Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

Here is a stress-free ramble to end this series. I talk about the shockingly good AI "audio overview" feature of Google's NotebookLM, tell you the rest of the "Way Up To Heaven" story from part 1, ramble about spontaneous dogme-style language teaching, and more... The PDF contains some notes and a script of the story, but there's no need for you to do any other exercises or homework for this one. Just listen...📄 Get the PDF in normal text size 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/P64-Part-6-End-of-Series-Ramble-_-NotebookLM-_-The-Way-Up-To-Heaven-Story-_-Dogme-Language-Teaching.pdf📄 Get the PDF in large text size 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/P64-Part-6-End-of-Series-Ramble-_-NotebookLM-_-The-Way-Up-To-Heaven-Story-_-Dogme-Language-Teaching-1.pdf📼 Video version https://youtu.be/pCIBMyie-sg

This episode contains a story with almost all the vocabulary items from this series. Listen to the story, then practise repeating each line after me, to work on your pronunciation.📄 Get the PDF in normal text size 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/P64-Part-5-A-Premium-Ramble-Story-Pronunciation.pdf📄 Get the PDF in large text size 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/P64-Part-5-A-Premium-Ramble-Story-Pronunciation-Phone-Version.pdf📼 Video version 👉 https://youtu.be/89nn1kky9Zk

Responding to comments from listeners on various episodes in the LEP archives, including how to get a TEFL certificate, linking /r/ sounds, being a fly on the wall, singular "they", antique vs vintage, and when the verb "see" doesn't mean "see". PDF available. 👉 Get the PDF https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/908.-Bits-Bobs-_-Questions-of-English-Part-2-Listener-Comments-Episode-PDF-teacherluke.co_.uk_.pdf👉 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/12/11/908-bits-amp-bobs-2-questions-of-english-part-2-listener-comments/👉 LEP Premium info https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premiuminfo

This is the final part of the vocabulary review (which has been quite long!). We'll be looking at various words and phrases that I used in part 1, including things like "vacuous", "the thrust of it", "outright" and "ripped to shreds". Use the various exercises on the PDF to check your learning and practise using the vocabulary.Part 1-4 all use the same PDF.📄 Get the PDF in normal text size https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/P64-Part-1-A-Premium-Ramble-_-Random-Book-English-Lesson.pdf📄 Get the PDF in large text size for your phone https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/P64-Part-1-A-Premium-Ramble-_-Random-Book-English-Lesson-Phone-Version.pdf📼 Video version https://youtu.be/1SY3eaj_qvE

In part 3 I continue to go through the vocabulary which came up in part 1 of this series. You can use the vocabulary quiz, memory prompts and speaking questions to help you check your learning and practise using these words and phrases. Parts 1-4 all have the same PDF.📄 PDF in normal text size https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/P64-Part-1-A-Premium-Ramble-_-Random-Book-English-Lesson.pdf📄 PDF in large text size (for your phone) https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/P64-Part-1-A-Premium-Ramble-_-Random-Book-English-Lesson-Phone-Version.pdf📼 Video version https://youtu.be/T6xzmR-FWlE

This is a free sample of LEP Premium. The episode contains clips from my recent premium series: P64, in which I told a couple of anecdotes about catching a cold and travelling to England with my two young children. You will also hear me teaching a lot of the words, phrases and expressions that I used in my stories. The entire premium series will be available for premium subscribers this week, but here is a free sample for subscribers of the free version of my podcast. Links below for more information about my premium podcast series.Episode page 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/11/05/907-catching-a-cold-travelling-with-children-lep-premium-sample-episode-p64/Get more information about LEP Premium 👉 https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premiuminfoSign into your Acast+ account 👉 https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/account

Here is part 2 of the P64 series, which includes the first section of a vocabulary review for words and phrases which came up in part 1. This is the same PDF as part 1, and includes a full list of vocabulary, vocabulary quizzes, memory prompts and a transcript for part 1.📄 Get the PDF in normal font size https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/P64-Part-1-A-Premium-Ramble-_-Random-Book-English-Lesson.pdf📄 Get the PDF in large font size for your phone https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/P64-Part-1-A-Premium-Ramble-_-Random-Book-English-Lesson-Phone-Version.pdf📼 Video version https://youtu.be/SKXN_b8CXeU

Here is a spontaneous premium ramble in which I talk about recovering from a cold and a trip to England with my kids, and then I pick 2 random books from my bookshelf and use them to teach you some English. This is the first of a series of episodes which will also include a vocabulary review, vocabulary quizzes, memory prompts, pronunciation practice and more rambling.The PDF for this episode contains a vocabulary list, plenty of exercises and a full transcript.📄 PDF in normal text size https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/P64-Part-1-A-Premium-Ramble-_-Random-Book-English-Lesson.pdf📄 PDF in large text size (for your phone) https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/P64-Part-1-A-Premium-Ramble-_-Random-Book-English-Lesson-Phone-Version.pdf📼 Video version https://youtu.be/vFsck8PvwMU

In this episode for Halloween I read out a classic work of gothic horror fiction by Edgar Allan Poe, then go through each line and explain vocabulary and discuss the themes and meanings of the story.📄 Get the story PDF https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/906.-The-Tell-Tale-Heart-by-Edgar-Allan-Poe-Learn-English-with-a-Short-Story.pdf👉 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/10/29/906-the-tell-tale-heart-by-edgar-allan-poe-learn-english-with-a-short-story/