The Level Up English Podcast (Natural British English) – Details, episodes & analysis

I just came back from a trip in Europe and I thought I'd get on the microphone today and review some of the good and bad experiences I had there.

I made the adventurous decision to travel from London all the way to Istanbul by train (listen to the episode to see why I didn't make it all the way!) 

In this episode, I talk about my experience sleeping on trains, my time in each country, and why I suddenly changed my travel plans. There are also some useful expressions and vocabulary to help improve your English throughout.

This is a very casual, chatty episode, so hopefully you don't mind. You're always welcome to comment your feedback on the shownotes page (link below)

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Fran from Step Up Japanese and I discuss a few different topics in today's episode, including:

• The Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage (walking around the Japanese island of Shikoku)
• The Tadoku reading method for languages
• An embarrassing language mistake on TV
• And more!

If you're a fan of hearing casual British English conversations, and also finding out something new about language learning, then this should be a good episode for you.

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Natasha Broodie (lifewiththebige.com) first joined us on Episode 135. Today, Natasha is back to discuss her new book: "Swaggart: The Art of Professional Schmoozing at Job Interviews".

We cover many topics around job interviews, including how to answer hard questions, discrimination and racism, and the biggest mistakes that interviewees make.

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In this episode, I start by teaching some phrases related to "cringe". (Full vocabulary list on Level Up English)

I then read some Reddit posts looking at other people's cringe moments, as well as sharing some of my own that keep me awake at night. I finish with some advice on how to move past these embarrassing moments.

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In the past, in my series on English-speaking countries around the world, I've recorded guest episodes looking at Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, The US and Australia.

Continuing this series, Julie (@englishetc_with_julie) joins me to discuss her home country of Canada. Julie is an online English coach now living in Dubai.

We talk about the culture, language, accent, travel, food and much more! Join us for this exciting chat.

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As you might know, English isn't like how we find it in textbooks. In day-to-day conversations, we often don't speak in full sentences, and so much of what we say is implied (this means, it's hinted at without actually saying it).

In this episode, I look at some examples of implied meaning or 'language ambiguity' and teach some phrases you can use in different situations.

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I look at several online pages about hacks to learn English more easily.
Do you know any language hacks to make things easier?

Here's the article I mentioned: https://www.ecenglish.com/en/101-ways-to-learn-english

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In this episode, I talk a bit about space, humanity, Elon Musk, and answer the question of whether humans should move to Mars in the future. I love this topic and I hope you do too.
I also share some useful vocabulary related to this topic that you can use in your everyday life.

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I spoke about 14 TV shows to improve your British English in episode 22 of the podcast.

Since then, I've got a lot of requests to make a Part 2. To be honest, I don't watch much TV so I struggle to make a good list. Of the TV series I do watch, many of them aren't good examples of British English (or even English in general, such as 'Vikings'!)

My general advice is, rather than watching something that will improve your English, just watch something that you enjoy. Enjoyment should always come first.

Having said that, if you're not sure where to start, here are some ideas that you may enjoy.

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Lewis (@englishwithlewis) is an English teacher from the UK who is now living in Spain. He works for Teachify, an online English academy. 

He joined me on this episode to talk all about Change. Join us to hear an interesting discussion and learn lots of new vocabulary and idioms. Remember you can view vocabulary lists on the members link below.

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China replanting forests: https://mashable.com/article/greening-china-india-nasa

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