Welcome to the English podcast, a
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podcast designed to make English a part
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My name is Evie from the YouTube channel
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English with Evie. And it's great to
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have you here today for podcast episode
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Podcast episode one. Um, we're making
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this podcast today because in my opinion
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podcasts are one of the best ways to
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improve your English, especially if you
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are a busy person, if you are an adult
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or a busy student. I swear listening to
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podcasts is going to improve your
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English so much. I will explain a little
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bit of my reasoning later. So, the
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reason why I think this later on, but
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I first thought that maybe I could
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introduce myself. Maybe this is your
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first time meeting me or you've seen me
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from my YouTube videos, but you don't
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who I am or maybe maybe you don't care.
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I will explain anyway. I'll try and keep
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it keep it very brief. Um, but an
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introduction is a good way to warm up
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with English, too, because I think most
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of us probably could introduce ourselves
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in English, so it will be easy easy to
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I am an English teacher from the UK.
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Uh, lots of people ask me where exactly
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my accent is from. So, I am from a place
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called Cornwall. Um, but I don't really
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have a Cornish accent. Um,
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I do have a Cornish accent when I speak
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to somebody else who has one.
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So, if I speak to my family, I might
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have more of a Cornish accent, but when
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I'm teaching, when I'm making these
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videos, uh my accent is more like a very
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typical southern English accent.
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I've also been told it's a bit London in
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some places. My accent is not like
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Cockney, obviously, but just like a lot
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of how a lot of people speak in London,
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uh which makes sense. I lived in London
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for 4 years while I was at university.
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I did, um my degree at the London School
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of Economics in history.
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So, anyway, that's why if I sound a
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little bit like I'm from London, that is
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that's probably why.
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As a person, um things that I am
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interested in personally, I really love
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writing. I'm a big writer. I love
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writing when I get time. Uh I like
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writing stories, I like writing poetry,
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I like writing articles. Anything
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creative is just a lot of fun for me,
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including like making YouTube videos or
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podcasts. I really enjoy that as well.
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Anything creative. Um I also I just
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really enjoy language in general. So, I
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like language learning. I love reading
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as well. I don't get a lot of time to
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read these days. I think many of us
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probably feel that way, right? We don't
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read enough. But, I love reading. I want
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to read more. I just need more time.
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So, I've been listening to to lots of
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audiobooks at the moment. I recently
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finished one called Daisy Jones and the
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I don't know what the author is. Taylor
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Who the author is? Taylor Reed,
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something like this. It was a good It
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was a good book. If you want a random
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>> Daisy Jones and the Six is is very good.
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So, languages, I mentioned that's
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something I like. Um
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I have only learned one language to a
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point where I could have a conversation,
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I learned Spanish because my boyfriend
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is from Spain. So, that's the reason why
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I learned that. I started learning that
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two years old or 23 years old. So, I'd
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never learned a language before that
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moment. So, I feel very passionate about
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adult language learning, and this is why
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I started making videos. Um it's because
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I work with adult students. So, I wanted
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to create content online that would be
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interesting for adult learners.
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I think there's a real um
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there's a real tendency for people to
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patronize adult learners a little bit,
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especially with languages. They say,
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"Ah, you know, if you're an adult
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learner, then watch um
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You know, that stupid kids cartoon. And
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are you going to make a 40-year-old man
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And so many like so much of learning a
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language is being interested. You need
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to really care because you are going to
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study that language for years, like
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And I tell you now, if you try and learn
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a language by watching Peppa Pig,
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maybe you love Peppa Pig, I don't know,
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but most people will be bored out of
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their minds. They will be bored out of
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their minds and they are not going to
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study English because why why would you
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10 hours, work 10 hours, come back home,
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do house chores and then watch Peppa
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Pig? It's not going to happen.
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Well, maybe it is. If you've done that,
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please tell me how that was.
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Because you are another level of
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motivated if you can do that, but I I
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could not do that, so
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that's why I I started this channel.
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It's to do with like language learning,
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It's kind of my thing. I'm into it. I
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Outside of languages, reading and
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writing, maybe something less practical
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that I enjoy. I love pop stars. I've
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always loved pop stars, but I love girl
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pop stars. So, I love like Britney
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Spears in the 2000s. I loved her.
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Well, I was like a child, but
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I love her now. I look back on those
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clips and I love Britney Spears. I love
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like modern-day pop stars like um Cat's
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Eye. There's a girl group, like a pop
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group, called Cat's Eye. I don't like
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their music, but I just like them, the
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people, the girls. Um
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I like Who else do I like?
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I really like Chappell Roan, for
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example, another great pop star who has
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come up recently, or Sabrina Carpenter.
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This actually reminds me that um
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some people have been commenting in my
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comment section saying that I look like
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>> I'm laughing um because if you are
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listening to this on Spotify,
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uh I don't look like Avril Lavigne.
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>> She's the She's not a pop star. She's a
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Does that count as rock rock pop? Uh
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from like the 2010s.
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And we look we don't look alike in my
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opinion. I think we're both just like
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white women with with blonde hair. Maybe
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you think I look like Avril Lavigne. I
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love that. It's a great like it's a huge
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compliment cuz I think she's iconic.
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She's iconic, but I don't look like
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Avril Lavigne. Or maybe I do. Maybe I do
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Anyway, couple things I dislike or maybe
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one maybe two Yeah, one or two things I
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dislike. Um I hate running.
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I hate running, but I go running
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because I work a desk job. So, I spend
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sat down at my desk.
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And that sucks. So, like I get literally
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what maybe 1,000 steps a day.
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Honestly, that's not okay. You need to
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walk more than 1,000 steps a day. So, I
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sometimes go running.
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I don't run very far and I don't run
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very fast. And sometimes I walk.
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Actually, I walk a lot of it.
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>> But I still hate it. Um so, I hate
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running. I also hate meat. So, I hate
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beef, which is from a cow. I hate pork,
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which comes from pigs. I hate chicken,
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which comes from chickens.
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Uh because I am a vegetarian. So, I
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don't eat meat. I don't eat fish, um I
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don't eat shellfish either, like crabs
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or lobster or shrimp. Um I don't eat any
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But, I do eat um eggs and cheese because
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I'm a vegetarian, not a vegan. I
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actually I eat a lot of cheese, which
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I probably should give up uh those
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things, but I really like eating cheese.
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So, I haven't done that.
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Anyway, maybe that's enough about me. Um
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I wanted to convince you that this
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podcast is something that you should
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listen to, something you should engage
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with. It's something that should become
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a part of your English study routine.
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If you can understand me right now,
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honestly, your level of English is very
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good. It's very good because especially
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listening to something with no prompts,
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with no pictures to help you understand
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the meaning, um that's quite difficult
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to do. It's very difficult just to
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And listening to a podcast is something
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that you unlock. It's something that
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you're able to do usually when you are
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around intermediate in a language. So,
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when you have an intermediate level,
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then you can understand podcasts. And I
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would say this is a game changer.
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It's a game changer.
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Why is it a game changer? It's a game
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changer because it means that you can
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now study passively.
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So, you can study without staring at the
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screen or focusing 100%
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on a video. Instead, it means that you
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can now study English while you are
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doing other things. For example, you can
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listen to English while you commute to
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work, you can listen to English while
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you are on the train, while you are
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driving, while you are doing dishes.
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And if you are an adult who does not
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have a lot of time in the evenings to
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Peppa Pig or whatever stupid thing you
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It means that you can study while
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getting something else done.
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And at least for me, with Spanish, the
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moment that I could understand podcasts,
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it changed my level. Because I went from
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studying Spanish or listening to Spanish
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for maybe one or two hours a day. I was
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pretty intense, to be honest.
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To, you know, three or sometimes even
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four hours a day, because when I was
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walking, I had a podcast on in Spanish.
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Or when I was cleaning my bedroom, I
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would have a podcast on in Spanish. It
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literally meant that I was engaging with
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the language so much more. And I was
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really training my ear. I was training
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my ear to understand just the noises, no
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help from pictures or actions.
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That's why it's so difficult. So, that's
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why podcasts usually come or um that's
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why podcasts usually come when you are
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at an intermediate level, because you
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are only relying on what you can
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understand with your ear.
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I also want you to understand, because
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if you are only listening to this while
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you do something else.
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My videos might be too easy for you, but
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focusing on the podcast might feel more
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difficult. This is just from personal
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experience, but I find that if I'm
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driving, I find it more difficult to
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understand content that usually I
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understand no problem. I usually need
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something easier because my brain is
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having to focus on two different things.
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So, if you have a good level of English
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or maybe you understand my videos, but
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now this podcast feels difficult, don't
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worry. That's completely normal. Um and
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just trust that with time, it will get
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easier. It's going to get easier.
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This just leaves me to maybe explain a
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little bit what this podcast will be
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I don't know, really. I haven't got a
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very specific structure. So, feel free
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to comment if there is something in
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particular that you would like to see.
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This is not going to be a weekly podcast
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yet. Maybe by the time you listen to
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this, I have made it weekly, but for now
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as and when, we say. It's going to be as
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and when. That means it's going to be
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whenever I have the time. Um for
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example, you would say
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I go running as and when. It means I go
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running whenever I can. It's not a
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priority, it's just something I do when
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I'm able to. So, this podcast will be
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uploaded as and when.
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Uh but hopefully this was enjoyable for
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you and maybe a little bit of a
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But I encourage you to engage with the
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podcast, to listen to multiple episodes
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and if you do not listen to podcasts
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hopefully I have convinced you to make
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it a part of your routine.
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Um, but thank you very, very much for
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and I will see you in the next episode
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which should already be up.
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