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Podcast your English 2

Summer activities for lower secondary school

Chiara Soldi

Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 20x27cm

Pages: 112

ISBN: 9788859045335

Publication date: 01/03/2026

Suitable for: Lower secondary 1st level (ages 10-11), Lower secondary 2nd level (ages 12-13)


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Podcast Your English 2 is a holiday homework workbook for English designed for Year87 (the second year of lower secondary school).

Starting from listening to podcast episodes and moving through reading activities, the book develops across six episodes that balance Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking skills, while consolidating grammatical structures and expanding vocabulary.

Each unit opens with an idiom — a typical expression from spoken English — and the skills work is organised into three key stages, highlighted by specific icons:

  1. a preparation phase with predictions and anticipatory thinking;
  2. a central phase focused on comprehension and in-depth work;
  3. a final phase of revision and reflection to consolidate learning and correct any errors.

At the end of the course, students can record their own episodes, talking in English about experiences, ideas and adventures. In this way, the language does not remain an abstract exercise but becomes a tool for self-expression.


EPISODE 1 – When I was a child

Idiom (To run in the family)
Listening (When I was a child)
Reading (A celebrity from the past)
Writing (Describing celebrities’ lives)
Speaking (Audio 1 – When I was a child)
Grammar (Past simple – verb be; past time expressions)
Helpful tools (Past time expressions; past simple – be)
Reflection

EPISODE 2 – My favourite trip

Idiom (To hit the road)
Listening (My favourite trip)
Reading (Around London)
Writing (Describing itineraries)
Speaking (Audio 2 – My favourite trip)
Grammar (Past simple – regular verbs; past simple – irregular verbs)
Helpful tools (Past simple – regular verbs; past simple – irregular verbs)
Reflection

EPISODE 3 – My best weekend!

Idiom (To be in the limelight)
Listening (My best weekend!)
Reading (A sleepover weekend)
Writing (Describing plans)
Speaking (Audio 3 – My best weekend!)
Grammar (Present continuous to talk about future arrangements)
Helpful tools (Future time expressions; present continuous for the future)
Reflection

EPISODE 4 – My favourite birthday cake

Idiom (To cry over spilled milk)
Listening (My favourite birthday cake)
Reading (The summer party)
Writing (Describing food)
Speaking (Audio 4 – My favourite birthday cake)
Grammar (Countable and uncountable nouns; partitives – some/any)
Helpful tools (Countable/uncountable nouns; some/any)
Reflection

EPISODE 5 – My ideal city

Idiom (To miss the boat)
Listening (My ideal city)
Reading (Travel green!)
Writing (Describing means of transport)
Speaking (Audio 5 – My ideal city)
Grammar (Comparative and superlative adjectives)
Helpful tools (Comparative adjectives; superlative adjectives)
Reflection

EPISODE 6 – Online… responsibly!

Idiom (To be off grid)
Listening (Online… responsibly!)
Reading (Hostel “By the lake”)
Writing (Describing rules)
Speaking (Audio 6 – Online… responsibly!)
Grammar (Verbs to express obligation – must / have to)
Helpful tools (must; have to)
Reflection

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