Zapp! English Vocabulary and Pronunciation (English version)

It's not nice to be ill, but it's even worse if you can't describe the problem. Learn the most common illnesses in English and how to explain what's wrong with you in this vocabulary podcast. Your listening skills will be developed too as you listen to real English conversations about sickness, where people describe a time when they were unwell and what happened. We hope you don't need to see a doctor, but if you do, this audio and eBook should help you communicate the problem. Download the eBook with vocabulary lists, exercises and transcript of the conversations at http://zappenglish.com

You probably already know the English words arms and legs, but what are all the other parts of the body called? Sometimes we need to tell someone about a problem with a body part, or we might want to say that someone has a nice body part! Well after this unit you'll have all the names you need to describe parts of the upper and lower body and face. You'll develop your English pronunciation of plurals and recognise some silent letters. Download the eBook and transcript at http://zappenglish.com.

Would You Like to Learn the Essential Academic English Vocabulary for Studying a University Course in English, for IELTS or for a Pre-Sessional Language Course? Zapp! English Academic Vocabulary will help you improve your English listening skills by listening to real English conversations, AND, by using this pack you will: Learn the 120 most common and useful words on the Academic Word List (AWL) AND Learn the vocabulary you need to progress more quickly on your course of Academic study. Download the eBooks at http://zappenglish.com.

Improving your English listening skills by listening to natural English conversations, and we'll also be teaching you the 120 most useful words from the Academic Word List (AWL). Learning this specialist academic vocabulary in English will help you understand the course books you will need to read. This pack will also teach you some of the most useful English words for English reading and writing in general! Download the eBook and text/transcription at http://zappenglish.com. 

Most of the English words and phrases in this unit are equally useful for when you meet people and introduce yourself, or when you're trying to 'sell' your skills at a job interview. You'll get the opportunity to hear five different voices (and accents) and improve your English listening skills as people tell us about what they do in their work every day. Download the ebook at http://zappenglish.com.

This audio class is from our new listening pack Zapp! English Academic Vocabulary. In this podcast series we're going to use real English conversations to teach you all the most common and useful English vocabulary you're going to need when taking a university course in English, studying a Pre-Sessional Language Course, or studying for a qualification like IELTS. You can download the eBook and transcript from http://zappenglish.com. 

When you meet people socially, in a work situation or when you go to an interview, you often need to tell them about your employment situation and listen to them describe theirs. This podcast will give you the vocabulary you need to talk in English about job/work situations confidently. Download the e-book with transcript at http://zappenglish.com.

NEW SERIES! One of the most common reasons people learn English, is because they want to find a new and better job. In this unit, you'll learn some of the most common English words and phrases you'll see in job advertisements, and learn the English vocabulary to help when you're looking for that new role, as well as developing your listening skills with a variety of speakers and accents. Download the Vocabulary for Work e-book at http://zappenglish.com.

What kind of paintings do you like? Do you have a favourite artist? What kind of books do you read? In this unit you'll improve your ability to answer these questions in English and to talk about the arts in general. You'll also work on English pronunciation and develop your listening skills hearing people talking about the books, music and art they enjoy. Download the e-book and English conversations transcript at http://zappenglish.com.

We have lots of English words to talk about what people do. In this unit you'll learn vocabulary to talk about kinds of people as well as their jobs and professions. Would you like to be a patient? Are you an amateur? You'll find the answer to these questions and more in this vocabulary unit. Download the e-book and English conversations transcript at http://zappenglish.com.

Food is one of those subjects everybody likes to talk about (including Katie), so it's important you have the English vocabulary to join in. In this podcast we're focusing on the names for different kinds of foods and some of the ways we describe them in English. What do YOU eat and how does it compare to our speakers? Practise your listening as you find out and get better at pronouncing the words as they're said, not how they're spelled! Download the e-book and English conversations transcript at http://zappenglish.com.

Spending and saving are just two of the things we do with money. Would you like to learn more English vocabulary about money? In this unit your will learn the most useful and frequent verbs related to money – by the end you'll be rich in knowledge! What's another way to say you don't have enough money for something? Have you ever had to pay a fine? Listen to people answering all kinds of questions on the topic of money and find out. Download the e-book and English conversations transcript at http://zappenglish.com.

In everyday life we always need to talk about time. How close to now did something happen? How long does something take? How often do we do something? The answers to all of these questions use time-related vocabulary and by the end of this unit you'll be using it a lot more naturally. You'll also practise your listening and be better at linking English words together in speech. Download the e-book with vocabulary and transcription at http://zappenglish.com.

You live in some kind of house. Do you know the names of the different parts of your home? What's the difference between stairs and steps? Where does smoke go? You'll learn the most frequent and useful English words for talking about buildings that we live in and develop your listening around this topic as speakers describe places they have lived. Download the e-book and transcription at http://zappenglish.com.

Maybe you use computers at home or at work, perhaps just for fun or for pleasure. Computers are now part of everyday life and in this unit you'll learn the vocabulary you need to communicate about what you do with computers, the names of computer parts, common email actions and more. You'll practise your listening skills by listening to people answering questions such as "Have you ever had a virus?", and you'll improve your English pronunciation too. Download the eBook at http://zappenglish.com.

In this podcast you'll learn the English name and pronunciation for important objects in the house. You'll be able to describe your own home and the things you use in it. Pronunciation work focuses on silent letters and word stress and you'll be developing your listening at the same time as you hear native speakers with different accents talking about their own houses and belongings. Download the eBook containing the transcription and vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com. We need language related to numbers and amounts almost every day of our lives. In this Vocabulary & Pronunciation unit you will become more accurate at describing amounts of things in English, as well as improving your ability to talk about numbers, figures and mathematics. Stuart and Katie will be seeing who is better with numbers. What do you think? You'll also practise your English pronunciation of the new words you learn.

Very often we need to describe things. What are they made of? What are the parts of an object called? How are they different from other things? You'll learn adjectives for appearance and parts of things in this unit, and this language can be very useful for when you've forgotten the name of an object or want someone to tell you what it's called. In pronunciation you'll learn some words with unpronounced syllables and you'll develop your listening skills as native speakers describe some of their objects. Download the eBook containing the transcription and vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

How green are you? The environment is a topic which contains a lot of useful English vocabulary. You'll find the words in this unit useful for describing environmental problems and solutions, as well as being helpful in terms of reading articles on the subject. There are also lots of good opportunities to practise listening to people giving opinions as our two speakers debate environmental issues in English.  Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

What does she look like? Is he good-looking? After this unit you'll be able to answer questions like these in a lot more detail. You're going to learn English adjectives to describe appearance: hair, faces and size and the shape of bodies. We'll also make sure you know how to do it politely! Download the eBook containing the transcription and vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

What'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.

Download 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.

Buy 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.

This 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 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.

In 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.

Places 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!!! 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.

In 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.

Our 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.

How 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.

Download 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?

In 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.

In 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. 

Download 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.

NEW! 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.

Newspapers 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.

Pass 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.

"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.

Maybe 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.

Alcohol and drinking is another popular topic - especially if you're talking to a British person! You'll learn some common English words for different drinks, how to order drinks in English and different ways to talk about the amount of alcohol people drink. You'll focus on pronunciation of some problem sounds, and develop your listening through natural unscripted English conversations with Stuart and Alec. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

What are the odds? We need to talk about chance and probability all the time in life – Will we get the job we want? Is it going to rain? In this unit you'll learn common and useful English words for talking about the chances of something happening. At the same time you'll work on your listening skills as Jon and Kim answer questions on the topic. You'll also do some English pronunciation work on individual sounds and connected speech. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

All the vocabulary in this unit is presented through a very natural conversation between Tom and Katie. You'll learn English words you can use to describe people and their attitudes to superstitions, facts and beliefs, as well as working on your pronunciation of individual words and how they sound in connected speech. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

Love, relationships and marriage are probably some of the most common topics in everyday life. In this unit you'll increase your English vocabulary related to getting married and being in relationships by hearing different speakers answering questions about their opinions and experiences. You'll also develop your listening skills and your English pronunciation of some focused sounds and word stress. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

Get fit! Learn some parts of the body that are commonly used when talking about fitness as well as useful exercise verbs in English. Alec, Stuart and Katie discuss exercise and their attitudes to it. You'll have plenty of opportunity to hear health and fitness words in context as well as practising your English listening skills. In terms of pronunciation, this unit focuses on connected speech and some typical problem sounds. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional exercises at http://zappenglish.com. Stuart and Alec describe problems and difficulties in English, and what they do in these situations. As well as learning some of the words and collocations they use to talk about problems and difficulties in life, you'll be developing your listening skills around natural and unscripted English speech. You will also be improving your pronunciation of vocabulary related to problems. 

Seeing is believing... In this unit you'll learn some more detailed English words related to using your senses - hearing, sight, touch, smell and taste. You'll also check some differences in the use of common 'sense' verbs such as see and watch  (and at the same time correct some of the common English errors with these words). Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

Change is a part of life we can't avoid and in this vocabulary unit you'll learn lots of ways to describe how things change as well as when things stay the same. You'll have plenty of opportunity to improve your English listening as well as hearing the vocabulary in context and Stuart and Alec giving their opinions and experiences of change. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

Rules and obligations are part of life – we all have to talk about them at one point or another. In this vocabulary & pronunciation unit you'll learn the most common ways to do this in English and see if you have to follow the same rules as Katie and Tom. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

Katie and Alec are discussing their opinions on globalisation. You'll be learning the most common English words used to talk about this topic as well as getting better at listening to natural speech. All the words are presented in context and you'll have the opportunity to work on your English pronunciation of some common problem sounds. Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com.

Download the eBook containing the transcription and additional vocabulary exercises at http://zappenglish.com. Learn important English words related to science and the future in this vocabulary unit. You'll play a guessing game. How many can you get right? As well as increasing your vocabulary on the topic of 'The future', you'll develop your listening skills when hearing natural speech and improve your pronunciation, particularly of the most common sound in the English language.