Episode 131A: Learn English With Social Media: How To Use Tiktok And Instagram To Learn English

This is one of two episodes that I will post about Social Media Sources. I decided the original recording was too long so I've split it into two. Today we are discussing finding sources for your English practise on social media outlets such as Instagram and TikTok. Tomorrow I will give you a list of some Instagram content creators that I think are fun and enjoyable and pretty easy for you to follow. Remember, if you want to get your English from social media it's important to choose creators that you enjoy, who are talking about things that interest you or that you find fun. This way you will be more likely to pause and listen each time they come across your feed. In this episode I mention three podcasts. In fact I don't suggest you listen to these podcasts. The podcasts themselves are usually about 50 minutes long, so they would be quite challenging to listen to. However, most podcasters upload short clips from their podcast onto Instagram. These clips are usually less than 2 minutes long. This gives you a chance to listen to conversational English in short bursts that can be interesting and great listening practise. The three podcasts I mentioned today were Tom Daley's Made with Love, Man Enough and Glennon Doyle's We Can Do Hard Things. The first two have their own Instagram Accounts, for We Can Do Hard Things follow Glennon Doyle's Instagram. Don't forget to check in again tomorrow for part two of this episode! Additional Vocabulary Content Creators - a modern term describing people who create video, or online content comprehensive - complete, whole homonyms - words that have the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings little bits - 'bit' or 'skit' are words to describe small plays or funny stories told to make people laugh. killing two birds with one stone - idiom - to take one action that solves two problems.