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

LEP goes through tips for improving English in 2024, reflects on learning French, and shares fun experiences like cooking truffle risotto in Paris and attending a cooking event with a French chef. They discuss strategies for learning French, the importance of listening and speaking skills in English, and various ways to practice and improve language skills.

In this podcast, Luke Thompson is joined by Stephen from Simple English News Daily podcast. They discuss topics such as the controversial death of Yevgeny Prigogian, the passing of actor Matthew Perry, the challenges of discussing the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the popularity of Taylor Swift in the entertainment industry.

Stephen from the Simple English News Daily podcast quizzes the host on news events from 2023. They discuss a riot in Brazil's Congress buildings, a controversial incident involving the Dalai Lama, India's population challenges, the origins of pizza in Italy, family background in Gibraltar, and the top-selling film in 2023, the Barbie movie.

Listen to Charles Dickens, famous author of classic literature, as he tells the classic Christmas ghost story 'A Christmas Carol'. The podcast explores the meaning of Christmas and introduces the story and its main characters. It discusses Scrooge's cold-heartedness and his transformation through visits from the three ghosts. The podcast highlights Scrooge's reflections on his past actions, his redemption, and acts of kindness.

ChatGPT joins Luke for a Christmas ramble where they discuss Christmas plans, traditions, post-gift melancholy, upcoming episodes, how to do a King Charles impression, and more. Luke expresses gratitude and reflects on the year, critiques ChatGPT's pronunciation, talks about mint pies, and shares plans for future content and discussions with Max from UNESCO.

Trivia quiz nerds Sarah and Fred join the host for a quiz and conversation. They discuss pangrams, typing classes, interesting trivia questions, speech sounds, and guessing song lyrics. The episode ends with a promotion for their trivia podcast 'Not An Alias Podcast'.

Sarah and Fred are trivia quiz nerds who have been doing trivia nights in Paris for years and now have a new trivia-themed podcast. In this episode we get together to discuss trivia quizzing, and to quiz each other with our own trivia questions. In this first part we get to know Sarah and Fred again, talk about their new podcast and then Sarah quizzes me with some cleverly-written questions. Can you understand and answer the questions? The quizzing continues in part 2.👉 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/13/857-trivia-quizzes-with-sarah-and-fred-part-1/👉 Listen to Luke's first episode on Sarah & Fred's podcast "Not An Alias Podcast" https://pod.link/1503202147/episode/f33a8fcf069e1a69d06335e4a472f372👉 Fred on Instagram @FredMeUp https://www.instagram.com/fredmeup/?hl=en👉 Sarah on Instagram @ParisQuizMistress  https://www.instagram.com/parisquizmistress/👉 Not An Alias Podcast on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ParisQuizMistress/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Luke Thompson chats with his brother James, a musician and album producer, about James' new album 'Glytek Audio - Mood Selector'. They also delve into topics such as the creative process, favorite albums in different genres, and the impact of certain songs on their style. A discussion on the Midlands accent and music industry challenges adds to the entertaining and insightful conversation.

Topics include using films to improve conversational skills, preferences between films and TV series, discussions on French films and 'Get Out', analysis of films like Pride and Prejudice and Love Actually, the impact of a horror film, benefits of watching horror films, struggles of going to the cinema with young children, and language learning through films.

Analyzing a short scary story about visiting the wrong house, discussing creepy elements and vocabulary. Exploring travel expressions and challenges of finding an address. Explaining the meaning of 'shrug' and 'sense of direction'. Recounting a conversation with hosts urging the speaker to stay the night. Learning vocabulary related to haste and urgency. Episode concludes with a call for listener comments and an advertisement.