552. Discussing Comedy & Culture (with Amber & Paul)

In this episode you can listen to Amber, Paul and me as we take an online quiz and try to find out what school of philosophical thought we belong to. Are we empiricists, epicurianists, existentialists...

6 Feb 20181h 26min

This episode is all about philosophy and how this applies to language learning. Listen to me describing 8 different 'schools' of philosophical thought. Are hedonists good language learners? How do rat...

1 Feb 20181h 28min

Learn English by listening to Rick Thompson telling some true stories of petty crimes committed in an English town in 1851. Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-88W  italki offer http://www.teacherluke.c...

28 Jan 20181h 4min

Recommendations and descriptions of British comedy TV shows with some comments about how to use comedy TV shows to learn English. Transcript available on the episode page.  Episode page https://wp.me/...

20 Jan 20181h 27min

Listen to readings of "If—" by Rudyard Kipling, a popular poem from England. Includes analysis of the vocabulary and the themes in the poem and also a chance to enjoy the unique voice of Sir Michael C...

16 Jan 20181h 11min

Transcripts and Vocabulary Lists for Episode 505Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-87u italki offer http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12 Jan 20181h 38min

Continuing to talk about the latest Star Wars film at length, going through the storyline and giving my thoughts on the characters, events and the audience backlash. Transcript available below.Episode...

11 Jan 20182h 10min

Talking about the new Star Wars film including the audience reaction, English accents you can hear in Star Wars, and a run-through of the plot with my thoughts about the events and characters. Plot sp...

10 Jan 20181h 7min