English Podcast for Intermediate Learners (B1–B2) | Small Talk at Work | 20 Minutes Listening

📘 Get your FREE B1–B2 English workbook (story, exercises + answer key): https://steadyenglish.gumroad.com/l/f... An English podcast-style conversation for intermediate learners: Maya and Leo make small talk at work in Toronto. Improve your English listening and speaking, and learn question tags and follow-up questions to keep any conversation going. In this B1–B2 English lesson you will: ✔ learn 8 key words for the story ✔ listen to a story at natural speed, with a word-by-word transcript ✔ hear it again slowly (0.8×) with the key language highlighted ✔ understand question tags & follow-up questions, with common mistakes fixed ✔ practise speaking: shadowing + “Your turn” questions ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Hello & today's story 0:52 Key words 3:03 The story 10:31 Slow replay (0.8×) 13:51 Joanna's Spotlight: Question tags & follow-up questions 16:36 Your turn to speak 19:58 Recap & next episode 📚 KEY WORDS • small talk (noun) – Friendly, light conversation about easy topics, like the weather. • how's it going? (phrase) – A friendly way to say: How are you? • commute (noun) – The trip from your home to work, and back again. • get used to (phrase) – To slowly start to feel that something is normal. • catch up (phrasal verb) – To talk with someone and share your news. • by the way (phrase) – We say it to start a new topic in a conversation. • sounds great (phrase) – A friendly way to say yes to an idea or a plan. • grab (verb) – To get something quickly, like food or a drink. ✍️ GRAMMAR: Question tags & follow-up questions • Question tags: It's cold today, isn't it? · You didn't take the wrong streetcar, did you? • No helper verb → do / does / did: You work here, don't you? • Follow-up questions: I love photography. → Oh really? What kind? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📘 FREE ENGLISH WORKBOOK (PDF) Practice what you learned! Download the free Steady English workbook: ✔ The full story with key words highlighted ✔ Vocabulary with meanings + pronunciation ✔ Grammar explained simply ✔ Practice exercises + complete answer key ✔ Speaking and writing tasks Printable (A4 + US Letter) or use it on your screen. 👉 https://steadyenglish.gumroad.com/l/f... 📚 Want the workbooks for Episodes 1–6? Get the full bundle here: https://steadyenglish.gumroad.com/l/e... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💬 YOUR TURN What do you usually talk about at work or school: the weather, weekend plans, or something else? Answer in the comments! Subscribe to Steady English for new English lessons every week. Keep going — steady steps! #LearnEnglish #EnglishPodcast #SmallTalk