One of the best and most pleasant ways to learn English, Boxcar English is a podcast for English learner spoken in warm, relaxed voice with a vocabulary range carefully chosen for English learners. A positive, uplifting podcast full of good energy and human experiences.
The series are designed for different levels of English learners. The podcast focuses on stories that are interesting, funny, sometimes beautiful, sometimes strange, so the listener engages with the meaning, rather than the surface level of the language. The “For beginners” podcast focus on basic phrases and vocabulary.
The philosophy of the podcast is to provide the good, positive energy needed for learning a new language, with much of the content for free or low cost, and for all of it to be made by a human, and not impersonal AI-based creation.
It’s based on the language-learning theory of “Comprehensible and Compelling input,” which says that you should listen and read to a lot of materials that are 1) Easy to understand (you know 95% of the vocabulary), and 2) Interesting to listen to. Boxcar English is designed to be fun, welcoming, & refreshing to different levels of learners.
At Boxcar English, there’s always room for you!
This is about odd jobs — little jobs to do here and there. Not a “full-time” job, but an odd job.
It’s also about seeing someone who looks just like you. It feels strange, huh?
See episode 050 for how to use this podcast to improve your English!
Write me an email at karl@boxcarenglish.com!
Visit our website at boxcarenglish.com
And support us on Patreon at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast
About a car crash.
I hate getting into a car crash.
Vocabulary:
Rattled!
Write me at karl@boxcarenglish.com, about a time when you were scared, but you tried to make sure that another person was not scared.
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Sometimes, a road does not lead directly to a destination.
I took a strange road that led me to a new appreciation of my health.
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I found an old book called The Fabulous Adventure of Life.
It’s true, this life is a fabulous adventure…
Write me at karl@boxcarenglish.com. Tell me your story.
Join my upcoming English writing class — more information soon.
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Subscribe to our Patreon for only 3€ a month, chat with me (Karl), and have all the transcripts patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast
I was enjoying the Winter birds so much
I went to the library to find a book about them
so I could learn their names.
and I was thinking about the way those birds sound
like the word “pink”
not the color, but the way the word sounds
how do you say “pink” in your language?
WRITING EXERCISE:
Take the phrase “I can’t help but feel…” and make sentences with it.
If you start each line with this, “I can’t help but feel…” you can make a poem out of it.
There are more instructions at the end of the podcast — and in the transcript, which I’ll make free for this episode!
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and support us on Patreon, (patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast) and get all the transcripts for just 3€ a month!
This is about Pink, my cute cat, who cut me…
Tell me about your cat — send me a message, preferably a vocal message, to karl@boxcarenglish.com
Please support the podcast at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast. For just 3 euros a month you can get all the transcripts to all episodes and chat with me, Karl… and I’ll help you personally with your English.
Send me your writing by email and I’ll correct it — first time’s for free. It helps!
What happened to me when ICE came to my door.
Learn how to tell Knock-Knock jokes. And some practice with what to say to ICE agents if they come to your home.
Please visit immigrantjustice.org if you need any help.
And if you can donate some money to them, please do.
(Just in case you aren’t sure, this is an entirely fictional podcast)
patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast (Transcript available here)
I received a postcard from my cousin, Janet. I hadn’t seen her in years, but she’s going to come visit me — with her two young children!
Phrase to remember:
by the way – use “by the way” when you want to say something that is not directly related to the conversation
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Support the podcast at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast ! (for 3€ a month you get all the transcripts and live chats with me!)
Send me an email at karl@boxcarenglish.com. Please send me a voice message that I will put in a future podcast!
Boxcar English! Learn English through stories…
See episode 050 for ideas about how to use this podcast to improve your English.
Write or send me a voice message to karl@boxcarenglish.com ! I’m working on a podcast with your voices in it.
Support the podcast and get all the old transcripts, so you can read along — so helpful! — at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast
And see boxcarenglish.com for more!
Check out my music at alegendinthefieldofentertainment.com and bigkitty.bandcamp.com
This is a different kind of episode, where I talk about 4 (or 5) ways to use this podcast to learn English.
(I give writing lessons! I also change my prices depending on what country you come from, because I know that money is not equal between all countries. So send me an email, let me know where you’re from, and we’ll work it out so you can afford it!)
Also, I want to make an episode of Boxcar English with YOUR voices in it… so please send me an audio recording of yourself (you can just make this on your phone) to karl@boxcarenglish.com
Listen to more podcasts at boxcarenglish.com and support the podcast (and receive ALL transcripts for only 3€ per month) at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast
Thanks so much for listening, please tell your friends, and we’re looking forward to the next 50 episodes!
