The Level Up English Podcast

In this episode, I mix a serious topic with some fun where I talk about my reverse culture shock returning to the UK after one year while trying to answer the question why so many people are deciding…

Inspired by a viral video of a Chinese boy doing his English homework, I thought I'd make an episode where I list 10 common mistakes that language learners make and what you should avoid.

To be clear,…

Today we have a conversation between Anna Connelly and me on the topic of overcoming shyness. 

This was originally an episode we record on Anna's podcast, Confident Business English, where Anna was mo…

I've been teaching English online for almost 10 years now, and over that time I've picked up quite a lot of patterns and similarities between all my students. 

In this episode, I share 11 life lessons…

Have you ever wondered what it's like to cycle through Bangkok?

That's exactly what I'm doing in today's episode. I'm taking the podcast to the streets and I'm riding my bicycle across the city while …

In this episode, we'll be talking about relationship slang. In the modern day of internet and social media, slang is used all the time when it comes to dating, finding a partner, and flirting.

I share…

Rob from the Business English Podcast joins me for a fun discussion about jobs, work, business, and entrepreneurship.

We share some cultural experiences both in the UK and abroad, the pros and cons of…

This is a fun episode where we look at some famous advertising slogans from different companies and analyse why they work so well, but also take from interesting English lessons from each one. 

We'll …

How do you feel about Mondays? If you're like most people, it's probably your least favourite day of the week.

Many of us hate waking up and realising it's Monday, and that means we have to get up ear…

In this episode, we'll be talking about making decisions and the idea of being an indecisive person. I'm sure, like me, this is something that you have also struggled with at least some point in the …

I feel passionate about the topic of priorities because understanding how they work can have a big and positive impact on your life. 

Once you decide on what your priorities in life are, every choice …

Jesús Flórez is originally from Colombia but now resides in the USA, and despite not being a native English speaker, has built up his English to an impressive level of fluency. Jesús focuses a lot on…

This is an episode I've been planning for a long time and I'm quite excited to share. We'll be looking at the origins of 8 different English words and the deep stories behind them. 

Each word original…

In this episode, I'll be going through pairs of confusing quantifiers (and similar pairs), such as So or Such, Many or Much, Fewer or Less? 

Some of these are even a struggle for native speakers, so i…

I recently reailsed that my own screen time is too high and may be causing a lot of health issues and other problems in my life. With that realisation, I decided to make some changes to fix this prob…

Gideon from the popular YouTube channel LetThemTalkTV joins us this week for a casual chat about various topics covered on his channel.

Gideon is an English teacher, YouTuber, and founder of LetThemTa…

With my experience of learning multiple languages at the same time, I revisit my thoughts and advice on this popular question.

What are the best ways to approach learning two languages? How do you bes…

Do you look at the past through rose-tinted glasses? Do you feel a sense of nostalgia when looking into the past?

In this episode, I explore the meaning and use behind this common expression with exam…

Small Talk is something many of us struggle with, and it's a really important part of socialising and using language.

In this episode, I share some of my own awkward experiences with small talk, and t…

Abigail Fulbrook (weareenglishteachers.com) joins me for a fascinating chat about a few different topics, including moving to Japan from the UK, what we miss about the UK, learning using AI teachers,…