Describing Where You Are 📍🧭

Episode 190 | Slow English Podcast | English With Us Podcast

The episode opens with a simple but relatable scenario: you're standing outside a train station in New York City, trying to tell a friend exactly where to meet you. "I am outside the station" or "I am across the street from the cafe" — these are the kinds of phrases that make the difference between a smooth meetup and a frustrating game of phone tag. The hosts, David and Emma, walk through the building blocks of location language for English learners at the A1-A2 level, focusing on what actually works when you need someone to find you.

Location Words That Do the Work

The core vocabulary is straightforward but carefully sequenced. Location means the place where someone or something is. From there, the hosts introduce a set of prepositions and phrases that form the backbone of everyday location talk. At is used for a place as a point ("I am at the train station"), while in signals being inside an area or space ("I am in the coffee shop inside the airport"). The distinction matters less for grammatical precision and more for giving step-by-step clarity — you can start with the general and narrow down.