Synopsis
Zapp! English Vocabulary and Pronunciation is based on *Real* unscripted English conversations featuring speakers with different accents. Each podcast also contains interactive audio classes with a teacher to work on your vocabulary and pronunciation. Every podcast comes with an e-book available on Zappenglish.com. The eBook includes the complete conversation and class transcripts, vocabulary lists, and additional practice exercises and answers only available in the eBooks. We charge a small amount for these eBooks which allows us to cover our development costs and keep publishing all the audio for FREE in iTunes. We hope you enjoy! Tom and Katie, Zappenglish.com
Episodes
-
Shopping - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.30
28/03/2013 Duration: 20minWhat's in your basket? In this unit you'll be expanding your English vocabulary related to all kinds of shopping, from the supermarket to the high street. You'll also develop your listening skills and focus on particular areas of English pronunciation such as problem sounds and word stress. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Education and Learning - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 2.8
26/03/2013 Duration: 27minDownload the eBook at http://zappenglish.com. Whether it was school, university or both, most of us have been in education at some point in our life. We often need to talk about these experiences, perhaps to compare with our friends or with people from different cultures, or maybe to tell someone about our education when we're trying to get a job. In this unit you'll learn frequent and useful vocabulary for different places, people and things on the topic of learning.
-
Advertising - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.29
21/03/2013 Duration: 18minBuy me, buy me! Advertising is everywhere these days. In this vocabulary and pronunciation unit you'll learn English words that help you more accurately give your opinions and describe adverts you have seen. You'll be listening to natural, unscripted English descriptions which will help you develop your listening skills around the topic as well as your English pronunciation. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
In Town - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 2.7
19/03/2013 Duration: 17minThis podcast follows on from 2.6 and gives you more words to talk about what you see and use when you walk around a town or city. You'll listen and guess as people describe things on the roads, on the streets, buildings and structures and other city features. You'll also discover some differences between British and American English and develop your awareness of stress and pronunciation of some individual problem sounds. Download the eBook at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Holidays / Vacations - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.28
14/03/2013 Duration: 24minHolidays / vacations are one of those things people always talk about - it's the same with native English speakers. When you've been on holiday you always want to tell your friends and colleagues about it, and after this unit you'll be much better able to do that in English. You'll also do some work on word stress and pronunciation of individual sounds in English. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
City Life - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 2.6
12/03/2013 Duration: 19minIn the modern world most people live in cities. In this vocabulary unit you'll learn ways to describe good and bad things about city life as well as developing your listening skills by listening to a variety of native English speakers describe city vocabulary and their own city experiences. In the pronunciation work you'll develop your ability to hear strong and weak syllables. Download the eBook containing the transcription and vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Wonders of the World - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.27
07/03/2013 Duration: 15minPlaces to see before you die... We often need words to express how we feel about the world around us or what we see in it. In this vocabulary and pronunciation unit you'll learn useful and frequent English vocabulary related to towns, cities, landscapes and how to describe them. You'll develop your listening skills with a natural English conversation between Tom and Katie as they tell you about their surroundings and the kind of places they like. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
DANGER - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 2.5
05/03/2013 Duration: 22minDANGER!!! Every day in the news we hear about dangerous things happening. In this podcast you'll learn the most common ways to talk about these things, which will help you listen to and read about them in the news in the future. You'll also develop your listening skills by trying to guess the words as they are described. Do you know anyone who's brave? Have you ever seen something blown up? By the end of this unit you'll be able to answer these questions and more. Download the eBook at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Cooking and Recipes - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.26
28/02/2013 Duration: 20minIn this vocabulary unit you'll hear our English speakers describing how to make dishes and telling us what kinds of food they like. Cooking vocabulary is always useful - once you've learnt these words, you will never be confused by a menu again! You'll also practice English pronunciation and your ability to guess words from context. Bon appetit! Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Friends and Family - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 2.4
26/02/2013 Duration: 20minOur friends and family... If we aren't talking to them, we're often talking about them, so having lots of English words to talk about the people in your life is very useful. Are you loyal? Do you like your in-laws? You'll be able to answer these questions and more after this unit. You'll also develop your listening skills and begin to sound more natural by practising using the correct word stress. Download the eBook containing the transcription and vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Memory - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.25
21/02/2013 Duration: 18minHow many of these words will you be able to remember by the end of this unit? Hopefully all of them! Words on the topic of memory, remembering and forgetting will be presented in natural contexts and then reinforced through English pronunciation work. You will also be practising listening to real and unscripted English conversations containing the new vocabulary. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Describing People - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 2.3
19/02/2013 Duration: 23minDownload the eBook at http://zappenglish.com. What kind of person are you? How would you describe the character of your best friend? You'll find out which words are positive and which are negative, which means you'll also learn English adjectives for describing people you don't like! You'll develop your listening skills as you hear Katie describe the words to Tom and he tries to guess them. Can you guess them first?
-
Honesty and Lying - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.24
14/02/2013 Duration: 17minIn this unit you'll learn different English words for being dishonest and telling lies. You'll develop your ability to listen to natural English conversations and Stuart and Alec tell us their experiences of being lied to. You'll also work on your English pronunciation of the vocabulary on their own and in sentences. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Living with People - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 2.2
12/02/2013 Duration: 25minIn this podcast you'll learn words and phrases for describing your living arrangement and for describing problems with the people you live with and next to. You'll also learn the names for different types of building and accommodation, and places people live in as well as English words for common jobs in the house. In the pronunciation section, you'll work on individual English sounds. Download the eBook at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Controversial Issues - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.23
07/02/2013 Duration: 21minDownload the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com. Most people have an opinion on controversial topics - but if you don't have the vocabulary about the issues, it's difficult to say what you feel in English. In this unit you'll learn the nouns for some controversial issues and improve your ability to express your opinion on them in English. In the pronunciation sections you'll work on word stress and individual sounds.
-
Jobs and Work - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 2.1
05/02/2013 Duration: 22minNEW! LEVEL 2 (Pre Intermediate / Intermediate). Download the eBook at http://zappenglish.com. Everybody has to go to work and in this unit you'll learn words and phrases for talking about people at your work, things you do at work and working hours. You'll learn the words and then review them through listening, where people answer questions giving information about their jobs and how they got them. This audio includes pronunciation work focusing on linking sounds between words.
-
News - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation Audio 3.22
31/01/2013 Duration: 19minNewspapers use particular English verbs in both headlines and articles - once you have these words in your vocabulary, it's much easier to understand what's going on. In this unit you'll learn some of the most common newspaper words and work on your English pronunciation, particularly word stress and the most common sound in the English language. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Movies and Cinema - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.21
24/01/2013 Duration: 18minPass the popcorn... When most people have watched a movie, whether they love it or hate it, they like to tell people about it. After this unit you'll be better at doing this, through learning English words describing reactions to movies and words for parts of films and the people involved in making them. There's also lots of good English listening practice, as you hear Stuart and Alec answering movie related questions. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Crime and Punishment - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.20
17/01/2013 Duration: 21min"You're nicked!" Learning crime and punishment vocabulary in English is always very helpful because it's so common in the media. Increasing your vocabulary in this area will help you with reading newspapers, listening to the news and giving your own opinion on the topic. You'll hear Tom and Katie talking about some funny crime experiences as well as learning something about the English legal system. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional exercises at http://zappenglish.com.
-
Age and Life Stages - Zapp English Vocabulary and Pronunciation 3.19
10/01/2013 Duration: 20minMaybe age and getting old is a topic that some people don't like talking about, but it is very useful. Learn some common ways to describe ages and words related to different life stages. You'll also hear opinions on what age means to different people and see if your opinions match theirs. You'll do some English pronunciation practice which will help make connections between how certain English words are spelled and how we actually say them. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional exercises at http://zappenglish.com.