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No scripts, no actors — genuine English speakers talking about real life: 156 episodes of listening, vocabulary and colloquial English, with transcripts, eBooks and exercises.

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Why real conversations?
Textbook English and real English are different languages. Our recordings keep the hesitations, the interruptions and the expressions people actually use — so when you hear English in the wild, it sounds familiar.
How to learn English with audio
Nothing to sign up for and nothing to pay to start. Four steps, fifteen minutes a day.
- 1Pick your level, not your topicIf you get lost, drop a level. Understanding 80% is what makes it stick.
- 2Listen straight through, onceNo dictionary. Get the gist before you chase the words.
- 3Check what you caughtSay out loud what they talked about. Then listen again and notice what you missed.
- 4Come back 24 hours laterWhat was noise the first time turns into words the second.
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Zapp! English Listening
Understand real English at real speed — not the slowed-down English of textbooks.
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Zapp! English Vocabulary & Pronunciation
Build the vocabulary English speakers actually use — and say it so they understand you first time.
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Zapp! English Colloquial
Hundreds of everyday expressions people actually say — learned in context, ready to use.
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Zapp! English Vocabulary for Work
The English your job needs — meetings, colleagues, customers — from real workplace talk.
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Zapp! English Academic Vocabulary
The word bank for essays, exams and university study — taught through real speech, not lists.
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The first episodes of each series.
- 2.1 - Jobs & Work - Zapp! English Listening
- 2.2 - Living with People - Zapp! English Listening
- 2.1 - Jobs & Work - Zapp! English Vocabulary & Pronunciation
- 2.2 - Living with People - Zapp! English Vocabulary & Pronunciation
- 2.1 - Jobs & Work - Zapp! English Colloquial
- 2.2 - Living with People - Zapp! English Colloquial
