First Steps English for Beginners

This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.

It is Maya's first morning at the café. She picks up the wrong cup, feels embarrassed, and must decide what to say next. A small mistake becomes a useful English moment.

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This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.

At the café interview, Maya hears a question she cannot answer. Instead of pretending, she takes a breath and says: I don't know yet. It may be the most honest sentence she can use.

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This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.

Maya tells Nora why her drawings matter. She needs work at the café, but she also dreams of making posters. For the first time, Maya says what she wants for her future.

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This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.

Maya cannot find her blue folder, and her café interview is close. Nora helps her search the library, but they need to describe what is missing and where they have already looked.

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This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.

Maya has arrived in a new town, but the last bus has just left. Her room is somewhere on Maple Street, she does not have a key, and Leo from the café may be her only help.

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This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.

Maya is outside number twelve on Maple Street. The blue door is locked, but Leo sees an envelope under the mat. Could it contain the answer Maya needs for her first night at home?

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This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.

Maya has a room for only two weeks, and she needs a job. At the library, Nora listens carefully and points her towards a notice at the café — a small moment that could change Maya's next step.

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This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.

Maya sees a notice at the café: someone is needed. She wants the job, but asking in English feels difficult. Leo is there, and one simple question could give Maya a chance.

In this A1-A2 Slow English e...

This podcast is created through a human-led editorial process. Every episode concept, educational strategy, narrative direction and final editorial decision is developed and reviewed by people committed to making English learning meaningful. Artificial intelligence supports script development and editing, while ElevenLabs provides the synthetic voices of our hosts. Human judgement leads the process; technology supports its production.

Maya thinks her café interview is at six — or is it nine? She cannot risk getting the time wrong, so she calls Leo and asks him to say it again.

In this A1-A2 Slow English episode, you wil...