My listening tips for this month include podcasts and radio programmes on:

* how #language influences #identity and #culture
* #contronyms
* #nature #writing
* Mardi Gras's Caribbean roots
* cultural #history of #insomnia
* benefits of #fasting during #Lent

You will find them all in the latest Weekend Listener on the #blog: link in bio or go directly to https://grammaticus.blog/2023/02/24/the-weekend-listener-16/

(Image credit: Naadir Shahul via Unsplash)

#podcasts #radio #listeningskills #learningenglish #englishvocabulary

There are words in English that are known as 'Janus words' - just like that ancient Roman god, they look in two opposite directions at the same time, i.e. they can have two opposite and contradictory meanings (hence they are also known as 'contronyms').

To learn more about them and see a couple of typical examples, please go to this week's blog post: https://grammaticus.blog/2023/02/13/contronyms/

#learningenglish #englishvocabulary #contronyms #englishteacher