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

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Luke's English Podcast is an award-winning podcast for learners of English. Listen, learn and have fun while picking up natural British English as it really is spoken. http://teacherluke.co.uk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Luke's English Podcast is an award-winning podcast for learners of English. Listen, learn and have fun while picking up natural British English as it really is spoken. http://teacherluke.co.uk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Language:

English


Episodes

855. Discussing Films with Cara Leopold

12/6/2023
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! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/06/855-discussing-films-with-cara-leopold/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:38:23

855. Discussing Films with Cara Leopold

12/6/2023
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! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/06/855-discussing-films-with-cara-leopold/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:38:23

855. Discussing Films with Cara Leopold

12/6/2023
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! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/06/855-discussing-films-with-cara-leopold/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:38:23

855. Discussing Films with Cara Leopold

12/6/2023
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! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/06/855-discussing-films-with-cara-leopold/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:38:23

855. Discussing Films with Cara Leopold

12/6/2023
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! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/06/855-discussing-films-with-cara-leopold/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:38:23

855. Discussing Films with Cara Leopold

12/6/2023
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! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/06/855-discussing-films-with-cara-leopold/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:38:23

855. Discussing Films with Cara Leopold

12/6/2023
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! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/06/855-discussing-films-with-cara-leopold/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:38:23

854. The Invitation (Learn English with a Short Story)

11/28/2023
๐ŸŽง Learn English with a short story. ๐Ÿ—ฃ Listen & repeat after me if you'd like to practise your pronunciation. ๐Ÿ’ฌLearn some vocabulary in the second half of the video. ๐Ÿ“„ 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? ๐Ÿ“„ Read the original by Lance Stephenson here https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-short-scary-stories ๐Ÿ”— 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/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:04:59

853. A Conversation with Rhiannon Carter

11/22/2023
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. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/22/853-a-conversation-with-rhiannon-carter/ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Rhiannon's website https://www.rhiannonelt.com/ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Rhiannon's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rhiannonelt.coaching/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:20:17

852. How does it feel to be blind? (Article & Vocabulary)

11/15/2023
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. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/15/852-how-does-it-feel-to-be-blind/ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Get the PDF ๐Ÿ“„ https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/How-does-it-feel-to-be-blind-Lukes-English-Podcast-.pdf Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:36:54

851. Rambling about The Beatles "Now and Then" ๐ŸŽธ

11/8/2023
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/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:00:48:40

850. Any Language You Want ๐Ÿ“– with Fabio Cerpelloni

11/1/2023
Fabio has written a book about language learning, based on his own personal experiences of learning English. Each chapter ends with the same sentence: โ€œThis is how to learn a languageโ€. 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. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Page for this episode on Luke's website ๐Ÿ”— https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/01/850-any-language-you-want-with-fabio-cerpelloni/ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Get Fabio's book ๐Ÿ“– https://fabiocerpelloni.com/any-language-you-want/ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Listen to Fabio interview Luke about stand-up comedy on Stolaroid Stories here ๐ŸŽค https://pod.link/1588409467/episode/5a1f614be55bdffa8513091565ef4985 Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:38:57

849. STORIES OF INSECTS, BUGS & CREEPY CRAWLIES with Zdenek Lukas

10/25/2023
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. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Episode page on Luke's website (with list of insect idioms ๐ŸฆŸ & more) https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/10/25/849-stories-of-insects-bugs-creepy-crawlies-with-zdenek-lukas/ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Zdenek's Website with courses, and Discord server for learning English https://teacherzdenek.com/ ๐Ÿ† 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 ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐ŸŽง Listen to "Mission in Paris" on Into The Story with Bree Aesie https://pod.link/1522715603/episode/71b6f95ea88babe5f978960f07a9e73c ๐ŸŽง Listen to "The Art of Making People Laugh" on Stolariod Stories with Fabio Cerpelloni https://pod.link/1588409467/episode/5a1f614be55bdffa8513091565ef4985 Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:53:36

848. The Superpower of Starting English Early with Kids (with Bree Aesie)

10/18/2023
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. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/10/18/848-the-superpower-of-starting-english-early-with-kids-with-bree-aesie/ ๐Ÿ‘‰ Listen to Luke's funny & dramatic story on Bree's podcast https://pod.link/1522715603/episode/71b6f95ea88babe5f978960f07a9e73c Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:03:19

847. RANDOM TOPIC GENERATOR (A 1-Hour Rambling Episode)

10/11/2023
Join me for an unplanned rambling episode about various things including: hump day, bed bugs in Paris ๐Ÿž, fashion trends I followed when I was younger ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ๐Ÿ‘–, CDs ๐Ÿ’ฟ vs cassettes ๐Ÿ“ผ vs vinyl ๐ŸŽต, the most relaxing place in the world ๐Ÿ›, Japanese zen gardens โ›ฉ, Hunter S Thompson ๐Ÿšฌ, the most disgusting job I ever had ๐Ÿคฎ, and more... ๐Ÿ‘‰ Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/10/11/847-random-topic-generator/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:06:15

846. Topic Tombola with James ๐ŸŽง

10/4/2023
"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 Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:02:30:46

845. Using ChatGPT as a Language Teaching Tool ๐Ÿค– with JOE DALE, EdTech Guru, ChatGPT Enthusiast

9/27/2023
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. ๐Ÿ’ป For a list of all the Google Chrome extensions and other software, click here (episode page on my website) ๐Ÿ‘‰ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:47:57

844. Improve Your Pronunciation with Luke Nicholson - Accent Coach

9/20/2023
A conversation with accent coach Luke Nicholson, including lots of insights, advice and conclusions about improving your pronunciation in English. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/09/19/844-improve-your-pronunciation-with-luke-nicholson-accent-coach/ ๐Ÿ”— Luke Nicholson's websites www.improveyouraccent.co.uk www.funetics.com Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:45:42

843. The Birth of Our Son

9/13/2023
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/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:29:48

842. A Pre-Baby Summertime Ramble โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ถ

9/6/2023
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 Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duration:01:36:18