🇬🇧 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.Â
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.
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…
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…
Matthi ab Dewi (Matthew Clarke) is a fluent Cornish speaker, and joined me today to talk all about it!Â
Topics we cover in this episode:
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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'…