Listen & Learn English with Luke 🎧 This is SOMETHING! [944]

Learn English with a short story. In fact, this episode contains two stories. Listen until the end for the 2nd one.Repeat after me to practise your pronunciation. Learn some vocabulary & grammar in the second half of the episode, with an explanation of modal verbs of deduction in the past and present.Episode page to read/download the transcript https://wp.me/p4IuUx-scI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Marras 20221h 13min

Reading out loud can have lots of benefits on our memory and our mental health. How can it help with your English? In this episode I read an article, help you understand it and give comments on the importance of reading, both quietly in your head, and out loud. 📖 Read the article on the BBC Future website https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200917-the-surprising-power-of-reading-aloud📄 Read the transcript and download the PDF transcript from my website (free) https://wp.me/p4IuUx-s8w✅ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ to access the 3-part series about this episode, and more https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premium Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Loka 20221h 16min

Last week a very special guest visited one of our comedy shows in Paris. I was given a ticket to the show, so I decided to record a podcast while riding through the streets on the way to the show, wondering if I might be able to interview this guest on LEP. Listen to find out what happened, and to hear some rambling and atmospheric sounds of Paris streets at night.Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-s2m Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Loka 20221h 19min

My dad returns to talk more about UK politics, this time describing the disastrous economic policy of Liz Truss and her Chancellor (finance minister) Kwasi Kwarteng. Advanced level English listening practice - this is complicated stuff, but keep listening to develop your English skills and learn about what's going on in UK politics and current affairs.Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-s7GVideo version https://youtu.be/csrAYt0eNbc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Loka 202245min

Amber and Paul join me in my pod room again for a rambling discussion about everything! Includes a language point about adjective + preposition collocations. Notice the phrases and try to find examples of them in context. Video version available.Episode page with some vocabulary notes, links, video version https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rY3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Loka 20221h 45min

My mum returns to the podcast to answer some questions from listeners about books, cooking, her relationship with Luke and her granddaughter, the war in Ukraine, the song Imagine by John Lennon, family games, the time she fell off a horse & more...Episode page with notes, links and scripts https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rTm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 Syys 20221h 38min

[Part 2 of 2] James and Luke discuss some more "facts" about the UK, but can you guess if they are true or false? Learn some interesting trivia about life in Britain, and improve your vocabulary in the process.Episode page with video version, all facts written + intro & ending transcripts https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rTT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25 Syys 20221h 1min

[Part 1 of 2] Can you guess if these "facts" about the UK are true or false? James and Luke read out the facts and then discuss them one by one. Learn some odd things about the UK, pick up some vocabulary about laws and customs, and try not to laugh on the bus.Episode page with all facts written https://wp.me/p4IuUx-qI9 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Syys 20221h 35min