In 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. 👉 Episode page with introduction transcript https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/19/869-working-at-unesco-english-in-international-diplomacy/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking to Lindsay from All Ears English about social, economic and political changes happening in the USA (and the UK) at the moment. Includes some rambling and a song at the end of the episode. 👉 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/12/868-how-the-usa-is-changing-with-lindsay-mcmahon-from-all-ears-english/ 👉 Listen to Luke on All Ears English talking about American & British English https://pod.link/751574016/episode/d4b5eabd02763c0770be33d021098248 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is all about the different modes of communication that we use beyond the 4 linguistic skills of reading, writing, listening speaking. My guest is Nik Peachey who has helped to write a new paper published by OUP called "Multimodality in ELT: Communication Skills for Today’s Generation". Listen to Nik and me chatting about the importance of multimodal literacy in our social interactions and in the ways we consume and produce media online. 🔗 Episode page with intro notes 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/06/867-multimodal-communication-with-nik-peachey/ 📄 Read the OUP paper "Multimodality in ELT: Communication Skills for Today’s Generation" 👉 https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/expert/multimodality?itm_source=oup-elt-site&itm_medium=hero-banner&itm_campaign=ww-multimodality&cc=ca&selLanguage=sk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here are my reactions to getting 1 million subscribers on YouTube, and probably 1 million+ on audio platforms too! Listen to me rambling on my own and with my daughter (6 years old now) while the subscriber number gradually goes up, and eventually reaches this big milestone. Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/02/02/1-million-subscribers-on-youtube-x1f389/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The return of the lying game on LEP! Amber, Paul and I play a speaking game which I sometimes use in my English classes. Listen to our stories and try to work out if we are lying or telling the truth. The second half of the episode contains story summaries and vocabulary explanations. 👉 Episode page with vocabulary list, etc https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/01/29/866-the-lying-game-9-with-amber-paul-with-vocabulary-explanations/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amber & Paul return to the podcast for another tangential conversation about various things, including: * why Paul is angry (again) 😤 * how Amber gets crushed in her own bed 🛌 * how our British children don't need to wear coats 🧥 * the special gifts Luke has prepared for Amber & Paul 🎁 * the highs and lows of Paul's global comedy tour 🎭 * how Paul's been telling the Russian joke on stage 😐 * Amber's recent trip to London 🇬🇧 * The Beatles' "Now & Then" 🎶 * the next step in Paul's career ⏩ * Amber's kids saying more funny things 👧👦💬 * and more... 👉 Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/01/22/865-catching-up-with-amber-paul-13/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join me as I talk without a script about lovely cold weather ❄️ being too lazy to wash my cups 🍵 feeling exhausted because my son won't sleep 👶😮‍💨 New Year's Eve celebrations 🛋 performing stand up comedy to 4200 people 🎤 a recommended YouTube channel about adventurous missions in the UK countryside 🥾 and recent horror films I've seen 🙀. Episode page 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/01/15/864-a-winter-ramble-x2744xfe0f-learn-english-with-lep/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new year episode to welcome you back to my podcast, to encourage you to reflect on your learning of English over the last 12 months, to consider your English learning in 2024 and how this podcast can help you. Includes plenty of ideas for how to improve your English, some reflections on my learning of French, and some 'help' from my baby son 👶. 📄 Get the PDF 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/863.-Your-English-in-2024-with-LEP-PDF-Transcript-reduced-size.pdf 🔗 Episode page on my website 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/01/08/863-welcome-back-your-english-in-2024-with-lep-x1f4c8/ 🏆 LEP Premium information 👉 https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premiuminfo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[2/2] Stephen from the Simple English News Daily podcast asks me questions about news events from this year. This is part 2 of a 2-part episode. 🔗 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/27/862-world-news-quiz-2023-part-2-with-stephen-from-send7-podcast/ *Edits - On reflection, I decided to remove questions 11 and 12 because they were about the war in Ukraine and I think the tone of our conversation was not appropriate considering the solemnity of the situation. I regret not expressing my sincere condolences for the victims of the war. Question 11 was about Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and question 12 was about the % of land in Ukraine occupied by Russian forces at the end of 2023 (20%). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to me telling this classic Christmas ghost story - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. I have read this story on the podcast before (in episode 320) but it's a good one so let's do it again, shall we? 📄 Download the PDF here 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/860.-Charles-Dickens-Christmas-Ghost-Story-Learn-English-with-a-Short-Story-PDF.pdf 👉 Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/22/860-charles-dickens-christmas-ghost-story-learn-english-with-a-short-story/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How about some English rambling at Christmas time? ChatGPT (who can speak now) helps me with some questions and ideas, and I ramble about Christmas plans, traditions, post-gift melancholy, upcoming episodes, how to do a King Charles impression, and more... 👉 Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/20/859-a-christmas-ramble-2023-with-chatgpt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is part 2 of this double episode. Please listen to part 1 first! Sarah and Fred are trivia quiz nerds with a new trivia podcast. In this episode they joined me for some trivia quizzing and conversation. In this second part you can listen to my quiz for Sarah and Fred, and then Fred's quiz for me. Can you answer the questions? Can you follow the whole conversation? Listen carefully! 👉 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/15/858-trivia-quizzing-with-sarah-and-fred-part-2/ 👉 Listen to Luke's first episode on Sarah & Fred's podcast "Not An Alias Podcast" https://pod.link/1503202147/episode/f33a8fcf069e1a69d06335e4a472f372 👉 Fred on Instagram @FredMeUp https://www.instagram.com/fredmeup/?hl=en 👉 Sarah on Instagram @ParisQuizMistress https://www.instagram.com/parisquizmistress/ 👉 Not An Alias Podcast on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ParisQuizMistress/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.