The Level Up English Podcast

Welcome back to another Saturday episode!

In today's episode, I'm reacting to another Reddit post on /AskReddit which was "What things p*** you off the most?" (that's another way of saying "What annoy…

A listener requested I respond to an IELTS Writing Part 2 question in an episode, but rather than answer the question in the exam style, I'm allowed to ramble on in my usual way and discuss both side…

I think we all have love-hate relationships with the news these days, don't we?

Some of us are addicted to watching and it harms our mental health, while others have cut it out completely. Let's disc…

Welcome to the very first Saturday episode of the podcast! This is a reaction episode where I respond to a Reddit post on r/CasualUK talking about things we find embarrassing that we probably shouldn…

I often get people asking me to speak more slowly or sometimes to speed up! I can't please everyone, but in this episode, I talk about the benefits of slow and natural English and which might be best…

Teacher Zdenek joined me for a chat about life experiences. We start by discussing his hobbies of football and board games, and then go into some big accomplishments and memories. We explore this top…

I thought it would be a nice time to give a 2022 update on my current language learning routine and what my daily schedule looks like. Hopefully it gives you some ideas on how you can shape your own …

Welcome, English Learners! 

Today we're discussing the difference between paid and free resources to learn English. 

• Why paying might sometimes be a good thing
• Why I don't teach for free
• Free resources y…

Students often ask me how they can stop translating in their head from English into their native language while talking. This is a fantastic question and I thought it's best to respond to this in a f…

Do you struggle with procrastination?

In this episode, I talk about some possible reasons why we procrastinate and some solutions to focusing more on the subject - whether that's English or anything e…

I sent out an invite to members of Level Up English to join me on an episode today to talk about motivation. We spoke about how they get motivated to learn English and what to do when the motivation …

Need some motivation? In this episode I go over some amazing and unusual reasons to learn a language and why you're making your life so much better by learning more English (or any language!)  

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How are your accent and pronunciation? Do you speak with correct intonation?

In this episode, I go over rising, falling and rise-fall intonation to help you sound more natural. 

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Here's an idea from one of my group classes - laws and justice. I think it's a really interesting topic to discuss. 

• Are there any laws we shouldn't be following?
• What laws would you make?
• What laws wou…

Charlie Baxter (The British English Podcast / Real English with Real Teachers) joined me for a chat about British culture and his thoughts after living in Australia for a few years now and being away…

I've made a recent change to my Chinese learning method and added some more structure, so with that in mind, I'd like to share how structure can help improve your language learning journey, remove st…

Have you heard of the rejection challenge before? I share my views on a man's mission to get rejected 100 times, as well as share lots of useful expressions so you can politely say no to people in En…

I talk about the topic of getting married along with some useful expressions related to the topic. I also end by addressing the question: How to know if you've found "the one"?
 
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Shawn (@studyingwithshawn) joined me for a chat about so many topics:

• His amazing TOEIC score and tips
• The British accent
• My Vietnam culture shock
• The "Friends" TV show
• Teaching me Vietnamese

And more!

I h…

Why doesn't Michael speak perfectly, even though he's a native speaker and professional teacher?

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