The Level Up English Podcast

Martin from Rock 'n' Roll English joins me to share some embarrassing stories in life and related to language learning. We also speak about what you can do to embarrass a Brit, as well as learning fr…

Today I'm sharing a topic I enjoy from my private English lessons - personalities and characteristics. This episode is vocab-heavy and hopefully, you'll learn a lot! Feel free to answer the questions…

This is a LIVE Q&A podcast that we recorded a couple of weeks ago for Level Up English members. I sent out an invitation for members to join me on Zoom to ask questions.

Hopefully, it won’t be the las…

I respond to a listener question on how to improve memory and retain vocabulary. I share some tips on having a better memory, especially for English learning, as well as my current method of learning…

As Autumn is here and winter is on its way, I'd like to talk about the seasons today.
I'm going to be sharing my views on the seasons and what the seasons are like in the UK. I'll also talk a bit abou…

Natasha Broodie (lifewiththebige.com) has a new book called 'Give Me Tea, Please' (Amazon Link), which helps English learners sound more polite and less direct when speaking English. There are so man…

I love setting goals and I think it's so important to be clear on your goals in order to reach a level of success in your English learning and elsewhere in life. In this episode, I talk about the imp…

One of the most common questions I get asked is "How can I get a British accent?"

Today I'd like to share my views on whether this is a good question to ask. It may rustle some feathers and many peopl…

I often get questions on how we can expand our vocabulary. This is an important question at any level, so let's look at 8 tips we can all do more to learn more words and remember them for longer. 

Sho…

Douglas Oliveira (English4Reason) kindly joined me on the podcast for a casual conversation about language learning, but more specifically we spoke about passion and finding your purpose in life, or …

In this episode, I begin by sharing some of my favourite bands along with some useful expressions you can use to say you like something. I then go over some vocabulary for parts of a song. We also lo…

I share some ideas and methods of how you can add more gratitude into your life. As well as that, I share some things I'm grateful for while using good expressions to tell people how much you appreci…

I'm answering a listener question today regarding colloquial expressions - gap fillers, to be more specific. Gap Fillers are really important when speaking English in a natural way and also in avoidi…

Emma (Pronunciation with Emma) and I have a casual chat about a variety of topics, including video games, learning Japanese, procrastination and pronunciation.

Watch the episode on YouTube: https://yo…

I had a message about ordinal numbers and, specifically, the pronunciation of the TH sound in them like in "fourth". It's a great question! In this episode, I go over what ordinal numbers are and giv…

Hagar sent a message and wanted to know how she can improve her speaking skills and overcoming the feeling of shyness when speaking in front of new people, despite being good at speaking by herself. …

Today I'm responding to a question on improving confidence when speaking. I hope you find it useful.

I've had a lot of kind audio messages recently and I really appreciate it. You’re always welcome t…

Today I'm going to be talking about happiness vs memories and why you may not be able to have both at the same time. This is taken from an article I found online and found really interesting. 

Today I…

Elfin is an Italian coach and passionate Italophile who helps students learn and gain access to the culture through language. She specialises in learning through TV shows and has a lot of good advice…

I reached out to my Instagram followers and asked the question: What are your obstacles to learning English?

In today's episode, I respond to the main excuses that I saw. 

Just to clarify, I'm also gui…