#27: Home | Fin's Daily British English Listening Practice

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]What is the number one thing stopping English learners from improving? Well, it's simply that they are not practicing enough. And that's what we're doing here. Just 5 minutes of British English listening practice every single day.

[00:00:16]Today, the topic is home. I think this is quite a nice topic, quite a wholesome topic. It makes you feel warm inside. It makes your soul feel nice and warm. So home can mean a few different things really. So I think the first thing that people think about is kind of just like house. But there is a difference between a home and a house because a house just refers to the building, the literal building that you live inside. Whereas home, there's a bit more feeling, a bit more emotion, a bit more connection behind that word. And when I was at university, I studied modern languages and translation. And I was taught that some languages or many languages don't have a word for home. or at least in many languages, the word home or the word that they have for home is not used as much as it is in English. So when I think of home, I think of a few different things. So like we just said about the house, I think of both my parents' houses. It is the place that I feel I guess I feel the most safe or I feel the most relaxed. It is the place that I am connected to. It is the place where I return to. When I am in my mom's house, when I'm in my dad's house, I feel like I have returned home.

[00:02:07]And home might be because of the people there. So, like I just said about my parents, it might be because your family are there. It doesn't matter where the building is, where the house or the apartment.

[00:02:22]It doesn't matter where that is. Maybe home is wherever your family are. Maybe it is where you grew up. So for example with me, I have moved houses a few times in my life. So that is not that is not the reason why my mom's house and my dad's house are my homes. Um so there are many reasons why home might be home to someone. But home can mean a little bit more. Often when somebody is talking about their home, they're talking about their village, their town, their city, or it could even be as big as the country. So it's like the area, not just one one literal specific location. So, when I think about home, I think about both of my parents' current houses, but I also think about the area where I grew up and the area where all of my friends are, the area where I have all of my childhood memories, even my teenage memories and into my early 20s as well.

[00:03:39]And I guess my home, my area is not too unique, I guess, but it's definitely very different to big city.

[00:03:52]So the big city life, so like London and even like Cardiff where I am now, the capital of Wales or other big cities like Manchester and Liverpool and things like that, I don't ever feel like I am at home when I'm in a big city. So because it is a rural and coastal location, so there are lots of farms um and there are lots of beaches. That really helps me to think of the idea of home. So my question for you guys, what do you think of when I say the word home? Write it in the comments. Is it a specific room? Maybe it might even be a room in your house. It might be the house or the building, the apartment. It might be the neighborhood where you grew up. It might be the neighborhood where you live now. It might even just be your parents' house where your parents live.

[00:04:57]That is your home. Maybe you've never even lived in that place, but because it's where your parents live, then that is your home. Who knows? It could be anything. What do you think of? Let me know in the comments and I will see you guys tomorrow.