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Summer activities for lower secondary school
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:
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
CREATE YOUR PODCAST
The volumes
Podcast your English 1
Podcast your English 1 is designed as a holiday workbook for Year 7 students. The protagonist, Sara, an Italian Chinese girl, accompanies readers through six episodes: by listening to her podcast, you learn to work on listening, reading, writing and speaking in an integrated and progressive way. Each episode starts with an idiomatic sentence from the spoken language, addresses a topic related to everyday life and ends with a self-assessment section. The final goal is to record your own podcast — with your smartphone, in English, talking about yourself. Find out more!
Episode 1: Nice to meet you
Episode 2: My best friend
Episode 3: My favorite room
Episode 4: My typical week
Episode 5: My free time
Episode 6: My favourite summer outfit
Podcast your English 2
Podcast your English 2 is designed as a holiday workbook for Year 7 students. The protagonist, Amir, a boy of Indian origin, accompanies readers through six episodes: by listening to his podcast, you learn to work on listening, reading, writing and speaking in an integrated and progressive way. The goal broadens from traveling to the ideal city to the topic of online responsibility, reflecting the growth of young people and the challenges of their age. Each episode starts with an idiomatic sentence from the spoken language and ends with a self-evaluation section, leading up to the final goal: recording your own podcast in English. Find out more!
Episode 1: When I was a child
Episode 2: My favorite trip
Episode 3: My best weekend!
Episode 4: My favorite birthday cake
Episode 5: My ideal city
Episode 6: Online…responsibly!
The author
Chiara Soldi holds a degree in Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures and is an English teacher in lower secondary school. She specialises in teaching methods and learning strategies for pupils with special educational needs and is the author of English-language educational materials.
