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

"It's raining cats and dogs" - Do native speakers of English often use this idiom to describe heavy rain or do they use different expressions? Click here to read vocabulary notes and other information http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/135-raining-animals/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is all about the story of a hardcore punk rock band from London. Listen, and you'll hear an interview with the band members as they talk about how the band started, their influences, and what caused the band to end. CLICK HERE TO READ A TRANSCRIPT FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND MORE INFORMATION http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/134-the-story-of-salvo/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A look at hip-hop culture and analysis of the lyrics to a classic rap song. CLICK HERE TO READ A FULL TRANSCRIPT TO THIS EPISODE and for other useful and interesting links. http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/133-hip-hop-lyric-analysis/  PEACE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some pronunciation, some vocabulary, some romance and a little bit of horror-movie gore in this episode. For vocabulary notes and more information, click here: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/132-pronouncing-ed-endings-with-added-romance-and-horror/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A conversation with my Dad, Rick Thompson. In this episode I ask my Dad various questions which were sent in by fans of Luke's English Podcast on Facebook. For more information and a transcript, click here: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/131-rickipedia/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Conversation with a real American person from New York! Sebastian Marx was born in New York and went to Boston University. He is a stand-up comedian in Paris and regularly performs in English and in French. You can visit his website here http://www.sebmarx.com and find out about his comedy shows! In this episode I invited Sebastian to my flat where we had some tea and some chocolate brownies. Listen to the episode as I ask questions which were suggested by listeners from the Luke's English Podcast Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lukes-English-Podcast/227129545507 CLICK HERE TO READ MORE http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/130-a-cup-of-tea-with-sebastian-marx/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pierre Gaspard is a French actor and comedian who performs comedy in English. His English is really good. In this episode I invited Pierre to my flat for a cup of tea and some biscuits, and to talk to him about learning English, doing comedy and life in Canada, France and the UK. I also teach Pierre how to speak using a few British accents - including Manchester, Cockney and a kind of Scottish accent. ***There is SOME RUDE LANGUAGE in this episode, so watch out if you're offended easily, or if you're a teacher and you're using this in the classroom.*** CLICK HERE TO READ VOCABULARY NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE AND WATCH A VIDEO http://teacherluke.co.uk/2013/04/10/129-a-cup-of-tea-with-pierre-gaspard/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to 30 minutes of stand-up comedy performed in Paris with a video available. Discover information about upcoming live shows and premium podcast subscription for additional content.

This episode is all about computer games or video games, from the early days of PONG, Space Invaders and Pac-Man to the multi-billion dollar industry that we have today. CLICK HERE FOR VOCABULARY AND VIDEOS RELATED TO THIS EPISODE: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/127-computer-games/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke responds to your messages with questions about English, and more. CLICK HERE TO READ ALL TEXT AND NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE PODCAST http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/126-your-emails-comments-and-questions/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.