Join Tim for 'Tea, Talk & Textbooks,' where British culture meets English learning. Ideal for B1-B2 learners or British culture enthusiasts. Enjoy narratives, language tips, and a spot of humour.

Tea, Talk & Textbooks: An ESL Podcast

聊中西文化，也聊很多东西！
第十八期，我们聊一聊你的笑点和哭点高吗？

聊聊东西 - Talk to Me in Chinese

018. When do you cry and laugh你的哭点和笑点是什么？- ttmiChinese

'My Legoland Hand Tragedy' 

When I was six years old, I went on a family day out to Legoland. 

Let's just say, it didn't end well...

Do you have an interesting injury story? Perhaps with unusual circumstances? 

Luke's English Sessions

Ep 10. (Story #1) 'My Legoland Hand Tragedy'

What Type Of Employee Are you? Are you a Changer or a Runner?

‘‘Run‘‘ stands for the routine, well-defined processes. 

‘‘Change‘‘ — for expanding to the unknown, innovative or experimental. 

Runners and Changers are different people. 

A common mistake in companies is to combine Running and Changing in the same person. 

For example, Runner managers are good administrators. They are good at building processes within the department and making sure that daily tasks get done.

Changer managers are visionaries and strategists who aren’t strong in the day-to-day operations. They implement new projects and ideas.

Listen to the podcast as it will help you to udnerstand you at a deeper level and can create a meaning for you in the years to come!

If you want some assistance in interview preparation, business English improvement, fear managements or IELTS speaking development

Book one-on-one meetings with me now.

To Your Success,
Anatoly


Job Interview Preparation | Build Strong Communication Under Pressure

What Type Of Employee Are you? Are you a Changer or a Runner?

В этом выпуске я коротко делюсь о том, чем меня зацепил 🎣 Стамбул.
Отвечаю на такие вопросы:
Почему с Турция?
Где я остановился?
Какая главная вредная привычка в Турции?
Что я могу сказать про еду?

AskTony Russian

Эпизод 2 - О путешествиях (Турция, Стамбул)

At what age do we become "old?"

This is a question a team of European researchers has been asking.

The age at which people think old age begins has moved in time, according to a new study.

Many people also like to believe they haven't yet reached old age, even as they get older.

The research team looked at data from the German Ageing Survey, which included more than 14,000 participants.

The participants were born between 1911 and 1974, and answered survey questions over a 25-year period between 1996 and 2021.

They were aged between 40 and 85 when they began answering the questions, and more participants joined the survey in time.

People were asked a lot of questions, including: "At what age would you describe someone as old?"

The researchers found that when people born in 1911 got to the age of 65, they thought old age began at 71.

But when those who were born in 1956 got to 65, they thought old age began at 74, on average.

However, the study also found that people's perceptions of old age changed as they got older.

At the age of 64, the average participant said old age began at about 75. But at the age of 74, the average participant said old age began at about 76.

Study author Markus Wettstein said he wasn't sure if this meant people had a positive or negative view of old age.

Better health care and increased life expectancy in recent years may also have affected people's perceptions, he said.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

When Does 'Old Age' Begin? People Can't Decide

FLO TALKS 

Why people can't be themselves?

To Speak Volumes and an update on our Post Office problem. Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z_Ua8aZwBfPzta2TpVQwVCObw2Z0l_mz/view?usp=drivesdk


Teacher Joseph's Podcast

To Speak Volumes (with transcript)

Neil McTaggart makes his first journey into town after settling in Canada.
The air is clean, the world quieter than the mills of Kilbirnie he left behind. In a warm little café, he meets Mrs Brant, a woman with her hair pinned up and a strong puritan look that reminds him of his grandmother. Through her quiet kindness, Neil begins to sense what belonging might feel like in this new land.

This gentle, reflective story captures the rhythm of early immigrant life in rural Canada — the small kindnesses, the silence, and the slow building of community far from home.

🎧 Part of the “Neil McTaggart” storytelling series — following a young Scottish man’s journey of migration, memory, and identity in 1920s Canada.