

The Level Up English Podcast
Michael Lavers
🇬🇧 I'm Michael Lavers and this podcast will help you improve your English. I'm an online English teacher for students learning as a second language. In this podcast, I look at a variety of different fun topics and teach you British English at the same time. Each week, I cover topics related to language motivation, vocabulary and grammar, or something totally random! Once a month, we have a guest episode where I talk to a teacher or expert on topics related to language.
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Sep 8, 2021 • 26min
#125 Overcoming English Shyness
Hagar sent a message and wanted to know how she can improve her speaking skills and overcoming the feeling of shyness when speaking in front of new people, despite being good at speaking by herself. Another issue was forgetting things like vocabulary when speaking.I'm going to do my best to respond to this and share my thoughts about this topic today.I also made an episode about shyness a long time ago (Episode 8).Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast125Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://courses.levelupenglish.school/transcriptsGet access to coaching, group classes, and 100s of bonus lessons and episodes on Level Up English.➡️ Become a Member Today: https://www.levelupenglish.school/join/➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!

Sep 1, 2021 • 19min
#124 How to Boost Confidence When Speaking
Today I'm responding to a question on improving confidence when speaking. I hope you find it useful. I've had a lot of kind audio messages recently and I really appreciate it. You’re always welcome to leave one at levelupenglish.school/podcast and there’s a good chance I’ll reply to it in a future episode.Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast124Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://courses.levelupenglish.school/transcripts➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!

Aug 25, 2021 • 22min
#123 How to Make Good Memories
Today I'm going to be talking about happiness vs memories and why you may not be able to have both at the same time. This is taken from an article I found online and found really interesting. Today I'm going to be paraphrasing this article, sharing my thoughts on it, and giving a couple of good phrases and words.Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast123Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://levelupenglish.school/transcripts➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!

Aug 18, 2021 • 50min
#122 Learn English Watching TV with Elfin from All About Italian
Elfin is an Italian coach and passionate Italophile who helps students learn and gain access to the culture through language. She specialises in learning through TV shows and has a lot of good advice in this area. She also hosts language immersion retreats and hosts her own podcast.Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast122Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://levelupenglish.school/transcripts Get access to coaching, group classes, and 100s of bonus lessons and episodes on Level Up English.➡️ Become a Member Today: https://www.levelupenglish.school/join/➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!

Aug 11, 2021 • 29min
#121 Responding to Your Excuses
I reached out to my Instagram followers and asked the question: What are your obstacles to learning English?In today's episode, I respond to the main excuses that I saw. Just to clarify, I'm also guilty of having all of these excuses too. Everyone's situation is different, but this is general advice on how you can overcome these issues. I hope it helps!Brand New Members Page: https://courses.levelupenglish.schoolShow notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast121Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://levelupenglish.school/transcriptsGet access to coaching, group classes, and 100s of bonus lessons and episodes on Level Up English.➡️ Become a Member Today: https://www.levelupenglish.school/join/➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!

Aug 4, 2021 • 27min
#120 I Have So Many Regrets! (How to Express Remorse)
Today I'd like to talk about regret and how we can express regrets in English using some different phrases. I'll be using my own experiences to demonstrate the examples and then talking about the concept of regret in a deeper way towards the end. I hope you won't regret listening to this!Group lessons - https://ewmichael.com/groupShow notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast120Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://levelupenglish.school/transcriptsGet access to coaching, group classes, and 100s of bonus lessons and episodes on Level Up English.➡️ Become a Member Today: https://www.levelupenglish.school/join/➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!

Jul 28, 2021 • 25min
#119 Learning How to be Happy
Today I'm going to go over some advice on how to bring more happiness into your life. I will also sandwich in some good synonyms so you can avoid using the word 'happy' and say more advanced words instead.Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast119Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://levelupenglish.school/transcriptsGet access to coaching, group classes, and 100s of bonus lessons and episodes on Level Up English.➡️ Become a Member Today: https://www.levelupenglish.school/join/➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!

Jul 21, 2021 • 55min
#118 Learning English with Movies with Cara Leopold
Cara Leopold helps adventurous expats and intrepid travelers understand fast-talking native English speakers, themselves, and the world around them by watching and discussing movies.In this episode, I asked Cara all about her experience with learning and teaching languages using movies. We spoke a lot about listening skills and the use of subtitles, and I'm sure you'll like this one. Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast118Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://levelupenglish.school/transcripts Get access to coaching, group classes, and 100s of bonus lessons and episodes on Level Up English.➡️ Become a Member Today: https://www.levelupenglish.school/join/➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!

Jul 14, 2021 • 25min
#117 Making Future Predictions in English
As a child who grew up with sci-fi movies and games, I always dreamt about how cool it would be to live in the future, and now I realise we actually do!Today I’m going to talk about some of my predictions for the future and also use some words to describe the chance of that happening.Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast117Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://levelupenglish.school/transcriptsGet access to coaching, group classes, and 100s of bonus lessons and episodes on Level Up English.➡️ Become a Member Today: https://www.levelupenglish.school/join/➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!

Jul 7, 2021 • 25min
#116 Studying English with a Group
There are many benefits to learning English in a group, whether that's with a language partner or a whole group in a group class. Not sure whether it's suitable for you? Well, I'd like to talk about some of the benefits today and who these kinds of lessons might be suited for.Join Group Lessons - https://ewmichael.com/groupShow notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast116Join Level Up English - https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript - https://levelupenglish.school/transcriptsGet access to coaching, group classes, and 100s of bonus lessons and episodes on Level Up English.➡️ Become a Member Today: https://www.levelupenglish.school/join/➡️ Join the Free Mini Course - https://www.levelupenglish.school/mini⭐️ Join Level Up English - https://www.levelupenglish.school Become a member and get: Podcast Transcripts Private Podcast Group Classes Private Coaching And over 500 online lessons!


