I love listening to the radio! I grew up listening to radio. As a Brit, that meant mainly the BBC. Born in the year colour TV arrived, I’m not of the digital generation. My father was an engineer and spent most of his career working outside the UK. We » Read More
Seven BBC podcasts every English learner should try
I love listening to the radio! I grew up listening to radio. As a Brit, that meant mainly the BBC. Born in the year colour TV arrived, I’m not of the digital generation. My father was an engineer and spent most of his career working outside the UK. We » Read More
Cuckoos and Choo Choos – Onomatopoeia for Learners of English
Anyone who has heard a cuckoo make its distinctive call or a steam train blow its whistle will have an idea what the word ‘onomatopoeia’ means. Put simply onomatopoeic words are words, which sounds like the thing they represent. If we look at our two examples above, a cuckoo’s » Read More