Luke's English Podcast - Learn British English With Luke Thompson

A tribute to Steve Jobs who died yesterday. Listen to Steve Jobs' famous speech to graduates of Stanford University, read the transcript, notice some useful features of English, and learn some important lessons about life.CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO READ A FULL TRANSCRIPT (WITH VIDEO) OF THE STEVE JOBS SPEECH http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/steve-jobs/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why is it called The Cheese Episode? Listen to the whole thing to find out. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EPISODE. I decided to set myself a challenge in this one. Click here to read the rules of the challenge. http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/the-cheese-episode/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why is this one called The Ice Cream Episode? You'll have to listen to the whole thing to find out. FULL TRANSCRIPT NOW AVAILABLE BELOW! In this episode I decided I'd give myself a challenge: could I just talk non-stop for 45 minutes without planning anything in advance, and keep it interesting? You can decide for yourself if I was successful. CLICK HERE TO READ A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE (Thanks to Bettina from France again) http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/the-ice-cream-episode/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Learning English and learning music are quite similar actually. In this episode I talk to a great musician and English teacher about how learning English is similar to learning to play music. CLICK HERE TO READ VOCABULARY NOTES AND OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EPISODE  https://teacherluke.co.uk/2011/10/14/language-and-music/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Correct your mistakes! This episode is about typical mistakes that learners of English make when they speak. I've been teaching for 10 years and I've been listening to learners of English making mistakes for a long time. Recently I made a list of some of the most common mistakes I hear. Here they are, with corrections. This is a really useful episode, I am sure you will agree! CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO READ A LIST OF THE COMMON MISTAKES AND THEIR CORRECTIONS http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/common-errors-typical-mistakes/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plenty of good vocabulary for describing your childhood days. Here you will find lots and lots of really natural and common expressions for describing your childhood and plenty of other things too. Listen to the podcast a few times to get the most benefit. Feel free to make a donation by clicking the donate button below. Thanks! CLICK HERE TO READ A LIST OF THE EXPRESSIONS AND PHRASAL VERBS IN THIS EPISODE http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/childhood-growing-up-school-days-phrasal-verbs-and-expressions/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to an interview with Ray Winstone who is a genuine Londoner with a 'cockney' accent. Pick up some new expressions and learn how to recognise a London accent. TO READ A TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH RAY WINSTONE, CLICK HERE :) http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/cockney-london-accent/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to some good advice for anyone learning English or taking a Cambridge exam such as IELTS, CAE or FCE. Also in this podcast you'll learn some idioms with the word 'say', and listen to Luke talking about culture shock. There's a bonus comedy audio bit at the end too so listen to the whole thing. FULL TRANSCRIPT NOW AVAILABLE BELOW (Thanks again to Bettina from France)CLICK HERE TO READ THE TRANSCRIPT AND TO READ THE IDIOMS http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/top-advice-for-learning-english-idioms-with-say-culture-shock/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just the audio track from this video. For people who like to listen on-the-go, without watching the video at the same time. For a transcript and to see the video for this episode click here: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/london-video-interviews-pt-5/  Luke Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the continuation of my interview with the German comedian Paco Erhard. Visit Paco's website here: http://www.germancomedy.com http://www.pacoerhard.com Click here for more info http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/german-and-british-cultural-identity-paco-erhard-interview-part-2/  Cheers! Luke Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the first in a series of 2 interviews with the comedian Paco Erhard. Paco is originally from Germany but he has lived in America and Spain and he currently lives in London. He speaks 4 languages and is a proficient speaker of English. He is a performer of stand up comedy in both English and German. His show was a big success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PACO ERHARD click here http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/learning-english-advice-from-a-german-comedian-living-in-london/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to an interview with Aaron Ralston and learn some useful idioms with the word 'hand'. Luke's English Podcast is completely free and a great way to improve your English. Luke focusses on British English, specifically on natural language which is really used by people in Britain every day. You can learn vocabulary and cultural information. CLICK HERE FOR VOCABULARY/IDIOM DEFINITIONS, LISTENING EXERCISES AND VIDEOS http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/127-hours-hand-idioms/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi! Learn some really useful idioms and listen to an authentic interview with a native speaker in this episode of Luke's English Podcast. This episode is about The King's Speech - an excellent film which recently won 4 Academy Awards at The Oscars, including the award for Best Actor for Colin Firth.  FOR VOCABULARY NOTES & DEFINITIONS, LISTENING EXERCISES AND VIDEOS CLICK HERE http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/the-kings-speech-mouth-idioms/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An interview with comedian, actor and musician Billy Connelly who comes from Scotland. FOR NOTES, LINKS AND TRANSCRIPT DETAILS, PLEASE CLICK HERE http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/billy-connolly-interview-more-scottish-accent/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An interview with a native speaker from Scotland. We talk about Scottish culture and stereotypes, and features of scottish accents. Use this episode to develop your cultural understanding of the English language, and to practise identifying and understanding different accents.  FOR A FULL TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE, CLICK HERE http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/scotland-scottish-accent/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm joined by my old college friend Neil Waters in this episode. First we talk about the Birmingham accent, and then we teach you some useful phrasal verbs. FOR A (KIND OF) TRANSCRIPT AND PHRASAL VERB DEFINITIONS, PLEASE CLICK HERE http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/birmingham-accent-12-phrasal-verbs-with-the-letter-a/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First in a series of episodes about accents. Learn differences between accents from the UK. This is information that all learners of English need to know! http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/british-accents-and-dialects/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

English cultural information and expressions about Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night (Nov 5th), some entertaining stand up comedy about halloween and all the usual useful bits of language and vocabulary. CLICK HERE FOR TRANSCRIPTS, LINKS AND OTHER INFORMATION http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/halloween-guy-fawkes-night/ Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can an ordinary native speaker of English (my brother) explain the rules of English grammar? That's the question in this interview. I wanted to know how much my brother James knows about the rules of grammar which learners of English study every day. The results are quite revealing.CLICK HERE FOR A TRANSCRIPT (UNFINISHED) AND OTHER NOTES  http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/discussing-grammar-with-my-brother/  Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.