Improve Your English While You Walk | English Podcast for Beginners | A2–B1
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Improve Your English While You Walk | 45 Minutes, No Screen Needed (A2, B1) | Everyday English Academy
Grab your shoes and step outside, because this one is made for walking. Sarah and Mike talk slowly about describing the street around you in English, the wet sidewalk, the bare tree by the mailbox, the scaffolding on a building being fixed, so you can practise saying real sentences out loud while you move. It is a daily English conversation you can listen to on the way to work, to the shop, or just around your own block.
Do you ever run out of words when you try to talk about the ordinary things you see every day? Walking along with Sarah and Mike, you will practise describing an overgrown hedge and an uneven paving stone, naming things like a pothole, a laundromat and scaffolding, talking about cold wind and why you shiver, and using natural phrases like "watch your step", "it turns out" and "without fail" in your own true sentences.
This episode is perfect for A2 English learners who want to build everyday street vocabulary and feel braver about speaking full sentences out loud while they walk.
💡 Tip: Pick one thing you pass every day and say one true sentence about it aloud.
📚 Vocabulary in this episode • sidewalk: the path beside a road for people • narrate: say what is happening while it happens • overgrown: covered by plants that grew too much • uneven: not flat or level • scaffolding: metal frame put around a building being fixed • laundromat: a shop where you pay to wash clothes • stench: a very strong bad smell • deafening: so loud it hurts your ears • shiver: shake because you are cold • stride: one long step when you walk • brisk: quick and full of energy • pothole: a hole in the road surface • tucked away: hidden in a small quiet spot • in the distance: far away, but you can still see it • fragrance: a smell you like • loaded down: carrying far too much • observant: quick to notice small things
🎯 In this episode, you can practise: • Describing The Street In English • Talking While You Walk • Everyday Street Vocabulary • Watch Your Step Phrase • Narrating What You See • Weather And Walking Words • Speaking Practice Outdoors • Daily English conversation • English shadowing practice • A2 English vocabulary
Everyday English Academy is where Sarah and Mike slow English right down, chatting about ordinary days so learners can grow their listening, speaking, vocabulary and confidence one easy conversation at a time.
Put it on, start walking, and let the English come along with you.
Keep walking and keep talking, even one sentence a day counts. 🔔 Subscribe to Everyday English Academy and a new slow conversation will be waiting for you every week.
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