English with Kirsty
A podcast for busy people who want to improve their business English or develop their communication skills. For further information, see www.englishwithkirsty.com/podcast
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 107
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 246: EwK246 - Marta Pagans on overcoming our perfectionism in language learning
Marta is originally from Barcelona and has lived in Germany since 2002. She is a freelance translator who works from German and English into Spanish and Catalan, specialising in marketing and adverti…
00:30:53 |
Thu 30 May 2024
Episode 245: EwK245 - Joana Lisboa on the power of your voice
My guest today is Joana Lisboa from Unleash your Vocal Power. We met on LinkedIn last year when I think I commented on one of Joana’s voice-related posts. Then, after chatting some more, I thought sh…
00:38:47 |
Fri 17 May 2024
Episode 244: EwK244 - 5 members of the conversation club share their experiences
I loved recording this episode!Originally I asked for volunteers from the conversation club for freelancers and business owners to record an episode with me about why they come to the club, how it ha…
00:22:51 |
Mon 06 May 2024
Episode 243: EwK243 - Rita Menezes on subtitling and how subtitles can help us as language learners
My guest today is Rita Menezes, whom I met through the language networking events that I run with Rita Prazeres Gonçalves.Since 2002, Rita Menezes has been working as translator, subtitler, transcrea…
00:38:19 |
Wed 01 May 2024
Episode 242: EwK242 - Olivia Segal on podcasts, language tandems, and authentic conversations
My guest today is Olivia Segal whom I met on LinkedIn last year.This is how Olivia introduces herself:Hi! I’m Olivia. I’m an English Language Specialist. I help Spanish- and Catalan-speaking organisa…
00:41:05 |
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Episode 241: EwK241 - Diego Perez on using video games to learn English
My guest today is Diego Perez, whom I first heard being interviewed on the Language Worker podcast! Thank you Rita for interesting me to so many cool people!!I wanted to do this episode because we're…
00:42:54 |
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Episode 240: EwK240 - Megan Miller on routines and habits
My guest today is Megan Miller, whom I met last year on LinkedIn.Megan Miller is the CEO of Aprovechar Language Solutions, LLC, a company which acts as a bridge between English and Spanish language l…
00:35:58 |
Wed 10 Apr 2024
Episode 239: EwK239 - Craig Wealand on the Cambridge speaking exam
My guest today is Craig WealandLondon-born Craig is a DELTA qualified teacher, materials writer and a professional podcaster and podcast editor.He settled in Valencia, Spain in 1997 where he worked f…
00:34:02 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Episode 238: EwK238 - Renata Fernandes on inclusive communication
My guest today is Renata Fernandes from Renata Fernandes Translation.Previously Renata was a guest on The Language Worker podcast and we met at one of the networking events for language professionals…
00:33:02 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Episode 237: EwK237 - How volunteering can help you to develop proficiency in another language
I start this episode by running through the 4 events that I'm offering in March 2024. If you'd like to know more or you're interested in future events, check out the events section on https://www.eng…
00:14:02 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Episode 236: WeK236 - Nick Nasev on Australian English
Nick Nasev is a London-based accredited translator of Southern Slavic languages into English. He has also been an editor of and contributor to many award-winning books and journals about southeast Eu…
00:36:06 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
Episode 235: EwK235 - 3 members share their experiences about the conversation club for general topics
Helen, Gwen, and Nicola, who are regular members at my monthly Wednesday evening events for general conversation, share why they come to the club, how it helps them with their English, and their mess…
00:08:42 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
Episode 234: EwK234 - Christine Konstantinidis on how mind maps can help you to learn a language
Christine Konstantinidis from Erfolgreiches Sprachenlernen first featured on episode 62 of the podcast back in 2015.I invited her back because I saw that she is involved in a new project.Christine pr…
00:22:57 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Episode 233: EwK232 Mónia Filipe on how living and working abroad can help you to develop your language skills
Mónia lives in Portugal and is a freelance translator from German and English into European Portuguese. She’s now specializing in the literary translation field, after fifteen years of a solid backgr…
00:29:14 |
Fri 09 Feb 2024
Episode 232: EwK233 - My interactive workshop about using podcasts to improve your language skills
Do you enjoy podcasts?Would you like to know how to find the best ones for you and what you can do with them so that you improve all areas of your English, not just your passive listening?The first i…
00:06:45 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Episode 231: EwK231 - Which words do you want to remove from your active vocabulary?
Today I decided to do a short episode to ask you a question!We talk about increasing our vocabulary, but sometimes there are words about ourselves or our language skills that don't serve us. It would…
00:06:25 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Episode 230: EwK230 - Alice MANSAUD on being yourself in another language and how podcasts can help us to learn
Alice MANSAUD is a French coach and podcaster whom I discovered through The Language Worker podcast.In France, Italy, Poland, Spain...Alice has always cherished international encounters and experienc…
00:29:28 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Episode 229: EwK229 - What is my conversation club and how can it help you?
Today I decided to do a short episode to tell you about my conversation club and how it can help you to improve your English.The most popular solo episode in 2023 was about improving your active lang…
00:07:02 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
Episode 228: EwK228 - How friends can help you to learn a language
Today I'm talking about the different ways in which friends can help us to practise our language skills. I share some ideas from my own experience - not all language exchanges have to look the same. …
00:16:27 |
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Episode 227: EwK227 - Rita and Kirsty on languages and podcasts
We’re back!I love making content with Rita Prazeres Gonçalves and you’ll be seeing more from us in 2024!This time we talked about:* Our podcasts and why we decided to create them (Rita also has a new…
00:47:59 |
Wed 06 Dec 2023
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