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Want to switch between languages effortlessly or handle conversations in any setting? We’ve got you covered. We teach languages daily and know what works. Discover where to focus your energy, what to avoid, and how to fast-track your progress. This podcast is for German native professionals who need to speak better English. For Leaders of international teams. For Germans, who have always struggled with English.
Our unique combination – two Brits + a German – will help you unlock tricky English challenges with ease. Looking for a fresh approach? Tune in for proven, practical strategies to finally make your English learning stick! Practical, proven, authentic and fun.
Your Three English Experts
Birgit, Rebecca and Dave
threeenglishexperts.com
Native British coaches Rebecca and Dave, alongside Birgit, a native German business English coach, bring you authentic advice on how to tackle real-world language challenges.
And why are we so good at helping English language learners? Because we’re not just teachers, we’re language learners too! Rebecca has learnt German, Spanish, Japanese, and Swahili, Birgit speaks English, Spanish, and Dutch, and Dave speaks German and is starting his Spanish journey. We know how it feels to learn a language firsthand!
Want to switch between languages effortlessly or handle conversations in any setting? We’ve got you covered. We teach languages daily and know what works. Discover where to focus your energy, what to avoid, and how to fast-track your progress. This podcast is for German native professionals who need to speak better English. For Leaders of international teams. For Germans, who have always struggled with English.
Our unique combination – two Brits + a German – will help you unlock tricky English challenges with ease. Looking for a fresh approach? Tune in for proven, practical strategies to finally make your English learning stick! Practical, proven, authentic and fun.
Your Three English Experts
Birgit, Rebecca and Dave
threeenglishexperts.com
Why English news headlines are so confusing (and how to decode them)
2026-02-15 20 min
Struggling to understand newspaper headlines?
In this episode, we break down the secret language of headlines — from “PM gives go-ahead” to “Police probe blaze” — and show you how short, punchy words can boost your vocabulary fast. Learn the grammar tricks, discover powerful headline verbs, and train your English in just five minutes a day.
Next workshop: Friday 24 April. Grab your seat today. Workshops | Three English Experts
Please download the “Know your Newspaper headline English words.” PDF, try our quiz and catch the link to the English language online newspaper The Local de on our Three English experts resources page:
(0:00 – 0:21) Introduction to the episode and topic
(1:16 – 2:35) “PM gives go-ahead to new highway”
(2:40 – 3:25) “Government backs new climate plan”
(4:02 – 5:33) “School axed sparks protest”
(5:33 – 7:19) “President vows tax cuts”
(7:20 – 8:27) “Thieves use ploy to rob tourists”
(8:28 – 9:33) Clarifying “Ploy” and Introducing “Poll”
(10:15 – 11:05) “Police probe nightclub fire”
(11:05 – 12:17) Present tense in headlines
(12:18 – 13:10) Future forms in headlines
(13:10 – 14:12) The word “hail” in headlines
(14:13 – 15:33) Why headlines can be confusing
(15:33 – 18:09) The Golden Nugget: The Local DE
(18:09 – 19:35) Closing and upcoming offers
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Birgit: https://birgitkasimirski.de
Haben Sie Schwierigkeiten, Schlagzeilen in Zeitungen zu verstehen?
In dieser Folge entschlüsseln wir die Geheimsprache der Schlagzeilen – von „PM gibt grünes Licht“ bis „Polizei untersucht Brand“ – und zeigen Ihnen, wie Sie mit kurzen, prägnanten Wörtern Ihren Wortschatz schnell erweitern können. Lernen Sie Grammatik-Tricks, entdecken Sie aussagekräftige Verben für Schlagzeilen und trainieren Sie Ihr Englisch in nur fünf Minuten pro Tag.
Laden Sie bitte die PDF-Datei „Know your Newspaper headline English words” herunter, machen Sie unser Quiz und klicken Sie auf den Link zur englischsprachigen Online-Zeitung The Local de auf unserer Seite „Three English experts resources”:
(0:00 – 0:21) Einführung in die Folge und das Thema
(1:16 – 2:35) „Premierminister gibt grünes Licht für neue Autobahn“
(2:40 – 3:25) „Regierung unterstützt neuen Klimaplan“
(4:02 – 5:33) „Schulschließung löst Proteste aus”
(5:33 – 7:19) „Präsident verspricht Steuersenkungen”
(7:20 – 8:27) „Diebe nutzen Trick, um Touristen auszurauben”
(8:28 – 9:33) Erläuterung von „Ploy” und Einführung von „Poll”
(10:15 – 11:05) „Polizei untersucht Brand in Nachtclub“
(11:05 – 12:17) Präsens in Schlagzeilen
(12:18 – 13:10) Zukunftsformen in Schlagzeilen
(13:10 – 14:12) Das Wort „hail“ in Schlagzeilen
(14:13 – 15:33) Warum Schlagzeilen verwirrend sein können
(15:33 – 18:09) Der Goldschatz: The Local DE
(18:09 – 19:35) Abschluss und kommende Angebote
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