A warm hometown square at dusk with a fountain, café and string lights
🏡 Colloquial English 8&9 · Unit 9 extra

Talking about your hometown

B2 · 45–55 min · Apex English

Units 8 & 9 · Quote
"Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease."— Naguib Mahfouz
Ask anyone about their hometown — they'll tell you who they are.
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Colloquial English — real, unscripted voices

Colloquial English takes a break from the textbook. Here, three people talk honestly about the town, village or city they call home — using the idioms, hesitations and warmth of real spoken English.

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Three friends chatting on a bench in a small town square