English Podcast for Beginners | Food I Like and Dislike (Slow & Easy) | Episode 9

Do you ever get nervous when ordering food at a café or talking about your favorite meals in English? 🍕🤔 Improve your beginner English while learning how to naturally express your likes, dislikes, and daily eating habits with confidence: **Food I Like & Dislike**. 📥 Download the free lesson plan here: https://fluentora.com/free-english-le... In this beginner English podcast from Fluentora, Emma and Leo talk all things food! From Leo’s massive love for Friday night pizza and chocolate to his intense, dramatic hatred of nuts and jelly, they explore how to share your food preferences in real conversations. This lesson is carefully designed for beginner English learners (A1/A2) who want to build real listening fluency and speaking confidence through slow, clear, and friendly conversations. Whether you are building your everyday speaking skills, expanding your basic vocabulary, or simply want to sound more natural at a restaurant or café, this episode will help you grow both your vocabulary and your communication confidence. In this episode, you will learn: ✅ Meals of the Day Explained Master the names and differences between breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, and talk about when you eat them. ✅ Talking About Likes and Dislikes Learn how to use "I like," "I love," and "I hate" with different levels of feeling to express exactly how you feel about certain foods. ✅ The Café Conversation Scene Listen to a real-life café scenario where Emma and Leo order meals, ask for pricing, and learn the critical phrase "without" to avoid unwanted ingredients (like Leo's dreaded nuts!). ✅ Beginner English Vocabulary Master 13 core vocabulary words used naturally in context, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, favorite, snack, healthy, sweet, fresh, pizza, chocolate, fruit, nuts, and fish. ✅ Like / Love / Hate + Verb-ing Grammar Break Clear up how to correctly pair your feelings with action verbs by mastering the -ing rule (e.g., "I love eating," "I hate cooking," "I like swimming"). ✅ Interactive Speaking Practice Pause the podcast during our "Your Turn" section to answer 5 real-life conversation questions out loud and practice speaking English naturally. ✅ Shadowing & Listening Practice Follow along with Leo's slow, clear personal food story to practice your pronunciation, rhythm, and sentence flow. ---Why learn with Fluentora? At Fluentora, we help English learners build real fluency through meaningful conversations and engaging educational podcasts. Every lesson is designed to improve your listening, speaking, vocabulary, and critical thinking while exploring topics that educated native speakers discuss in everyday life. We believe that learning English should go beyond memorizing grammar and vocabulary. Our goal is to help you communicate confidently, think deeply, and express your ideas naturally in English. ---Download the Lesson Plan Want to follow along with the worksheet used in this episode? Download the complete Food I Like & Dislike lesson plan, including: • Reading materials • Vocabulary explanations • Discussion questions • Speaking activities • Listening exercises 👉 https://fluentora.com/free-english-le... ---Want to Practice Speaking? Take your fluency to the next level by practicing today's vocabulary in a real conversation. Book a free trial lesson with a Fluentora teacher: 👉 https://fluentora.com/ ---TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Cold Open: What is YOUR favorite food? 2:30 Segment 1: Meals of the Day (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Snacks) 6:30 Word Time 1: Drilling Mealtime & Health Vocabulary 9:30 Segment 2: Foods We Love and Hate (Leo's Pizza Night vs. Emma's Fresh Fruit) 13:30 Word Time 2: Drilling Common Food Words 16:30 Grammar Corner: Mastering Like, Love, Hate + Verb-ing (-ing pattern) 19:30 Segment 3: Ordering at a Café (The Key Restaurant Phrases) 24:30 Segment 3 Replay: Slowly Replaying Key Café Phrases 27:00 Your Turn: Interactive Speaking & Question Practice 29:00 Leo's Food Story: Listening & Shadowing Practice 30:30 Outro & Free Lesson Plan Details Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for more beginner English podcasts, practical grammar insights, and real conversations designed to help you become a confident English speaker!