3 Podcasts Worth Listening to

Podcasting is more popular than ever with the new generation of smartphones. As language learners' we are in the perfect position to listen, study, and speak the language during our commute to school or work, while we cook dinner, before we go to bed or first thing when we wake up in the morning.

3 Podcasts worth listening to help with English learning

1. Culips ESL Podcast; Free
Maura, Harp and Jessie put together a podcast in Canada for English learners of all levels. Their focus is on everyday English with natural expressions, slang and idioms. To listen is free and if you want to go further for a small membership fee you can purchase show notes and transcripts to deepen your learning.

2. Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips; Free
Mignon hosts a podcast that provides you with short and friendly grammar tips to help you with English writing. Lots of these grammar podcasts can apply not just to writing but to speaking as well. She does a great job with presenting complex and difficult grammar rules in an easy to understand way. This podcast is for high beginner to advanced. 

3. On Being with Krista Tippett; Free
Krista interviews people at the top of their field doing very interesting and exciting research and development. Although Krista's guests are scientist, business people and artists she has the especially brilliant gift of making the content easy to understand without lots of technical vocabulary or jargon. This podcast is for intermediate to advanced learners.

Podcasts can be heard or downloaded on the show's websites or from the itunes store.

If you have any great podcasts you would like share with us please tell us in the comments section. We're always looking for great new shows to listen to. Who knows, maybe one day the Chromatic English School will be on that list one day. 

Happy learning!