

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
Luke Thompson
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 23, 2022 • 1h 49min
801. WORLD NEWS QUIZ 2022 with Stephen from SEND7
Stephen from the SEND7 Podcast asks Luke 20 quiz questions about international news stories from 2022. Do you know the answers? Can you beat Luke in the quiz? Listen for some serious moments, some funny moments and a re-cap of some key events from the year.Episode page on my website https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sCl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 21, 2022 • 16min
800. [PART 3] EPISODE 800 RAMBLE (Final Part)
A quick ramble about why this is the final part of episode 800, why there was a delay between part 2 and part 3, some comments about having flu, and about World Cup 2022.Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sH4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 13, 2022 • 1h 10min
800. [PART 2] EPISODE 800 RAMBLE / LEPSTER Q&A
Celebrating episode 800 by answering a massive list of questions from listeners. This episode covers things like how to improve your speaking when you live in a non-English speaking country, the headphones and microphone I use, my current favourite episode, the afterlife and spirit world, my favourite brands of tea, my favourite video games, being a father and the recent Star Wars series Andor and plenty plenty more. Video version available.Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sA7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Dec 9, 2022 • 1h 9min
800. [PART 1] EPISODE 800 RAMBLE / LEPSTER Q&A
Celebrating episode 800 and responding to lots of questions sent in on social media. Expect questions about my ill-fated music career, grammar, favourite authors, my daughter, life as an English teaching podcaster and plenty more. Video version available.Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-siR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 5, 2022 • 35min
799. The True Story of a LEPster’s Waking Nightmare (and how LEP came to the rescue) Email Story
Luke reads an extraordinary email from a listener in an sos situation in a hospital. Contains some disturbing descriptions of fear, anxiety and horror, but there's a happy ending!👉 Free ELSA app download link (download ELSA free & get 7 days pro membership free): https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/elsa👉 ELSA Discounts page - ELSA PRO (85% off lifetime & 40% off one year ELSA memberships): https://elsaspeak.com/inf/LukesEnglishPodcast/Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-shK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 snips
Nov 28, 2022 • 5min
Ramble Message / Episode 800 Plans / World Cup Episodes?
A bonus mini-ramble about my plans for episode 800 (send me your questions) and why I haven't done any World Cup episodes yet, but you can listen to me talking about it with Zdenek on his podcast (link available).Website page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-stMCheck out my conversation with Zdenek about World Cup 2022 https://youtu.be/PZOOa-PVXcw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Nov 23, 2022 • 1h 48min
798. MYSTERIOUS AL (Street Art & Graffiti)
In conversation with Mysterious Al, a contemporary artist / street artist from London now living in Melbourne, Australia. The conversation covers Al's background, how he makes his art, the difference between street art & graffiti, attitudes towards graffiti, how Al needs to use social media (but doesn't like it!) his recent ghost train exhibition, and more. Al's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mysteriousal/ Al's website https://www.mysterious.al Video version also available.Episode page with video, and audio download https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sij Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 16, 2022 • 1h 38min
797. Stephen from SEND7 interviews Luke about LEP
Stephen from SEND7 podcast becomes the host to interview me about how I started LEP, the ins and outs of doing this, plus some advantages and challenges for podcasting to learners of English. Video version available.Episode page with audio download, video and links https://wp.me/p4IuUx-smy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Nov 9, 2022 • 1h 46min
796. Language & Local British Identity (with Mark Steel)
Special Guest Mark Steel joins me to discuss cultural and linguistic differences between the UK and France, plus accents in the UK and a little tour of some places in the UK that you don't know about. Also includes a discussion of swearing and rude language in Britain. What is the R word which you should never say in a specific part of the UK? Listen on to find out. Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-s8I Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 2, 2022 • 1h 14min
795. DOPPELGANGER (Learn English with a Short Story)
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.