8 Podcasts for Fluent English Advanced English Listening

hi i’m vanessa from speak english with

vanessa calm do you like to listen to

podcast let’s talk about eight awesome

podcasts that you can use to learn

english let’s get started i always say

that the best way to learn english

fluently is to immerse yourself in

english on a daily basis and one of the

best ways to do this if you don’t live

in an english-speaking country is to

constantly listen to english material

you can listen to something while you’re

making breakfast

while you’re sitting on the train while

you’re sitting in traffic you can just

really surround yourself with english

and podcasts are a great way to do that

so today i’d like to share with you

eight english learning podcasts that you

can use to surround and immerse yourself

in english if you don’t have much free

time the first podcast recommendation is

going to be a great fit for you it is

BBC’s 6 minute English they talk about

current topics and interesting relevant

ideas such as Bitcoin the man flu or

ethical coffee they have short segments

and they’re relatively easy to

understand these first three

recommendations are the easiest to

understand and then the later ones are

gonna be based on conversation sometimes

more complex conversations and ideas so

first I recommend BBC’s 6 minute English

my second recommendation is English

class 101 coms podcast they feature a

lot of vocabulary builders and exercises

there are more structured podcasts so

you’re gonna learn things such as the

top 38 languages spoken in the world or

the top 10 holidays in the UK you’re

gonna build your vocabulary and they

also have more structured exercises to

do my third recommendation is VOA Voice

of America Voice of America features

slow

news articles the speakers speak

relatively slowly it’s easier to

understand them then the regular fast

news articles and you’re gonna learn

relevant things so if you enjoy

listening to the news this is a good fit

for you to help you improve your

listening and understand most of the

vocabulary because it’s relatively

simple the next five podcast

recommendations are best for learners

who can already understand some English

like this video if you can understand me

speaking then you’ll be doing great with

these next recommendations because the

speakers speak pretty quickly pretty

naturally but their English teachers so

they’re gonna use vocabulary and

expressions and sentence structures that

are useful to you as you’re learning

English they’re gonna be thinking about

you as a learner but they’re also gonna

be speaking a little bit quickly so

let’s go ahead to these next five

recommendations my fourth podcast

recommendation is happy English podcast

with Michael who lives in New York City

Michael has short fun practical lessons

there are usually less than 10 minutes

and you’re gonna learn a lot of idioms

you’re gonna learn ways to talk about

the weather

you’re gonna learn how to know the

difference between have got and have

gotten lots of practical tips while also

being fuelled with energy for English my

fifth recommendation is the feel-good

English podcast with Kevin Kevin takes a

different twist on the idea of learning

English through daily life he talks

about how to become a better person so

instead of talking about news articles

or common topics he talks about becoming

a better person things that he has

learned in life may be interesting and

deep books that he has read so if you

want to have self-improvement if you

want to improve yourself or if you want

to learn about deep ideas like stress

and happiness this is a great podcast

for you kevin has a lot of insight in

life and he also has a lot of passion my

sixth recommendation

is the real-life English podcast these

are fun informal unscripted

conversations featuring English speakers

with different accents

they feature interesting ideas such as

adventuring backpacking and learning

English in a hostel or do I need to

speak without an accent or how to have

the best year ever you’re gonna be able

to inspire yourself and also learn a lot

of interesting things with the real-life

English podcast my seventh

recommendation is the all ears English

podcast with Americans Lindsay and

Michelle they talk about expressions

vocabulary idioms tips for learning

English and they often feature other

guests as well you’re gonna learn

interesting topics such as how to have

fluency the smart way or how natives

talk about their hometowns or is there

ever a good time to use the word 8 in

English this is a motivated passionate

podcast so if you want to start your day

in an excited way make sure to listen to

this my eighth and final recommendation

is Luke’s English this one-hour +

podcast is excellent for learning about

British English and also just how to

talk about life Luke features really

interesting topics such as the birth of

my daughter

or we talk about Star Wars or the Royal

British family a quiz there is quite a

variety of topics and actually there’s

over 500 episodes so far so if you have

not started Luke’s English podcasts you

have many hours of listening

entertainment and information at your

disposal I hope that some of these 8

podcasts are new for you I recommend

listening today choosing one choose one

Episode start to listen use your smart

phone I think you could even stream them

on the computer make sure that you spend

time learning English and listening as

much as possible so now I want to know

for you do you have any other podcast

recommendations let me know in the

comments below and let’s learn from each

other

thanks so much and I’ll see you the next

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