James Harris is a writer, comedian, English teacher and language learner (French, German, Chinese) from England. In this funny chat, we talk about learning Chinese, being married to a Chinese woman and his semi-autobiographical book, "Midlands" which tells several funny and touching stories about two ex-pats living in Germany; Stuart, who is a stand-up comedian trying to understand the Germans, and Doug who gets involved in a love affair. James reads several passages from the book during the episode. š Get James' book ā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļøā­ļø https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midlands-James-Harris/dp/B0B38CX11P š Sign up to James' email newsletter "Stiff Upper Quip" for regular short articles in English & more https://stiffupperquip.substack.com/ š Follow James on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamesHarrisNow š Page for this episode on Luke's website https://wp.me/p4IuUx-sJr š Listen to James' first episode on LEP https://youtu.be/nppFuFyIBZU 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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808. James Harris returns to talk about his book šš£

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Here's a list of jokes about different countries which I found on the website Bored Panda. I'll tell you the jokes and then explain them all (dissecting the frog), including any homophones, double meanings or specific cultural references. Can you "get" the jokes? Do you find any of them funny, or are they all just terrible dad jokes? And, what vocabulary can you learn in the process? Includes a vocabulary review at the end of the episode. Episode page with notes, jokes and vocabulary list š  https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/05/14/882-47-funny-country-jokes-explained-learn-english-with-humour/ 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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882. 47 "Funny" Country Jokes, Explained š š Learn English with Humour

Barbara Serra is an award-winning Italian journalist who has spent much of her career reading the news in the UK on various high-profile well-established English language news networks including the BBC, Channel 5, Al Jazeera English and Sky News. 
Barbara has quite a specific relationship with English. Itās her dominant language but not her native language. She has a certain accent, which does place her outside the UK somehow. 
So how has this affected her career as a news reader and reporter? What is the story of her English? What kind of challenges has she faced while reading the news in the UK? And what does this all tell us about learning English, what it means to improve your accent, the relationship between accent and identity, the definition of ānativeā and ānon-native speakerā, the status of different English accents in the English speaking world?
š Barbara's email newsletter "News with a foreign accent" š https://barbaraserra.substack.com/ š Barbara's website with course info š https://www.barbaraserra.info/ šŗ Luke talks to Alastair Budge about Paris š https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jveYc5vFh7A&ab;_channel=LeonardoEnglish on  @LeonardoEnglishCom   š§ Luke on Elenaās mtunonon's podcast "Online Bound" š https://www.elenamutonono.com/2024/04/25/1-mln-subscribers/ š Take the Acast listener survey š https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/ugLVUK15 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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881. The first non-native speaker to read the UK TV news (with Barbara Serra)

I read an article about Paris' preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games, discuss the issues, summarise the article and explain plenty of vocabulary. Is Paris ready for the games? What are the attitudes, complaints, expectations and fears ahead of this potentially controversial event.  š Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/04/29/880-is-paris-ready-for-the-olympic-games-2024-article-vocabulary/ š Article https://theweek.com/sports/olympics-2024-is-paris-ready-to-party 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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880. Is Paris ready for the Olympic Games 2024? š (Article + Vocabulary)

Top tips for spontaneous speaking š with communication expert Matt Abrahams, a professor at the Stamford Graduate School of Business, California. Matt is a leading expert in his field and his new book "Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot" gives you clear, academically-researched advice on how to deal with anxiety, focus on making connections, improve your mindset, learn to listen, and find really useful structures to help you become a more spontaneous and successful speaker.  Episode page š https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/04/22/879-think-fast-talk-smart-communication-techniques-for-spontaneous-speaking-with-matt-abrahams/ Matt's website (book, podcast & more) š https://mattabrahams.com/ Matt's presentation about communication techniques (34 million views) š https://youtu.be/HAnw168huqA?si=jyE7BpzaIt4el_dl 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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879. Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques for Spontaneous Speaking š£ļø with Matt Abrahams

These days Elena Mutonono is an experienced business coach who helps online English teachers to gain independence and control over their own careers, but Elena's journey started as a learner of English herself. In this conversation I ask Elena about how she learned English, making the step to becoming an English teacher, then teacher trainer and what challenges online English teachers face when trying to work in a crowded and demanding job market. 
š Elena's website https://www.elenamutonono.com/ š Elena's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/elenamutonono/ š Elena's podcast https://www.elenamutonono.com/podcast/ - - - - -  š Join Luke's Zoom Workshop on 18 April 2024 (10AM UK time) https://english-at-home.com/summit/ 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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