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

55. Mini Podcasts Collection 1

Nov 6, 2010

28:29

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This podcast includes mini episodes on various topics such as idioms with 'about', the potential impact of BBC cutting their language services, making the perfect cup of tea, and learning sentence stress, intonation, and pausing in speaking. The host also shares a comedy song about badgers and discusses the controversy surrounding the proper way to make a cup of tea.

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The UK government's budget cuts may disproportionately affect low earners and poor individuals.

Computer games have yet to achieve the same level of artistic status as film or literature due to their lack of emotional depth and contrived storylines.

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Importance of Mini Podcasts

In this podcast episode, the host introduces a new format of mini podcasts, each lasting about 5 minutes. The mini podcasts provide opportunities for the host to explain grammar concepts, share interesting bits of English, and talk about his everyday life experiences. He emphasizes the convenience of recording these mini podcasts on his iPhone, allowing him to create content anywhere. He has already recorded several episodes, which are shared on Facebook and his Luke's English podcast page. Additionally, the host mentions his plan to compile the mini podcasts into longer episodes in the future.

Introduction

2min

Creating Mini Podcasts and Common Idioms

11min

BBC Learning English Cuts and Making the Perfect Cup of Tea

3min

The Art of Making Tea

9min

Mini Podcast: Sentence Stress, Intonation, and Pausing

7min

My first 7 mini podcasts in one full length episode. Idioms with 'about', politics, how to make a perfect cup of tea, a comedy song about badgers and some sentence stress and intonation practice. You can find my Mini Podcast page on Audioboo by clicking here. I am also on Facebook and Twitter. CLICK HERE FOR TRANSCRIPTS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR THIS EPISODE http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/mini-podcasts-collection-1/

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