Luke's English Podcast
Luke Thompson is the host of the popular “Luke’s English Podcast“. He has a decade of experience podcasting and far more as a teacher.
In this episode, we cover shyness, English immersion, how to have good listening practice, using comedy in English, and Luke also shared a couple funny and embarrassing problems he’s had with learning French.
Timestamps
2:56 – Introductions
4:56 – When did Luke get confident podcasting?
18:24 – Improving English in your home country
24:49 – What kind of listening is best?
35:06 – Luke’s ‘compulsion’ for comedy
36:28 – Using comedy in language learning and teaching
46:47 – Luke’s embarrassing mistakes in French
53:30 – Where to find Luke
Where to Find Luke
Vocabulary
To cringe – To react to embarrassment (especially what someone else does)
To bleed over – Something that spreads into other areas
Compulsion – An obligation or urge to do something in a certain way
Contrived – Forced, deliberately created, not spontaneous
Pervasive – Spreading widely throughout an area
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