: Jayne Egerton. Published on November 12, 2014.

Meritocracy; Desert Island Doctors

The eminent Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel brings his trademark style to a discussion on a current issue, questioning the thinking underlying a current controversy This week, he takes a provocative look at the controversial subject of incentivising good health. 

Michael Sandel has been enthralling students at Harvard for years. These discussions - recorded in front of an audience at the London School of Economics - bring his trademark style to Radio 4. They're challenging, outspoken and interactive. 

Sandel turns his attention to health and ponders whether the present constraints on the NHS leave us with no choice but to bribe people to be healthy. Profound moral questions lie behind paying people to lose weight, quit smoking or abandon alcohol. Michael Sandel weaves through these issues with the help of philosophers past and present. 


Producer: Adele Armstrong. Published on April 17, 2012.

Should we bribe people to be healthy?

BAFTA winning Director Ken Loach joins us for What make us Human. Feb 21, 2017

Ken Loach: What make us Human?

Hey everyone!

Let's return to basics! Today's podcast is about how to use the present simple in English- the most basic verb tense. Have a listen to make sure you know this tense perfectly.
 
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Ep. 78 The Present Simple | ABA on Air

In episode 23 of the IELTS VIP Podcast I will look at some really good research I looked at.

It looks at the question of whether academic success can be determined by habit or whether this is something you are born with.

Can you learn some habits and strategies that will help you outperform others in the IELTS test? This podcast will give you an answer to this question.

The research is drawn from a few different research articles which you can find here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285864991_Giftedness_Predicting_the_speed_of_expertise_acquisition_by_intellectual_ability_and_metacognitive_skillfulness_of_novices

https://www.jstor.org/stable/258875?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797616659930

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Episode 23: Is it Possible to Learn Strategies to Pass the IELTS Test?

Thinking Allowed

Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works and discusses current ideas on how we live today.