Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

754. Learning & Teaching English in The Metaverse / The Mandalorian (with Andy Johnson)

Andy Johnson returns to talk about more “M” words - this time it’s The Metaverse and The Mandalorian. The Metaverse is an immersive and interactive 3D online environment. How can it be used for learning and teaching English? Andy’s new job is with a company that offers English learning in the metaverse, so let’s chat about it. Also, we finally talk about The Mandalorian on LEP after waiting nearly a year! This is probably the last episode of LEP in 2021 - so Merry Christmas everyone and I hope you have a Happy New Year!

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753. Visiting the Louvre Museum with Amber & Paul

Join Amber, Paul and me as we take a tour of the famous Louvre Museum in Paris and describe some of the world's most amazing artwork and artefacts, including stunning Greek sculptures like Venus de Milo, fascinating renaissance paintings by Leonardo da Vinci such as the Mona Lisa and many more incredible pieces. The video version has photos of all the work being described. Photos are also shown on the website page.

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752. Creating Award-Winning Books for Children (with Penny Dale)

Author and illustrator Penny Dale talks about the process of creating successful books for children, including some of her most popular books such as Ten In The Bed and the Dinosaur series. Video version available. Audio version has 30mins extra rambling.

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751. Bath Arts Workshop: Counterculture in the 1970s (with Penny Dale)

Chatting to English author & illustrator Penny Dale about her involvement in a counterculture arts movement from the 1970s, the Bath Arts Workshop.

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Credit for Phil Shepherd interview clip - Richard Wyatt www.bathnewseum.com 

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750. An Unedited Ramble / How to talk about Being Busy in English

In this unedited episode I share some of the thoughts that have been running through my head, talk about being busy and look at some vocabulary to describe busy times in your life. Video version available.

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James and Luke discuss designs sent in by listeners, and choose the winner(s). The prize: to have your design featured in the LEP Merch Store, plus an £80 reward! Listen for plenty of descriptive language, diplomatic language and ways of giving positive and feedback in English. Video version also available (with all the designs on screen) on YouTube.

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James' music www.jimthompson.bandcamp.com

James on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/VideoDaze

EPISODE CONTENTS with time codes

00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:34 Hello James 00:10:31 Judging Criteria 00:11:20 English to look out for 00:12:05 1. Iwona - "We're gonna have a good time" 00:16:41 2. Kyoungjin - LEP Logo with Black Circle 00:20:57 3. Francisca - "Stop Rambling Luke!" 00:27:17 4. Silvia & Sara - LEP Ninjas / Gill's Book Club 00:37:49 5. Giuliana - Frog Ninja 00:41:19 6. Adel - LEPland / Luke Dissecting a Frog 00:44:28 7. Lenka - Ramblecast t-shirt 00:47:07 8. Evgeniya - LEPland Citizen 00:50:37 9. Alyona - Cryptic LEP logo / It's my cup of tea 00:55:44 10. Denis - Russian Joke 1:02:38 11. Jakub - A range of LEP designs 1:06:48 13. All4Band.com team - "A particular set of skills" 1:13:20 14. Sia - Prawn man, Luke and Batman 1:17:03 15. Andrey - LEP X-Ray 1:20:40 16. Max - Luke's head 1:23:42 17. Sofia - All calm in LEPland 1:25:33 18. Julia - Pink Gorilla says Nice One ;) 1:29:05 THE WINNERS 1:37:02 Ending Monologue (Hedging & diplomatic language, James' music)

I couldn't post all the images here I'm afraid. But you can see them on YouTube (link above) or the episode page (link also above).

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748. Karl Pilkington's 3-Minute Wonders / Manchester Accent [Part 2]

Understand more of Karl Pilkington's rambling as we learn about the Manchester accent and pick up vocabulary along the way. Video version available on YouTube.

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747. Social Awkwardness / Very British Problems (with Michael Lavers from Level Up English)

Talking to Michael Lavers from the Level Up English Podcast about learning Japanese, embarrassing moments in language learning, social awkwardness and some "very British problems". Are you as socially awkward as a British person? Let's see how you and Michael would respond to some quiz questions that will test your British awkwardness to the max. Video version available.

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746. Karl Pilkington's 3-Minute Wonders / Manchester Accent

Understand English as it is spoken by native speakers. Let's listen to Karl Pilkington rambling about life, the universe & everything, and see what we can understand and learn. Karl is from Manchester, so we'll be looking at some features of his accent, picking up plenty of vocabulary and having a bit of a laugh along the way. Video version available on YouTube.

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745. Mental Factors in Learning English (with Ray Addam) [English with Ray SwapCast]

Talking to English teacher Ray Addam from Glasgow in Scotland about mental factors in learning English, such as anxiety, confidence, stress and motivation. Video version available on YouTube.

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