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The English Made Simple Podcast | English Podcast | English Conversations Made Easy | Work | Study | Travel — 342 episodes
[341] Tech Talk: Learn English for Online Meetings
[340] How to Start and End an Email in English (Even with AI)
[339] How to Ask for Help at Work (Without Feeling Embarrassed)
[338] Lost? Here’s How to Ask for Directions in English
[337] How to Complain Politely in English (At a Restaurant or Hotel)
[336] 10 Travel Phrases to Survive an Airport
[335] Talking About Deadlines (Without Sounding Stressed)
[334] Aussie Workplace Culture: What’s the Deal with 'Smoko'?
[333] How to Politely Interrupt in English
[332] How to Make English Part of Your Daily Life
[331] What to Do When You Feel Stuck Learning English
[330] How to Build a Simple English Routine (You’ll Actually Stick To!)
[329] How to Restart Your English Routine
[328] A Little Life Update - And Thank You 💛
[327] How to Set Goals for 2025 Using the SMARTER Method
[326] Reflecting on 2024: Lessons Learned and Goals for 2025
[325] How to Handle Customer Complaints
[324] Have You Experienced Bad Customer Service?
[323] Learning US Accents: Clear Call Centre Conversations
[322] Human Teachers vs. AI: Which is Better for Learning English?
[321] AI in Everyday Conversations: How to Practice English with Your Phone
[320] How AI-Powered Smartphones Can Boost Your English Skills
[319] How to Start Conversations with the Olympic Games
[318] Driving in Australia vs Europe
[317] My Hilarious Car Rental Adventure
[316] My Journey to Middle-earth: Exploring New Zealand's South Island
[315] Sorry, Can You Spell Your Name Again Please?
[314] How to Clearly Spell Your Name in English
[313] Train-Themed Idioms: A Train of Thought | Off The Rails and More
[312] New Idioms: Derail a Project | Full Steam Ahead | Get on Board
[311] Train Travel: My Australian New Year Adventure
[310] Wrapping Up 2023 + A Journey into the Future
[309] English Airport Phrases Every Traveller Should Know
[308] Navigating the Airport: Essential English Phrases for Travellers
[307] Create Win-Win Scenarios, Take Care of Business, and Keep Everyone in the Loop
[306] Short and Sweet Phrases + Repeat After Me + YouTube
[305] Learning English with Artificial Intelligence - AI
[304] Workplace: Learn These Key Expressions for Clear Communication
[303] Top 5 Challenges for Non-English Speakers in the Workplace
[302] Business Vocab: Paid Off, Hands On, Time Conscious
[301] The Year of the Rabbit + R and R + Zombie Apocalypse
[300] Business Vocab: Lead Generation, Cold Outreach and Customer Service
[299] Business Vocab: Procurement, Brainstorming and Raising Funds
[298] Business English: How to Start a Business - Interview with Jovana Vujnic
[297] My Two Passions + Workplace English
[296] How To Write Emails For Work - Part 3
[295] How to Write Emails for Work - Part 2
[294] How To Write Emails For Work - Part 1
[293] How to Give Constructive Feedback in the Workplace
[292] 3 Ways To Say 'Keep Up The Good Work'
[291] More Dad Jokes to Make You Laugh
[290] Your Survey Responses
[289] How I Lost Weight by Listening to Metallica
[288] Quotes from the Stoics + Lunar New Year
[287] Have You Set Goals for 2022 Yet?
[286] Holiday Greetings (Rock N’ Roll Style)
[285] Are You Taking Any Leave This Month?
[284] I've Been Flat Out
[283] Phrase: To Make Plans
[282] Phrase: To Fill In
[281] To Look Forward to Something
[280] To Lose Track of Time
[279] Where Have You Been?
[278] Milestone Moment: Celebrating a Major EMS Milestone
[277] What does Brand New mean?
[276] NEW - Short And Sweet is Back
[275] Short Chat: At The Auto Repair Shop
[274] Short Chat: How to Order a Sandwich
[273] Short Chat: How to Order a Cup of Coffee
[272] Short Chat: How to Make Appointment with Friends
[271] Short Chat: At The Airport in Australia
[270] Short Chat: Asking For Directions
[269] Pro Speak: English Pronunciation Short Course
[268] Short Chat: Making Dinner Reservations
[267] Welcome to the Year of the Ox - 2021
[266] Flashback Episode: Motivational Quotes to Inspire You
[265] Short Chat: At The Pharmacy
[264] Short Chat: On the Phone with the Pizza Restaurant
[263] Short Chat: At The Post Office
[262] Advanced Speaker vs Fluent Speaker of English
[261] 12 Dad Jokes To Help You Learn English
[260] Speak Better English with Pro Speak
[259] 5 Phrases to Practice During Lockdown
[258] How to Use 'Give Someone a Call' Phrase Correctly
[257] English Expression: Can't Get Over Something
[256] How to Use the Phrase: Get Over
[255] What to Say When You're Feeling Unwell
[254] English Expression: To Take Something with a Grain of Salt
[253] Updated: How To Simplify Conversations Audiobook
[252] 4 Coronavirus Phrases As Seen on TV
[251] How To Stay Sane During Coronavirus Isolation
[250] Life in the Time of Corona
[249] Travel English: Getting Around the Airport
[248] Learn English Vocabulary: Weather and Natural Disasters
[247] Phrases to Use for Holidays and Public Holidays
[246] Are You Superstitious?
[245] Flashback: Marry vs Merry (Homophones)
[244] What to Write Inside a Greeting Card
[243] What's the Number One Problem You're Facing with English?
[242] Thanks Heaps + What's Coming Next
[241] Chat with a Shop Assistant
[240] 30+ Conversation Starters to Break the Ice
[239] 3 New English Phrases: Time Off, Off and Well-Off
[238] Are You Shy? (Shy of and Shy Away From)
[237] How to Improve Your Listening Skills with Audiobooks
[236] 3 Survival Phrases to Save You from Curly Conversations
[235] Presenting in English to a Small Group of People (on Any Topic)
[234] Do You Feel Anxious or Embarrassed When Speaking in English?
[233] 3 Phrases You’ll Hear When Shopping
[232] 6 Super Easy English Greetings - Formal & Informal Greetings
[231] My Failed Attempt At A French Conversation Starter
[230] How To Overcome Your Fear of Rejection + Speaking Challenge
[229] My Simplest Convo Starter + I've Got A Gift For You
[228] At The Dentist - Making Small Talk With My Dentist
[227] Learn Two More Conversation Starters
[226] Repeat After Me
[225] The Quickest And Easiest Way To Start Speaking With Others in English
[224] How To Boost Your Speaking Skills (Tips By My Student Lesly)
[223] How To Feel Less Anxious When Conversing in English
[222] 3 Easy Techniques To Start A Conversation With Anyone
[221] How To Simplify A Conversation - Audio Book
[220] An Easy Way To Make Small Talk
[219] What Is Your Conversational Style?
[218] How Much Does It Cost To Learn English in Australia? Part 2
[217] What is the Process of Learning English in Australia? Part 1
[216] 3 Simple Ways to Keep a Conversation Going
[215] When You Find Yourself To Be 'Out Of Your Comfort Zone'
[214] Are You Using Words That Might Get You In Trouble With Your Friends or Colleagues?
[213] "I Want To Improve My English Conversation But I Don’t Know How"
[212] How To Improve Your Pronunciation in 4 Weeks (Pronunciation Masterclass)
[211] Can You Pronounce These Five Words?
[210] How You Can Learn English From Home (And a Happy New Year!)
[209] One Major Problem When Trying To Pronounce English Words Correctly
[208] English Pronunciation Made Simple (Video Link Inside)
[207] What To Say If You Can't Understand Someone (Or Their Accent)
[206] Catch Up | Get Along | Break Up | Figure Out | And More Inside My Teaching Notes
[205] How To Politely Interrupt Someone in a Business Meeting
[204] How to Engage in Small Talk (With Strangers or Acquaintances)
[203] How To Describe Your Personality
[202] Learn About Collocations and Prepositions of Time (IN, ON, AT)
[201] Learn These 4 Tips To Help You Remember Someone's Name
[200] Travelling Back in Time with English Made Simple
[199] A Bad Hair Day - English Expression
[198] Silent Letters That Even my Plumber Didn’t Know
[197] Check in | Check in with | Check in on someone
[196] Master Your Phone Skills in 4 Weeks
[195] How To Handle Difficult Phone Conversations
[194] How To Improve Your Phone Communication Skills So You Can Be Understood on The Phone
[193] How To Answer The Phone Politely
[192] How To Sound Clear and Confident When Speaking Over the Phone (Free Gift)
[191] Top 9 Ways To Learn English From Home (Inspired by EMS Listeners)
[190] How To Move To Australia
[189] Where Would You Go: Canada, Australia or New Zealand?
[188 GUEST] How You Can Come to Australia to Study (Chat with Soraya from Tour Studies)
[187] Top 5 Myths About Australia
[186] What's New for English Made Simple
[185 GUEST] IELTS Suvivor #3 - Chat with William About IELTS and Australia
[184 GUEST] IELTS Suvivor #2 - Chat with Carlos About IELTS and Australia
[183] How To Describe a Person, A Phone or An Experience (Good For IELTS)
[182 GUEST] Chatting with Eduardo about Australia and Surviving IELTS
[181] How To Prepare For IELTS (or TOEFL)
[180] Wanted: Survivors of IELTS
[179] How To Say and Accept Thank You's
[178] How To Leave a Voicemail Message
[177] How To Start Conversations Over the Phone
[176] 5 Steps To Help You Improve English Language Fluency
[175 SPECIAL] Happy Birthday to EMS :)
[174] On The Fly | When Pigs Fly | Time Flies
[173] Booking a Flight
[172] English for Hotel Receptionists (Hospitality & Tourism Industry)
[171] Check Something Out - Check Someone Out (Love, Dating Part 2)
[170] To Ask Someone Out on a Date (Love, Dating Part 1)
[169] Learn English With Ted Talks and Netflix
[168] Conversation Fillers To Gain Time When Speaking (Inspired by Alexis Sánchez)
[167] 4 Phrasal Verbs to Use At Work - Deal With | Fill In | Fill In For | Kick Off
[166] Phrasal Verbs - Get Across | Get Along | Get Away
[165] Learn 3 Collocations with TAKE + Speak Easy Details
[164] Free Gift Plus How To Have Fun Setting Yearly Goals
[163] Did You Achieve Your Goals in 2017?
[162] An Inspirational Story of One Immigrant Living Overseas - Interview with Nathi Eustaquio
[161] What Are Limiting Beliefs? (Plus New Phrases)
[160] Take A Look and Take a Photo (Plus More Phrases!)
[159] To Make A Fool of Yourself (Plus More Phrases)
[158] Speak Like A Native Speaker (Collocations Revisited)
[157] To Be Laid Back plus a Special Announcement!
[156] Simple Phrases to Use at a Café
[155] A Walk In The Park (English Expression)
[154] How To Learn To Speak English
[153] Keep Up The Good Work
[152 SPECIAL] Interview With My Evil Twin Sister
[151] Catch Up With Someone (English Expression)
[150] How To Start Speaking English Fluently
[149] 3 Questions To Ask At the End of a Job Interview
[148] 7 Job Interview Tips That Will Help You Get the Job
[147] How To Use Action Verbs In Your CV
[146] Walk Someone Through Something (Phrasal Verb)
[145] How To Write a Professional Summary for Your CV
[144] My Move To New Zealand - My First Experience with Immigration
[143] To Start From Zero - English Expression
[142] How To Deal With Feeling Homesick
[141] I Lost My Bearings Expression (Plus a Scary Story!)
[140] How Are You Settling In?
[139] Let Your Fingers Do The Walking
[138] Move In - Move Out - Look For - New Phrasal Verbs
[137] The Speaking Challenge Update
[136] Woohoo! I am back! (My Trip from Melbourne to Adelaide)
[135 SPECIAL] - 7 Day Speaking Challenge (Speak English Like A Boss)
[134] Difference Between Moving and Relocating
[133] To Go On A Binge - Plus More English Expressions
[132] Talking About Food Allergies
[131] That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles - English Expression
[130] How To Start A Conversation When Talking About Food
[129] 3 English Expressions Related to Cooking
[128] Home Cooked Meals - More English Vocabulary
[127] Cheesy Jokes - More Food Related Expressions
[126] 10 Words Used To Describe Tastes and Flavours - Part 2
[125] A Piece Of Cake - Plus More English Expressions
[124] Food and Drinks - English Vocabulary Part 1
[123] Learn 5 English Expressions Using The Word RUN
[122] Talk About An Outdoor Activity - IELTS TOEFL Speaking Question
[121] Learn 4 Ways To Walk
[120] Learning English Through Outdoor Activities
[119] Work Off That Junk Food
[118] Exercise and Fitness - English Vocabulary At The Gym
[117] Keep Up The Good Work
[116] Good At vs Good With vs Good In (Use These To Sound Fluent in English)
[115] 4 x English Expressions and 1 x Tip To Help You Expand Your Vocabulary
[114] How To Use Double Negatives in English
[113] When Pigs Fly - No Way Jose - Ain't Gonna Happen
[112] How To Say NO Politely
[111] Business Phrases To Help You Speak Professionally
[110] Useful English Phrases For Running a Business Meeting
[109] Welcome Aboard (Plus More Business Expressions)
[108] How To Start A Conversation In The Office (Small Talk)
[107] Corporate Buzzwords
[106] First Day At Work (New Vocabulary)
[105] To Be Flat Out - Plus More Business Idioms
[104] Talking About Your Job
[103] Have You Heard The One About...?
[102] Let's Talk About...About!
[101] To Crack Up, To Cringe And More
[100] It's Time To Have Fun With EMS - Enjoy!
[099] He Is Not That Into You
[098] How To Use Prepositions IN and INTO
[097] To Go On A Diet (Plus Two Linking Words)
[096] Prepositions ON and ONTO Explained
[095] Life's A Beach (Plus More English Expressions)
[094] Sheet vs Sh*t Beach vs Bitch Sheep vs Ship (Homophones)
[093] Tongue Twisters - Plus More (Trabalenguas)
[092] How to Pronounce These Words in English (Can't, Recipe, Receipt and More)
[091] Where Are You Off To? (Improve Your Fluency)
[090] Prepositions (Towards, At, By, Through)
[089] You Are On The Right Track (English Expression)
[088] How to Give Directions in English - Part 2
[087] Don't Get Lost - No Te Pierdas
[086] How To Ask For Directions in English - Part 1
[085] How To Pronounce Plurals of Nouns Ending in -ff, -f and -fe
[084] Talking About Cars
[083] Rush Hour Drives Me Crazy
[082] Fast and Curious (About Driving)
[081] Still At the Supermarket (Useful English Phrases)
[080] Grocery Shopping (Going To The Supermarket)
[079] A Splitting Headache
[078] Going To The Doctor's (Bonus Vocabulary)
[077] Expressions Related To Health
[076] At The Pharmacy
[075] Lend Me Your Ears (Expressions with Lend and Borrow)
[074] Difference Between Lend and Borrow (Plus New Vocabulary)
[073] Beauty Lies Within
[072] Difference Between To Lie and To Lay
[071] Hope For The Best (English Expressions with Hope)
[070] Difference Between: To Wish and To Hope
[069] Inspirational Quotes to Help You Stay Motivated This Year
[068] Wishing You a Happy 2017
[067] How To Achieve Your Goals Fast (Goals Made Simple)
[066] I Wish I Were (I wish I could...I wish I would...)
[065] Flower and Flour (My Experience with Homophones)
[064] Merry, Marry, There, Their, They're (Homophones and Christmas)
[063] Make A Promise (New Year's Resolution)
[062] Difference Between Make and Do (Make a New Year's Resolution)
[061] Let's Play It By Ear (More English Expressions)
[060] The Word Mean - What Does It Mean
[059] To Make An Announcement
[058] This Phrase Is Supposed To Make You Sound Fluent (To Be Supposed To)
[057] Sharing Is Caring (More Expressions)
[056] How To Pronounce -ING verbs (Action, Dynamic Verbs)
[055] To Think To Hear (Two Special Verbs)
[054] Remind vs Remember (and Stative Verbs)
[053] Just Me Ranting: A Blonde Moment
[052] Let's Bring It On! (Phrasal Verbs - Bring and Take)
[051] Common English Expressions Using Bring and Take
[050] Take vs Bring (plus Carry)
[049] Take Things For Granted (English Expression)
[048] I Love Irregular Verbs (Not!)
[047] Short And Sweet Ideas from Listeners (Plus an English Saying)
[046] How to Pronounce Regular Verbs in the Past Tense Correctly
[045] 5 Things I Am Getting Used To This Week
[044] Used To (I used to...You used to...)
[043] Melbourne vs Sydney (More About Australia)
[042] Difference Between Come and Go (Come Back And Go Back)
[041] When Animals Attack (More About Australia)
[040] Fun Facts About Australia
[039] Spell Your Name - Fast and Simple
[038] Speak English Over the Phone
[037] Short and Polite (Excuse me)
[036] How To Ask Questions Politely (Would, Could, May)
[035] Short and Sweet isn't it? (Surprise Questions)
[034] How To Ask Questions Future & Present Perfect Tense (Have, Going To, Will, Shall)
[033] A Stupid Question?
[032] How to Ask Questions (Auxiliary Verbs Be And Do)
[031] Short And Sweet in 5 mins or less!
[030] May vs Might vs Could (Expressing possibility)
[029] Must vs Have To
[028] How to Give Advice in English (Should)
[027] Don't Give Up (No Te Rindas)
[026] Talk With Native Speakers (Meetup.com)
[025] Learn Common Acronyms (FYI, WTH, SEX, KISS)
[024] How to Answer Job Interview Question: Tell Me About Yourself...
[023] Many vs Much
[022] Learn To Speak English With IELTS (Part 2)
[021] Learn To Speak English With IELTS (Part 1)
[020] Listen vs Hear
[019] The Word Look (More Examples and Phrasal Verbs)
[018] Difference Between Look, See and Watch
[017] Slang - Wassup homies? (I'm gonna, I wanna, I ain't!)
[016] Different Ways Of Using The Verb - Get
[015] Learn English with Collocations (And Speak Like a Native Speaker)
[014] I Hate IELTS (but there is still hope!)
[013] IELTS or TOEFL Which One Is Easier? (Test Your Fluency)
[012] How To Be Fluent in English (Tips)
[011] Present Perfect Tense With AC/DC (Rock on!)
[010] Past Perfect Tense (and Hello from Australia!)
[009] Cultural Differences Chile Australia New Zealand (Phrasal Verb Come Across)
[008] How To Be Polite When Ordering Food (Want vs Would like)
[007] Part 2 Phrasal Verbs Ask For (And a Hello to Mexico!)
[006] Fun Intro To Phrasal Verbs! Yeey! (Part 1)
[005] Common English Mistakes Made By Spanish Speakers
[004] Free English With DuoLingo and Some Funny Examples
[003] How You Can Learn English For Free
[002] How to Gain Confidence with English
[001] Difference Between Accents and Pronunciation
[000] Start Here - Introduction English Made Simple