Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with 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
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 966
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
413. With The Family (Part 1) Mum's Cooking + Vocabulary (with Uncle Nic)
Happy New Year! This new episode features a conversation I recorded during the Christmas holiday with my mum and my uncle Nic about how to cook a great Turkey dinner. Listen for some family conversat…
01:11:27 |
Tue 03 Jan 2017
412. British Festivals and Holidays (Part 2)
Here's part 2 of this episode all about special days and celebrations in the UK throughout the year. Transcript and videos here http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7nA
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00:58:44 |
Mon 26 Dec 2016
411. British Festivals and Holidays (Part 1)
Here's an episode all about special days and celebrations in the British calendar. You'll hear cultural information about holidays and customs, and some pronunciation work on how to say dates and the…
01:18:41 |
Mon 26 Dec 2016
Please consider donating to "Doctors Without Borders"
This is a quick message not a full episode and I just wanted to say a few words about donations, essentially this: If you’re thinking of sending me a donation this Christmas, you could instead consid…
00:15:02 |
Thu 22 Dec 2016
410. Teaching 12 Idioms in the Street / On the Set of Paul's TV Show (with Amber)
Amber & I teach you 12 idiomatic English phrases while attending the filming of an episode of Paul's TV show on the street in Paris. Click the link below for videos and photos, and a list of the idio…
01:13:27 |
Tue 20 Dec 2016
409. A CHRISTMAS MEGA-RAMBLE with AMBER MINOGUE
A rambling conversation with Amber about Christmas and more! http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7ld
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01:33:48 |
Fri 16 Dec 2016
408. Catching Up With Amber & Paul #4
Amber & Paul are back on the podcast and we do the usual catching-up session and go off on a few tangents about Amber's play, Paul's showbiz life, marshmallows, microphones, tea & coffee, accents and…
01:19:10 |
Tue 13 Dec 2016
407. Reflections on Language Learning & Working as a Translator: Interview with Kristina from Russia, Winner of the LEP Anecdote Competition 2016
In this episode you'll hear me talking to Kristina from Russia, the winner of the LEP anecdote competition this year. We talk about her work as a translator and interpreter, her reflections on langua…
00:49:51 |
Wed 07 Dec 2016
406. Grammar (Past Continuous Tense) / UK Media Bias / Brazil Football Tragedy
More responses to questions and comments from listeners, including a comparison of past continuous & past simple verb tenses, comments about bias in the UK's media, the BBC, the newspapers, the Chape…
01:10:08 |
Sun 04 Dec 2016
405. British Accents in The Lord of the Rings (Part 2)
In this episode we continue to analyse the various British accents that you can hear in the film version of The Lord of the Rings. Let's consider the accents of some of the main characters, such as F…
01:04:42 |
Wed 30 Nov 2016
404. British Accents in The Lord of the Rings (Part 1)
Talking about the different British accents you can hear in the Lord of the Rings movies. http://wp.me/p4IuUx-7fu
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00:59:27 |
Wed 30 Nov 2016
403. Competition Results / War Story / Grammar & Punctuation / My Dad's Accent
The final results of the LEP Anecdote Competition, some podcast admin and responses to some comments & emails from listeners including a war story, some grammar (noun phrases, possessives & apostroph…
01:15:29 |
Tue 29 Nov 2016
402. The Rick Thompson Report: What’s Going On? Nov. 2016 (Post-Truth Politics, Cricket and Tetris)
Talking to my Dad about recent news, and we talked about Brexit, post-truth politics, the US election, the right-wing press in the UK, the political landscape in the EU, the rules of international cr…
01:06:59 |
Wed 23 Nov 2016
401. ‘Switch off your editor’ to improve your fluency in English
Welcome back to the podcast. This is episode 401 and it’s about developing your fluency in English. I’m going to talk about creativity, open and closed thinking and about how turning off your interna…
00:54:14 |
Mon 21 Nov 2016
400. The Pink Gorilla Story 2
I've decided to celebrate the 400th episode of LEP by making up an improvised comedy story, just for fun. In fact, this is the long-awaited sequel to The Pink Gorilla Story from episode 125. http://w…
01:22:24 |
Fri 18 Nov 2016
399. The Return of Molly Martinez (with Dane Nightingale)
Talking with two American friends about journalism, how the internet works, the US presidential election results, California's new marijuana laws and puffins. http://wp.me/p4IuUx-776
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01:18:20 |
Tue 15 Nov 2016
398. US Election Ramble + Message + Song
In this episode I want to talk about two things: My first impressions of the US Presidential election result, and then some things I said in the last episode of this podcast. I just want to clear up …
01:06:15 |
Wed 09 Nov 2016
397. An 80-Minute Ramble
Talking spontaneously about gloves, mittens, OO7, Bob Dylan, an LEP app, The Walking Dead, Oasis, Black Mirror, The Crown, a bit of politics and some 10-year cave-aged cheddar cheese. Click here for …
01:22:07 |
Mon 07 Nov 2016
396. The LEP Anecdote Competition - ROUND 2
This episode is round 2 of the LEP anecdote competition. You'll be able to hear the 10 anecdotes that got the most votes from round one and some language feedback afterwards. Click here to vote for y…
01:10:45 |
Fri 28 Oct 2016
395. "Have you ever...?" with Paul Taylor and Robert Hoehn
In this episode I'm joined by Paul Taylor and Robert Hoehn and we do a speaking exercise that I often use in my classes to help my students to practise using different grammatical structures in their…
01:11:21 |
Thu 27 Oct 2016
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