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#248: English Conversation About Travel | Funny Stories!

By Ethan | Aug 26, 2021

In this episode of the RealLife English podcast, Ethan and Andrea share some of their most fun and memorable stories traveling around the world. Here’s a little teaser: Ethan tells us about his experience being in ‘house arrest” in Thailand. Can you imagine Andrea, also in Thailand, putting on Muay Thai gloves and getting into…

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Beyond Borders #10: Relax, Enjoy and Learn: It’s about Connection, not Perfection | Lindsay from AllEars English

By Ethan | Aug 23, 2021

Lindsay, from All Ears English, is an American podcast host and producer, and entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience teaching English as a Second language in Japan, Argentina, Guatemala, and the US. She believes in ‘connection, not perfection’ when it comes to learning English, and has inspired English language learners worldwide through her…

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#247: Feeling Stuck in Your English? Here’s WHY and HOW to Improve it!

By Ethan | Aug 19, 2021

You often ask us questions about how to reach the next level in your English. At the beginning, progress feels so fast, but then it becomes slower and slower, and you get stuck at the same level for a while, and you just don’t know how to break through and get to the next one.…

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Beyond Borders (Special 2): Transform Your English with These 4 Experts

By Ethan | Aug 16, 2021

Today we’re bringing you another Beyond Borders podcast special as we prepare our next interview with Lindsay McMahon from All Ears English. This week we’ve taken some of the most powerful fragments from previous shows with Anna from English Fluency Journey, Hadar from Accents Way, Christina Lorimer and Leo Gomez. You’re going to love this…

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#246: Learn about Investment and Cryptocurrency in English | 18 Words and Phrasal Verbs

By Ethan | Aug 11, 2021

This week you will learn a lot of English vocabulary related to finances and on top of that you’ll learn quite a bit from this crash course of sorts on investment and cryptocurrency. We’ll teach you some phrasal verbs having to do with investments, then we’ll touch on the crypto-craze that’s been going on for…

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Beyond Borders (Special 1): Is It Possible To Speak Good English If I Practice With Non-natives?

By Ethan | Aug 9, 2021

As we prepare for the next Beyond Borders interview, featuring a guest you are going to be very excited to learn with, we’ve put together this lesson with bits from some of our previous guests. Have you ever asked, I want to speak English with natives, where do I find them? Have you avoided speaking…

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#245: How to Express Your Emotions in English

By Ethan | Aug 5, 2021

When people ask us “How are you?”, we often get lazy and we use the same old replies such as “I’m good,” or “I’m great,” AND especially “I’m fine.” But there are so many more great ways to describe how you’re feeling if you want to be more specific about your emotions. In this podcast…

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Beyond Borders with Ethan #9: Find the Courage you Need to LIVE your English | Emma from Mmm English

By Ethan | Aug 2, 2021

Emma, from mmmEnglish, is a YouTube Teacher, English Confidence Coach, and Entrepreneur based in Perth, Australia. She started her channel to help her former Vietnamese students get out of the classroom and develop real-world fluency and has now grown it to a community of over 4M subscribers. Emma is passionate about helping English learners build…

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#244: Talking About Sleep | English Idioms & Vocabulary

By Ethan | Jul 29, 2021

We spend one third of our lives sleeping and it’s no wonder that there are so many great words we use instead of sleep in English. By learning them, you can be more specific about the way that you describe your sleep. We also use heaps of expressions related to sleep that can be confusing…

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