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Sep 2024
11m 46s

#312 Back to School

Georgiana, founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com
About this episode

Since it's September, we're going back to school. At least in this episode, you will remember how exciting it used to be to start a new school year. We're going to check out vocabulary related to the school supplies that kids need when they go back to school, after the summer vacation.

And in the second part of this episode, you'll learn English grammar without studying any rules with an exclusive point of view story.

Get the transcript here: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/312-back-to-school/

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