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!
It’s finally warm enough for Karl to go out wearing only a T-shirt. He takes Shelby out to the park where he sees some kids playing baseball. And he remembers what he felt like as a kid, and how it’s different than he feels now, in a good way.
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After a long day of hard work, it’s nice to be able to sit for a minute and relax.
It really feels just right. It really — hits the spot.
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A toothache? A nightmare!
And yet it happens to everyone, at one time or another…
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This is a dreamlike story. But it is not a dream… Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between life and dreams.
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What would you do if you were a millionaire?
This episode talks about what Karl would do…
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Sunday is a day of rest for many, especially when it’s raining outside.
But sometimes things get in the way.
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In this episode, you’ll learn some ways of talking about your dreams. Sometimes dreams are hard to describe. This story shows how our character, Karl, uses English to describe things that are out of the ordinary.
Karl goes to the mountains with his grandmother.
They rent a little house by a stream.
It’s quiet there and Karl sleeps very well.
And as he and his grandmother have breakfast, he tells her about a very strange dream he had…
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Karl sees eleven deer in his yard.
He wishes they would let him pet them.
They, of course, do not.
Then he thinks about one time when he ate deer meat.
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Find out how to use vocabulary like “grossed out”!
Enjoy a tale of a friendly, absent-minded janitor!
Learn English with useful, everyday language that’s not too hard to understand!
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Karl gets sick and goes to visit the doctor…
He’s worried he didn’t really need to go.
But it’s important to see the doctor when you’re sick.
This is a great way to learn about how to speak in an important situation.
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