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.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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 343
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
#120 I Have So Many Regrets! (How to Express Remorse)
Today I'd like to talk about regret and how we can express regrets in English using some different phrases. I'll be using my own experiences to demonstrate the examples and then talking about the con…
#119 Learning How to be Happy
Today I'm going to go over some advice on how to bring more happiness into your life. I will also sandwich in some good synonyms so you can avoid using the word 'happy' and say more advanced words in…
#118 Learning English with Movies with Cara Leopold
Cara Leopold helps adventurous expats and intrepid travelers understand fast-talking native English speakers, themselves, and the world around them by watching and discussing movies.
In this episode, …
#117 Making Future Predictions in English
As a child who grew up with sci-fi movies and games, I always dreamt about how cool it would be to live in the future, and now I realise we actually do!
Today I’m going to talk about some of my predic…
#116 Studying English with a Group
There are many benefits to learning English in a group, whether that's with a language partner or a whole group in a group class. Not sure whether it's suitable for you? Well, I'd like to talk about …
#115 Food, Cooking and Recipes
A special food episode! I share some of the popular dishes in the UK, as well as my favourites recipes and foods to have. We'll also learn some good vocabulary related to cooking today.
#114 Luke's English Podcast
Luke Thompson is the host of the popular "Luke's English Podcast". He has a decade of experience podcasting and far more as a teacher.
In this episode, we cover shyness, English immersion, how to have…
#113 Quotes, Proverbs and Inspiration
I share some common English proverbs, some of my favourite quotes, and then end with an exercise to improve your life and achieve your dreams and goals.
#112 Veganism & Vegetarianism
I discuss veganism and similar diets to learn more about this topic, get some listening practice, and learn some good vocabulary and expressions related to this.Â
#111 Pronouncing ER in British English
Answering a listener email, I give some tips on pronouncing the ER at the end of words in British English.
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#110 All About Ireland with Ronan (English On The Road)
Ronan from English on the Road joins me today to talk about his home country of Ireland. Ronan is an English coach from Ireland and now living in Canada. He has a wealth of knowledge of Irish culture…
#109 Moving from Intermediate to Advanced
A listener asked how to get out of this 'stuck' feeling and move to an advanced level. I share my thoughts.
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#108 Having Good Time Management
A listener wrote to me by email asking about how to have good time management to allow for more efficient studying.
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#107 Improving Your English Reading Skills
I give some of my favourite advice and ideas regarding improving your reading in English.
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#106 Four Stoic Meditations
Today I'm looking at 4 meditations from the Ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism and relating them loosely to English learning.
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#105 The Story Learning Method with Olly Richards
Olly Richards joins me for a talk about learning through stories. Olly is a polyglot, author and well-known language learner. Through his podcast (I Will Teach You A Language), he shares advice for l…
#104 Using Grammar When Speaking
Answering a listener question regarding remembering grammar while talking. This is a really common problem and I think my advice will help.
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#103 Life Hacks
Today we're looking at life hacks to improve your life and your English studies.
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#102 Improving Your English Speaking Skills
A summary of advice regarding how you can improve your speaking in English.
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#101 All About Scotland with Ajarn Ken
Teacher Ken and I talked about Scottish identity, culture, language, travel, and much more!
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