Synopsis
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
Episodes
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471. Stepping on Lego, Self-directed Learning, Accents (with Andy Johnson)
06/08/2017 Duration: 47minTalking to Andy about stepping on Lego, Andy's job, self-directed language learning, accent, and British/American English. italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Episode page: https://wp.me/p4IuUx-7Tc Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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I'm going away on holiday - back in a few weeks!
02/08/2017 Duration: 25minI'm going on holiday until the end of the month, so I'm going to disappear for a while. Listen to this message because it has a few announcements about what's happening with the podcast while I'm gone. Transcript available. Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-7T5 Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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470. Understanding the Liverpool Accent
31/07/2017 Duration: 01h22minHelping you to understand and appreciate the Liverpool accent and Scouse English, featuring clips of comedy a short history of Liverpool and interviews with famous footballers, actors and musicians. Episode page: https://wp.me/p4IuUx-7SN italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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469. British Comedy: John Bishop
27/07/2017 Duration: 01h16minHelping you to understand a comedian with a Liverpool accent - learn vocabulary, culture and accents in English. Episode page: https://wp.me/p4IuUx-7SJ italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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468. Punk - Music & Culture (with James)
24/07/2017 Duration: 01h19minA bit of pop culture history in this episode, talking about the musical movement of punk and the social situation in which it happened. With James Thompson Episode page: https://wp.me/p4IuUx-7HN Spoken offer: http://www.getspoken.com/lep Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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467. A Boiling-Hot Evening Ramble - Comments & Questions
20/07/2017 Duration: 01h23minRambling (in my sweltering hot flat) about the benefits of playing football, giving encouragement to a shy new listener, some prepositions with transport, comparing formal and informal styles and commenting on the risks of using humour in emails. Episode page with notes and transcriptions: https://wp.me/p4IuUx-7S4 italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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466. Get this word into your life
15/07/2017 Duration: 01h35minHighlighting and clarifying vocabulary that you heard in episodes 464 and 465, with a focus on phrases and uses of the word get. Episode page: https://wp.me/p4IuUx-7QV italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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465. How I make episodes of the podcast (Part 2)
10/07/2017 Duration: 01h22minTalking about the technical side of making podcast episodes, including fascinating* insights about my recording equipment and an exciting** anecdote game. Includes upbeat music to absolutely guarantee*** that you will not be bored during the episode! *insights may not actually be fascinating **management holds no liability for any lack of excitement experienced ***not actually a legally binding guarantee Spoken offer: http://www.getspoken.com/lep Episode page for notes: https://wp.me/p4IuUx-7Rg Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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464. How I make episodes of the podcast (Part 1)
06/07/2017 Duration: 01h16minTalking about the creative side of making podcast episodes, including some thoughts on how to come up with ideas and how to speak in front of an audience. Watch out for various phrases with 'get' during the episode. Episode page on teacherluke.co.uk http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7QS Spoken - 2 free lessons & 20% discount: http://www.getspoken.com/lep Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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463. News, Comments & Questions
03/07/2017 Duration: 01h24minGiving some news, responding to comments & questions, rambling about new shoes and getting lost in the jungle. Episode page with links etc: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7QI italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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462. British Comedy: Bill Bailey
28/06/2017 Duration: 01h11minIn this episode I talk to you about one of my favourite stand up comedians from the UK. We’re going to hear some of his comedy and use it to learn English. Episode page for scripts, videos, notes: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7PU Spoken offer: http://www.getspsoken.com/lep Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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461. 25 Deceptively Difficult Questions (with Amber, Paul & Sarah)
24/06/2017 Duration: 01h10minAn episode about the tricky little questions that we use when socialising. What are the appropriate answers? What are the subtle differences? How do native speakers use these questions? Can you take the test and get all the right responses to my list of deceptively difficult questions? Episode page: http://teacherluke.co.uk/2017/06/24/461-25-deceptively-difficult-questions-with-amber-paul-sarah/ Spoken offer: http://www.getspoken.com/lep 25 Deceptively Difficult Questions - Proper Introduction Transcript! Hi everyone, This is an episode about social English, the kind of English you use when you’re socialising, particularly the little things you say when you greet someone or at the beginning of a conversation. There are many ways to say “hi” and also lots of ways to say “how are you?” or “what are you doing?” The tricky thing is being able to judge the subtle differences in the questions with the presence of auxiliary verbs or modals which change the meaning slightly from the past, to the present to the fut
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460 Catching Up With Amber & Paul #6 (feat. Sarah Donnelly)
20/06/2017 Duration: 01h05minConversation and language analysis with the podpals and guest Sarah. Hear some conversation about being married to a foreign person, bringing up kids to be bilingual, and learn some slang in Australian and Northern Irish English. Vocabulary is explained at the end. italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Episode page: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7PL Text also reproduced below (including vocabulary lists) Introduction This episode is choc-a-block with natural conversation and language. Yesterday I had Amber and Paul over to the flat, and I also invited Sarah Donnelly, a friend of the podcast. Sarah also brought her baby who she had since she was last on the podcast. There’s no relation by the way between her being on the podcast and having a baby. Purely coincidental. Anyway, the four of us sat around the table yesterday in the blistering heat to record some podcast material and that’s what you’re going to hear. Sometimes you can hear the baby screaming and gurgling in the background but I don’t think it spo
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459. Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon
17/06/2017 Duration: 01h02minRambling on about so-called "facts" I found on the internet, while sitting in direct sunshine wishing I had beer. Episode page: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7Pz Audible audiobook offer: http://www.audibletrial.com/teacherluke Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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458. The Rick Thompson Report: Post-Election 2017
14/06/2017 Duration: 01h11minTalking to my Dad about the results of the UK's general election on 8 June 2017. Episode page: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7Ph italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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457. Conclusions about Language Learning from the David Crystal Interview (Part 2)
09/06/2017 Duration: 53minA follow-up to episode 455 consolidating the insights of Professor David Crystal including various pearls of wisdom about language learning. Episode page: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7OS italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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456. Conclusions about Language Learning from the David Crystal Interview (Part 1)
09/06/2017 Duration: 01h06minDiscussing and clarifying what David Crystal said in episode 454. Conclusions about language learning and linguistics. Episode page: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7OB italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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455. David Crystal Interview (Part 2) Questions from Listeners
06/06/2017 Duration: 57minTalking to the world's top writer and lecturer on the English language, Professor David Crystal. In this episode, David answers questions from listeners. Episode page: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7Od italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A Message from Amber
01/06/2017 Duration: 02minHi everyone, this is just a quick 3min episode with a message from Amber about her podcast. Details below. Amber's podcast is now on iTunes and on her website http://www.panamepodcast.com Check it out! Luke Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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454. David Crystal Interview (Part 1) Professor of Linguistics
31/05/2017 Duration: 01h03minTalking about language with one of the world's top linguists, Professor David Crystal. italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk Episode page: http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7NH Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.