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Studying In The UK - Realities, Opportunities & Advice (with Lioba Berndt)
An episode all about studying at university in the UK, with loads of advice about student visas, funding your studies with scholarships, extra-curricular social activities and opportunities at the students' union and more. Features a conversation with a German student currently studying a master's in clinical neuroscience at UCL in London. This episode is published in paid partnership with Study UK and the UK Government's GREAT Britain campaign. For more information, follow the links below.
Links
π Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sMB
π The Study UK website with all the info you need https://study-uk.britishcouncil.org/
π Student Visas https://www.gov.uk/study-uk-student-visaΒ
π Scholarships and funding https://study-uk.britishcouncil.org/scholarships-fundingΒ
π Study in Wales https://www.studyinwales.ac.uk/Β
π Scholarships for Welsh universities https://www.studyinwales.ac.uk/scholarships-and-fundingΒ
π German Academic Exchange for information about scholarships https://www.daad.de/en/Β
π German Federal Ministry of Education and Research https://www.xn--bafg-7qa.de/bafoeg/de/home/home_node.htmlΒ Β
π International Health Insurance Surcharge Refund www.gov.uk/healthcare-immigration-application/refundsΒ Β
π Working while on a student visa - The UK Council for International Student Affairs https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Β
π Study Guides for Parents in Germany
https://www.britishcouncil.de/sites/default/files/studyuk_guide_parents_en_2023_final.pdf
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874. Walk & Talk: PARIS
01:19:01Here is an episode in which I walk through the streets of Paris, rambling about a particular subject. This time the subject is Paris itself. This summer Paris is hosting the Olympic Games. The city will be filled with visitors. I am very curious to see how the city will handle this moment. Will it be a huge success? What will visitors think of the city? Will anyone suffer from the mysterious "Paris Syndrome"? Join me on my walk, follow my words, look out for vocab and consider using my questions for your own speaking practice. Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/03/25/874-walk-talk-paris/873. Luke takes the MBTI Personality Test
02:04:21The MBTI Personality Test (aka "16 Personalities") is a very well-known and widely used test which claims to be able to give you a "freakishly accurate" analysis of your personality type. In this episode I take the test, explain the reasons for my answers, explain some vocabulary and give my thoughts on the test results and the test itself. Includes plenty of expressions for describing personality traits, behaviour, ways of thinking and feeling and the subject of psychological testing.π Episode page with notes, transcripts and links https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/03/18/873-luke-takes-the-mbti-personality-testP58 [Part 2] StoryTime: RED RIDING HOOD (Funny version) PRONUNCIATION
59:02[Part 2 of 2] Practise identifying and pronouncing words with rhyming vowel sounds in the story from part 1, and then practise saying the story out loud with the right rhythm and sentence stress. PDFs and video versions available via the links below ππ PDF for part 2 (normal size text) https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/P58-Part-2-StoryTime_-RED-RIDING-HOOD-Funny-version-PRONUNCIATION-Computer-Version.pdfπ PDF for part 2 (big text for your phone) https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/P58-Part-2-StoryTime_-RED-RIDING-HOOD-Funny-version-PRONUNCIATION-phone-version.pdfπΌ Video version https://youtu.be/Nk_VeIp2iW4P58 [Part 1] StoryTime: RED RIDING HOOD (Funny version) VOCABULARY
44:44[Part 1 of 2] A story episode featuring a funny re-write of a classic fairy tale. Listen to the story, learn some vocabulary and in part 2 practise identifying and pronouncing different rhyming vowel sounds, then repeat the story after me. π PDF for part 1 (normal size text) https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/P58-Part-1-StoryTime_-RED-RIDING-HOOD-Funny-version-VOCABULARY-computer-version.pdfπ PDF for part 2 (big text for your phone) https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/P58-Part-1-StoryTime_-RED-RIDING-HOOD-Funny-version-VOCABULARY-Phone-version.pdfπΌ Video version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRcW00AOt3g&ab_channel=Luke%27sEnglishPodcast872. The Birthday Party (Learn English with a Short Story)
48:06Learn English with another short story. This time it's a 300-word story by Katherine Brush often used in literature classes, full of vivid imagery and with an emotional twist. I read the story to you, and then go through each line, explaining vocabulary and grammar.π Episode page with story text and vocabulary notes https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/03/11/872-the-birthday-party-learn-english-with-a-short-story/871. Rambling through my episode archive / Listener Comments / Gold YouTube Creator Award
03:10:04A very long rambling episode with a big mix of vocabulary, stories about my trip to Rome, comments from listeners, lots of thoughts about episodes I've published over the last 12 months, more advice about learning English, and a story about being Jackie Chan's English teacher. π Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/03/04/871-rambling-through-my-episode-archive-listener-comments-gold-youtube-creator-award/π Download the PDF https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/871.-Rambling-through-my-episode-archive-_-Listener-Comments-_-Gold-YouTube-Creator-Award.pdf870. Kate Billintgon moved to Taiwan πΉπΌ
01:47:54Returning guest Kate Billington suddenly decided to move to the other side of the world, to Taipei in beautiful Taiwan. In this episode we talk about meeting LEPsters in Taipei, her decision to move there, and how everything is going, with the usual conversational tangents along the way.Β π Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/26/870-kate-billington-moved-to-taiwan869. Working at UNESCO ποΈ English in International Diplomacy
01:59:25In international diplomacy, "communication is everything". This is the main point of this conversation, in which I talk to my friend who works for the UK delegation at UNESCO in Paris. We discuss the work that UNESCO does, and the various communication challenges involved in working together with representatives from countries all around the world, including the collaborative writing of official documents where the use of a single comma can be debated for hours, and the meetings and conversations in which cultural sensitivity and good-will are essential elements for success. Also includes some communication idioms and guitar playing near the end of the episode.π Episode page with introduction transcript https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/19/869-working-at-unesco-english-in-international-diplomacy/P57 Vocabulary Review for LEP868 How the USA is changing with Lindsay McMahon
01:49:56In this premium episode I re-cap a lot of vocabulary from my conversation with Lindsay McMahon in LEP episode 868 "How the USA is changing". This episode is full of vocabulary for describing social change, politics, economics and the rights of workers.This is an express episode, which means I go through 50 language samples in one single episode. There is no pronunciation part for this, so P57 is a single-episode series. The PDF has all the language extracts with vocabulary highlighted, a memory exercise and discussion questions to help you practise using the vocabulary to talk about the topic of the episode.πPDF and Video Linksππ PDF phone version - large size text https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/P57-Vocabulary-Review-for-LEP868-How-the-USA-is-changing-with-Lindsay-McMahon-Phone-Version.pdfπ PDF normal version - normal size text https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/P57-Vocabulary-Review-for-LEP868-How-the-USA-is-changing-with-Lindsay-McMahon.pdfπΌ Video version https://youtu.be/Gv7iOtqqRQE