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Practical tips for engineers who want to speak and write English more naturally — without grammar drills, textbooks, or starting from scratch.
Best TV Shows to Learn English: 13 Picks for Engineers
You already know you should practise your English more. You also know that opening a grammar textbook after a full day...
Stuck in Translation Mode? Improve Your English Fluency
You're a skilled engineer. Your ideas are sharp. But somewhere between your brain and your mouth, your English gets......
Technical English for International Teams: What Engineers Actually Need
You know your engineering work inside out. You can solve complex problems, manage tight project timelines, and...
Business English for Engineers: What It Is (and Why You Need More Than That)
You've been learning English your whole life. School, university, maybe even a language course or two along the way....
How to Keep Learning English When You’re a Busy Engineer
5 Tips for Engineers That Have Nothing to Do With Grammar If you're an engineer trying to improve your Technical...
How to Learn Technical Vocabulary Without Burning Out
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes 5 ways to avoid vocabulary-learning burnout. Or as I like to call it: a learn-out. A...
Self-Talk: The Quickest Way to Sound More Natural in English (Without Adding to Your To-Do List)
You're a busy engineer with international projects, client meetings, and tight deadlines. The last thing you need is...
Why I Started a Podcast for Engineers (And Why You Couldn’t Find One Before)
Back in 2021, one of my engineers spotted a fancy microphone in the background during an online lesson. "Do you sing...
How to Write Business Emails Faster (As an Engineer)
Staring at a blank email, watching the cursor blink, while a two-minute task turns into twenty? You're not bad at...
Let’s Talk Trash
I need to tell you a funny story. A couple of weeks ago, I met with a new client for the first time. Let's call...
Feeling at Home in a Second Language: What a Dutch Teacher Knows About Your English
Why does a Dutch teacher turn up on a podcast about English for engineers? Because the problem does not change with...
Neurolanguage Coaching and its Advantages for Engineers
Neurolanguage coaching blends neuroscience, language expertise and coaching into one approach. Olivia had seen the...
The Austrian Oak: What Arnold Schwarzenegger Can Teach You About Learning English
Before Arnold Schwarzenegger was the Terminator, he was an Austrian immigrant. People mocked his accent, his body, and...
You Don’t Have to Master Everything Yourself
Ever felt like you should know every rule of English grammar, every verb tense, every exception, on top of actually...
Writing Work Emails in English (Without the Panic)
You can hold a technical conversation, defend your work in a meeting, and handle the hard parts of your job in a...
007: License to Talk
In this episode of English for Engineers, I share why I started this podcast in the first place, then walk through...
Technical English vs Business English
What I Mean by "English for Engineers" In this episode of English for Engineers, I take on three terms that get thrown...
Well, Hello There, Engineers
In the first episode of the English for Engineers podcast, Olivia introduces herself and explains why a civil engineer...