#338 Overcoming Shyness (Anna, Confident Business English)

Today we have a conversation between Anna Connelly and me on the topic of overcoming shyness. This was originally an episode we record on Anna-s podcast, Confident Business English, where Anna was mostly interviewing me about my experiences with feeling shy and my tips for the audience. Listening back to this one, I actually felt quite inspired, and I really hope that by re-sharing this today, you-ll feel the same too. We talk about my story with shyness and how it affected me growing u...

#337 11 Things I Learnt Teaching English

I-ve been teaching English online for almost 10 years now, and over that time I-ve picked up quite a lot of patterns and similarities between all my students. In this episode, I share 11 life lessons and other interesting things that I-ve learnt from my students, my lessons, and running an online teaching business. This is actually a previously-recorded episode from the Level Up English Private podcast feed. It-s the second episode I ever recorded, but since it has never been rele...

#336 Moving from UK to Thailand: The Good & The Bad

Have you ever wondered what it-s like to cycle through Bangkok? That-s exactly what I-m doing in today-s episode. I-m taking the podcast to the streets and I-m riding my bicycle across the city while avoiding stray dogs, and sharing my views on life in Bangkok. I mostly talk about the things I like and dislike about living here, and some ways in which the UK might be better. I hope you enjoy it! This was a somewhat experimental episode. Much of the audio had to be cut because of the wind, and...

#335 I Got Ghosted...

In this episode, we-ll be talking about relationship slang. In the modern day of internet and social media, slang is used all the time when it comes to dating, finding a partner, and flirting. I share a handful of slang phrases that have been around for a while, and are likely not going to disappear any time soon. With each one, I give examples, share my opinion, and invite you to do the same. Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast335 Have a question? Send me a text Leve...

#334 From Employee to Entrepreneur: Business English with Rob

Rob from the Business English Podcast joins me for a fun discussion about jobs, work, business, and entrepreneurship. We share some cultural experiences both in the UK and abroad, the pros and cons of working for yourself, dream jobs, public speaking confidence, switching off after work, and much more. We also discuss a lot of fantastic and useful English expressions that you can use both in and out of the workplace. Don-t forget - Rob and I also recorded an episode on his podcast about polit...

#333 How Adverts Use English to Catch Your Attention

Send us a text This is a fun episode where we look at some famous advertising slogans from different companies and analyse why they work so well, but also take from interesting English lessons from each one. We-ll be learning things like alteration, oxymorons, and also some very smart wordplay that makes use of words that have multiple meanings. I-ll also be sharing lots of phrases and terms that are used when advertising or talking about a product or service. Show notes page - htt...

#332 I Hate Mondays...

How do you feel about Mondays? If you-re like most people, it-s probably your least favourite day of the week. Many of us hate waking up and realising it-s Monday, and that means we have to get up early and go to work. It-s a universal feeling, so in this episode, I-ll be sharing some common Monday expressions that you can use to express your sad feelings, but always more positive ones too. I-ll also be sharing some of my ideas on steps we can all take to improve our Mondays. Show notes...

#331 How to Make Better Decisions

In this episode, we-ll be talking about making decisions and the idea of being an indecisive person. I-m sure, like me, this is something that you have also struggled with at least some point in the past, and whether we-re talking about life-changing decisions, or simple everyday choices, getting better at deciding on what to do will improve our lives. The main areas I cover today are why we have a hard time making decisions, and also some tips and tricks on how to get better. And of course, ...

#330 How to Prioritise Your Life

I feel passionate about the topic of priorities because understanding how they work can have a big and positive impact on your life. Once you decide on what your priorities in life are, every choice you make becomes so much easier. You-ll stress less other trivial, small decisions, and you-ll start seeing faster progress in your English learning, and any other skills you-re working on. I hope you also feel inspired after listening to this episode. Let-s get started. Show notes page-nbsp...

#329 Training Your English Accent with Jesús Florez

Jes-s Florez is originally from Columbia but now resides in the USA, and despite not being a native English speaker, has built up his English to an impressive level of fluency. Jes-s focuses a lot on accent since he has put a lot of work into getting a natural American accent. In the episode today, we discuss a lot about acquiring an English accent and how much effort you should put into that, whether accent is important, and a bit of a comparison between UK and US expressions. Show not...