Andy Explains English

As you know, I live in Portugal. In this episode, I introduce the context for a political revolution that happened in 1974, which ended a long dictatorship in the country.

I begin this week by discussing the feeling that you can't take on any new information because your brain is full, and I finish with some interesting new motivation to keep studying English!

In this episode, I finish my discussion of the intralanguage barrier by discussing the history of the English language, my experience with my family in the North East of England, and why this is all relevant for English learners (or any language)

In this episode, I introduce the concept of the intralanguage barrier, and I spend some time helping you to understand exactly what the -ing forms are in English, as well as telling you when you should use them

This week, I get distracted by another storm in Lisbon, and I decide to take up cooking to help alleviate my boredom.

Join me as I get back in the groove with the podcast, including the story of how I met my nephew for the first time!

This week, I rant (complain) about winter. I can bear it, but I definitely don't like it.

Join me on this second discussion of learning Chinese, where I focus more on my experiences learning this language, including a little bit of myth-busting!

This is the first of a pair of episodes about my experiences learning Chinese. In this first episode, I mostly talk about the name of the language in English and how it relates to some important questions in Chinese political and social culture.

Join me as I read you a love letter written for the city I live in: Lisbon.

In this episode, I complain/philosophise about time, and I reveal some great news!

Join me on a brief journey into one of the worst films I ever saw in my life…

Welcome to the first edition of the Andy Explains English podcast. My name, surprisingly, is Andy, and I'm a language coach. I'm passionate about effective, precise communication, and I love understanding the sub-structures that give meaning to the words and grammar that we all use every day as soon as we open our mouths to speak. In this first episode: I give you an introduction to the way that I think about language The way I teach A useful technique you can use to redefine any word for your own purposes And of course, some personal things about myself