Taylored to perfection (The English English Podcas

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Taylored to perfection (The English English Podcas

Fun, informative listening praqctice for B1 to C1 English learners. It's conversation, expanation and games by English teachers at Taylor School in Oviedo, Spain. We talk about a different topic each time.

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    Words of the year 2024

    Dave Taylor and David Buchanan discuss words of the year. This is good for high level students. The words: Our favourites (the english ones): mellifluous, sincere, dragonfly Words of the year: brain rot, demure, brat, lore, slop Previous words of the year: podcast, sudoku, toxic, goblin mode, rizz Quiz words: doomscolling, goated, kenergy, beige flag

  2. 48

    Star Wars vs. Star Trek

    Learn English and listen to the final word on the biggest question of the last 40 years: Which is better: Star Wars or Star Trek. With special guests John Wyke and Admiral Stargazer. The admiral is from the podcast Torpedo Rojo. Vocabulary: Unfulfilled Smuggler Make a big impact Resorting to violence Stylised Goal Hype Soft reboot Pop culture Plot hole Traitor So called... Grammar: But However Although Though Whereas

  3. 47

    Money Podcast

    Aprender inglés sobre dinero y bancos. Learn English with our Podcast about Money and Banks. Dave Taylor Presents this episode with Vicky Perez and Liz Wyke as guests. There is a list of the vocabulary that we use at Taylorschool.es/podcasts and we explain the difficult vocab after the show.

  4. 46

    Science

    Learn English related to science. Find the list of vocabulary at taylorschool.es/podcasts. John Wyke presents this podcast with Dave Taylor and Beth Gerard as guests. They talk about experiments and scientists.. John also gives us a quiz with general knowledge questions about basic science. Aprende inglés.

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    Technology

    Learn English related to technology with this podcast presented by Beth Gerrard and starring Dave and John. We're all teachers at Taylor School in Oviedo in Spain. You can find the difficult vocab and more podcasts at taylorschool.es/podcasts. Enjoy the show!

  6. 44

    Rob Taylor - Adventure Camera Operator

    Dave talks to his brother, Rob, about his life as a camera operator for adventure progrogrammes. He talks about the animals he's worked with and places he's been. There's also a quiz about marine life. You can find a list of the difficult vocab at taylorschool.es/podcasts and at the end Dave talks about all the difficult words and explains the meanings.

  7. 43

    12 Tips for the Speaking part of B2 First Certificate and C1 Advanced

    John and Dave from Taylor School in Oviedo give you advice on how to pass the speaking part of the Cambridge B2 First Exam. Adriana from Expert English aslo tells us useful inside info about the exam day. Inés Hernánez does some acting as our Cambridge Examiner. Find the notes and list of tips at taylorschool.es/podcasts

  8. 42

    Pass the listening part of Cambridge B2 First and C1 Advanced Exams

    Dave, Beth and Lucy give you tips on how to pass the listening part of the B2 First and C1 Advacned Exams. This is part of a series that looks at all the different papers of these exams. Next week Speaking. Thanks to Adriana from Expert English Cambdrige Exam Centre for give us your expert advice. There's also a game at the end with some very difficult listening questions. Find the tips at taylorschool.es/podcasts

  9. 41

    10 Tips: How to Pass the Writing Part of the Cambridge First Certificate Exam (B2) and Advanced (C1)

    Do you want to pass the Cambridge First Certificate B2 exam or the Cambridge Advanced C1 exam? This programme tells you how to do the writing part. Our expert teachers share their knowledge of common mistakes and useful things to remember when you're studying English and getting ready to take the exam. Find notes at taylorschool.es/podcasts

  10. 40

    12 Tips to Pass the Use of English and Reading for B2 First and C1 Advanced Exams

    Beth, Lucy, Dave and Adriana give you 12 tips to help you pass the B2 First and C1 Advanced Cambridge Exams. This is part of a series of episodes dedicated to the Cambridge exams. Find notes from the episode at taylorschool.es/podcasts and search for exams. Aprobar el B2 First y C1 Advanced to Cambridge.

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    How to Pass the Cambridge B2 First (and C1) - Part 1

    This episode is the first in a series all about the B2 First and C1 Advanced Cambridge Exams. Dave is joined by Gil Brrownlow from the Oviedo Cambridge Exam Centre ACEIPA. They talk about what happens on exam day and give tips about what to take, and what to expect. See the next 5 episodes for tips about each part of the B2 and C1 Exams. Find the notes from the episode at taylorschool.es/podcasts and also a blog post in spanish on at our website taylorschool.es

  12. 38

    English can be weird - through tough thorough thought, though

    "English can be weird. I can be understood through tough thorough thought, though." Aprende inglés con Taylored to Perfection. This programme is all about difficult spellings and pronunciation. Karen Mee joins me for the first time. She's a Drama teacher and English teacher and she helps explain the strange spellings. Find the notes at Taylorschool.es/podcasts - type in Weird to the search bar.

  13. 37

    Fast and Quick

    This is a short episode Karan and Dave recorded to help people decide whether to use 'fast' or 'quick'. We have a quiz and different conversation questions. You can find the grammar notes at our website: taylorschool.es/podcasts. Type 'Fast' into the search bar and the episode audio and notes will appear. Also join our Facebook group at 'English Learning Community - Taylor School Group'.

  14. 36

    IN & ON - Prepositions 1

    Beth and Dave give you the common uses of ON and IN. We also play games and give you lots of examples of the prepositions in use. We also listen to prepositions in songs. This is for B1 or B2 students and is just the beginning of the very very big topic of prepositions. Find us at taylorschool.es.

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    Conditionals - Grammar Special

    Beth, Lucy and Dave speak about conditionals. Example: If you don't listen to this show, you won't know all about conditionals! We talk about zero, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and mixed conditionals. We play games and give you the grammar explanation for conditionals. Find us at taylorschool.es. We record the programme at our academia de inglés en la florida, Oviedo.

  16. 34

    Gerund or Infinitive

    Dave, Beth and Lucy talk about the rules for using gerunds (verb+ing) or infinitives (to + verb) in our 8th episode about grammar. We chose this topic because it was a question on our facebook group: English Learning Community - Taylor School Group. Find us on facebook, join the group and learn more English!

  17. 33

    Passives and Causatives - Grammar Practice and Conversation

    We talk about Passives and Causatives - we tell you how to make them, and give you lots of examples of both. It's Dave and Karan talking at Taylor School in Oviedo. There's quiz, a competition and we're just having fun and talking about when people have helped us and what we'd do if we were supreme leaders of the world.. The usual Monday morning chit-chat.

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    Futures - Grammar Practice and Conversation

    John, Carrie and Dave give you the different ways to talk about the future and we talk about our predictions, plans and intentions. Find more information about Taylor School at Taylorschool.es and also you can send your teenager on a summer exchange to Boston with Carrie - http://www.letsboston.com/. Listen and learn English. Aprende inglés, gramatica

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    Present perfect - grammar practice and conversation

    Dave talks to Beth about the present perfect. We look at how to form it, the different uses for the present perfect and we give you lots of examples with conversation and amusing games. Listen to previous episodes for present simple and continuous and past simple and continuous. Learn English. Listen! Aprende inglés.... escucha!

  20. 30

    Past Simple and Continuous

    This is the 3rd in our series of podcasts about grammar. This one looks at the form and uses of the past simple and past continuous. There's a competition and funny stories along with the grammar explanations. Dave Taylor presents and John Wyke and Carrie Mittleman are the guests. Contantact us at [email protected] or on 984202191

  21. 29

    Grammar Practice and Conversation - Present Continuous

    Refresh your grammar. This is the second in a series of Taylored to Perfection Specials about grammar. This first one is about present continuous -we give you examples of the different uses of the present continuous and then we play a game using the present continuous. The previous episode is about the present simple and the next one is about the past simple... Follow the series to refresh your grammar. Enjoy.

  22. 28

    Present Simple - Grammar Practice and Conversation

    This is the first in a series of Taylored to Perfection Specials about grammar. This first one is about the present simple -we give you examples of the different uses of the present simple and then we play a game using the present simple. This is a starting point for looking at more complicated grammar points in later shows. Enjoy.

  23. 27

    Creativity in the Classroom

    This episode is all about doing creative activities in the classroom. It's for intermediate and advanced level students and it will also be useful for ESL teachers. We give you vocab related to teaching and also lots of ideas and inspiration for teachers. Find the vocab at taylorschool.es/podcasts...

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    Books - Learn Conversational English

    Taylored to perfection - libros. Un podcast que graban en Taylor School profesores nativos para que los oyentes aprendan inglés de manera divertida. Nivel A2-B2. In this episode Beth, Lucy and Karan talk about their favourite books, authors, childrens books and lots more. Look at taylorschool.es/podcast for the list of vocab and reading list.

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    The Great Outdoors - Learn Conversational English

    Taylored to perfection - El Campo y el Mundo Natural. Un podcast que graban en Taylor School profesores nativos para que los oyentes aprendan inglés de manera divertida. Nivel A2-B2. In this episode Beth, Lucy and Karan talk about their experience doing outdoor activities. Look at taylorschool.es/podcast for the list of vocab.

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    Gardening - Learn Conversational English

    Taylored to perfection - Jardinería. Un podcast que graban en Taylor School profesores nativos para que los oyentes aprendan inglés de manera divertida. Nivel A2-B2. In this episode Beth, Dave and Karan talk about their experience with gardens, growing vegetables and flowers. We also play a game using expressions that include plants. At the end Dave explains all the vocab from the list. Look at the vocab list under the audio at taylorschool.es/podcasts.

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    First impressions - Learn Conversational English

    Taylored to perfection - Primeras impresiones. Un podcast que graban en Taylor School profesores nativos para que los oyentes aprendan inglés de manera divertida. Nivel A2-B2. In this first episode John, Lucy and Karan talk about their first impressions of Asturias and we John tests them on how well they know eachother after 1 month working together.

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    Taylored to Perfection - Change of name.

    The English English Podcast is now called 'Taylored to Perfection'. We have also started new podcasts called 'Taylor's Business English Podcast' for anyone who wants to learn English for situations related to work. Find us on itunes or ivoox at taylorschool or on our website at taylorschool.es/podcasts or taylorschool.es/businesspodcasts

  29. 21

    Holidays - The English English Podcast S01E22

    The episode is presented by Liz, with Dave and John as guests. They talk about lots of different things related to holidays and travel. Don't forget to download the PDF with vocab and activities at taylorschool.es/podcasts.

  30. 20

    Preservatives and Constipation: Common Mistakes made by Spanish Speakers

    This episode is all about those mistakes that Spanish people often make when speaking English. John presents with Liz and Dave as guests. Id you want to reduce the number of errors you make when speaking English this show is for you! We have exercises on our PDF at taylorschool.es/podcasts.

  31. 19

    California, Minnesota and Maine

    California, Minnesota and Maine In this special all American show Beth from Taylor School talks to Molly and Jaclyn about their home states. They discuss the extreme differences and the similarities between their states and compare their experiences of moving to Europe. Molly is a freelance translator, her company is called Yurick Translations and Jaclyn teaches at Funny English in Pola de Siero and Mieres.

  32. 18

    Sport - The English English Podcast S01E19

    This episode is presented by Billy with John and Liz answering the conversation questions about sport. They also talk about sporting vocabulary and idioms that come from the world of sport. Don't forget you can find a PDF with vocab and comprehension questions at taylorschool.es/podcasts

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    Numbers - The English English Podcast S01E18

    Dave, John and Beth talk about numbers. They look at how to say different types of numbers in English and also look at some interesting statistics. Don't forget you can download the worksheet at taylorschool.es/podcasts.

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    St Patrick's Day and Ireland

    John, Bea and Liz talk about St Patrick's day and the Irish. Bea spent a year in Dublin and gives an overview of the interesting aspects of life in Ireland. Half of John's family is in Ireland and he's half Irish himself so he tells us all about the St Patrick's traditions etc. Don't forget to download the worksheet that goes along with the podcast: taylorschool.es/podcasts

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    Cinema

    This episode is all about films, going to the cinema and of course the Oscars. There's a PDF available at Taylorschool.es/podcasts where you can find a vocab list and activities. Beth, Dave and John are the participants and the game is all about spanish translations of film titles.

  36. 14

    Children Learning English - The English English Podast S01E14

    Beth and Dave from Taylor school talk with Joe from After School English about teaching English to children. They talk about how parents can help children learn languages more easily. Joe talks about his experience growing up in a bilingual context and there's a quiz about cartoons. The PDF with vocab and activities is at taylorschool.es/podcasts.

  37. 13

    Valentine's Day Special - The English English Podcast S01E13

    Listen and learn English with this special edition of the English English Podcast redicated to valentine's day and romance. Dave, Liz and Beth discuss traditions, phrasal verbs for relationships and do the romantic film quiz. Don't forget we have a PDF with vocab and activities at taylorschool.es/podcast

  38. 12

    Australia - The English English Podcast S01E12

    Listen and learn English with Liz Wyke, Dave Taylor and Beth Gerard talking about the island-continent of Austalia. Beth recently came back from a trip to Australia where her sister was getting married and Dave worked there when he was young and adventurous. We look at some colourful Australian slang and discuss the wild animals. The PDF with vocab and exercises is available at taylorschool.es/podcasts.

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    Predictions for 2017 - The English English Podcast S01E11

    John, Liz and Beth discuss preditions for 2017 and look at future tenses. They also see if they can predict google's preditions. Topics of discussion are Trump, Brexit, fires, volcanoes and the Pope. Remeber you can download the PDF with glossary and activities at taylorschool.es/podcasts

  40. 10

    Rock & Roll: The Early Years - The English English Podcast S01E10

    This week Dave is in the UK talking to rock & roll veteran Pete Taylor about his life as a musician in the 1950s and 60s. For the free PDF with vocab and listening activities go to taylorschool.es/podcasts. Pete talks about making his own instruments, his early influences and his life playing skiffle, rock & roll, blues, folk, jazz and more. Now at 74 years old he's still playing his bass in a blues band that you can hear at the end of the show or find at https://bessiesblues.wordpress.com/.

  41. 9

    2016 has been a crazy year - The English English Podcast S01E09

    Beth, John and Dave discuss the year 2016. We talk about the major events that have happened and we play a game about the good news from 2016. You can find the PDF with vocab and activities at taylorschool.es/podcasts.

  42. 8

    Christmas Special - The English English Podcast S01E08

    Spoiler alert! If you believe in Santa Clause or the 3 magic kings do not listen to this. Beth, John and Dave talk about Christmas with their families, Christmas traditions around the world and lying to children. With vocab and a game. Enjoy!

  43. 7

    Words of the year - The English English Podcast S01E07

    The first of our three special year-end edition editions of the English English Podcast. Presented by Dave Taylor and starring John Wyke and Beth Gerard. You can find a PDF with a glossary and activities at taylorschool.es/podcasts. Don't forget to subscribe, comment and share!

  44. 6

    Hometowns - The English English Podcast S01E06

    A fun ten minute conversation about hometowns. Presented by Dave Taylor and starring Billy Nabeel and Beth Gerard. You can find a PDF with a glossary and activities at taylorschool.es/podcasts. Don't forget to subscribe!

  45. 5

    Memory - The English English Podcast S01E05

    This is a podcast for learners of English. It's conversation, expanation and games by English teachers at Taylor School in Oviedo, Spain. This Episode looks at memory with guests sharing memories and talking about the things they find easy and difficult to remember. Find a glossary and activities on the Taylor School website: taylorschool.es.

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    Restaurants - The English English Podcast S01E04

    This is a podcast for learners of English. It's conversation, expanation and games by English teachers at Taylor School in Oviedo, Spain. This Episode looks at restaurants with conversation and vocab related to food and the restaurant experience. Find a glossary and activities on the Taylor School website: taylorschool.es/blog

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    Job Interviews - The English English Podcast S01E03

    This is a podcast for learners of English. It's conversation, expanation and games by English teachers at Taylor School in Oviedo, Spain. This Episode looks at job interviews with advice for people who might have interviews in English. Find a glossary and activities on the Taylor School website: taylorschool.es.

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    Halloween special - The English English Podcast S01E02

    A fun ten minute conversation about the origins of halloween and traditions in the USA. Presented by Liz Wyke and starring John Wyke and Beth Gerrard.

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    Englishness - The English English Podcast S01E01

    This is a podcast for learners of English. It's conversation, expanation and games by English teachers at Taylor School in Oviedo, Spain. This Episode looks at Englishness and what being English means to our teachers.

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Fun, informative listening praqctice for B1 to C1 English learners. It's conversation, expanation and games by English teachers at Taylor School in Oviedo, Spain. We talk about a different topic each time.

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