Learning How to Learn with Hadar Shemesh – A conversation with Hadar Shemesh, a non-native speaker who has improved her English to a very high level, and who now shares her knowledge and experience with the world through her podcast and YouTube channel. Hadar describes her own experiences of learning English and mastering pronunciation. This episode is all about the voyage of discovery that is learning a language. The Birthday Party (Learn English with a Short Story) – 🎧 Learn English with a short story. 🗣 Listen & repeat after me if you’d like to practise your pronunciation. 💬 Learn some vocabulary in the second half of the video.
Fears for two children who vanished four days ago
- Vocabulary is explained at the end, and there’s a vocabulary list with definitions available.
- This is a story about people-watching and what you can notice about people’s relationships if you are observant enough.
- Ethan is very well-travelled, having lived in at least 6 different countries.
- Intro & Ending Transcripts available.
- The episode also features vocabulary explanations and corrections.
PERSEVERANCE, POSITIVITY & PRACTICE with Santiago Ruiz de Velasco from Oxford University Press – Santiago is the Managing Director of English Teaching at Oxford University Press. But English is not his first language. He learned it as an adult when he moved to London in his twenties. This conversation explores the challenges, failures and successes he has had in his English learning, and the things he has learned about learning a language. Toilets, Titanic & TikTok with AMBER & PAUL – An unedited conversation with Amber & Paul about toilet habits, Titanic (1997), weird videos on TikTok & YouTube and plenty more.
Learning Languages and Adapting to New Cultures (with Ethan from RealLife English) – A conversation about travelling and learning languages with Ethan from RealLife English. Ethan is very well-travelled, having lived in at least 6 different countries. He’s also learned a few different languages to a good level as an adult. Let’s talk about his advice for adapting to new cultures and learning languages in adulthood.
Luke’s ENGLISH Podcast
Full transcript available. A Post-Holiday Ramble / Holiday Vocab / Stories – I’ve come back from my holiday so it’s time to ramble on about some holiday stories, holiday vocabulary, podcast stats and other bits and pieces including an appearance by my daughter. Pronunciation, Pragmatics & Procrastination with Emma – Talking to Emma from YouTube channel Pronunciation with Emma about accents, improving your pronunciation, understanding pragmatics in English, and learning English through video games. Robin from Hamburg (WISBOLEP Runner-Up) – Talking to another runner-up from last year’s listener competition.
Disturbing history of violence of teen killer who murdered schoolgirl
Overcoming Fears (with Zdenek) – This episode features a conversation with Zdenek about fears and anxieties experienced in everyday life, plus vocabulary we use to talk about the subject. We explore common fears such as driving, flying, culture shock, language learning and public speaking. & 486.
Man charged after car driven into crowds at Liverpool victory parade
I am moving the show to a new podcast host. Everything will return asap, with a few changes to LEP. Good news for the podcast. Plus – a story about going to a summer party at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Paris, and meeting Paddington Bear. Crossword Puzzles & Word Origins (with Fred Eyangoh) – Fred Eyangoh returns to the podcast to bring some entertaining and useful word puzzles, quizzes and insights into English etymology & history.
Difficult Words to Pronounce in English (with Paul Taylor) (Parts 1 & 2) + video –This is a double episode with two audio episodes on one page, and it’s all about difficult pronunciation in English. Listen to Paul Taylor and me discussing the tricky relationship between spelling and pronunciation. There are lots of jokes, impressions, funny accents and useful comments about this important area of the English language.
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This means that your job is to place as many bets as possible until you reach the desired rank, so theres a real chance they could actually be worth a bit of your time. Website only A History of British Pop – A Musical Tour through James’ Vinyl Collection –This is a LONG musical mix using James’ vinyl record collection, with added comments by James and me. Think of it as a musical journey through a history of British pop, all on original vinyl records. Six True Crime Stories from Victorian England, Told by My Dad – Learn English by listening to Rick Thompson tell some true stories of petty crimes committed in an English town in 1851. Notes and transcriptions available.
- 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.
- Good luck, may the force be with you.
- I was recently invited onto The Earful Tower Podcast by Oliver Gee (remember him from episode 495?) We recorded an episode all about the Paris Metro while riding the Paris Metro.
- It contains lots of thoughts about how direct and indirect cultures communicate with each other, and some samples of business English, with a few improvised scenarios too!
- Kate Billington Returns (and she brought cake) – Listen to another natural conversation with Kate Billington about some listener comments, Chinese New Year, English festivals & food in February, sports day traditions, more cake recipes, various bits of vocabulary and more.
- This episode is all about the voyage of discovery that is learning a language.
- Relax, follow my words, hang out with me for 3 hours, get stranded on a desert island of the imagination, and then get rescued.
- The Best English Expressions are from Shakespeare ✍️ Learn English Vocabulary – Hello!
Major British bank with 5 million customers set to be sold to high street rival
Holiday Diary (Part 1) New Arrival, New Destinations – I’m back from my holiday so here’s a new episode of the podcast. In this one you’ll hear me talking about some recent news (including quite a big announcement) and then an account of what we did on holiday including some descriptions, opinions and stories. Notes and vocabulary available on the page.
Joe Jonas shows off his chest tattoo in low-cut T-shirt and bomber jacket during a night out in London
Expect some anecdotes about embarrassing and humiliating experiences on stage, and “dying on your arse”. Intro & outtro transcripts available + bonus audio in the LEP app. Andy Johnson Returns (Part 1) Moving House / London vs Canterbury / English Teaching –Chatting to friend of the podcast Andy Johnson about moving house, comparisons between London and Canterbury and different approaches to teaching English. Unexpected Road Trip (with James) – James and Luke go on an accidental road trip in the south-west of England and record a rambling podcast, while slowly going a bit mad.
Newborn ‘killed by aristocrat mum & dad’ seen for first time in videos
- Audio version has 30mins extra rambling.
- Look out for language for travelling by plane, some American English and A LOT of swearing, particularly the F word.
- I hope it captures your imagination and lets the English come alive in memorable ways.
- English history and culture on Luke’s English Podcast.
- Part 2 Frightening Experiences (with James) – James and I share some stories of genuinely scary and disturbing experiences which we’ve had in our lives.
- Notes and transcriptions available.
- Raising Bilingual Children 1 Alex and his daughter Alice, in Moscow – An episode exploring the subject of how to raise a child to speak English.
With Jessica Beck from Honestly English – Talking to English teacher Jessica Beck about her new website, “Honestly English” and some typical topics she talks about and teaches, including the #MeToo movement and our favourite female superheroes and comedians. Videos and links available. Intro & outro transcripts available. Ramble / Listener Comments / Robots / Vampires / Two Taps in the Bathroom – A rambling episode with responses to listener comments, LEPster meetups, English Robot 3000 & 5000, vampires leaving comments on aristocrat-pokies.com my website and the continuing mystery of two taps in the bathroom.
- In this episode we’re going to do some intensive listening practice using the true story of a bizarre encounter with a man on a plane.
- In addition to the Indian casino games we mentioned, there is almost nothing safer.
- James reads several passages from the book during the episode.
- It’s Christmas and New Years Eve is approaching, so it’s time for the traditional Christmas episode of LEP!
- Notes & scripts available.
- Animal Vocabulary Quiz (with my daughter) – Do you know more animal vocabulary than my 6-year-old daughter?
Sara Sharif plays guitar and sings in unseen home video
Listen for another deep and humorous conversation with lots of cultural reference points. Trivia Quizzes with Sarah and Fred (Part 1) – 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.
- Barbara has quite a specific relationship with the English language.
- Trivia Quizzes with Sarah and Fred (Part 1) – 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.
- This is the first of a three-part series in which I test ChatGPT’s usefulness as an AI language learning tool.
- Full transcript and YouTube video versions available.
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- Amber is a bit of an expert about Paris.
- Many possibilities in one slot machine.
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To give you some more details, Alastair Budge is the host of a podcast called “English Learning for Curious Minds” and he has created a new audio drama for English learners. Yiddish Words used in English (with Sebastian Marx) – Comedian Sebastian Marx returns to the podcast in order to talk about Yiddish words which have found their way into the English language, including common words like bagel, glitch and schmooze and plenty more. English With Cooke / A Chat with Instagram English Teacher Andy Cooke – In conversation with Andy Cooke, an English teacher from England who is very popular on Instagram. We talk about Andy’s background, becoming an English teacher, getting big on Instagram, ChatGPT and a few other tangents along the way. Includes a few songs on the guitar at the end of the episode. Also watch out for various insect idioms which appear during the conversation.
I talk about the subject of blindness and disability in general, read an article written by a partially sighted person, and explain a list of words and phrases we should use when describing different forms of disability. Also includes various medical vocabulary such as the different parts of the eye and other related topics. Job Interview Swagger (with Natasha V. Broodie) – Natasha V. Broodie returns to the podcast to talk about her new book, which is full of advice for success in job interviews. Natasha has a lot of job interview experience, and she has learned the importance of self-belief and preparation. In this conversation she talks about some experiences that led her to write the book, and gives advice on what you should do before, during and after job interviews. The Simulation 💻 ✨(Learn English with a Short Story) – Learn English with a short story.
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Are native English speakers bad communicators? (The Travel Adapter with Matt Halsdorff) – Talking to English teacher Matt Halsdorff about a project to train native English speakers how to communicate better with non-natives. We talk about the reasons why native speakers are often bad at communicating with non-natives, what they should do to fix this and the wider issues relating to this project.
He might be coming to your country soon to make you laugh. Ladies and gentlemen – meet the wonderful Sugar Sammy! World Cup 2018 2 The Second Round / Listener Comments – Talking about the second round of the World Cup in Russia, including comments about the teams, the games, the issues, England’s penalties vs Colombia and the way football commentators speak. Listener comments are read out. Worst Stand-up Gig Experiences (with Amber & Paul) – Amber, Paul and Luke tell some stories of their worst ever stand-up comedy gigs.
Scraps of newborn baby’s clothes worn days before she was ‘killed by mum & dad’
Video version available (just the conversation). The Surprising Power of Reading Aloud (Article) – Reading out loud can have lots of surprising benefits for our memory and our mental health. How can it also help with your English? In this episode I read an article to you, help you understand it and give comments on the importance of reading, both quietly in your head, and out loud.
Jurors heard they lived in a tent with barely any clothes and no means of keeping warm and dry. Despite this, jurors were told the couple chose to «deprive the baby of what she needed» — including «warmth, shelter and food and ultimately safety». A missing person’s enquiry was launched, which became «bigger and bigger news» as time went on, jurors were told. Footage of the banquet provoked a mix of outrage and bewilderment in France.
Mother and three children die in house fire in London as man arrested
Vocabulary notes, links, videos and song lyrics available. Intro & ending transcripts + videos available. PART 2 EPISODE 800 RAMBLE / LEPSTER Q&A – Celebrating episode 800 by answering a massive list of questions from listeners. Video version available. Notes & transcriptions available.
What does research tell us about the best way to learn a language? What are the most important things to consider? What are the best methods? The article boils it all down to three main points. A Conversation with Rhiannon Carter – Join me as I meet and get to know Rhiannon, an English coach whose mission is to help you feel awesome about your English.
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Find out in this episode which covers over 60 items of vocabulary for describing animals, their body parts, habitats and behaviour. I am joined by my daughter for a quiz and chat about different kinds of animals. PDF available with quiz questions, vocabulary review & more. I couldn’t resist putting this in as this post was already massively bumped by some ‘tard, but after nearly 5 years from the original post, not one Aristocrat machine has actually been preserved (i.e. boards collected and ROMs etc. dumped). In Victoria (Australia), all machines (not just Aristocrat — Konami, Atronic, Bally, VLC/Powerhouse, IGT, Stargames/WMS…) before 2002 have been banned for use in gaming venues.
