Tom's English Podcast

Tom Ashton

This podcast is targeted at students of English who want to improve their listening, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.. Every episode focuses on a different theme in a light-hearted and entertaining style. Don`t listen to any old English podcast - listen to Tom`s English podcast!

  • 9 minutes 16 seconds
    Where`s my mask?

    2020 is the year of the mask.
    In this podcast you will learn more about masks in the past, and some unusual masks in the present. 
    Egypt, Venice, England, the plague and Shanghai all feature in this podcast. 
    Specially created for curious minds.

    5 November 2020, 12:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 46 seconds
    Halloween - 3 spooky stories

    Enjoy yourself this Halloween with 3 spooky ghost stories.  
    Excellent listening practice.  You can re-tell these stories to your family for Halloween.
    Written by Thomas Leonardo Carneiro Ashton
    thunder sound effect attribution Grant Evans Attribution 3.0
    small dog and dog howling attribution Daniel Simion

    23 October 2020, 9:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 39 seconds
    Both sides of the argument - The Travel Industry

    Learn how to present a balanced argument - in this case about the travel industry. 
    Excellent listening practice and work on linking devices. 

    3 August 2020, 7:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 20 seconds
    News - from the future!

    It`s always nice to imagine what might happen in the future. 
    Especially now in these uncertain times
    Listen to these 2 news bulletins and decide how likely these things are to happen.  Have fun and improve your listening skills!

    30 May 2020, 3:00 pm
  • 10 minutes 5 seconds
    Cheer up! It`s only a pandemic.

    Tom`s English podcast is back!  
    Coronavirus vocabulary. 
    And learn how to play coronavirus bingo - something to keep you occupied during the lockdown!!

    12 April 2020, 10:00 am
  • 10 minutes 40 seconds
    Dogs - and English

    Dogs and the English language! 
    Expressions and meanings to make you communicate better - not like a dog!

    23 February 2020, 7:00 pm
  • 9 minutes
    Flags and Flagging!

    Flags are some of the most recognisable symbols in the world.  Learn some curiosities and expressions related to flags in this episode. 

    8 February 2020, 2:00 pm
  • 7 minutes 32 seconds
    Are you a man or a mouse?

    Irregular plurals, idiomatic expressions and two well known cultural references. 
    All around the theme of the mouse.  Learn how to use these new expressions with the latest Tom`s English Podcast.

    15 January 2020, 8:00 am
  • 6 minutes 41 seconds
    Let`s broaden our horizons!

    Many verbs in English can be created using the suffix -en.  Listen to some examples and how they can be used in popular idiomatic expressions. 
    You will broaden your horizons and be ready to use these expressions yourself!

    30 December 2019, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 46 seconds
    The Season of Consumption?

    Welcome to December!  Listen to some handy statistics about Christmas spending and how people celebrated Christmas in the past.

    1 December 2019, 7:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 45 seconds
    The Berlin Wall - and other constructions

    What`s the difference between a wall, a fence and a hedge, and do you know these expressions which include the word WALL?

    11 November 2019, 9:00 am
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