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The Level Up English Podcast

🇬🇧 I'm Michael Lavers and this podcast will help you improve your English. I'm an online English teacher for students learning as a second language. In this podcast, I look at a variety of different fun topics and teach you British English at the same time. 


Each week, I cover topics related to language motivation, vocabulary and grammar, or something totally random! Once a month, we have a guest episode where I talk to a teacher or expert on topics related to language.

Learning Education Self-Improvement Language Learning
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
33 minutes
Episodes
343
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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#160 An Iranian Perspective on British Culture with Mona Morshed

#160 An Iranian Perspective on British Culture with Mona Morshed

I'm really happy to be joined in this video by Mona Morshed. She's an English teacher from Iran, now living in the UK.

Mona's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/use_it_or_lose_it_mm/

We cover a few…

00:27:59  |   Wed 11 May 2022
#159 Learning While Travelling

#159 Learning While Travelling

I recently returned from a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina - my first post-pandemic trip. I had a fantastic time and tried my best to use as much of their language as possible.

As with all my trips, I…

00:27:36  |   Wed 04 May 2022
#158 Cornish with Matthi ab Dewi

#158 Cornish with Matthi ab Dewi

Matthi ab Dewi (Matthew Clarke) is a fluent Cornish speaker, and joined me today to talk all about it! 

Topics we cover in this episode:

  • Where is Cornwall and what is Cornish?
  • Is Cornwall part of Englan…
00:36:15  |   Wed 27 Apr 2022
#157 Giving the Benefit of the Doubt

#157 Giving the Benefit of the Doubt

Giving people the benefit of the doubt - not only is this a useful English phrase, but it's also a great attitude to have in life. I talk about some ways in which we can use this and how this way of …

00:22:17  |   Wed 20 Apr 2022
#156 Smartphone Addiction

#156 Smartphone Addiction

I ramble about the important and relevant topic of smartphone addiction and how smartphones can be used to learn English, as well as some of my ideas on how to reduce smartphone usage is a.. smart wa…

00:26:48  |   Wed 13 Apr 2022
#155 How to Live in the Moment

#155 How to Live in the Moment

I explore the important topic of living in the moment, inspired by a book I read recently. Living in the moment and not spending all our time worrying about the past or future is the key to a happy l…

00:25:14  |   Wed 06 Apr 2022
#154 Feeling Annoyed

#154 Feeling Annoyed

In this episode, I talk all about things that I find annoying and use some useful expressions to talk about this. Most importantly, I  end the episode with some ideas on how we can deal with our anno…

00:27:40  |   Wed 30 Mar 2022
#153 All About Wales with Dafydd Morse

#153 All About Wales with Dafydd Morse

Dafydd Morse kindly joined me on the show this week to introduce us to Wales - his home country on the west side of Britain. I feel like the Welsh culture (people, language, etc.) is often overlooked…

00:50:48  |   Wed 23 Mar 2022
#152 Minimalism

#152 Minimalism

Today I'm talking about a topic that means a lot to me - the topic of Minimalism. I share why it's important to me while talking about lots of useful vocabulary related to this topic.

Join Level Up En…

00:30:39  |   Wed 16 Mar 2022
#151 Unsolved Mysteries

#151 Unsolved Mysteries

I love the topic of unsolved mysteries - both in the past and today. So let's talk about a few famous ones while using some useful grammar. We can use modal verbs to speculate about things. Check out…

00:27:30  |   Wed 09 Mar 2022
#150 Ageing and Getting Older

#150 Ageing and Getting Older

Based on one of my private lesson plans, I have a topic here about ageing and getting older. How do you feel about getting older? Let's have a chat about it and learn some useful expressions. Hopeful…

00:25:53  |   Wed 02 Mar 2022
#149 How to Improve Your English Pronunciation

#149 How to Improve Your English Pronunciation

I'll go through some really important tips that WILL help you level up your English pronunciation and sound more natural.

Improving your pronunciation is a really important task in English. It’s impor…

00:25:26  |   Wed 23 Feb 2022
#148 Overcoming Adversity with Rod the English Teacher

#148 Overcoming Adversity with Rod the English Teacher

Rod The English Teacher kindly joined me to talk about his difficulties facing and overcoming adversity in his life. We spoke about not giving up when you had a disability or limiting belief, as well…

00:39:19  |   Wed 16 Feb 2022
#147 Driving a Car in English

#147 Driving a Car in English

I had a listener who is taking their driving test soon and requested an episode on driving, so I thought that was a great idea and I did it! I hope this episode helps you with some driving vocabulary…

00:29:29  |   Wed 09 Feb 2022
#146 Burning Out... (I'm changing some things)

#146 Burning Out... (I'm changing some things)

This is a video that I will also be posting on the podcast as an audio version. I talk a bit about burning out and ways to avoid this. I also share my plans for the future of my YouTube channel and w…

00:19:32  |   Wed 02 Feb 2022
#145 How to Reach Your English & IELTS Exam Goals

#145 How to Reach Your English & IELTS Exam Goals

Today I'm celebrating the launch of my brand new IELTS exam training course at Level Up English to talk about working towards your goals. Whether you are taking the IELTS exam, or just making some mo…

00:21:46  |   Wed 26 Jan 2022
#144 Self-Improvement in the New Year with Ray (Learn English with Ray)

#144 Self-Improvement in the New Year with Ray (Learn English with Ray)

Ray (Learn English with Ray) joined me at the start of 2022 to discuss resolutions and planning for the new year. We look at some questions to make plans for the year as well as some useful expressio…

00:52:15  |   Wed 19 Jan 2022
#143 How to Make New Friends

#143 How to Make New Friends

To celebrate the launch of my side project, SpeakMore Languages, I'm covering the topic of making friends. In SpeakMore, you can make friends while practising a language in groups along with professi…

00:21:01  |   Wed 12 Jan 2022
#142 Having a Balance of English Grammar

#142 Having a Balance of English Grammar

Today I'm answering a listener question about striking a balance in your English learning between grammar and the rest of study. I'll also be giving some of my advice to school students on how to app…

00:20:20  |   Wed 05 Jan 2022
#141 My Reflections and Resolutions at the End of 2021

#141 My Reflections and Resolutions at the End of 2021

This is an episode I've been looking forward to for a long time as I'll be going deep into topics regarding reflections from 2021 and resolutions for the coming year. I love this time of year and it'…

00:30:33  |   Wed 29 Dec 2021
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