Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

Top tips for spontaneous speaking ? with communication expert Matt Abrahams, a professor at the Stamford Graduate School of Business, California. Matt is a leading expert in his field and his new book "Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot" gives you clear, academically-researched advice on how to deal with anxiety, focus on making connections, improve your mindset, learn to listen, and find really useful structures to help you become a more spontaneous and successful speaker.

Episode page ? https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/04/22/879-think-fast-talk-smart-communication-techniques-for-spontaneous-speaking-with-matt-abrahams/

Matt's website (book, podcast & more) ? https://mattabrahams.com/

Matt's presentation about communication techniques (34 million views) ? https://youtu.be/HAnw168huqA?si=jyE7BpzaIt4el_dl

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These days Elena Mutonono is an experienced business coach who helps online English teachers to gain independence and control over their own careers, but Elena's journey started as a learner of English herself. In this conversation I ask Elena about how she learned English, making the step to becoming an English teacher, then teacher trainer and what challenges online English teachers face when trying to work in a crowded and demanding job market.

? Elena's website https://www.elenamutonono.com/

? Elena's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/elenamutonono/

? Elena's podcast https://www.elenamutonono.com/podcast/

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This conversation is a preview of my Zoom workshop on Thurs 18 April 2024 at 10AM (UK time), as part of the Advanced English Summit. In my workshop I will be talking about how to really learn vocabulary, and not just stare at word lists.

This is a conversation about the subject of the workshop, and summit organiser Clare Whitmell asks me questions about why vocabulary is important, why I love teaching it, common mistakes made by learners, ways of learning vocabulary more effectively, and some tools you can use.

? Sign up for the Advanced English Summit here https://english-at-home.com/summit/

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? Episode page on teacherluke.co.uk https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/04/11/877-how-to-learn-vocabuary-a-conversation-with-clare-whitmell/

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Listen to me rambling about Daylight Saving Time, weird AI generated images for Luke's English Podcast, and lots of comments and responses to recent episodes including the Birthday Party story ? , the MBTI Personality Test ? and the Walk & Talk in Paris ??.

? Episode page ? https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/04/08/876-thoughts-comments-on-recent-episodes-a-spring-equinox-ramble-2024/

? Get the PDF (no email needed) ? https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/876.-Thoughts-comments-on-recent-episodes-_-A-Spring-Equinox-Ramble.pdf

? The Advanced English Summit - book your place for Luke's Zoom talk (free) ? https://english-at-home.com/summit/

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Learn English with another short story. I'll read the entire story to you, and then go through the text again explaining and clarifying the main events and plenty of vocabulary. This is a wonderful adventure story written by HG Wells, a very influential and imaginative English writer from the late 19th century. The story is full of vivid descriptive language, action, adventure and extraordinary moments. I hope it captures your imagination and lets the English come alive in memorable ways.

The story starts after about 12 minutes.

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? Episode page ? https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/04/01/875-aepyornis-island-by-hg-wells-learn-english-with-a-short-story/

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Here is an episode in which I walk through the streets of Paris, rambling about a particular subject. This time the subject is Paris itself. This summer Paris is hosting the Olympic Games. The city will be filled with visitors. I am very curious to see how the city will handle this moment. Will it be a huge success? What will visitors think of the city? Will anyone suffer from the mysterious "Paris Syndrome"? Join me on my walk, follow my words, look out for vocab and consider using my questions for your own speaking practice.

Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/03/25/874-walk-talk-paris/

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The MBTI Personality Test (aka "16 Personalities") is a very well-known and widely used test which claims to be able to give you a "freakishly accurate" analysis of your personality type. In this episode I take the test, explain the reasons for my answers, explain some vocabulary and give my thoughts on the test results and the test itself. Includes plenty of expressions for describing personality traits, behaviour, ways of thinking and feeling and the subject of psychological testing.

? Episode page with notes, transcripts and links https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/03/18/873-luke-takes-the-mbti-personality-test

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Learn English with another short story. This time it's a 300-word story by Katherine Brush often used in literature classes, full of vivid imagery and with an emotional twist. I read the story to you, and then go through each line, explaining vocabulary and grammar.

? Episode page with story text and vocabulary notes https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/03/11/872-the-birthday-party-learn-english-with-a-short-story/

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A very long rambling episode with a big mix of vocabulary, stories about my trip to Rome, comments from listeners, lots of thoughts about episodes I've published over the last 12 months, more advice about learning English, and a story about being Jackie Chan's English teacher.

? Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/03/04/871-rambling-through-my-episode-archive-listener-comments-gold-youtube-creator-award/

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Returning guest Kate Billington suddenly decided to move to the other side of the world, to Taipei in beautiful Taiwan. In this episode we talk about meeting LEPsters in Taipei, her decision to move there, and how everything is going, with the usual conversational tangents along the way. 

? Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/26/870-kate-billington-moved-to-taiwan

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In international diplomacy, "communication is everything". This is the main point of this conversation, in which I talk to my friend who works for the UK delegation at UNESCO in Paris. We discuss the work that UNESCO does, and the various communication challenges involved in working together with representatives from countries all around the world, including the collaborative writing of official documents where the use of a single comma can be debated for hours, and the meetings and conversations in which cultural sensitivity and good-will are essential elements for success.

Also includes some communication idioms and guitar playing near the end of the episode.

? Episode page with introduction transcript https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/19/869-working-at-unesco-english-in-international-diplomacy/

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Talking to Lindsay from All Ears English about social, economic and political changes happening in the USA (and the UK) at the moment.

Includes some rambling and a song at the end of the episode.

? Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/12/868-how-the-usa-is-changing-with-lindsay-mcmahon-from-all-ears-english/

? Listen to Luke on All Ears English talking about American & British English https://pod.link/751574016/episode/d4b5eabd02763c0770be33d021098248

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This episode is all about the different modes of communication that we use beyond the 4 linguistic skills of reading, writing, listening speaking. My guest is Nik Peachey who has helped to write a new paper published by OUP called "Multimodality in ELT: Communication Skills for Today?s Generation". Listen to Nik and me chatting about the importance of multimodal literacy in our social interactions and in the ways we consume and produce media online.

? Episode page with intro notes ? https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/06/867-multimodal-communication-with-nik-peachey/

? Read the OUP paper "Multimodality in ELT: Communication Skills for Today?s Generation" ? https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/expert/multimodality?itm_source=oup-elt-site&itm_medium=hero-banner&itm_campaign=ww-multimodality&cc=ca&selLanguage=sk

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Here are my reactions to getting 1 million subscribers on YouTube, and probably 1 million+ on audio platforms too!

Listen to me rambling on my own and with my daughter (6 years old now) while the subscriber number gradually goes up, and eventually reaches this big milestone.

Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/02/1-million-subscribers-on-youtube-x1f389/

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The return of the lying game on LEP! Amber, Paul and I play a speaking game which I sometimes use in my English classes. Listen to our stories and try to work out if we are lying or telling the truth. The second half of the episode contains story summaries and vocabulary explanations. 

? Episode page with vocabulary list, etc https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/01/29/866-the-lying-game-9-with-amber-paul-with-vocabulary-explanations/

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Amber & Paul return to the podcast for another tangential conversation about various things, including:

why Paul is angry (again) ?how Amber gets crushed in her own bed ?how our British children don't need to wear coats ?the special gifts Luke has prepared for Amber & Paul ?the highs and lows of Paul's global comedy tour ?how Paul's been telling the Russian joke on stage ?Amber's recent trip to London ??The Beatles' "Now & Then" ?the next step in Paul's career ?Amber's kids saying more funny things ??? and more...

? Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/01/22/865-catching-up-with-amber-paul-13/

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Join me as I talk without a script about lovely cold weather ?? being too lazy to wash my cups ? feeling exhausted because my son won't sleep ???? New Year's Eve celebrations ? performing stand up comedy to 4200 people ? a recommended YouTube channel about adventurous missions in the UK countryside ? and recent horror films I've seen ?.

Episode page ? https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/01/15/864-a-winter-ramble-x2744xfe0f-learn-english-with-lep/

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A new year episode to welcome you back to my podcast, to encourage you to reflect on your learning of English over the last 12 months, to consider your English learning in 2024 and how this podcast can help you. Includes plenty of ideas for how to improve your English, some reflections on my learning of French, and some 'help' from my baby son ?.

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? Episode page on my website ? https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/01/08/863-welcome-back-your-english-in-2024-with-lep-x1f4c8/

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[2/2] Stephen from the Simple English News Daily podcast asks me questions about news events from this year. This is part 2 of a 2-part episode.

? Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/27/862-world-news-quiz-2023-part-2-with-stephen-from-send7-podcast/

*Edits - On reflection, I decided to remove questions 11 and 12 because they were about the war in Ukraine and I think the tone of our conversation was not appropriate considering the solemnity of the situation. I regret not expressing my sincere condolences for the victims of the war.

Question 11 was about Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and question 12 was about the % of land in Ukraine occupied by Russian forces at the end of 2023 (20%).

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[1/2] Stephen from the Simple English News Daily podcast asks me questions about news events from this year. This is part 1 of a 2-part episode.

? Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/27/861-world-news-quiz-2023-part-1-with-stephen-from-send7-podcast/

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Listen to me telling this classic Christmas ghost story - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. I have read this story on the podcast before (in episode 320) but it's a good one so let's do it again, shall we?

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? Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/22/860-charles-dickens-christmas-ghost-story-learn-english-with-a-short-story/

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How about some English rambling at Christmas time? ChatGPT (who can speak now) helps me with some questions and ideas, and I ramble about Christmas plans, traditions, post-gift melancholy, upcoming episodes, how to do a King Charles impression, and more...

? Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/20/859-a-christmas-ramble-2023-with-chatgpt

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This is part 2 of this double episode. Please listen to part 1 first! Sarah and Fred are trivia quiz nerds with a new trivia podcast. In this episode they joined me for some trivia quizzing and conversation. In this second part you can listen to my quiz for Sarah and Fred, and then Fred's quiz for me. Can you answer the questions? Can you follow the whole conversation? Listen carefully!

? Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/15/858-trivia-quizzing-with-sarah-and-fred-part-2/

? Listen to Luke's first episode on Sarah & Fred's podcast "Not An Alias Podcast" https://pod.link/1503202147/episode/f33a8fcf069e1a69d06335e4a472f372

? Fred on Instagram @FredMeUp https://www.instagram.com/fredmeup/?hl=en

? Sarah on Instagram @ParisQuizMistress  https://www.instagram.com/parisquizmistress/

? Not An Alias Podcast on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ParisQuizMistress/

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Sarah and Fred are trivia quiz nerds who have been doing trivia nights in Paris for years and now have a new trivia-themed podcast. In this episode we get together to discuss trivia quizzing, and to quiz each other with our own trivia questions. In this first part we get to know Sarah and Fred again, talk about their new podcast and then Sarah quizzes me with some cleverly-written questions. Can you understand and answer the questions? The quizzing continues in part 2.

? Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/13/857-trivia-quizzes-with-sarah-and-fred-part-1/

? Listen to Luke's first episode on Sarah & Fred's podcast "Not An Alias Podcast" https://pod.link/1503202147/episode/f33a8fcf069e1a69d06335e4a472f372

? Fred on Instagram @FredMeUp https://www.instagram.com/fredmeup/?hl=en

? Sarah on Instagram @ParisQuizMistress  https://www.instagram.com/parisquizmistress/

? Not An Alias Podcast on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ParisQuizMistress/

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Talking to my brother about his new album "Glytek Audio - Mood Selector" (available now on Touched Revolutions records) and then discussing music including the first album we ever bought, and favourite albums in different genres.

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? Page for this episode on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/07/856-my-brothers-new-album-is-out-now-music-chat-with-james/

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Talking to Cara about films, movies, her movie club for English learners and a discussion about films and what they mean.

Episode page with all the links you could ever need! ? https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/06/855-discussing-films-with-cara-leopold/

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? Learn English with a short story.

? Listen & repeat after me if you'd like to practise your pronunciation.

?Learn some vocabulary in the second half of the video.

? I found this story in answer to a post on Quora.com asking about true scary stories.

I thought I could use it to help you learn English. Can you understand the story, and predict the twist at the end?

? Read the original by Lance Stephenson here https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-short-scary-stories

? Page for this episode on my website with a word-for word copy of the story https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/28/854-the-invitation-learn-english-with-a-short-story/

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Join me as I meet and get to know Rhiannon, an English coach whose mission is to help you feel awesome about your English. I had never met Rhiannon before this interview, so listen as I get to know her and we chat about her English & Welsh roots, moving to Edinburgh, studying theology at university, early experiences as an English teacher, why learners often feel ashamed of their English, and how she can help. We also discuss the wonders of fish & chips and deep fried Mars bars which you can buy on the streets of Edinburgh.

? Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/22/853-a-conversation-with-rhiannon-carter/

? Rhiannon's website https://www.rhiannonelt.com/

? Rhiannon's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rhiannonelt.coaching/

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How does it feel to have a visual impairment? How do blind people navigate the world? How do other people treat you, if you are blind? And, how do we talk about blindness and other forms of disability in English? This episode is inspired by a listener called Hafid, who contacted me recently. I talk about the subject of blindness and disability in general, read an article written by a partially sighted person, and explain a list of words and phrases we should use when describing different forms of disability. Also includes various medical vocabulary such as the different parts of the eye and other related topics.

? Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/15/852-how-does-it-feel-to-be-blind/

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A listener left a comment on my website asking for my thoughts on the new Beatles song which was released last week, and I was happy to ramble about it for 45 mins. Listen to hear me give my thoughts and tell several stories related to what is being described as the last Beatles song.

I talk for about 10 minutes about burning down my apartment, and my thoughts on the content I make for this podcast and then start talking about The Beatles until the end of the episode. To skip straight to the Beatles bit, go forward to about 12 minutes.

Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/08/851-rambling-about-the-beatles-now-and-then-%f0%9f%8e%b8/

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Fabio has written a book about language learning, based on his own personal experiences of learning English. Each chapter ends with the same sentence: ?This is how to learn a language?. But each chapter disagrees with the next. There are many ways to learn a language, and none of them is the only right way to do it.

In this episode, we talk all about this and Fabio shares some of his stories.

Fabio is the host of "Stolariod Stories" a self-development podcast which includes lots of lessons about learning English, and learning about life in general.

? Page for this episode on Luke's website ? https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/01/850-any-language-you-want-with-fabio-cerpelloni/

? Get Fabio's book ? https://fabiocerpelloni.com/any-language-you-want/

? Listen to Fabio interview Luke about stand-up comedy on Stolaroid Stories here ? https://pod.link/1588409467/episode/5a1f614be55bdffa8513091565ef4985

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Bed bugs in Paris & London, Mosquito hunting in the middle of the night, a home invasion by fleas and the terrors of cockroaches - listen to some anecdotes about encounters with insects with Zdenek who has recently relocated to Vietnam. Watch out for various insect idioms which appear during the conversation.

? Episode page on Luke's website (with list of insect idioms ? & more) https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/10/25/849-stories-of-insects-bugs-creepy-crawlies-with-zdenek-lukas/

? Zdenek's Website with courses, and Discord server for learning English https://teacherzdenek.com/

? P53 Technology in the Modern World - parts 1, 2 & 3 available now on LEP Premium. For more information about LEP Premium click here https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premiuminfo

Luke on Other People's Podcasts recently ?

? Listen to "Mission in Paris" on Into The Story with Bree Aesie https://pod.link/1522715603/episode/71b6f95ea88babe5f978960f07a9e73c

? Listen to "The Art of Making People Laugh" on Stolariod Stories with Fabio Cerpelloni https://pod.link/1588409467/episode/5a1f614be55bdffa8513091565ef4985

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Bree Aesie is an English teacher with a background in psychology, especially child development, and in this episode she comes onto LEP with advice and encouragement for parents who want to help their children to learn English from an early age.

? Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/10/18/848-the-superpower-of-starting-english-early-with-kids-with-bree-aesie/

? Listen to Luke's funny & dramatic story on Bree's podcast https://pod.link/1522715603/episode/71b6f95ea88babe5f978960f07a9e73c

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Join me for an unplanned rambling episode about various things including: hump day, bed bugs in Paris ?, fashion trends I followed when I was younger ??, CDs ? vs cassettes ? vs vinyl ?, the most relaxing place in the world ?, Japanese zen gardens ?, Hunter S Thompson ?, the most disgusting job I ever had ?, and more...

? Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/10/11/847-random-topic-generator/

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"The Glib Brothers" reunite on the podcast to discuss more music, films, books, scary AI and UFO sightings. James is my older brother and he's probably been on this podcast more than any other guest. Listen for another deep and humorous conversation with lots of cultural reference points.

Episode page https://www.https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/10/03/846-topic-tombola-with-james/

Glytek Audio on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1trBdNNHMafKfWxaXDdUBf?si=2L2beuujSkWU0mAeHYcTNw

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TECH TALK! A conversation with Joe Dale (modern foreign language teaching consultant, EdTech guru) about the use of ChatGPT in English teaching and learning. Lots of recommendations, tips and tricks for saving time and combining ChatGPT with other software including Google Chrome extensions.

? For a list of all the Google Chrome extensions and other software, click here (episode page on my website) ?

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A conversation with accent coach Luke Nicholson, including lots of insights, advice and conclusions about improving your pronunciation in English.

? Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/09/19/844-improve-your-pronunciation-with-luke-nicholson-accent-coach/

? Luke Nicholson's websites

www.improveyouraccent.co.uk

www.funetics.com

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Talking to my wife (and daughter) about the birth of our son, who came into the world just a few weeks ago. We describe what happened, and explain how it feels to become parents for the second time. This is a very personal, first-hand account of childbirth and the experience of bringing a child into the world. Watch out for the vocabulary of childbirth and children which has previously been explained in episodes 162, 491, 492 and 814. 

Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/08/31/843-the-birth-of-my-son/

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Hang out with me for an unscripted and unedited ramble about things like engaging moments while teaching English, how it feels to be about to become a father again, a funny new recording of my daughter speaking English, some recent films I've seen, and a recording of me doing stand-up comedy in front of an audience recently.

Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sRi

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Monopoly is one of the most famous board games of all time.

It's sold in more than 114 countries and has been printed in more than 47 languages.

It's famous for causing arguments and taking forever to finish!

But it is a fantastic and fascinating game, so let's talk about it.

In this episode I talk to Anna Tyrie from English Like a Native about childhood memories, rules that people don't follow, winning strategies, the real history of the game and more!

I guarantee that with this episode you will learn new things about Monopoly.

Episode page ? https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sQq

Listen to Anna's episode with Luke about board games ? https://www.buzzsprout.com/2038858/13484501

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Here is a list of curious mysteries, jokes and observations about the English language and life in general. I talk about each interesting point, give some funny comments and explain bits of English vocabulary in the process. Expect to learn a few things, and have a bit of a laugh in the process ?.

Episode page with text https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sPU

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Kate Billington returns for her 4th appearance on LEP to create some fun English conversation for you to listen to. We talk about lots of things, as usual, including her cycling trip to Berlin and a nasty accident she had on her bicycle in Paris earlier this year. Expect tangents, vocab, idioms, jokes, stories, cups of tea and some very "professional" podcast eating.

Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sQh

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This is the longest episode of LEP so far, and it's a solo ramble. I talk freely about a lovely day I had in Paris earlier this year, which really stuck in my memory. Relax, follow my words, hang out with me for 3 hours, get stranded on a desert island of the imagination, and then get rescued. Includes a haircut, a sleep and a t-shirt change during the episode.

? ? Script/notes available on the episode page here https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sQd

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How would the same car accident be described in over 15 completely different styles of English?

What are the differences in vocabulary, grammar and organisational structure?

How should I change my voice to read each description?

Let's see how English changes in different situations.

Styles presented include:

formal and informal English, news reports, an action movie screenplay, an Eminem rap, a romantic novel, a Shakespeare play, a politician making a speech, a stand-up comedian, Liam Neeson in the film Taken, and Luke in an episode of Luke's English Podcast.

Episode page (with PDF transcript) https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sQ8

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[Part 2 of 2] Since recording part 1 of this conversation, Antony caught COVID-19 and lost a bit of weight, but he managed to talk for about 100 minutes here about more topics he has previously covered in episodes of his podcast "Life & Life Only". Here we discuss diverse things including the extraordinary feats of endurance by David Blaine??, food and dieting ?, Stanley Kubrik's film "The Shining" ?, the term "conspiracy theory" ?, the ways that comedy shows can reveal the truth ?, and the complex art of happiness ?.

? Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sQ4

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Antony is an English teacher, podcaster, life-coach and writer and he returns to LEP today for a conversation about topics which he has discussed in episodes of his podcast called "Life & Life Only". Listen to us chat about why cats are good for your health ?, what the Titanic disaster tells us about social class ?, how losing his backpack while travelling taught Antony a valuable life lesson ?, how psychology is involved in English teaching ? and more.

Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sQ1

Antony's Podcast "Life and Life Only" https://plinkhq.com/i/1549021296?to=page

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Reading an article by Gavin Lamb (PhD) about the conclusions of academic studies into language learning, and adding my own reflections and comments. What does research tell us about the best way to learn a language? What are the most important things to consider? What are the best methods? The article boils it all down to three main points.

Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sPY

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Join me as I read through a bizarre online game. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a lemon? No? Well, neither had I, until I played this game. Can I escape the kitchen, become human again and avoid being chopped up and turned into a juice! Watch out for some descriptive language and some funny moments along the way! Story by Daniel Champion on www.textadventures.co.uk

Episode page with links https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sPF

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Let me read you a classic Sherlock Holmes detective story, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

I'll read the original text and stop regularly in order to explain what is happening so you can follow the story.

? Episode page with PDF transcript https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sPO

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A conversation with Hadar Shemesh, a non-native speaker who has improved her English to a very high level, and who now shares her knowledge and experience with the world through her podcast and YouTube channel. Hadar describes her own experiences of learning English and mastering pronunciation. This episode is all about the voyage of discovery that is learning a language.

? Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sOJ

? Hadar's episode with Luke https://hadarshemesh.com/magazine/interview-with-luke-from-lukes-english-podcast/

? Hadar's website https://hadarshemesh.com/

? Hadar's podcast (InFluency Podcast) https://hadarshemesh.com/influency-podcast/

? Hadar's YouTube channel  @hadar.shemesh  https://www.youtube.com/@hadar.shemesh?

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