Happy 14th Birthday to Espresso English!

0:00Hi, and welcome to the Espresso English podcast, where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day. My name is Shana, and I'm the teacher at Espresso English. Make sure to visit the website, EspressoEnglish.net, where you can get online courses and e-books that will help you learn English even faster. Let's get started with today's lesson.

0:26Hi, students. Guess what? It's our birthday. Espresso English turns 14 years old this month. In the past 14 years, we've helped millions of learners just like you become more fluent and confident in English. To celebrate 14 years, we're having a special birthday sale where you can get $14 off any course. Visit EspressoEnglish.net slash birthday to check it out. This sale will last until Tuesday, May 19th, so don't delay.

0:57Save $14 on your next Espresso English course when you join today. Let me describe each of the courses so that you can understand them and see which one will be most helpful to you. Our most popular course is Phrasal Verbs in Conversation, which teaches you 500 phrasal verbs naturally through dialogues. If you want to be fluent in English, if you want to be fluent in English, you need to know phrasal verbs like take off, get over, and put up with, because native speakers use them all the time.

1:30So this course is one of the easiest ways to learn phrasal verbs in context. Two more of our top courses are Everyday English Speaking, levels 1 and 2. These focus on the phrases and expressions that native English speakers use in daily life. Level 1 of the course teaches you practical phrases, and level 2 teaches you more advanced expressions. You can also record yourself speaking, and get feedback from a teacher on your spoken English.

2:00If you're interested in building your vocabulary, then check out our Vocabulary Builder courses, levels 1 and 2. Each level teaches you over a thousand words, organized by topic, to help you express yourself better. We also have advanced vocabulary and collocations, with over a thousand high-level words to make your English really impressive. You'll learn the advanced words, learn how to put them together naturally, and practice them so you won't forget.

2:33One of our newer courses is called Bite-Sized Stories, which teaches you English naturally through stories. Read a daily story, and learn useful words and phrases in context, so you can remember them better. You'll understand grammar easily and naturally, because you see it used in the story. And you'll actually enjoy and look forward to your English time each day. If you'd like to focus more on your pronunciation, the American English Pronunciation Course, and Shadowing with Shana Course,

3:05help you speak clearly, correctly, and confidently. You'll practice all the sounds of American English, make the difference between similar sounds, and practice connecting words for more natural spoken English. These courses also include a personalized pronunciation evaluation by a teacher. Listening is another huge part of English fluency, and that's why we have a listening course to help you improve your comprehension with step-by-step exercises.

3:37The listening lessons will help you practice listening to English and understanding native speakers. And the course includes both slow and fast audios with a variety of voices and accents. If you're learning English for your job or career, then check out our Business English course to learn practical English for professional situations, common phrases for interviews, meetings, negotiations, conversations with customers and co-workers, and so much more.

4:08You'll also learn essential Business English vocabulary in areas like finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, project management, and other topics. This course will help you speak English more confidently at work. Speaking of confidence, you can speak a lot more confidently when you know you're not making tons of mistakes. Our 200 Common Errors in English course can help you learn how to avoid embarrassing mistakes in grammar, vocabulary, spelling, pronunciation, and more.

4:40These errors are the most common ones made by learners of every level of English, from beginner to intermediate to advanced students. I'll show you how to fix them so you can be sure your English is correct. We also have a reading course. So if you want to read texts in English more easily and comfortably, these lessons will help you improve your reading skills. They have step-by-step reading practice so you can test your understanding of the text, discover new words in context, and practice the vocabulary you learned.

5:15More advanced students will enjoy the Advanced English Grammar course, which helps you master English grammar by learning verb tenses, advanced sentence structure, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and lots more. The lessons will help you not only understand English grammar rules, but also put grammar into use in your own English. You can even send in your written English for correction. And last but not least, our 300-plus English idioms course

5:47is an effective way to learn idiomatic expressions. First, you'll guess the meaning of English idioms from examples. Then watch my explanation to learn them. Take the quiz to review and practice, and then answer short questions with teacher feedback to use the idioms in your own English. Again, all of these courses are on sale during our birthday sale. So if you're interested in a few of them, you can get the birthday discount on each one.

6:18Visit espressoenglish.net slash birthday to celebrate with us and shop the sale. Here's to another year of effective English lessons at amazing prices. If you want more great English lessons, visit espressoenglish.net, where you can sign up by email to receive a free e-book with 500-plus real English phrases. You'll also find online courses to help you improve your English fast, even if you don't have much time to study.

6:49Keep practicing your English, and I hope you have a wonderful day.

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