Home My Library My Account Pocketmags Puzzles Pocketmags Plus+ Title A-Z Category A-Z Latest Offers Gift Vouchers Activate a Subscription Help & Support
GB
0 Basket
Login Plus+
BEST SELLERS OFFERS Hobbies & Craft Aviation & Transport Leisure General Interest Sport
United Kingdom  

SITE SETTINGS

LIGHT MODE DARK MODE
All Categories
Art & Photography Art Design Architecture Photography Aviation & Transport Motorbikes Aviation Automotive Rail Family & Home Kids Parenting Animals & Pets Food DIY Landscaping & Gardening Property Interior Design & Home Food and Drink Cooking & Baking Drink Vegetarian & Vegan Gluten Free & Special Diets General Interest History & Fact Astronomy Education & Literary Spiritual & Religion Trade & Professional National & Regional Books News & Current Affairs Health & Fitness Medical Running Women's Health Men's Health Slimming Spirituality & Wellbeing Hobbies & Craft Collecting Radio Control Modelling Scale & Millitary Modelling Sewing & Knitting Woodworking Arts & Crafts Leisure Interest Travel Boating & Yachting Poker & Gambling Caravan & Motorhome Camping & Outdoor TV & Film Tattoo Horse Riding & Equestrian Wildlife Men's Interest Lifestyle Gay TV & Film Men's Fitness Motorbikes Automotive Football Fishing & Angling Gaming Gadgets Newspapers All Music Classical Heavy Metal Other Rock Pop Practical & Playing Hi-Fi Sport Football Cycling Rugby Cricket & Golf Football Programmes Fishing & Angling Shooting & Archery Boxing & Martial Arts Horse Riding & Equestrian Other Watersports & Board Athletics & Running Motorsport Ski & Winter Sports Outdoor & Adventure Tech & Gaming Apple Gaming Internet Gadgets PC Mobile Trade & Professional Money & Investment Building & Architecture Military & Defense Education Media Retail News Farming & Agriculture Catering Business Transport Politics Travel Women's Interest Hair Celebrity Weddings & Brides Fashion & Lifestyle Healthy Food & Slimming Fitness
United Kingdom  
Digital Subscriptions > Learn Hot English > 264 > EDITOR’S INTRO
  
You are currently viewing the United Kingdom version of the site.
Would you like to switch to your local site?
2 MIN READ TIME

EDITOR’S INTRO

How you learn English with Hot English magazine

WHY ARE YOU LEARNING ENGLISH? TO GET A BETTER JOB, TO PASS AN OFFICIAL ENGLISH EXAM, TO TRAVEL, OR JUST TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH? HOT ENGLISH MAGAZINE HELPS WITH ALL THIS.

1 Increase your vocabulary. In every issue of Hot English you’ll learn over 350 English words and expressions! Plus you’ll learn lots of idioms, phrasal verbs, grammar and more.

2 Improve your listening. Every magazine has 60 minutes of spoken English audio. You’ll learn to understand English, plus you can hear lots of different accents!

3 Exam English. Hot English helps prepare you for official English exams (First Certificate, IELTS, TOEFL, etc.). How? Exams test your ability to speak and your range of vocabulary. Hot English improves your communication skills and your knowledge of words and expressions.

4 Business English. Practical English for the office, for meetings, for talking to clients – it’s all in Hot English. Plus, read business tips from entrepreneurs.

5 Travel English. Want to travel to English-speaking countries? With Hot English you’ll learn the words and expressions you need for international travel!

6 Social English. How do native English speakers really talk? Learn with our natural English conversations. Also, learn English slang. Plus, in Hot English you’ll read about current events (news, culture, music, films) so you can make conversation with native English speakers.

7 Want to learn even more? Get an English Unlocked book. You’ll learn extra vocabulary, grammar, social English and business English. The English Unlocked books are linked to the topics in Hot English magazine. Visit our website for more details.

Read the complete article and many more in this issue of Learn Hot English
Purchase options below
If you own the issue, Login to read the full article now.
Single Digital Issue 264
 
£4.99 / issue
This issue and other back issues are not included in a new subscription. Subscriptions include the latest regular issue and new issues released during your subscription. Learn Hot English
Annual Digital Subscription £35.99 billed annually
Save
40%
£3.00 / issue
6 Month Digital Subscription £21.99 billed twice a year
Save
27%
£3.66 / issue

This article is from...


View Issues
Learn Hot English
264
VIEW IN STORE

Other Articles in this Issue


Pre-Intermediate (CEF level: A2)
WORD BOOSTER
ACTS OF VIOLENCE II
NATURAL ENGLISH
What’s your idea of the perfect job?
FAVOURITE FOOD
What’s your favourite type of food? Italian I
HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN UNLUCKY DAY?
You’re going to listen to two people talking about their days. You’ll learn some useful words and expressions for talking about this. Plus, you’ll improve your speaking and listening skills.
IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO GET A PET?
You’re going to listen to two people talking about pets. You’ll learn some useful words and expressions for talking about this. Plus, you’ll improve your speaking and listening skills.
DR FINGERS’PRONUNCIATION
Part I Last month we looked at the
Intermediate (CEF level: B1)
DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC
Today ’s class: WOULD & INTO Dear Dr
MAN-MADE DISASTERS TRANSPORT
In previous issues of Hot English we’ve looked at man-made disasters involving fire. This month we are continuing with the series and looking at tragedies involving means of transport. Let’s see what happens when the wrong people are put in charge of the world’s finest ships, boats and vehicles.
LEARN ENGLISH WITH SOME USEFUL ADVICE FOR A BETTER LIFE!
Do you want to lead a happy, healthy life? The following is some advice that will help you do just that. However, as well as enjoying the useful ideas, you’ll also learn lots of useful language that you can use when speaking. First, read over the advice. Then, do the exercises on the following pages to help you learn the language and the ideas. Good luck!
LEARN ENGLISH WITH SOME USEFUL ADVICE FOR A BETTER LIFE! EXERCISES
Complete the exercises to help you learn the language and improve your English!
ACCIDENT TRIVIA
Every year thousands of people are injured in accidents. Some of them are quite typical: touching an electrical wire that’s connected to the mains, picking up a plate that’s been in the oven for three hours or running over an area of ice. But some accidents are for even stupider reasons. Here is a a collection of the most ridiculous accidents that occurred in Britain. These statistics are compiled every year
SING ALONG
Here are some more classic songs from the world of pop and rock. Have fun singing along with them
THE BAND
This month the most famous cover band in the
Upper Intermediate (CEF level: B2)
ACCIDENTS
Here is a dialogue with lots of useful expressions for talking about accidents.
FUNCTIONALLANGUAGEIN ACTION
Here’s a cartoon about an accident. In this scene, Bruce has had an accident. He rushes into a bar to get a drink. What has he hit?
CROSSWORD
Across 1: To explode. To go _______ 5:
WORDSEARCH
See if you can identify the word below. Then, try to find these words (here on the right) in the Wordsearch. Good luck! Answers on page 61.
AIR IDIOMS
Our monthly look at idioms. Notice how the literal meaning of the complete idiom is of ten different from the actual meaning of each individual word. This month we are looking at idioms related to air.
DRIVE-IN MOVIES
We’ve all seen the movie Grease with John
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
A look at some famous films
REDNECK
This month in our “Urban Tribes” section we are looking at a group of people from the US: rednecks.
In The News...
BARS – The New Disease The “World Health
Advanced (CEF level: C1)
ROBIN HOOD – THE TRUE STORY!
There have been hundreds of Robin Hood films
Weird World Cartoon
(GLOSSARY ON PREVIOUS PAGE)
Strange BUT True
True stories from around the world that are hard to believe!
SYDNEY
A look at some cool places from around the world.
AUSTRALIA
A look at some cool places from around the world.
AUSSIE LANGUAGE
If you ever go to Australia, you’re going to have to know how to speak to the natives. Of course, they all speak English, but there are many words and expressions that are just used in Australia and are unknown in the rest of the world. Here are some of the more common ones:
LANGUAGE LEARNING IN AUSTRALIA
Ferries This month we are looking at some
Quotes BECKHAM DAVID
Here is an interesting collection of quotes about and by David Beckham
British bar chat
Suing big companies! This month John and Jack
US bar chat
Bill Clinton! This month we are going to
Dictionary of slang
Here we’ve got some examples of how to say things in different situations.
Answers & scripts
FOOD FUN 1 PRE-LISTENING 1g, 2h, 3f, 4a,
HOT STAFF
Directors Managing Director Thorley Russell (00 34 91

Basket -

Your basket is currently empty.
Continue Shopping
Or, read for just 99p with
Pocketmags Plus
You can enjoy:
The issue in your basket
Instant access to 600+ titles
Thousands of back issues
30 days for just 99p
TRY PLUS+ FOR 99p
30 days access, then just £9.99 / month. Cancel anytime. New subscribers only.

Learn more
View Issues
View Issues
Chat
X
Pocketmags Support