374. Alex's Edinburgh Fringe Report

In this episode I talk to Alex Love in Edinburgh about his show, some details about the culture of pub quizzes in the UK and we go off on several quite instructive tangents about stag and hen parties, male strippers, The Smurfs and the anatomy of giant squid, which are large sea creatures with tentacles. That sounds quite random but it-s not really. It-s actually perfectly logical and it will all become clear as you listen to the conversation, and I think there-s quite a lot to learn about British culture in this episode as you-ll see. I-ve also highlighted a lot of vocabulary for you to watch out for. Click here for the details http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6Ls Audible offer http://www.audibletrial.com/teacherluke- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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374. Alex's Edinburgh Fringe Report

In this episode I talk to Alex Love in Edinburgh about his show, some details about the culture of pub quizzes in the UK and we go off on several quite instructive tangents about stag and hen parties, male strippers, The Smurfs and the anatomy of giant squid, which are large sea creatures with tentacles. That sounds quite random but it-s not really. It-s actually perfectly logical and it will all become clear as you listen to the conversation, and I think there-s quite a lot to learn about British culture in this episode as you-ll see. I-ve also highlighted a lot of vocabulary for you to watch out for. Click here for the details http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6Ls Audible offer http://www.audibletrial.com/teacherluke- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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374. Alex's Edinburgh Fringe Report

In this episode I talk to Alex Love in Edinburgh about his show, some details about the culture of pub quizzes in the UK and we go off on several quite instructive tangents about stag and hen parties, male strippers, The Smurfs and the anatomy of giant squid, which are large sea creatures with tentacles. That sounds quite random but it-s not really. It-s actually perfectly logical and it will all become clear as you listen to the conversation, and I think there-s quite a lot to learn about British culture in this episode as you-ll see. I-ve also highlighted a lot of vocabulary for you to watch out for. Click here for the details http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6Ls Audible offer http://www.audibletrial.com/teacherluke- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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373. Who Wants to Be Good at English?

This episode is a game show hosted by my Dad, with me as-the contestant. The aim of the game is to see how many words I know. My Dad designed this quiz for his students of journalism at the university where he works sometimes. The quiz is specifically designed to highlight what he considers to be common misuses and misunderstandings of words. His opinion is that journalists writing and presenting on television should use words in exactly the right way, even if many people use those-words to mean different things in general everyday use. http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6LA italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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373. Who Wants to Be Good at English?

This episode is a game show hosted by my Dad, with me as-the contestant. The aim of the game is to see how many words I know. My Dad designed this quiz for his students of journalism at the university where he works sometimes. The quiz is specifically designed to highlight what he considers to be common misuses and misunderstandings of words. His opinion is that journalists writing and presenting on television should use words in exactly the right way, even if many people use those-words to mean different things in general everyday use. http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6LA italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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373. Who Wants to Be Good at English? (with Rick Thompson)

This episode is a game show hosted by my Dad, with me as-the contestant. The aim of the game is to see how many words I know. My Dad designed this quiz for his students of journalism at the university where he works sometimes. The quiz is specifically designed to highlight what he considers to be common misuses and misunderstandings of words. His opinion is that journalists writing and presenting on television should use words in exactly the right way, even if many people use those-words to mean different things in general everyday use. http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6LA italki offer: http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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372. The Importance of Anecdotes in English / Narrative Tenses / 4 Family Anecdotes

This episode of the podcast is all about telling anecdotes in English. Anecdotes are little stories about our experiences that we share while socialising. It-s important to have a few anecdotes of your own and to know how to tell them properly. In this episode I-m going to give you some advice for how to tell an anecdote and then you-re going to listen to some true anecdotes told by members of my family that I recorded yesterday evening during dinner. http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6KT- italki offer http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ and add the premium episodes to a podcast app on your phone. https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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372. The Importance of Anecdotes in English / Narrative Tenses / 4 Family Anecdotes

This episode of the podcast is all about telling anecdotes in English. Anecdotes are little stories about our experiences that we share while socialising. It-s important to have a few anecdotes of your own and to know how to tell them properly. In this episode I-m going to give you some advice for how to tell an anecdote and then you-re going to listen to some true anecdotes told by members of my family that I recorded yesterday evening during dinner. http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6KT- italki offer http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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372. The Importance of Anecdotes in English / Narrative Tenses / 4 Family Anecdotes

This episode of the podcast is all about telling anecdotes in English. Anecdotes are little stories about our experiences that we share while socialising. It-s important to have a few anecdotes of your own and to know how to tell them properly. In this episode I-m going to give you some advice for how to tell an anecdote and then you-re going to listen to some true anecdotes told by members of my family that I recorded yesterday evening during dinner. http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6KT- italki offer http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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371. In Conversation with Rob Ager from Liverpool (PART 2: Film Analysis / Hidden Meanings / Stanley Kubrick / Conspiracy Theory)

This is part 2 of my conversation with-Rob Ager from Liverpool, who makes documentaries about films and publishes them himself on his website Collative Learning. If you haven-t heard part 1 yet, you should check that out before listening to part 2. In this conversation we talk about Rob-s approach to film analysis, hidden meanings in films, the work of Stanley Kubrick and the conspiracy theory about the moon landing. More details here http://wp.me/p4IuUx-6Ji italki offer http://www.teacherluke.co.uk/talk-- Sign up to LEP Premium on Acast+ https://plus.acast.com/s/teacherluke.

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