I’m Matt, an English teacher from the UK, and for the last 10+ years I’ve been travelling the world teaching English. Now I’m sharing my travel stories and turning them into a English learning materials for you. Practice your listening skills and learn new vocabulary / idioms / phrasal verbs / grammar points and more with each episode.
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In The Sausage Factory, hosts Mark and Matt dive into the chaotic world of content marketing, where everyone is pushing the "make more content" button. Join them as they look at what works and what doesn't in a $500 billion industry. Sponsored by https://www.rockee.io - the content feedback platform
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022 2023 Recap | New Year, New English
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It's time to take a look back at 2023! What a great year! In this episode I choose my favourite destinations that I travelled to in 2023 in the following categories: 1. Best nature 2. Best cities 3. Best food 4. Best holiday destination 5. Most liveable We learn lots of nice English phrases along the way, including some new year-related stuff. Enjo…
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021 Home for Christmas | Learn ENGLISH Christmas Vocabulary
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It's Christmas time, so I'm heading home to the UK to spend it with my family and friends. In today's episode I talk about how British people spend Christmas these days. We learn lots of Christmas-related English vocabulary and phrases, and also get a nice insight into one of the UK's most important cultural events. Enjoy, and merry Christmas!…
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020 What I Ate in Italy | A Guide to DESCRIBING FOOD in ENGLISH
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Learn how to describe food in real-life, modern English as I talk you through the best food I ate while 'digital nomadding' as an online English teacher in Florence, Italy.
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Perception vs. Practice: The Real Picture of Customer Centricity in B2B Marketing with Stuart Harrison from MOI Global
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Every B2B marketer says they are customer centric. It's in every mission statement, strategy deck, LinkedIn post and internal discussion we have - so it must be true? Well, the data says differently. We had the opportunity to get a sneak preview of some incredible research by Stuart Harrison and the MOI Global team, on how customer centric marketer…
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019 'Down in the Dumps' in Florence, Italy | LEARN NEGATIVE ENGLISH PHRASES AND IDIOMS
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So after 2 weeks travelling the tropical paradise of Sri Lanka, it was back to Europe, and the next destination was Florence, Italy. Let's just say that if Sri Lanka was the high point of my year, Florence was the low point! I spent two months in this city, and for much of it I was 'down in the dumps'. In this episode, I teach you the meaning of th…
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018 Travelling Sri Lanka's Highlands | ADVANCED LEVEL ENGLISH
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Our final episode on Sri Lanka, and to be honest, I didn't have much of a plan for this episode! The result was that I spoke at my natural speed, using ADVANCED LEVEL English vocabulary and phrases. This episode is a real test of your English listening skills. If you can listen all the way to the end and understand most of it, well done, you can be…
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017 Sri Lanka Safari | ANIMAL IDIOMS AND SLANG
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Earlier this year I went on safari in Sri Lanka's Yala National Park. Today I'm telling you the story, and for each animal I saw, I'm going to teach you an ENGLISH IDIOM, PHRASE or PIECE OF SLANG related to that animal. Also, shout out to Ariya Tissa Guesthouse in Tissamaharama where we had one of the nicest stays of our trip. I highly recommend st…
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AI Content - The Copywriters View with Glenn Sturgess
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We sat down with Glenn Sturgess, Director of copy at Write this Way. We talk all about the changes in the content and copy space over the last few years, how robots are going to affect people's approach to marketing and much much more! And crucially we discuss why toad in the hole is a top tier sausage meal - because, we can. --- What we discuss --…
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016 Travelling Sri Lanka: The South | LEARN POSITIVE ENGLISH PHRASES
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I'm feeling really POSITIVE today! Earlier this year I backpacked around Sri Lanka and absolutely fell in love with the country and its people! In this episode I teach some really nice POSITIVE English vocabulary, phrases and idioms that are used by native speakers (particularly British people)! We're learning how to describe people, places, and th…
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015 Turning 30 in Malaysia | BIRTHDAYS IN ENGLISH!
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I turned 30 this year, but I'm still IN MY PRIME! Learn English phrases like this related to birthdays and age in this week's episode! We also look at different ways to wish someone 'happy birthday' in formal, modern, and 'text' English. We start by talking about attitudes to turning 30 in the UK, then I tell the story of my 30th birthday in Kuala …
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014 A Sticky Situation in Vietnam! | Learn STRONG adjectives
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Sometimes when we travel we get ourselves into STICKY SITUATIONS. This week I'm telling the story of when I got myself in a VERY sticky situation the first time I visited Vietnam! This is an English lesson too, of course! So today I'm using, and teaching, lots of STRONG adjectives, so that you don't have to always use 'very'. It's a really useful o…
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013 Exploring Vietnam | PHRASAL VERBS AND B2+ VOCABULARY
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This week we learn new English PHRASAL VERBS and UPPER-INTERMEDIATE to ADVANCED VOCABULARY as I tell you about the weekend trips I took in Vietnam. We'e trying something a little different this week! Instead of having 2 parts (1 for the story and 1 for the teaching), I teach you our target vocabulary directly when I use it. I speak much more natura…
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Aligning Sales and Marketing on Content with Catarina Hoch, VP Marketing at Operatix
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This week, we sat down with Catarina Hoch, the VP of Global Marketing at Operatix. We dive into the complicated relationship between the sales and marketing team and how content needs to align across the two. Catarina also explains why content is becoming more and more important and why you first need to create crap content and learn from it, befor…
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012 A Crazy Month in Hanoi, Vietnam | 10 BRITISH SLANG PHRASES
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Moving on to Vietnam and 10 new British slang phrases to learn in today's episode! Episode word list: mental get your bearings knackered pavement get into it fill your boots rip you off pop on bum in the middle of nowhere Enjoy! Thanks again to my student Valerio who produced the new intro music on the podcast! Check out his music studio on instagr…
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011 Taiwan for Digital Nomads | TEST YOUR ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND LISTENING LEVEL
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Something different in today's episode! We don't have any target vocabulary or grammar. Instead, in Part 1, while I'm speaking about Taiwan as a digital nomad destination, I make 10 grammar mistakes that I often students make in my classes. As you listen, test your English grammar and listening skills by trying to identify my mistakes. In Part 2, w…
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010 Fishing in Taiwan | LEARN FISHING VOCABULARY AND IDIOMS
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Fishing is one of my biggest passions, so I really enjoyed telling this story when I went fishing in Taiwan for the fish of my dreams! As I tell the story I use a lot of fishing VOCABULARY and fish-related IDIOMS. In part 2 we learn how to use these! Even if you're not interested in fishing there's some good vocabulary to learn in today's episode! …
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Life in Taiwan and English Learning Advice with Cindy
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Today we welcome Cindy, an English teacher and surf-skate coach (check out the episode to learn more about this!) who's been living and teaching in Taiwan for many years. You can find Cindy on Instagram at: ciiindyenglish and cindysurfsk8 Continuing our recent theme of Taiwan on the podcast, we talk about what makes Taiwan great, including the incr…
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009 Taiwanese Food: My Top Three | HOW TO DESCRIBE FOOD IN MODERN DAY BRITISH ENGLISH
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In today's episode I talk about one of my favourite topics: food! Not only food, but TAIWANESE food. We focus on how to describe food in REAL-LIFE, MODERN BRITISH ENGLISH. Do you know how to use words like 'stunning' or 'pretty' to describe food? If not, make sure you listen to this episode! Episode Word List: Adverbs: ridiculously / slightly / pre…
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008 Taipei: My Second Home | MASTER ENGLISH LINKING AND TRANSITION WORDS
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Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is one of my favourite cities in the world. In Part 1 of today's episode I discuss what I love about 'my second home'. I use lots of ENGLISH LINKING AND TRANSITION WORDS. In Part 2 of today's episode, we study these linking and transition words and learn how to use them naturally. Word List: although as though however…
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English learning and Life in Ukraine with Natasha
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Natasha is an advanced level English learner and teacher from Ukraine, and she's also one of my students! She joined me for our first guest chat episode and it was a lot of fun! In this episode we talk about: Life in Ukraine and Natasha's hometown How people learn English in Ukraine and the difficulties they have How to take a conscious approach to…
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007 Chasing the Northern Lights: Day Two | PAST PERFECT VS. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
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Our second and final day in Iceland chasing the northern lights for our Grandpa. Did we achieve his dream? I use the PAST PERFECT and PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES as I tell the story In part 2 we review these tenses and look at when to use them! Study today's content with the blog lesson and interactive exercises at: https://www.eng-tu.com…
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Mastering Product Idea Validation and Building A Fanbase with Sam Dickie
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Welcome back to The Sausage Factory! In this week's episode we have a great chat with Sam Dickie, a Senior Product Manager at Skyscanner. We discuss how to validate your ideas, why you should build quickly and why Sam could have black pudding with anything… Sam also takes us through his favourite and least favourite pieces of content. --- What we d…
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006 Chasing the Northern Lights: Day One | LEARN THE PAST PERFECT
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My brother and I took our grandpa, Grandpa Alan, to Iceland to try to achieve his dream of seeing the northern lights. Here's what happened on Day One. As I tell the story I use the PAST PERFECT TENSE very often. In part 2, we review this tense and I explain why I used it. Study today's content with the blog lesson and interactive exercises at: htt…
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005 Grandpa Alan's Bucket List Dream | LEARN BRITISH ENGLISH IDIOMS AND SLANG
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Last year, my Grandpa Alan told me about a travel dream he'd had since he was little. Could I help him achieve it? I tell the story using British English idioms and slang in a natural way. In part 2, I teach you the meaning and how to use them! Word List: go out the window the tables turn no-nonsense, straight-talking sense of humour get up to took…
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004 Three Months in Mallorca: The Highs and Lows (Learn 12 B2+ phrasal verbs)
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Living the digital nomad lifestyle isn't always a dream! In part 1 of today's episode I discuss the highs and lows of my three months living as a digital nomad in Mallorca. Listen carefully as I use 12 upper-intermediate - advanced English phrasal verbs in context. In part 2 we go back through the recording together and learn how to use these diffi…
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Write what you want to read - building a content community with Deborah Carver from Content Technologist
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This week, we chatted to Deborah Carver, the CEO and founder of The Content Technologist newsletter. A newsletter we’ve been big fans of since the get go. Deborah shares her journey in publishing, what drove her to creating the Content Technologist and why it’s important to write what you want to read. We also talk about two big content events that…
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003 Three Things I Love About Mallorca (upper intermediate to advanced English vocabulary)
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It's time to get into the travelling! In the first part of this episode I discuss three things I love about the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca, my first destination on my journey as a full time digital nomad. In part 2 I go back through the recording and teach some upper intermediate and advanced vocabulary, so be sure to stick around to …
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002 Choosing a Destination
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In the second episode we test our English listening skills by exploring the most important considerations when choosing a travel destination as a digital nomad. We learn some difficult vocabulary related to travellers and travelling. Test yourself on this episode's new vocabulary with interactive exercises at www.eng-tu.com…
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001 Becoming a Digital Nomad
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Welcome to the Eng-Tu English podcast with me, Matt, an online English tutor from the UK. Follow me as I travel the world while working as a digital nomad, and improve your English along the way! In the first episode I explain how I became a digital nomad, and teach some useful vocabulary. Here's how the podcast works, and how you can use it to imp…
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Building a Global Content team: Creating a framework for success with James Ainsworth from iManage
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In this week's episode we talk to James Ainsworth, Global Head of Content at iManage. James is also the co-founder of Rules of Engagement, one of Bristol’s longest running content and social networking events. James talks us through framing content for audiences, the value of feedback and incorporating AI with organisation feedback. We also talk ab…
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Is AI making boring content? We talk with Jess Crandon from Salesforce to find out..
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In this week's episode we talk to Jess Crandon, Senior Copywriter and Content Marketer extraordinaire from Salesforce. We’ll be talking to her about her journey in content, how we might be on the precipice of terrible content with the influx of AI in our search results and finding out how she uses feedback to make great content. Jess will also be s…
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Welcome to The Sausage Factory!
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Hello and welcome to The Sausage Factory! A side eye view on the world of content marketing. In our first episode we introduce the guys behind the mics, Matt & Mark. We lay out the plan for the podcast series, our view on the current state of content marketing, what we want to achieve and for some reason, some inane talk about our favourite sausage…
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