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Learning English in 2025 📈 with Luke_s English Podcast(M4A_128K) · Luke's English Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello, Happy New Year. It's twenty twenty five. Can you
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  Speaker 1: believe it? Twenty twenty five? It's crazy, isn't it? Science
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  Speaker 1: fiction stuff? Anyway, in this episode, I'll be talking about
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  Speaker 1: learning English with my podcast. If you're considering listening to
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  Speaker 1: a podcast this year to improve your English, then I
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  Speaker 1: think this is an excellent idea, of course, and I'll
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  Speaker 1: tell you exactly why during the episode and exactly how
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  Speaker 1: you can do it, so loads of advice and motivation
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  Speaker 1: to pump you up for the year ahead learning English. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: you've probably noticed that this episode is quite long compared
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  Speaker 1: to other podcasts, because I just have a habit of
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  Speaker 1: talking a lot, which hopefully is what you wanted anyway
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  Speaker 1: when you press play on this episode. But anyway, I
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  Speaker 1: promise that if you just start listening and you follow
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  Speaker 1: my words, then you will find that the time goes
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  Speaker 1: by very quickly, and before you know it, you will
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  Speaker 1: have listened to the entire thing, which by the way,
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  Speaker 1: is about sixteen thousand words in English, all in sentences,
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  Speaker 1: all with correct grammar and pronunciation. All of that English
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  Speaker 1: will go directly into your brain and will have an
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  Speaker 1: immensely positive and beneficial effect on your ability to use
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  Speaker 1: this language yourself later. Don't feel you need to listen
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  Speaker 1: to the entire thing in one go. You can just
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  Speaker 1: listen to it in stages. If you prefer, just pause
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  Speaker 1: and come back later to continue. There are useful things
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  Speaker 1: to learn all the way through the episode, plus some
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  Speaker 1: special things at the end. There's a PDF for this episode,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, with a full transcript. More or less,
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  Speaker 1: you can use it to check what you've heard and
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  Speaker 1: to note down vocabulary items, check spelling, and do other
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  Speaker 1: types of studying. If you look at the PDF, you'll
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  Speaker 1: see some bits of English highlighted in a lurid orange color.
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  Speaker 1: These are just some bits of vocabulary that you could
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  Speaker 1: notice and perhaps try to pick up from the episode.
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  Speaker 1: They're all multi word phrases rather than just single life
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  Speaker 1: terms of vocabulary, and at the end of the PDF
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  Speaker 1: you'll find all of those highlighted phrases in a list.
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  Speaker 1: There's about eighteen of them, so not too many. They're
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  Speaker 1: all in a list with example sentences and definitions, and
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  Speaker 1: you'll also find a vocabulary quiz and some other exercises
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  Speaker 1: to help you remember those phrases and check that you've
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  Speaker 1: really understood them. You'll also find some discussion questions at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the PDF, which you can use to
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  Speaker 1: practice your speaking with all of this vocabulary. How can
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  Speaker 1: you get the PDF, you might be asking, Well, you'll
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  Speaker 1: just find a link for it in the episode show
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  Speaker 1: notes and also on the page for this episode on
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  Speaker 1: my website. The links are in the description and it's
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  Speaker 1: all free. You're welcome. Also, if you listen until the
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  Speaker 1: end of the entire episode, you can get a special
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  Speaker 1: certificate of achievement with one hundred bonus points and a
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  Speaker 1: shiny gold medal from me to you as a special
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  Speaker 1: reward for being so wonderful. All of that is waiting
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  Speaker 1: for you at the end of the PDF, but you
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  Speaker 1: can only claim it if you listen to the entire thing.
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  Speaker 1: So I hope you enjoy episode nine hundred and sixteen
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  Speaker 1: of my podcast and that it helps you make progress
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  Speaker 1: with your English in twenty twenty five and beyond. So
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  Speaker 1: now let's start as we mean to continue and begin
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  Speaker 1: this episode properly, and I'm now going to start reading
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  Speaker 1: from the PDF. Okay, so you can get it ready
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  Speaker 1: if you want, and we're going to do that right now.
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  Speaker 1: So here we go, pure right, So, hello, Happy New Year.
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  Speaker 1: This is my first episode of twenty twenty five. Let's
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  Speaker 1: hope this is going to be a good year, a
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  Speaker 1: productive year, a positive year, and a generally fantastic year
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  Speaker 1: for you and your English. Let's start twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 1: on a positive note by putting our best foot forward
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  Speaker 1: in this new year period. What I usually do on
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  Speaker 1: my podcast is record an episode like this to welcome
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  Speaker 1: new listeners who might have recently discovered the show Hello,
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  Speaker 1: to welcome back old listener, Hello again, to re establish
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  Speaker 1: the main aims of this podcast, and to talk about
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  Speaker 1: how this podcast can help you with your English. So
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about the importance of listening in
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  Speaker 1: your learning of English, how podcasts can help with that,
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  Speaker 1: and specifically how you can use my podcast to improve
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  Speaker 1: your English in various ways over the next twelve months
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  Speaker 1: and beyond. I will also share some comments and testimonials
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  Speaker 1: from people who listen to this podcast in twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: four and whose English definitely improved as a result. Lots
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  Speaker 1: of listeners have written to me over the last few
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  Speaker 1: weeks and describe their experiences of improving their English with
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  Speaker 1: this podcast, and I would like to share their experiences
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  Speaker 1: and tips with you. So This is episode nine hundred
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  Speaker 1: and sixteen. Learning English in twenty twenty five with Luke's
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  Speaker 1: English Podcast. I'm Luke Thompson. Hello, and this is my
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  Speaker 1: podcast for learners of English around the world. Just in
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  Speaker 1: case you're new to the show, let me introduce myself
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  Speaker 1: so you know who you're listening to and learning English with. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Luke, and that's Luke, not Luck, not Luck not
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  Speaker 1: Luke's not Luca, not Lucas. Now it's Luke, like Luke
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  Speaker 1: Skywalker from Star Wars. So I'm from England in the UK.
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  Speaker 1: So I speak British English. That's what you're hearing right now.
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  Speaker 1: I come from both West London and the West Midlands,
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  Speaker 1: if that is possible, which it is, so two parts
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  Speaker 1: of England. I spent time in both places growing up
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  Speaker 1: as a child. I lived in Ealing in West London
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  Speaker 1: until the age of nine, and then my family moved
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  Speaker 1: to a small village in the middle of nowhere in
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  Speaker 1: the countryside near Birmingham, in the center of England, not
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  Speaker 1: far from Stratford upon Avon, where Shakespeare was born, and
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  Speaker 1: also not far from Warwick, which has one of the
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  Speaker 1: country's most impressive medieval castles. You might have been there,
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  Speaker 1: So those are the two places. I'm from, West London
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  Speaker 1: and the West Midlands, so I'm both a city boy
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  Speaker 1: and a country boy. In terms of my accent, I
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  Speaker 1: don't have a particularly strong regional British accent. You could
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  Speaker 1: say that I speak with a standard British accent, which
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  Speaker 1: is generally called modern RP. That's received pronunciation, which is
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  Speaker 1: the general name for the accent that you often hear
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  Speaker 1: on the BBC, or which is associated with the phonemic
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  Speaker 1: chart in English as presented in Oxford or Cambridge dictionaries.
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  Speaker 1: I spent half my upbringing in the Midlands, so you
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  Speaker 1: might notice occasional traces of that accent in my voice,
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  Speaker 1: but not much really, and another half of my upbringing
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  Speaker 1: in London, so you might also be able to hear
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  Speaker 1: a bit of London possibly, But basically I speak modern
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  Speaker 1: received pronunciation from the southern half of England. I pronounce
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  Speaker 1: bath grass Path laugh and podcast with an R sound
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  Speaker 1: and not an ah sound, so that would be bath
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  Speaker 1: grass Path laugh podcast, so I say bath grass Path
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  Speaker 1: Laugh podcast. This distinction is a general indication of whether
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  Speaker 1: you're from the north or the South of England. Right,
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  Speaker 1: So in the South. It's podcast, right, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: have a bath and listen to a podcast. That would
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  Speaker 1: be in the south of England, and generally speaking in
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  Speaker 1: the sort of northern half of England, it would be
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to have a bath and listen to a podcast. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: So I speak modern Southern British English received pronunciation, that's
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  Speaker 1: my accent. So I've been teaching English for nearly twenty
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  Speaker 1: five years now in classrooms with groups of adults from
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  Speaker 1: all over the world. I started doing that in two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and one and have never left the classroom since,
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  Speaker 1: except to go to the toilet obviously. But what I
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  Speaker 1: mean is that I have never stopped being a teacher.
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  Speaker 1: I first became an English teacher when I did my
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  Speaker 1: selter that's the certificate, the Cambridge Certificate in English Language
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  Speaker 1: Teaching to Adults in two thousand and one, and later
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  Speaker 1: I did the Delta as well, that's the Diploma in
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  Speaker 1: English Language Teaching to Adults. In my time as a teacher,
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  Speaker 1: I've met thousands of learners of English from different countries
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  Speaker 1: and help them to improve their English. I've always made
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  Speaker 1: the same amount of effort with all my students. I
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  Speaker 1: just try to teach English to whoever is in front
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  Speaker 1: of me. But the ones who made the most progress
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  Speaker 1: were the ones who had the right approach and the
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  Speaker 1: right mindset. Because you can lead a horse to water,
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  Speaker 1: but you can't make it drink. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: you know this saying you can lead a horse to water,
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  Speaker 1: but you can't make it drink. I've always felt as
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  Speaker 1: a teacher that there's only so much I can do
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  Speaker 1: for you. I might be responsible for about fifty percent
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  Speaker 1: of the learning you can do, which is obviously a lot,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it. I mean, it's not everything. It's half, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously your response, well for the other fifty percent, maybe more,
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  Speaker 1: in fact, maybe it's more like twenty eighty sort of
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  Speaker 1: twenty percent meter eighty percent you. But basically I can't
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  Speaker 1: learn English for you. I can help, but ultimately only
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  Speaker 1: you can learn English for yourself. So the old saying goes,
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  Speaker 1: you can lead a horse to water, but you can't
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  Speaker 1: make it drink. That's a bit like how it is
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  Speaker 1: for me as an English teacher. Obviously, in this in
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  Speaker 1: this analogy, you're the horse, right, I'm leading you to water,
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  Speaker 1: and water in this case is English. So I can
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  Speaker 1: provide the conditions for your learning, facilitate it as best
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  Speaker 1: I can encourage you, provide you with English input, answer
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  Speaker 1: your questions about the language, give you words you need,
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  Speaker 1: correct your pronunciation and grammar, and also entertain you while
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  Speaker 1: doing it. But ultimately the responsibility to take control of
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  Speaker 1: your learning and make sure it actually happens. That responsibility
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  Speaker 1: lies with you, and it's always worth remembering that. What
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  Speaker 1: you're going to see on the PDF next is a
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  Speaker 1: picture to represent the expression you can lead a horse
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  Speaker 1: to water, but you can't make it drink. And you
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  Speaker 1: can see a picture there of a man who's obviously
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  Speaker 1: led a horse to some water, and he's pointing at
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  Speaker 1: the horse, sing and now drink this. And as I
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  Speaker 1: said before, I'm the man right who's led you to
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  Speaker 1: the water. You're the horse, and the water is English.
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  Speaker 1: And I made this image. You can see it on
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  Speaker 1: the PDF if you're listening to this, and you can
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  Speaker 1: just check it out for yourself. I made this using
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  Speaker 1: generative AI, and it's amazing what you can do with
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  Speaker 1: AI these days, obviously, but sometimes when it does make
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  Speaker 1: these images, they do end up being a bit weird.
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  Speaker 1: If you look carefully, you can see strange details, like,
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  Speaker 1: for example, in this one, the man here has got
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  Speaker 1: three arms, and this is obviously me in the picture, right,
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know why I have three arms in
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  Speaker 1: this picture. That's just one of those weird things that
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  Speaker 1: like chat GPT does when it makes images. So that's
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  Speaker 1: a bit weird. Anyway, Does that help? Would that help
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  Speaker 1: me be a better teacher? I suppose? So I could
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  Speaker 1: kind of point at something with one hand, write something
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  Speaker 1: with another hand, and I don't know, gesticulate with the
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  Speaker 1: with the third hand, I suppose. So this is one
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  Speaker 1: of the reasons why you know I'm considered to be
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  Speaker 1: such a fantastic teacher is because I have three arms.
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  Speaker 1: Most teachers only have two, but I've got three. If
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  Speaker 1: you're watching the video version, my third arm is just
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  Speaker 1: it's just having a little nap at the moment. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: in my experience, the students who know this, you know
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  Speaker 1: that they have to take responsibility for their learning, and
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  Speaker 1: that they can't shift the responsibility to someone else, like
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  Speaker 1: a teacher that they're paying to do a lot of work.
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  Speaker 1: The students who know this and really apply themselves to
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  Speaker 1: their learning actively and actually love it, These are the
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  Speaker 1: ones who have the most success and who make my
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  Speaker 1: job a genuine pleasure. So feeding your love and enthusiasm
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  Speaker 1: for learning English in any way you can is a
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  Speaker 1: very healthy thing to do. And if you are a
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  Speaker 1: horse and I lead you to some lovely fresh water,
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  Speaker 1: drink it. Or if you're not a horse, and you're
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  Speaker 1: in fact a human who wants to learn English, and
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  Speaker 1: I lead you to where all the nice English is,
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  Speaker 1: then just go ahead and learn it. Over the years,
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  Speaker 1: I've taught countless general English classes, but also business English,
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  Speaker 1: legal English exam courses for i ELTs and other Cambridge tests,
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  Speaker 1: as well as some slightly more specialized and specific English
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  Speaker 1: as you can what happened what happened to his voice?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, as well as some slightly more specialized
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  Speaker 1: and specific English courses which were really interesting, including deep
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  Speaker 1: Breath English for doctors, English for journalists, English for ministers
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  Speaker 1: and state secretaries in the Norwegian and Swedish governments, bit
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  Speaker 1: random English for waiters, English for the oil and gas industries,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people from Kazakhstan on that one. English
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  Speaker 1: for airport staff, English for French French train drivers, and
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  Speaker 1: all manner of the people in different walks of life.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess what I'm trying to say is that
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  Speaker 1: I'm a qualified and experienced teacher with a particular set
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  Speaker 1: of skills and three arms. So don't worry, You're in
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  Speaker 1: safe hands with me, three of them, in fact, three
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  Speaker 1: safe hands. I have other things I would love to
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  Speaker 1: bore you with about me and my career and stuff,
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  Speaker 1: but I want to make sure I stick to the
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  Speaker 1: point here, which is all about you and your learning
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  Speaker 1: of English in twenty twenty five. So let me now
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  Speaker 1: move on to talk about making a fresh start with
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  Speaker 1: your English and New Year's resolutions. So at this time
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  Speaker 1: of year, a lot of people choose to turn over
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  Speaker 1: a new leaf, make a fresh start, and brush up
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  Speaker 1: on their English. Maybe that's you, is that you Are
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  Speaker 1: you making a fresh start with your English at this moment?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe not, Maybe maybe just one year kind of just
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  Speaker 1: blends in with another year and it's more of the
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  Speaker 1: same thing, just under a different name. I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: But maybe you've made a new Year's resolution to improve
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  Speaker 1: your English skills and you're determined to stick to it
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  Speaker 1: this year. If that is the case, fantastic, that's great.
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  Speaker 1: The next step, though, is actually to make it happen,
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  Speaker 1: and this is all about building good habits into your
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  Speaker 1: daily life that will make it easier for you to
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  Speaker 1: achieve your goal and then keep going every day long term,
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  Speaker 1: all through the year. It seems to me, of course,
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  Speaker 1: that subscribing to a podcast and listening to new episodes
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  Speaker 1: when they arrive has to be one of the best
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  Speaker 1: ways to help you to do this. Listening to podcasts
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  Speaker 1: in English on a regular basis is a relatively new thing.
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  Speaker 1: Podcasts didn't exist until fairly recently, and we should all
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  Speaker 1: feel lucky about that. We live at a time when
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  Speaker 1: technology makes it easier than ever to learn a language.
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  Speaker 1: Podcasts and other tech are quietly revolutionizing the way people
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  Speaker 1: learn English. Years ago, people never had access to this
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  Speaker 1: kind of lively, fresh audio English content. Now you have
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  Speaker 1: all sorts of interesting things to listen to in English
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  Speaker 1: which are made specifically for you, a learner of English,
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  Speaker 1: to listen to. So do it. Listen to this stuff.
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  Speaker 1: It can make a huge difference to your English long term,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll talk about why and how later in this episode.
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  Speaker 1: So most people give up their New Year's resolutions right now?
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  Speaker 1: Do you make New Year's resolutions? Have you made one?
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  Speaker 1: This year. Most people give up after a few weeks,
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  Speaker 1: don't they. We've all done it, whether it's going on
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  Speaker 1: a diet, stopping smoking, cutting down on your drinking, eating
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  Speaker 1: more healthily, reading a book every evening, trying not to
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  Speaker 1: pick your nose so much, or something else. We all
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  Speaker 1: start with the best of intentions. But then somewhere along
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  Speaker 1: the line, maybe in March, you just lose that sense
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  Speaker 1: of self discipline and let things slide, and eventually you're
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  Speaker 1: back to your old habits. This happens to most of us.
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  Speaker 1: Why well, I expect it's because of one or all
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  Speaker 1: of the following reasons. And I'm now going to go
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  Speaker 1: through some reasons why people give up their New Year's resolutions.
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  Speaker 1: And I think this also applies to learning English and
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  Speaker 1: why some people give up doing that too. So basically,
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  Speaker 1: watch out for these things. So you might give up
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  Speaker 1: your New Year's resolution because a the thing you're trying
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  Speaker 1: to do is actually quite boring and not particularly enjoyable.
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  Speaker 1: So perhaps you just know it's important to do it,
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  Speaker 1: or someone is imposing it on you, but there's no
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  Speaker 1: real motivation from within you to do it, and you
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  Speaker 1: just don't find it personally enjoyable or stimulating. It's like
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  Speaker 1: an external obligation rather than an internal desire or drive.
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  Speaker 1: For example, I know it's important to keep fit, and
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  Speaker 1: I tried signing up to a gym a few years ago,
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  Speaker 1: and I used to go every week, but frankly I
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  Speaker 1: hated it, and as a result, I just quit going.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't like spending time around the people there, I
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  Speaker 1: didn't like the look of the place. I didn't enjoy
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  Speaker 1: any of the exercises, and simply doing it because it
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  Speaker 1: was healthy was not enough of a motivation for me.
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  Speaker 1: Signing up to the gym was not the right way
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  Speaker 1: for me to keep fit, and so that particular New
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  Speaker 1: Year's resolution died after a few months. So when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to doing exercise for me, there needs to be
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  Speaker 1: more fun involved or some other reason for doing it,
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  Speaker 1: and the exercise ends up happening as a consequence. Like
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  Speaker 1: playing football, I know why I'm doing that to win
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  Speaker 1: the game or to score a goal or whatever, or
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  Speaker 1: just to enjoy playing. I like the game, and exercise
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  Speaker 1: happens as a consequence. Going for a long walk is similar.
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  Speaker 1: I know why I'm doing it because I get to
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  Speaker 1: see interesting things and I can clear my head. The
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  Speaker 1: exercise happens as a consequence going to the gym, though
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  Speaker 1: I didn't find it enjoyable in an itself. I just
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  Speaker 1: used to look around and think, this is ridiculous. Everyone
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  Speaker 1: is just crowded into this dark room, running on the
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  Speaker 1: spot and not going anywhere. It doesn't make much sense
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  Speaker 1: to me. Now, maybe the gym works for you, but
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  Speaker 1: it's not for me. So my point is, what you're
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  Speaker 1: trying to do has got to be an enjoyable, entertaining experience,
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  Speaker 1: or at least something that you are happy to do.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the way you're choosing to do it. You
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  Speaker 1: have to find the way that works for you or
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  Speaker 1: that suits you. It's the same with learning English. It
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: doesn't have to be a chore. There are various ways
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: you can do this, so you can explore different ideas
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: until you find something that clicks. Listening to interesting and
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: entertaining podcasts is one of those things, and I get
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: quite a lot of messages from people who say they've
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: become addicted to the show, largely because it's a pleasant, stimulating,
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: cozy experience. And this is actually a surprise, because previously
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: learning English was something that felt like homework. Now Self
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: discipline is also important. It's not all a walk in
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: the park, though I know that self discipline is important too.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: It's not all about just being passive and making no
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: effort and learning English the easy way. Self discipline and
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: making deliberate, conscious actions do come into it, just like
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: with anything else that requires some effort, but you have
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: to search around for the way that works for you.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: Some people seem to thrive on the disciplined, hard working,
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: no pain, no gain approach. They seem to get a
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: big buzz from having some kind of punishing exercise routine
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: or study routine, like those people who get up at
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: five am to hit the gym or to memorize word
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: lists while everyone else is sleeping. But those people they're
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: not really normal humans, are they. I don't think so
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: that now they're not. And I'm assuming that you are
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: a normal human who would much rather just be in
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: bed sleeping at five am, thanks very much. However, self
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: discipline is part of this. A little bit of self
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: discipline goes a long way, And maybe that's the point.
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: You don't have to have a mad, full on study
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: routine that takes over your life, because frankly, who can
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: keep that up, but you might need to push yourself
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: just a little bit more than normal. It's like that
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: comment from Arnold Schwarzenegger in a recent episode, And no,
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: I didn't interview him, unfortunately, but I did read some
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: quotes from him. So the episode was number nine hundred
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: and four Bits and Bobs number one. He was talking
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: about finding motivation to hit the gym, and I paraphrase,
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: sometimes you just don't feel like doing it, but it's
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: important to drag yourself out of bed and just do
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: one thing, even one little thing, is better than doing nothing. Also,
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: doing just one thing, even if it doesn't feel like enough,
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: is much much better than doing nothing and then criticizing
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: yourself and feeling bad about it. So basically, a little
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: bit of self discipline important, especially in those moments when
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: you feel you don't have the energy to do anything, like,
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: for example, on a miserable, gray and cold Tuesday morning
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: in February, when you'd rather crawl into a hole in
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: the ground and stay there if you could actually be
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: bothered to do that, because obviously, in order to crawl
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: into that hole in the ground, you'd need to get
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: out of bed and probably get dressed first, and then
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: leave the house. But anyway, just force yourself to do
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: a little bit, because even a little bit is better
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: than nothing. And when I say a little bit, I
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: mean more than just listening to the podcast. There are
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: some other little things you can do, and beating yourself
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: up about not studying or practicing English is one of
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: the worst things you can do. The end result of
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: that is that you can get into a negative spiral,
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: which can be very damaging to your self esteem, your confidence,
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: and the time you spend practicing English. So avoid avoid
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: avoid negative spirals. Right, positive spirals. They're wonderful, oh so
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: much fun spinning around of positive sens viral. But negative
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: ones no bad, bad, bad, avoid them. So my specific
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: instructions to you are this, take it easy on yourself. Relax, chill,
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: have a cup of tea, maybe a biscuit, just one,
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: and listen to my podcast. You don't have to climb
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: a mountain for this. Just relax and listen to an episode.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: You can even do that in bed if you like.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: No need to get up and crawl into a hole
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: or anything. See but consider doing one or two other
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: things which will be outlined later in the episode. We'll
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: get there, We'll get there pretty soon. It helps if
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: you subscribe to the podcast in a podcast app on
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: your phone, so you can listen to the audio while
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: you do something else. Okay, so you can kind of
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: stack your habits. You can be listening to the podcast
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: while you're doing something else. That helps. Another reason why
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: people might give up their New Year's resolutions is that this,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: even with the best will in the world, your New
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: Year's resolution just doesn't become a habit or part of
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: the routine. It just doesn't stick because there's too much
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: effort involved, as I said, or it's too inconvenient. It's
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: basically the oh, I can't be bothered factor. Podcasts seem
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: to solve this because they're extremely convenient, and if you're
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: subscribed to a podcast, each new episode just being arrives
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: in your phone, right there in the palm of your hand.
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: You don't need to travel anywhere, you don't need to
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: devote specific time to it. You get a notification and
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: all you have to do is press play and then
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: listen and enjoy, even while doing other things like that
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: other New Year's resolution, which was to go running or something.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: Of course, you could do more than just listen, but
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: you'd be surprised at what can happen if you take
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: the pressure off yourself and choose to do just a
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: little bit, and over time that ends up being quite
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: a lot. Another reason people quit their New Year's resolution
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: is that the goal you've set is unrealistic or badly defined,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: and as soon as the challenge sets in, it becomes
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: demotivating and in fact just makes you feel bad about
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: yourself because you're not sticking to your own self imposed standards. Also,
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: you didn't actually define how you are going to do it.
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: The problem here is about setting unrealistic, massive goals for
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: yourself and not defining the specific actions you will take
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: to do them. So just chill out, keep it simple
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: and achievable. Try to set a resolution that is an action,
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: not the result of an action. Does that make sense?
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: Try to set a resolution that is an actual action,
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: not the result of one. For example, instead of saying
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: I will improve my accent, you could say I will
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: do ten minutes of shadowing every day. Or instead of
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: just saying I will improve my vocabulary, you could say
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: I'll read these graphic novels and keep some notes of
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: words and phrases. Or instead of saying I will improve
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: my pronunciation. You could say, I'll learn to transcribe words
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: in the phonemic script and then do five sentences a day.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: Or I'll listen to two episodes of Luke's English podcast
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: a week, the latest one and another one from the archive.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: Or I'll complete a page in my learning diary every
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: time I listen to an episode. Those sorts of actionable
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: resolutions are probably more effective and more more achievable. So
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: my most basic advice to you is obviously just listen
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: to this podcast and I'll explain all my good reasons
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: for that later, and that's it. Just press play and
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: get carried away, like you're relaxing on a boat on
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: a river on a summer's day in Oxfordshire or something,
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: nothing else to worry about. And I've generated another AI
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: image of you lying on a boat on a summer's
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: day in Oxfordshire, relaxing and listening to a podcast, and
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: you can see in the image you're lying there in
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: the boat, your hands behind your head as you lie
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: down in the boat. But weirdly, again there's a third
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: There appears to be a third hand in this picture,
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: because you're lying there with both hands behind your head relaxing,
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: and then somehow your phone is being held and I'm
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: assuming this is your hand that's holding the phone, unless
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: it's another part of your body, but that's probably best
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: not to think about that right now. Anyway, So you
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: can do plenty of other things to improve your English,
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: as you will hear later, but at the very least,
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: just relax, give yourself a break and listen to a podcast,
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: which one well mine, of course, what else other podcasts
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: are available though, as I'm sure you are aware. Another
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: reason is this you haven't actually planned how to achieve
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: what you want to achieve. Maybe you just said lose weight,
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: but the hard part is knowing exactly how to do it.
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: Feels like I've already said this, doesn't it. By the way,
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: for some specific advice on specific things you could do
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: to improve your English, keep listening and also check out
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: some other episodes from my archive. Two which come to
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: mind will be number six six' nine called how To
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: Learn english and number seven two three Called baha From
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: iran who was a runner up in my COMPETITION i
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: did a few years, ago and she described her seven
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: step method for improving Her. English another reason is that
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: you get frustrated because you don't see immediate. Results often
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: it takes a long time to get measurable, results and
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: so a lot of people just give. Up but long
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: term practice pays off in the, end especially With. English
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: so keep going even when you're unaware of any difference
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: in Your, english and then one, day after you've done
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: hours of listening in this, case you'll suddenly be aware
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: of the difference it's. Made just listen to some of
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: the stories of my listeners in the next episode and
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: you will. See so sometimes progress is being made under the.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: Surface you don't notice it at, first but it's a
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: long term. Thing another reason is that your life just
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: gets in the. Way so the new year period is
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: often quite, quiet and so you have time to introduce
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: new habits into your. Life we often try to start
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: new and abitious projects at this, time but you forget
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: how busy life can get during the rest of the,
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: year which is when you end up stopping the new
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: habit when things kick off again In march or. Something
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: so this happened to me a few years ago WHEN
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: i decided to launch a daily Frasal verb podcast In.
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: January the plan was to do a mini Frasal verb
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: episode every day for a, year AND i called it
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: a frasal verb a. DAY i managed to do a
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: frasal verb a day for about three, months but then
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: normal life really kicked in Around march with new work
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: commitments and just loads of other life related, things Including easter,
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: holidays AND i couldn't keep up the. Routine it was
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: over ambitious AND i forgot how life has a habit
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: of getting busy after the relative quietness Of january And.
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: February so you can still listen to my Phrasal verb podcast,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: though despite the fact THAT i didn't get to three
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: hundred and sixty five, episodes there are about one hundred
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: and fifty episodes available, free with a different phraseal verb
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: in each, one and each episode is only a few minutes,
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: long just to prove THAT i can make short episodes
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: WHEN i really want. To so just search your podcast
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: app for a phraseal verb a day or click the
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: link in the, description and that's how you can find
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: my phrase Or verb. Podcast so we're still talking about
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: why people don't stick to Their New year's. Resolutions by the,
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: way another reason is, perfectionism so people quit because they
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: expect to be perfect and anything less than that is
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: considered a, failure which is. Unrealistic so learning a language
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: is hard and it requires humility because you, know because
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: you're constantly reminded how imperfect you. Are but you have
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: to carry on, Anyway so you can never feel too
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: pleased with, yourself and you're often humiliated by errors or
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: moments when you can't do. It but you also have
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: to be stubborn in that you keep going anyway despite the.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: Setback often the thing that helps you carry on is
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: that you simply enjoy the. Process and it is a.
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: Process it's about the, journey not the. Destination because Your
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: english will never be. Perfect Your english will never be,
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: perfect and neither will mine, either so get over. It
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: never mind, perfection it doesn't. Exist focus instead on using
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: language to make effective connections with, people and to enjoy
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: it when it happens. Successfully, oh and listen To Luke's english.
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: Podcast DID i mention that? Before another reason is. Overwhelm
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: overwhelm the whole thing becomes. Overwhelming so this is when
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: you try to do too much and it gets impossible
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: and you feel. Exhausted but it's. Okay just relax and
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: listen To Luke's english. Podcast of, course. Yes so, anyway
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: that was a list of reasons why most ordinary people
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: don't stick to Their New year's. Resolutions, obviously the solutions
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: to all these, problems AS i have firmly established, now
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: is just to subscribe to my podcast and listen to
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: new episodes when they, arrive and brew yourself a lovely
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: cup of tea and just enjoy the time you have On,
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: earth which, is as far as we, know the most
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: wonderful planet in the. Universe AND i Know earth can
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: sometimes be absolutely bloody, awful BUT i still think it
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: is by far the best planet in the universe because
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: right as far as we, know none of the other
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: planets have a breathable, atmosphere water and An internet. Connection
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: so consider yourself lucky that you live. Here, anyway most
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: people On earth give up Their New year's resolutions within
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: a few weeks of setting. Them but of course you
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: will not be one of those. People you won't have
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: to worry about not sticking to your New year's, resolution
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: because my advice to you is quite. Simple, really just
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: don't make A New year's. Resolution there it's, easy oh,
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: that and just listen to my. Podcast Right but, anyway
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: if you've already made a resolution and it is to
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: improve Your. English THEN i am sure that you won't give,
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: up and in, fact you will develop some very beneficial
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: habits that will see Your english improve, steadily step by,
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: step bit by bit as the year. Progresses, now at this,
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: POINT i want to briefly mention some of the things
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: my audience said about this about how to how they
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: improve Their english with this podcast last. Year SO i
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: want to mention some of the things my audience said
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: about this so that you can take some inspiration and
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: encouragement from. It so at the beginning of episode nine
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: hundred and was it nine hundred and? Twelve, yes published
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: at the end of the, year was it nine hundred and?
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: Twelve i'm confused by. NUMBERS i might have got all
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: the episode numbers wrong in this. One which episode is?
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: This this is? Episode? What all? Right? Okay, okay, YEAH
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: i did get. Confused at the beginning of episode nine
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: hundred and, fourteen which was published at the end of the,
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: YEAR i asked my audience for their responses to two.
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: Questions first question was how has Your english improved with this?
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: Podcast meaning in what ways has Your english improved by
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: listening to this? Podcast And, secondly can you give any
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: recommendations for how to improve Your english with this? Podcast
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: AND i was looking for tips that you could share
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: with other listeners who want to find new ways to
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: improve Their english with this. Podcast. RIGHT i got loads
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: of responses to these, questions and it was great to read,
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: them despite the fact that about fifty percent of people
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: completely misunderstood the second question and ASSUMED i was looking
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: for recommendations for HOW i could improve this. Podcast and
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: then they sent me loads of advice for HOW i
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: should make my episodes shorter and yet always include vocabulary
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: explanations of vocabulary quiz at the, end a short, story pronunciation,
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: practice a conversation with my, dad and clips Of native
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: speakers talking in different, accents but make the episode shorter
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: and keep them the same. Length too. Long episodes are,
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: awesome but not too, long but definitely not too short,
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: either so somewhere in the, middle which is more or
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: less exactly as they are, now but different but still the. Same,
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: anyway despite that, misunderstanding the responses from listeners were very
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: enthusiastic and, useful so thank you for taking the time
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: to write to me if you. Did in, FACT i
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: was overwhelmed by. Responses to be, honest for some, REASON
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: i THOUGHT i wouldn't get that, Many but every day
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: SINCE i uploaded that, EPISODE i got more and more
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: comments and emails from listeners who were gladly writing about
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: How Luke's english podcast has helped them improve Their, english
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: and also quite a lot of specific tips for how
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: they actually did. It the responses are still, arriving in,
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: fact so thank you very much for your. COMMENTS i
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: will give an overview of the main points in a
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: second and will respond with my comments. Too, ALSO i
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: will read out some specific messages from listeners in the
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: next episode of this, podcast which will be dedicated to
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: listener success stories episode nine to one. Eight the one
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: after will be A Sherlock holmes. Story by the, Way
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: so here's a brief digest of some of the COMMENTS i,
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: received And i'll get more specific about all of this
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: later in the episode and certainly in the next. Episode
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: so here's the comments digest from episode nine hundred and. Fourteen,
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: so in terms of general, feedback listeners praised the podcast's, quality,
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: diversity and educational. VALUE a lot of people commented on
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: my clear, pronunciation the sound of my, voice my good,
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: vibes And My. Humor the most popular episodes are the
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: short story, episodes especially on, YouTube the spontaneous rambling, episodes
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: and guest, appearances particularly family members and the pod Pals
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: amber And. Paul in terms of impact on Your english,
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: skills improved listening comprehension was a common, benefit, unsurprisingly with
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: listeners better understanding all Spoken, english including native. Speakers plenty
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: of people described how they struggled to understand the podcast at,
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: first but then. Persevered the result was that gradually their
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: listening skills improved and they were able to understand almost
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: everything in my, episodes and this opened up a whole
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: new world Of english for, Them so that was a
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: very common. Story many people reported enhanced speaking skills, too
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: citing improvements in their, pronunciation, accent, vocabulary, fluency and overall
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: confidence because improved listening skills transfer to your speaking. Skills
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: some people achieved exam, success for Example ieltstock and Other cambridge,
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: exams attributing a lot of their progress to the, podcast
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: which is. Amazing, thirdly some tips for using the podcast
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: from listeners who actually understood the question so suggested methods
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: included listening to episodes more than once and lots of
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: people said that checking transcripts to confirm and reinforce, understanding
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: actively taking vocabulary, notes using, PDFs and shadowing for pronunciation.
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: Practice listeners recommended focused vocabulary, exercises engaging in discussions based
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: on podcast, episodes and Using Luke's english podcast premium episodes
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: for faster. Progress And i'll give more specifics on this stuff.
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: Later so that was a brief overview of some of
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: the RESPONSES i, got but there is a lot more
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: for me to, share SO i will be coming back
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: to that in some detail. Later in, fact there was
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: so much to, share including quite a few personal stories,
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: that As i've, said the next episode will be completely
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: based on those, messages and that will arrive next. Week
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: so you might have to wait a bit longer for
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: That Sherlock holmes story WHICH i promised would come in
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: episode nine ndred and. SEVENTEEN i think that story will
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: end up being episode nine hundred and eighteen. Instead sorry about,
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: that but you know you, understand don't, You, yes you,
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: do of course you. Do, Good so let me now
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: get back to talking about this podcast and what this
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: is all about, again just re establishing my intentions and
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: showing that there is method to my. Madness so what
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: AM i trying to do with this? Podcast what are
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: the aims of the? Podcast, basically my main aim has
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: always been the, same and that is to help people
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: do More english listening on a regular basis for longer
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: periods of, time long, term BECAUSE i really believe that
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: doing plenty of listening to authentic Spoken english is a
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: vital part of the process of learning to be a
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: better user Of, english especially in terms of your direct listening,
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: skills but also across the board in all other areas
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: of Your english. Too so let's talk about learning through, listening,
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: right because first and foremost this is all about Learning
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: english through. Listening, NOW i think there are many ways
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: you can and should improve Your. English there are various
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: factors to think. About. Right you've got the four skills, listening, speaking, reading,
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: writing and different language systems, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and you
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: should find ways to work on all of those. Things
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: english is quite a complex. Machine it's a sort of
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: process which involves all of these different skills and systems
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: all working, together so you have to pay attention to
• 39:27
  Speaker 1: all of. Them there's also the issue of, memory of
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: forming the right habits and the hugely important issue of.
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: Mindset so how do you get into it? All where
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: do you actually? Start how do you actually Learn? English
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: this is obviously a huge, question actually three questions if you,
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: noticed which people talk about all the time and never
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: really work out a single answer. TO i think there
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: are lots of ways to approach Learning. English the main
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: thing is that you actively engage With english in a
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: meaningful way on a regular. Basis so this means using
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: the language rather than just studying it like it's a
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: set of. Rules you need to. Learn english is something
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: you can, do not just something you, know so use it.
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: Regularly this could mean listening to, it reading, it speaking,
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: it and writing. It of, course there's more to it than,
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: that because you might need Your english to be. Corrected
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: you might need to make shortcuts in your learning by
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: explicitly studying the grammar, rules or get vocabulary, input or
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: work on specific aspects of. Pronunciation but you definitely need
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: to be connecting With english in a meaningful way on
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: a regular. Basis let me talk about passive and active.
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: Practice there is also the important distinction between passive and active,
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: practice and you should try to be active in your
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: learning rather than just, Passive so passive learning is important
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: in order to absorb. Language, naturally you have to do
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: a lot of, it but you can accelerate everything by
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: being more active applying yourself to the learning. Process it's
• 41:06
  Speaker 1: also worth making a distinction between receptive and productive, skills
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: so try to practice those productive, skills the writing and,
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: speaking as well as the receptive, skills the reading and.
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: Listening so there's a lot to deal with and quite
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: a lot of ways to approach. It i've never thought
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: that this podcast was the only thing you need to Learn.
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: English i've always said that this podcast works best when
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: it's part of a balanced approach to Learning, English so
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: that means that you should also do other things like speaking,
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: practice some study and practice of, grammar memorizing, vocabulary working on, pronunciation, reading,
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: writing and so. On but having said, that we need
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: to see that podcasts can be a surprisingly powerful resource
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: for Your english. Learning podcasts essentially are a delivery system
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: which allows you to Get english listening directly into your
• 41:58
  Speaker 1: life in a way that's never before been possible in
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: the history of human. Civilization listening To english in such
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: a convenient way on a regular basis for slightly longer
• 42:08
  Speaker 1: periods can be immensely impactful on Your, english and you
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: should not underestimate its. Importance so just in case you're not,
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: convinced here are some reasons why it's important to do
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: plenty of listening In. English and by the, way this
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: is all backed up by the comments that were made
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: by my, listeners a lot of research and academic commentary
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: about listenings That i've read over the, years and also
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: just the Things i've observed about Learning english during my
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: very long, career a career in Which i've developed a
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: very particular set of. Skills so the impact of listening
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: practice on Your, english first of, all improved listening. Comprehension
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: this seems, obvious but it's probably worth. Saying listening to
• 42:49
  Speaker 1: plenty Of english on a regular basis helps you understand natural,
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: speech including variations in, accents, intonation and. Rhythm i'm still
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: often amazed at how my students THAT i meet in
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: classrooms just never listen To english outside of, class and
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: as a, result they are often completely confused by natural Spoken.
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: English they can't deal with different accents or even connected,
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: speech and have no real grasp of what Spoken english
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: actually sounds. Like everything has to be written down for.
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: Them listening To english regularly also allows you to become
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: familiar with Spoken. English and how can you expect to
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: speak this language properly if you don't know how it even.
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: Sounds now you might think you know What english sounds,
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: like but do you really. Know the only way to
• 43:38
  Speaker 1: be sure is to listen to it regularly a lot
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: and really become familiar with the, sound the rhythm of Spoken,
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: english and the way all the words can be. Connected
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: listening practice develops your ability to grasp meaning from context
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: even when unfamiliar words or expressions are, Used and as
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: far As i'm, concerned this is a vital skill for
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: being able to effectively communicate In. English when you first
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: begin listening To, english it's confusing and a lot of
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: it is invisible to. You right when you. Listen you
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: don't know or can't identify a lot of the words
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: being used, right and so they are invisible to. You
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: it's not like writing or reading right where you can
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: see words that you don't. Know you can actually see
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: all the, words and the ones you don't know really
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: stick out to. You it's not like that when you're,
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: listening because when you're listening those words are just sort
• 44:31
  Speaker 1: of formless, noises and your first instinct is to ignore.
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: Them but with, practice you learn to fill in the,
• 44:39
  Speaker 1: gaps and the world Of english Oral english opens up
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: to you as you understand more and, more and this
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: helps you to gain the ability to work out what
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: you are. Hearing, secondly you've got exposure to real life.
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: Language listening a lot introduces you to authentic language as
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: it's used by native speakers or fluent. SPEAKERS i should add,
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: Right so learn how learn How english is actually, spoken
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: not how you expect it to be spoken based on
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: the rules you've learned or what you see when you
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: read Written. English everyone has an idea of What english
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: sounds like based on what they, expect and that expectation
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: is probably built up by the way the language. Looks
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: and the Way english looks and the way it sounds
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: are two different. Things, also listening helps you with understanding idiomatic,
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: expressions phrasal, verbs and. Slang Spoken english is a different
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: beast to Written. English it's often more, informal it breaks grammar,
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: rules and it involves certain phrases which you might not
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: get in more formal Written english or even in. Textbooks
• 45:51
  Speaker 1: but this is the real living, language and obviously listening
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: to a lot of it means that you will come across,
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: idioms phrasal verbs and loads of others and. Vocabulary you
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: will just meet them on a regular. Basis, thirdly vocabulary.
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: Acquisition listening reinforces vocabulary you have already, learned and you
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: learn new. Stuff, okay, so but in terms of reinforcing
• 46:17
  Speaker 1: what you've already, learned this is very important because you
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: get a sense of the frequency of certain. Vocabulary you
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: know that certain vocab becomes more important because you hear
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: it more and more. Regularly doing this also introduces new
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: words in, context making them easier to. Remember you learn
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: words when you understand, them and you naturally understand them
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: when they are presented in. Context the context provides you
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: with a lot of the, time a lot of the
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: information you need to know in order to kind of
• 46:49
  Speaker 1: work out what new words. Mean listening shows you how
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: words are used in different situations and in, collocations so
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: you don't just learn words on their own, right but
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: you start to notice how they're used in combination with other,
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: words and also how different situations involve different. Phrases as
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: you notice the way that tone shifts and how the
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: situation or tone can change the wording of. Something for,
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: example in episode number eight hundred and thirty, seven in
• 47:19
  Speaker 1: WHICH i showed How english changes depending on the, situation
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: that one was called what was it describing a car
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: accident in fifteen styles Of? English and it was all
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: about how different situations or different purposes affect the wording
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: and grammar Of english. Completely AND i looked at describing
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: the same events but in different. Modes for, example there
• 47:42
  Speaker 1: was just someone describing an accident in the form of an,
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: anecdote a police, report a formal, letter an informal, letter
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: even like a stand up comedy, routine a news, report
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: a movie, script all those different, things all describing the same.
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: Events but we noticed how The english changed depending on
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: the mode of. Communication the fourth point is improved. Pronunciation
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: listening enables you to hear and then to copy natural
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: pronunciation and intonation. Patterns so this is the same POINT
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: i made. Before to learn to Speak, english you need
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: to know what Spoken english actually sounds. Like And i've
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: met countless learners Of english who were speaking a form
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: Of english that was completely influenced by a combination of Written.
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: English how they Expected english to sound based on its
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: spelling and how their first language. Works listening to plenty
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: of Spoken english just shows you what you should be aiming.
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: For listening increases your familiarity with sound, patterns which helps
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: with speaking and. Understanding so this includes things like connected,
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: speech how words blend, together and also the subtle art
• 48:51
  Speaker 1: of sentence, stress how meaning is interpreted by emphasizing different
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: parts of a. Sentence that's really hard to learn on,
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: paper it has to be done in. Practice fifth is
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: better grammar. Awareness listening to hours of meaningful Spoken english
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: provides you with exposure to correct grammatical structures in, context
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: helping you internalize grammar. Naturally there are entire approaches to
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: language learning which state that exposure is all you need
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: to gain a natural insight into the structure of a.
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: Language just listen to What Stephen krashen has to stay
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: on the. Subject, now some people disagree with this, approach
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: BUT i think there has to be a lot of
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: truth to. It studying grammar is, important and obviously it
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: helps if you enjoy, it because it can give you
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: a shortcut to understanding how a language, operates but actually
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: noticing how grammar is Applied when a language is used
• 49:49
  Speaker 1: in a meaningful way is absolutely. VITAL i think it's
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: important to develop a certain instinct for grammar based on
• 49:58
  Speaker 1: what you have already, heard because when you, speak you
• 50:01
  Speaker 1: don't have time to process. Grammar it has to happen,
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: spontaneously and listening To, english exposing yourself to a lot Of,
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: english really helps to develop that sense of. Instinct as a,
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: result listening reduces your reliance on explicit grammar rules by
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: offering you real life, examples so you can kind of
• 50:23
  Speaker 1: liberate yourself from the grammar, focused book, oriented rule obsessed
• 50:27
  Speaker 1: mindset of learning a language and instead listen to How
• 50:30
  Speaker 1: english is used again and again and. Again imagine learning
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: to play tennis by studying the rules of physics as
• 50:38
  Speaker 1: they apply to the way a ball bounces and how
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: the position of your, legs, arms and body influence the
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: way the ball hits the. Racket just play tennis every
• 50:47
  Speaker 1: day and watch other people play, it, right that would be.
• 50:50
  Speaker 1: Better so that's just an, analogy of, course because tennis
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: And english are not the, same but you get my.
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: Point listening a lot is a way of learning grammar
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: by as deserving how it actually applies To english in.
• 51:02
  Speaker 1: Action sixth point is cultural. Understanding so listening to my
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: episodes gives you insights into cultural, nuances, humor and social,
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: norms and these things are super important when you're Using english. Socially,
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: Again english is not just the words and, structures but
• 51:21
  Speaker 1: how they are applied. Socially, again listening To english being
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: used helps you understand how language use varies in different,
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: contexts such as formal versus informal. Settings seventh point increased.
• 51:35
  Speaker 1: Fluency listening can definitely help you think In english by
• 51:39
  Speaker 1: immersing you in the. LANGUAGE i think listening To english
• 51:42
  Speaker 1: leaves an imprint of Spoken english on, you which then
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: comes out when you speak. It, Right listening a lot
• 51:48
  Speaker 1: leaves a sort of imprint on. You, NOW i listen
• 51:51
  Speaker 1: to Some french podcasts, sometimes AND i find that the
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: first things the host says at the beginning of his
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: episodes stick with me And i'm able to replicate them more. Easily,
• 52:03
  Speaker 1: okay so listening leaves an imprint on you which comes
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: out when you. Speak this seems obvious to, me, really
• 52:11
  Speaker 1: So i'll make the point. Again how can someone expect
• 52:13
  Speaker 1: to produce fluent Spoken english when they don't really know
• 52:17
  Speaker 1: how it sounds or what the rhythms, are. Etc they
• 52:21
  Speaker 1: will just end up producing a form Of english which
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: is basically just the same as their first, language but
• 52:26
  Speaker 1: With english, words and that never sounds. Right so Speak
• 52:30
  Speaker 1: english as it is, spoken and do it according to
• 52:32
  Speaker 1: the conventions Of english as a. System you become familiar
• 52:36
  Speaker 1: with that system by hearing it a. Lot hopefully this
• 52:39
  Speaker 1: all happens, easily by the, way when you just listen
• 52:42
  Speaker 1: for the pleasure of doing. It it's a bit like
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: me going to the, gym which is, unpleasant but IF
• 52:47
  Speaker 1: i go out and play, FOOTBALL i end up doing
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: a lot of exercise just as a consequence of doing
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: something THAT i. Enjoy, similarly if you find something you
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: enjoy listening, to just enjoy listening to, it and a
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: lot of this stuff will happen as a kind of natural,
• 53:01
  Speaker 1: consequence and you'll end up doing a lot more of
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: it than you would do if you were kind of
• 53:05
  Speaker 1: Seeing english as a homework. Task So i'm. Sure i'm
• 53:09
  Speaker 1: certain that listening a lot improves the speed and confidence
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: with which you can Process english in your mind and Produce.
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: English And i've noticed this plenty of times in my.
• 53:21
  Speaker 1: Students in my, experience the ones who do plenty of,
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: listening just tend to be able to Process english more
• 53:28
  Speaker 1: quickly and with more of an instinct for it than
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: the ones who. Don't so as a, teacher, right imagine
• 53:36
  Speaker 1: being a. Teacher so as a, teacher you look at
• 53:38
  Speaker 1: your class of. Students let's say there's twelve. PEOPLE i
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: look at my class of, students and there are some
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: students who are just switched on and, reactive and then
• 53:49
  Speaker 1: there are other students in front of you who appear
• 53:52
  Speaker 1: to be sort of behind some kind of invisible, wall
• 53:56
  Speaker 1: and you have to break down that every time you
• 54:01
  Speaker 1: interact with. Them for, example at the start of, CLASS
• 54:04
  Speaker 1: i often just engage each person in a mini conversation, Like,
• 54:08
  Speaker 1: hi how was your journey to school? Today or did
• 54:11
  Speaker 1: you sleep well last? Night or do you feel ready
• 54:13
  Speaker 1: for class? Today and some of them need to have
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: the question given to them several, times or perhaps they
• 54:19
  Speaker 1: need it to be written, down and they don't really
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: have the skills to negotiate the situation where that when
• 54:26
  Speaker 1: they don't, understand for, example simply by saying, sorry what
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: did you? Say or something, similar they just kind of
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: sit like a rabbit in the. Headlights and bear in
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: mind that all the students in the class are at
• 54:38
  Speaker 1: the same, level, Right they've all been placed into this,
• 54:42
  Speaker 1: class so they all technically have the same, level but
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: perhaps not across all the. Skills so you might have
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: some students who have a really good level on, paper
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: but when it comes to the actual act of processing
• 54:59
  Speaker 1: and producing language in the, moment they. Struggle, so, Right,
• 55:03
  Speaker 1: so these students might be good at writing or a grammar,
• 55:05
  Speaker 1: test they might have a decent level of, vocabulary but
• 55:08
  Speaker 1: they can't handle this kind of instant spoken. Interaction then
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: there are others in the class who are switched. On
• 55:16
  Speaker 1: they're on the ball And english comes to them more.
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: Quickly they can follow what you're doing when you talk to,
• 55:23
  Speaker 1: them or they're able to process and produce language more.
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: Quickly in my, experience these are often the ones who
• 55:32
  Speaker 1: have certain, habits including listening to things In, english and,
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: yes that includes my. PODCAST i do have students in
• 55:40
  Speaker 1: my classes who listen to my. Podcasts and every TIME
• 55:44
  Speaker 1: i have a student in my class who listens to my,
• 55:46
  Speaker 1: podcast they are always in that second. Category in my,
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: experience they're more reactive and just able to process and
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: Produce english more. Quickly, now maybe it's a, coincidence, Right
• 55:59
  Speaker 1: maybe it's. Not maybe they're like that, already and in,
• 56:04
  Speaker 1: fact that's why they listen to the, podcast because they
• 56:06
  Speaker 1: are that kind of person who engages With english on
• 56:10
  Speaker 1: a personal. Level so it might not be that my
• 56:13
  Speaker 1: podcast is causing them to be like. That in, fact
• 56:16
  Speaker 1: it might be the other way. AROUND i don't, Know
• 56:19
  Speaker 1: so maybe it's a, coincidence or maybe these people listen
• 56:22
  Speaker 1: to podcasts because they have a natural inclination towards Spoken,
• 56:25
  Speaker 1: english or maybe Their english has been improved by the.
• 56:28
  Speaker 1: Podcast i'm not sure what the relationship, is but it's
• 56:31
  Speaker 1: interesting that there is a definite correlation between people who
• 56:35
  Speaker 1: listen to my podcast or other similar things and people
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: who can deal with spontaneous conversation In. English it's, interesting
• 56:41
  Speaker 1: don't you think that those two things are in the same.
• 56:45
  Speaker 1: Category another Thing i've noticed is my student's ability to
• 56:49
  Speaker 1: deal with a certain task in, class and that is
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: a simple listen and repeat, exercise WHICH i think probably
• 56:58
  Speaker 1: demonstrates that ability to process and produce. Language so a
• 57:01
  Speaker 1: simple listen and repeat. EXERCISE i think the ones who
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: do listening practice outside class are better at this than.
• 57:09
  Speaker 1: Others the exercise is, simple but it involves quite a
• 57:13
  Speaker 1: lot of complex language processing all at the same, time
• 57:16
  Speaker 1: And i'm sure that regularly listening To english helps to develop.
• 57:20
  Speaker 1: This so at, first this is a basic listening repeat
• 57:23
  Speaker 1: exercise WHERE i say a sentence and the learner has
• 57:26
  Speaker 1: to repeat it without. Pausing for, EXAMPLE i will, say
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: do you know if there's a news agent's around here?
• 57:33
  Speaker 1: Somewhere or do you know if there's a news agent
• 57:35
  Speaker 1: somewhere around? Here? Right do you do you know if
• 57:41
  Speaker 1: there's a news agent's somewhere around? Here do you know
• 57:45
  Speaker 1: if there's a news agent somewhere around? Here SAY i say,
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: that they have to repeat it and it's not written
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: down now that you can see already that that poses
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: a lot of challenges because it's you've got to understand
• 58:02
  Speaker 1: all the. Words you've got to you, know you've got
• 58:04
  Speaker 1: to identify every part of the, sentence and then you've
• 58:08
  Speaker 1: got to be able to remember it and reproduce. It
• 58:11
  Speaker 1: it's actually a really difficult. Task do you know if
• 58:13
  Speaker 1: there's a news agent somewhere around? Here like a, newsagent's
• 58:17
  Speaker 1: what's a news agent's that's just a shop where you
• 58:19
  Speaker 1: can buy newspaper's, milk you, know bits and pieces do
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: you know if there's a news agents around here? Somewhere,
• 58:27
  Speaker 1: NOW i might extend it. TOO i might extend the
• 58:30
  Speaker 1: sentence after they've done it. ONCE i might add things to.
• 58:33
  Speaker 1: IT i might, say excuse, me do you know if
• 58:36
  Speaker 1: there's a news agent somewhere around? Here i'm trying to
• 58:38
  Speaker 1: top up my travel. Card, Okay and so they've got,
• 58:43
  Speaker 1: to you, know AS i extend, it they've got to
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: repeat all of it with the. Extensions, now this is
• 58:49
  Speaker 1: quite difficult because the student has to understand what is,
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: said remember, it hold it in their, mind reproduce it, accurate,
• 58:57
  Speaker 1: accurately pronounce the whole thing like, me and not pause at.
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: All and that involves a lot of language. Systems. Right there's,
• 59:08
  Speaker 1: listening there's, vocabulary there's. Pronunciation there's probably a bit of grammar,
• 59:13
  Speaker 1: maybe as they have to try and crunch the sentence
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: in their. Minds it helps if they know all the
• 59:19
  Speaker 1: words they're. Hearing it all involves a certain amount of
• 59:22
  Speaker 1: processing and production Of, english and it has to be. Instant,
• 59:26
  Speaker 1: again the ones who listen to podcasts are usually the
• 59:29
  Speaker 1: ones who deal with this. Better it's no surprise, really
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: because listening to podcasts you are constantly processing information delivered
• 59:38
  Speaker 1: in Spoken, english in, words, phrases and. Sentences your mind
• 59:42
  Speaker 1: becomes far more capable of understanding and holding entire sentences
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: in your short term memory at a, time because this
• 59:51
  Speaker 1: is what we naturally do when we listen to language being.
• 59:54
  Speaker 1: Spoken another point engagement and. Motive so listening to content
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 1: that interests, you such as, podcasts, songs or, films keeps you.
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 1: Motivated this is again quite. Obvious, really if you enjoy
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: what you listen, to you're much more likely to listen
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 1: to it, more and the benefits are. Clear listening provides
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 1: a sense of achievement because you notice gradual improvement over.
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: Time this is one of the most common COMMENTS i
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 1: got from my audience who responded to my questions in
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: episode nine to one, four the sense of gradual improvement
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: from not really understanding, everything then persevering and feeling fantastic
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: because they understand so much more after a few months
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 1: of regular. Listening, surely feeding Your english through listening like
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 1: this ends up feeding all the other aspects of Your
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 1: english because they're all, connected especially listening and. Speaking so
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: that's the oral side of. Things and number. Nine number
• 1:00:58
  Speaker 1: nine proved speaking skills listening to Spoken english serves as
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 1: a model for you to replicate in your own. Speaking
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 1: As i've, mentioned it also teaches very important conversational norms
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: such as turn taking and responding. Appropriately so these are
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: the social dynamics of Using english with other, people and
• 1:01:19
  Speaker 1: you don't really get it from a grammar. Book the
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 1: best way to learn how to converse with people is
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 1: to observe it happening and to practice doing it. Yourself of,
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 1: course and point number, ten WHICH i think is probably
• 1:01:30
  Speaker 1: the last, one is it maybe not enhanced listening. Strategies
• 1:01:35
  Speaker 1: so listening trains you to listen for key, information main,
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: ideas and. Details these are basic listening. Skills when you
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 1: take An english, course these basic listening skills are taught
• 1:01:48
  Speaker 1: to you explicitly through certain tasks which focus on those,
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 1: skills for, example listening to an audio recording and doing
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: tasks like answering questions that require you to get the
• 1:01:59
  Speaker 1: main idea of what was, said or to get specific
• 1:02:01
  Speaker 1: details or to understand ideas that were not explicitly. Stated,
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 1: Right so these are specific, skills and these skills are
• 1:02:12
  Speaker 1: defined in test criteria for eye ELTs and. Stuff you,
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: know those listening exercises you have to. Do they test
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: these specific listening. Skills but in my, experience unless you
• 1:02:26
  Speaker 1: make it explicitly. Obvious, right, so If i'm doing this in,
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 1: class If i'm teaching these skills by doing these exercises in,
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 1: class unless you make it explicitly, obvious the learners don't
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 1: even realize this is what is being worked. On it
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 1: all seems a bit forced to teach these otherwise intuitive
• 1:02:48
  Speaker 1: listening skills by focusing on them so. Explicitly perhaps it
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 1: makes more sense to develop these different listening skills by
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 1: just listening to plenty Of english and focusing on just
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 1: enjoying it gaining information from. It you, know when you
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 1: do An english, course the amount of actual listening practice
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 1: you do in class is pretty minimal. Really of, course
• 1:03:10
  Speaker 1: you listen to the teacher at, times but you, know
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 1: in classrooms the teachers generally are trying not to speak too,
• 1:03:16
  Speaker 1: much and so you do listening practice by, playing you,
• 1:03:19
  Speaker 1: know recordings and listening to the. Recordings but it's rare
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 1: that those recordings are anything more than just a few
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 1: minutes at a, time and you're always focusing on certain
• 1:03:29
  Speaker 1: specific tasks which are supposed to support your development of
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: these listening. Skills but it all seems a bit kind of,
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 1: LIKE i don't, know just seems a bit sort of.
• 1:03:41
  Speaker 1: Contrived you, know as you follow the flow of a
• 1:03:46
  Speaker 1: conversation or a, monologue you naturally start to practice and
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: develop these different skills as a consequence of getting into
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 1: a kind of flow. State, again you, do you, know
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 1: you get fit playing football as a. Consequence, similarly you
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 1: learn listening skills by listening to a, podcast just as
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 1: a consequence of trying to understand what what Is luke
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 1: trying to, say or what is this person actually getting,
• 1:04:10
  Speaker 1: at what is the funny side of this story that's being,
• 1:04:13
  Speaker 1: told what's really being explained? Here how does the person?
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 1: Feel you, know all these things are kind of. Intuitive
• 1:04:22
  Speaker 1: to an. Extent listening a lot helps you develop the
• 1:04:26
  Speaker 1: ability to cope with incomplete understanding and still follow the. Conversation,
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 1: now this is actually a massive, thing being able to
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 1: being able to cope with a listening situation when you
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 1: don't understand. Everything when you listen To english a lot
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 1: of the, time there are things which you simply don't.
• 1:04:44
  Speaker 1: Understand what do you do in that? Situation, now some
• 1:04:47
  Speaker 1: people can't handle. It they need to understand one hundred
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 1: percent all the, time and anything less is a, Failure
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 1: and so they don't listen because they don't. Understand but
• 1:04:58
  Speaker 1: if you persevere and keep listening even when you don't
• 1:05:01
  Speaker 1: really understand one hundred, percent you slowly develop the ability
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 1: to fill the gaps in what you are. Hearing you
• 1:05:07
  Speaker 1: do start to understand more and. More but that only
• 1:05:11
  Speaker 1: happens if you tolerate that sense of confusion or of
• 1:05:14
  Speaker 1: getting a bit. Lost listening a lot and continuing is
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 1: a great way of training yourself to deal with the
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 1: bits you don't, understand rather than just. Stopping remember you
• 1:05:25
  Speaker 1: have to be like a. Shark just keep moving forwards
• 1:05:28
  Speaker 1: all the, time keep The english flowing through. You always
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: sounds a bit Like Star wars as, well of course
• 1:05:35
  Speaker 1: you have to be A Star wars shark and number
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 1: eleven preparation for real life. Situations listening to Real english
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: builds confidence for interacting In english in real. Life it's
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 1: just slightly less daunting when your brain is already filled
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 1: with Spoken. ENGLISH i, mean it's less daunting to have that,
• 1:05:53
  Speaker 1: conversation to do that job interview when you're already doing
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 1: half of the work all the time. Anyway by, listening
• 1:06:02
  Speaker 1: it simulates real world listening scenarios such as understanding, announcements, conversations,
• 1:06:09
  Speaker 1: lectures or one half of a. Conversation this is a no,
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 1: brainer isn't it. Really accessibility and, flexibility so listening can
• 1:06:17
  Speaker 1: be done, anytime anywhere with minimal resources thanks to. Technology,
• 1:06:22
  Speaker 1: yes you can add listening practice into any part of your.
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 1: Day just stick in the headphones and switch on a
• 1:06:29
  Speaker 1: podcast while you're walking on the train doing the washing.
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 1: Up this is why podcasts are so, great AND i
• 1:06:36
  Speaker 1: would say even better than YouTube in my, opinion because
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 1: you can Squeeze english into every part of your day
• 1:06:43
  Speaker 1: and you can listen while you do something, else whereas
• 1:06:46
  Speaker 1: on YouTube you end up just kind of looking at the,
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 1: screen although apparently seeing me talking has its benefits as.
• 1:06:53
  Speaker 1: Well listening to podcasts for learners Of english makes the
• 1:06:56
  Speaker 1: listening experience more adaptable to different proficiency levels because the
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 1: episodes are usually more graded for learners Of. English so
• 1:07:04
  Speaker 1: my episodes are supposed to be. NATURAL i try to
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 1: speak more or less the same as in my normal,
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 1: life BUT i do provide certain kinds of support to
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 1: you as you, listen AND i should say That this
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 1: is what makes a distinction between podcasts like mine and
• 1:07:21
  Speaker 1: just like listening to any other podcasts or watching movies
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 1: Or netflix or things like. That SO i do provide
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 1: certain kinds of support to you As i'm talking to.
• 1:07:31
  Speaker 1: You i'm a, teacher right AND i never stop, teaching
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 1: even in little. Ways and this includes repeating certain, things
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 1: explaining certain things very, slightly adapting my pronunciation sometimes to
• 1:07:44
  Speaker 1: avoid connected speech in certain, things basically just speaking more clearly.
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 1: Sometimes BUT i mix this up a. Lot, okay most
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 1: of the TIME i speak at a totally normal, speed
• 1:07:55
  Speaker 1: but WHEN i think it's, necessary when my inbuilt teacher
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 1: set starts, tingling WHEN i feel, like, oh they're going
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 1: to find this bit, difficult THEN i make things. Clearer,
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 1: now this might be why you can understand me easily
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: but still find it hard to understand other native. Speakers
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 1: this is another question for another, time by the, way
• 1:08:15
  Speaker 1: but basically my show is supposed to be a bit
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: of a stepping stone to understanding other things like content
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 1: for native, speakers which might still be too. Difficult The
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 1: english in my episodes is graded in very subtle, ways
• 1:08:31
  Speaker 1: BUT i THINK i managed to do this without it
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: being patronizing and without it being annoyingly slow or. Simple
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 1: it is just slightly adapted for learners Of, english and
• 1:08:41
  Speaker 1: this is done on purpose and in order to Make english,
• 1:08:44
  Speaker 1: comprehensible which in turn ensures that you are always learning from.
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 1: It sometimes my episodes are easier to, follow and sometimes
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 1: they're more, complicated like WHEN i have guests and things
• 1:08:56
  Speaker 1: move more. Quickly hopefully the end result when you listen
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 1: to all the episodes is the right. Balance and point
• 1:09:05
  Speaker 1: thirteen cognitive. Benefits cognitive means relating to thinking. Processes listening
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 1: regularly enhances your memory and concentration as you naturally focus
• 1:09:16
  Speaker 1: on understanding what you are. Hearing it's good for your. Brain,
• 1:09:20
  Speaker 1: basically this is an argument for longer episodes. Too in my,
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 1: opinion my episodes are, long BUT i think that is
• 1:09:27
  Speaker 1: actually very good training for. You sometimes my episodes are
• 1:09:31
  Speaker 1: over two hours, long and that is a, LOT i.
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 1: Know but Then i'll publish a one hour, episode and
• 1:09:37
  Speaker 1: when that, happens it will suddenly seem like listening to
• 1:09:41
  Speaker 1: one hour Of english is totally fine and. Easy Right
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 1: If i've published like really long episodes and THEN i
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 1: do one that's about fifty five minutes or. Something i'm
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 1: sure that you will listen to that and, think, wow
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 1: that went really. Quickly it's really easy to focus on
• 1:09:58
  Speaker 1: an hour Of english after having dealt with these longer.
• 1:10:02
  Speaker 1: Episodes this is Because i've trained. You you, see there's
• 1:10:05
  Speaker 1: method to the. Madness i've trained you to focus on
• 1:10:08
  Speaker 1: listening for longer periods of. Time it's good for Your
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 1: english and it's good for your. Brain, eventually focusing on
• 1:10:15
  Speaker 1: YOUR ielts test for two and a half hours is
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 1: not so. Bad when you've been in training With Luke's english.
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 1: Podcasts listening to the audio podcast can really develop your
• 1:10:26
  Speaker 1: multitasking skills when combining listening with other, activities for, example
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 1: with commuting or. Exercising remember listening to audio exercises In english.
• 1:10:36
  Speaker 1: Lessons remember. That remember it being in a classroom and
• 1:10:41
  Speaker 1: listening to audio exercises In. English sometimes you had to
• 1:10:44
  Speaker 1: close your eyes and focus only on what you were.
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 1: Hearing you just focusing so hard with all your. Attention
• 1:10:51
  Speaker 1: it was. Horrible so this sort of thing becomes a
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 1: thing of the past when listening becomes more commonplace and,
• 1:10:59
  Speaker 1: casual and you will find that you can do other
• 1:11:01
  Speaker 1: things while you listen To English so that was a
• 1:11:04
  Speaker 1: list of the importance of listening in Learning, english AND
• 1:11:09
  Speaker 1: i want to move on immediately now to talk about
• 1:11:12
  Speaker 1: how to Learn english With Luke's English. Podcast So i've
• 1:11:15
  Speaker 1: said countless times already in the episode that you have
• 1:11:18
  Speaker 1: to just, listen, right that's the first. Thing just. Listen that's.
• 1:11:21
  Speaker 1: It that's all you have to. Do just listen and
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 1: try to follow what you're. Hearing hopefully this just happens
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 1: smoothly as you listen to my. EPISODES i do it
• 1:11:30
  Speaker 1: like that on. Purpose the idea is that you press
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 1: play and off we. Go you drift along a little
• 1:11:36
  Speaker 1: river with. Me let the current pull you along and
• 1:11:39
  Speaker 1: enjoy the. Ride just listen and follow my thoughts as
• 1:11:42
  Speaker 1: we go from one thing to, another and try to
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 1: listen to the entire. Episode i'm always teaching you, language
• 1:11:48
  Speaker 1: even when it's not. Obvious AND i do this with
• 1:11:51
  Speaker 1: my choice of, words the WAY i might repeat something
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 1: with a few, synonyms the WAY i define certain things
• 1:11:57
  Speaker 1: AS i, go or explain some DETAILS i think you
• 1:11:59
  Speaker 1: might have. Missed but it's all supposed to be a
• 1:12:02
  Speaker 1: fairly easy going. Experience you don't have to listen to
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 1: episodes in one, go HAVE i made this point a
• 1:12:09
  Speaker 1: million times, BEFORE i THINK i. Have you can stop
• 1:12:12
  Speaker 1: anytime you like and continue. Later if you're listening in
• 1:12:15
  Speaker 1: a podcast app Like Apple, podcasts Pocket, Casts, spotify. Etc
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 1: then your app will remember where you stopped and you
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 1: can just carry on. LATER i probably don't need to
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 1: say this to you if you've got this far into the,
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 1: Episode even if you switch off your, phone when you
• 1:12:30
  Speaker 1: come back to the, episode it will exactly it will
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 1: be exactly where you. Stopped, actually with Pocket casts it
• 1:12:36
  Speaker 1: skips back a few, seconds which really. Helps on, YouTube
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 1: the same thing. Happens if you're signed in with Your google.
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 1: Account you can watch an episode for a while and
• 1:12:44
  Speaker 1: then stop whenever it's. Convenient, then when you return to the,
• 1:12:47
  Speaker 1: episode you can continue from where you stopped. Before if
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 1: you can't find the, episode consider adding it to a.
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 1: Playlist on, YouTube you can just create. Playlists you can
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 1: create a playlist CALLED lp and add episodes there so
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 1: you can find them. Easily, alternatively just go to my,
• 1:13:04
  Speaker 1: channel select videos and you can find all my, episodes
• 1:13:08
  Speaker 1: including the one you're looking. For, also most podcast apps
• 1:13:12
  Speaker 1: allow you to create playlists or maybe to save or favorite,
• 1:13:16
  Speaker 1: episodes so you can easily find them, Later so try
• 1:13:19
  Speaker 1: to listen to an entire episode until the, end even
• 1:13:22
  Speaker 1: if it takes you a while to do. It so
• 1:13:24
  Speaker 1: that's the main. Thing just listen to the, podcast AND
• 1:13:26
  Speaker 1: i could stop, here BUT i won't because beyond, listening
• 1:13:31
  Speaker 1: there are also plenty of other things that you could
• 1:13:34
  Speaker 1: do in order to enhance or emphasize the learning experience
• 1:13:39
  Speaker 1: with my. Podcast and this is Where i'm talking about active.
• 1:13:41
  Speaker 1: Learning so here are some other things you can do
• 1:13:44
  Speaker 1: beyond just. Listening so first of, all focus on. Understanding
• 1:13:48
  Speaker 1: most of the time you'll be listening to the entire
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 1: episode and trying to follow, it but you could choose
• 1:13:53
  Speaker 1: to listen to a certain short segment and focus on
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 1: it more. Directly zero in on. It it could be
• 1:13:59
  Speaker 1: a bit that you've found particularly, interesting or perhaps a
• 1:14:02
  Speaker 1: bit that you didn't understand but were curious. About so
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 1: if you found a segment of an, episode you could
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 1: listen to it several, times use the skip back. Button
• 1:14:13
  Speaker 1: you could take notes on the things you. Heard you
• 1:14:15
  Speaker 1: could consider transcribing, it and if there is a transcript
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 1: for it, already you could compare your transcript to the.
• 1:14:23
  Speaker 1: Original you could USE ai to transcribe that, section because
• 1:14:28
  Speaker 1: SOME ai transcribes audio automatically and it might be free
• 1:14:33
  Speaker 1: if it's a short. Section transcribing whole episodes is more
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 1: costly and, complicated but if you take a little, SECTION
• 1:14:40
  Speaker 1: ai could probably transcribe that free of. Charge, also you
• 1:14:44
  Speaker 1: could find the automatic subtitles on. YouTube if you're watching on,
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 1: YouTube you can see that you can switch the subtitles
• 1:14:50
  Speaker 1: on and, off and they are surprisingly, accurate especially When
• 1:14:53
  Speaker 1: i'm on my own it's like ninety eight percent. ACCURATE i.
• 1:14:58
  Speaker 1: Think you can also actually find the transcript on, YouTube
• 1:15:02
  Speaker 1: which is essentially all of the subtitles in a. Text
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: look in the episode description and it says show. Transcript
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 1: you can get. It you can look at, it you
• 1:15:11
  Speaker 1: can read, it you can click on. It it takes you
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 1: to that part of the. Episode you can highlight all
• 1:15:16
  Speaker 1: of the words in the transcript and copy paste them
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 1: into a document or into SOME ai or something and
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 1: play around with it. There check my website to see
• 1:15:26
  Speaker 1: if there's a transcription for an. Episode you could then
• 1:15:29
  Speaker 1: work with the specific words and phrases or other. Details
• 1:15:33
  Speaker 1: check them in dictionaries or A gpt like CHAT, gpt take,
• 1:15:38
  Speaker 1: notes write down new words or expressions and look them up.
• 1:15:41
  Speaker 1: Later i'll refer you back to that EPISODE i did last,
• 1:15:44
  Speaker 1: year which was called how to Learn vocabulary and not
• 1:15:48
  Speaker 1: just stare at word. Lists there's loads of stuff in,
• 1:15:51
  Speaker 1: there loads of advice about exactly how to record, words remember,
• 1:15:55
  Speaker 1: them and so. On. Shadowing so this means that you
• 1:15:59
  Speaker 1: should after each sentence and try to repeat it out,
• 1:16:02
  Speaker 1: loud imitating the speaker's pronunciation and. Intonation i'll go into
• 1:16:08
  Speaker 1: more details about shadowing later, on maybe not in this,
• 1:16:12
  Speaker 1: episode probably in the next. One dictation practice you could
• 1:16:15
  Speaker 1: write down what you, hear then compare it to a
• 1:16:18
  Speaker 1: transcript if it's. Available try to shift receptive practice to productive,
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 1: practice so convert listening and reading to speaking and. Writing
• 1:16:27
  Speaker 1: OFTEN i provide you with discussion, questions or at least
• 1:16:30
  Speaker 1: you could just write down your, thoughts write down your,
• 1:16:33
  Speaker 1: responses or say them out. Loud you could record yourself
• 1:16:36
  Speaker 1: doing that if you, want or just do it without
• 1:16:39
  Speaker 1: recording yourself on your own or with someone. Else you,
• 1:16:42
  Speaker 1: know even if you can't speak out loud because there's
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 1: people around, you you could even just sort of like
• 1:16:49
  Speaker 1: pretend in your. Head even that is better than, nothing,
• 1:16:53
  Speaker 1: right that's a way of shifting things into a more,
• 1:16:56
  Speaker 1: productive active form of. Practice summarize after, Listening summarize the
• 1:17:01
  Speaker 1: episode in your own, words either written or. Spoken USE, ai,
• 1:17:07
  Speaker 1: okay use artificial. Intelligence it is incredible WHAT ai can
• 1:17:10
  Speaker 1: do for, us and it's not cheating if you use
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 1: it in the clever. Way you can chat to CHAT
• 1:17:17
  Speaker 1: gpt and ask it to correct your. Errors if you're
• 1:17:21
  Speaker 1: using the mobile phone version of CHAT, gpt you can
• 1:17:24
  Speaker 1: just talk to it and it will talk back to,
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: you ask it to correct your, errors or just respond
• 1:17:31
  Speaker 1: to you in. Conversation it's got a lot better over
• 1:17:35
  Speaker 1: the last twelve months or. So you could share your
• 1:17:38
  Speaker 1: thoughts on the subject of the, episode or just try
• 1:17:41
  Speaker 1: to use certain bits Of english in a successful and meaningful.
• 1:17:44
  Speaker 1: WAY i chat to CHAT gpt In french, sometimes and
• 1:17:47
  Speaker 1: one of the THINGS i like about it is there
• 1:17:50
  Speaker 1: is no stress involved Because i'm not being judged by.
• 1:17:53
  Speaker 1: Someone it's just a. Chatbot SO i have some confidence
• 1:17:56
  Speaker 1: issues with My, french to be, honest AND i feel
• 1:17:59
  Speaker 1: quite easily ashamed when My french isn't as good as
• 1:18:02
  Speaker 1: it should, be which makes talking to people kind of
• 1:18:06
  Speaker 1: a bit stressful and unpleasant for, me and it's hard
• 1:18:13
  Speaker 1: for me to find exactly the right person to talk
• 1:18:15
  Speaker 1: to because EVERYONE i know is like not quite the
• 1:18:20
  Speaker 1: right person to be talking to BECAUSE i don't want to.
• 1:18:24
  Speaker 1: Anyway you, KNOW i could pay someone to have one
• 1:18:27
  Speaker 1: to one conversations with, me but CHAT gpt is obviously
• 1:18:31
  Speaker 1: free if you're using the free version and it's not judging,
• 1:18:35
  Speaker 1: you which does remove a lot of the. Stress you
• 1:18:40
  Speaker 1: could use transcripts or other peripheral. Materials many podcasts like
• 1:18:45
  Speaker 1: mine provide, transcripts quizzes or vocabulary. Lists use these to
• 1:18:50
  Speaker 1: reinforce your. Learning so my episodes often have A, pdf
• 1:18:54
  Speaker 1: check it and use. It there are often vocabulary lists
• 1:18:58
  Speaker 1: and quizzes you can. Use premium episodes always have PDFs
• 1:19:03
  Speaker 1: with memory, exercises vocabulary, exercises, quizzes and discussion. QUESTIONS i
• 1:19:09
  Speaker 1: haven't talked about nep, premium but you can find out
• 1:19:11
  Speaker 1: more information at Teacher luke dot co dot, uk slash premium.
• 1:19:15
  Speaker 1: Info discuss with, others so you could join online communities
• 1:19:20
  Speaker 1: or forums to discuss podcast. Episodes, ACTUALLY i was going
• 1:19:28
  Speaker 1: to recommend an online community that there's a there's a
• 1:19:32
  Speaker 1: discord server THAT i know of that is run By
• 1:19:35
  Speaker 1: Zenk lucas from Zdenex english podcast and The footglish. Podcast
• 1:19:40
  Speaker 1: he's been running it for some. Time it's a nice
• 1:19:42
  Speaker 1: community of language Learn english learners and Some english teachers
• 1:19:48
  Speaker 1: from all over the world and they get. Together it's
• 1:19:51
  Speaker 1: a place where you can chat to, people share. Ideas
• 1:19:55
  Speaker 1: it's just a nice. Community being part of a community
• 1:19:58
  Speaker 1: of other learners Of english can be a really, good,
• 1:20:01
  Speaker 1: healthy useful thing to. Do so his discord server is
• 1:20:05
  Speaker 1: called The Achiever's. Chamber let me just get the details of, that,
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  Speaker 1: Okay so you can get the details On sten's, website
• 1:20:13
  Speaker 1: which is teachers dnk dot COM's denk zd e n
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  Speaker 1: E K The Achievers. Chamber you can find the details
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  Speaker 1: the ultimate solution To english mastery without living in An
• 1:20:26
  Speaker 1: english speaking, country without working With english speaking, people without
• 1:20:29
  Speaker 1: having lots Of english speaking. Friends it's an international community
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  Speaker 1: for high level learners Of english who are ready to
• 1:20:35
  Speaker 1: take Their english to the next level who can. Join
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  Speaker 1: so there's all the information, Here but basically it's FOR
• 1:20:43
  Speaker 1: b two level and above and at least eighteen years,
• 1:20:46
  Speaker 1: old and they want people who are friendly and willing to, participate,
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  Speaker 1: Okay so you can find out all the information On zen's.
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  Speaker 1: Website there's a link on the pdf. Here just go
• 1:21:00
  Speaker 1: to Teacher zdenek dot com and that's where you would
• 1:21:10
  Speaker 1: find the details The Achievers. Chamber, basically you have to
• 1:21:16
  Speaker 1: read everything to understand what it is and to fill
• 1:21:20
  Speaker 1: out a form on the. Website, okay all. Right other
• 1:21:26
  Speaker 1: things you can. Do you can ask. Questions if the
• 1:21:29
  Speaker 1: podcast creator me in this, case OFFERS q AND a,
• 1:21:32
  Speaker 1: episodes submit your. Questions ask questions in. COMMENTS i might
• 1:21:36
  Speaker 1: reply or one of the other listeners. Will you, know
• 1:21:41
  Speaker 1: try to make your questions specific SO i don't have
• 1:21:44
  Speaker 1: to write an essay in. RESPONSE i haven't done A
• 1:21:46
  Speaker 1: q AND a episode for a long. Time maybe that's
• 1:21:49
  Speaker 1: SOMETHING i need to do at some. Point, also some
• 1:21:51
  Speaker 1: listeners asked IF i could do some sort of interactive
• 1:21:55
  Speaker 1: thing WHERE i talk to my. Listeners that's very. COMPLICATED
• 1:22:01
  Speaker 1: i Think i'm going to talk about it. Later we
• 1:22:03
  Speaker 1: need to get. MOVING i didn't want this episode to
• 1:22:06
  Speaker 1: become incredibly. Long in, FACT i never want my episodes
• 1:22:08
  Speaker 1: to become ridiculously. Long it just kind of happens Because
• 1:22:12
  Speaker 1: i've got loads of THINGS i want to, say And
• 1:22:14
  Speaker 1: i'm trying to even trying to speak quickly and fly
• 1:22:17
  Speaker 1: through this in this. One other things you can Do
• 1:22:19
  Speaker 1: you can dedicate a specific time to listening daily or.
• 1:22:22
  Speaker 1: Weekly for, example you could listen during your, commute while,
• 1:22:26
  Speaker 1: exercising or before. Bed make sure you're subscribed to the
• 1:22:29
  Speaker 1: podcast in a podcast app and that notifications are turned.
• 1:22:33
  Speaker 1: On it could be great for your listening habits if
• 1:22:42
  Speaker 1: you listen on a weekly basis and getting a push.
• 1:22:44
  Speaker 1: Notification make sure this. Happens, basically WHEN i publish an,
• 1:22:48
  Speaker 1: episode your podcast app will go Being luke's published a new,
• 1:22:51
  Speaker 1: episode and then you Will you'll never miss an. Episode
• 1:22:54
  Speaker 1: this is great for making listening part of your, routine
• 1:22:57
  Speaker 1: which is so. Important keep a journal to note new
• 1:23:01
  Speaker 1: vocabulary expressions and improvements in. Comprehension so to get my
• 1:23:05
  Speaker 1: specific advice about, this listen to my episode eight nine to,
• 1:23:09
  Speaker 1: eight which was my workshop about how to learn. Vocabulary
• 1:23:13
  Speaker 1: AS i mentioned, earlier it's full of specific advice about
• 1:23:16
  Speaker 1: learning vocabulary and keeping a vocabulary. Notebook so that was
• 1:23:21
  Speaker 1: how to learn vocabulary and not just stare at word.
• 1:23:24
  Speaker 1: Lists the main, thing, Right the main thing is that
• 1:23:28
  Speaker 1: you should record vocabulary with plenty of examples and test.
• 1:23:32
  Speaker 1: Yourself so that you practice recalling vocabulary. Regularly personalized examples also.
• 1:23:38
  Speaker 1: Help use flash. Cards spaced repetition is, effective, Right so
• 1:23:45
  Speaker 1: with flash cards and flashcard, apps you put vocab on one,
• 1:23:48
  Speaker 1: side some sort of memory prompt or something on the other.
• 1:23:51
  Speaker 1: Side the idea is that you have to try to
• 1:23:53
  Speaker 1: re you, know you have to try and, recall meaning
• 1:23:56
  Speaker 1: actually produce say the word on the other side of the.
• 1:23:59
  Speaker 1: Card it helps even more if you put that word
• 1:24:02
  Speaker 1: into a little, Sentence so use flash. Cards spaced repetition is.
• 1:24:06
  Speaker 1: Effective spaced repetition basically means reviewing vocabulary at different intervals of.
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 1: Time so you review vocab after a day or, two
• 1:24:18
  Speaker 1: then at increasingly longer, intervals so you revise it after a,
• 1:24:22
  Speaker 1: day revise it after three, days revise it after a,
• 1:24:25
  Speaker 1: week revise it after two. Weeks this is spaced. Repetition
• 1:24:28
  Speaker 1: it's a known method for helping you remember. Things Flash
• 1:24:33
  Speaker 1: cards with self generated, answers as well as flash card
• 1:24:37
  Speaker 1: apps Like anki can really help you to do. This
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 1: you can create your own flash cards based on my vocabulary.
• 1:24:45
  Speaker 1: Notes you could periodically revisit older episodes to measure how
• 1:24:49
  Speaker 1: much your understanding has, improved and you will find when
• 1:24:52
  Speaker 1: you listen to an episode again and, again you'll find
• 1:24:55
  Speaker 1: that you understand more details and nuances with each, listening
• 1:24:58
  Speaker 1: with each, listen and The english will stick in your head.
• 1:25:01
  Speaker 1: MORE i promise this is one of the most frequently
• 1:25:05
  Speaker 1: recommended things from my. Listeners listen to episodes more than once.
• 1:25:10
  Speaker 1: Again try to flip your learning from passive to, active
• 1:25:14
  Speaker 1: applying yourself to actively, remembering, recalling and reproducing The english
• 1:25:18
  Speaker 1: that you're. Hearing this speeds up the process massively Looks
• 1:25:22
  Speaker 1: english Podcast premium can help because it is designed specifically
• 1:25:26
  Speaker 1: to help you do all of those. Things remember That
• 1:25:29
  Speaker 1: english is about what you can, do not just about
• 1:25:32
  Speaker 1: what you, Know so focus on testing yourself by trying
• 1:25:35
  Speaker 1: to Use english to express. Yourself always measure your success
• 1:25:39
  Speaker 1: by whether you can use The english to do, something
• 1:25:43
  Speaker 1: not just whether you know, it whether you recognize, it
• 1:25:45
  Speaker 1: but can you actually use. It consider keeping a. Diary
• 1:25:50
  Speaker 1: this isn't just a vocab, journal but this is just
• 1:25:52
  Speaker 1: where you write your thoughts and. Things you can reflect
• 1:25:55
  Speaker 1: on things you've, learned but also just describe your, day
• 1:25:58
  Speaker 1: including how you felt about. Things try to use language
• 1:26:01
  Speaker 1: you've picked up from the, podcast or use different online
• 1:26:04
  Speaker 1: tools to help you find the words you. Need you
• 1:26:07
  Speaker 1: could keep A Luke's english podcast diary where you write
• 1:26:10
  Speaker 1: things after listening to each. Episode, right it could be
• 1:26:13
  Speaker 1: your thoughts and, feelings could be you, retelling redescribing Things i've.
• 1:26:18
  Speaker 1: Said even writing just a few lines each time is.
• 1:26:22
  Speaker 1: Great after a year of writing just a couple of
• 1:26:26
  Speaker 1: lines each, time you will have plenty of stuff written
• 1:26:29
  Speaker 1: down and you can go back and read it. Again
• 1:26:31
  Speaker 1: and let me tell, you that will be. Great it'll
• 1:26:34
  Speaker 1: be a great. Experience we build things bit by, bit
• 1:26:37
  Speaker 1: little bit by little. Bit, remember learning happens best when
• 1:26:41
  Speaker 1: you feel relaxed and positive about, it AND i hope
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 1: my podcast helps with. This be good to yourself when
• 1:26:48
  Speaker 1: you're Learning. English celebrate the small. Victories don't worry too
• 1:26:51
  Speaker 1: much about those failures which happen. Constantly it's all part
• 1:26:55
  Speaker 1: of the. Process don't beat yourself. Up just enjoy it
• 1:26:59
  Speaker 1: all if you. Can don't criticize yourself it doesn't actually. Help,
• 1:27:04
  Speaker 1: instead just ignore that critical editor in your head and
• 1:27:07
  Speaker 1: free yourself from self. Judgment if you learn to do,
• 1:27:10
  Speaker 1: this it is incredibly liberating and. Wonderful language learning should be,
• 1:27:16
  Speaker 1: fun but it does require active engagement and consistent. Effort
• 1:27:21
  Speaker 1: listening to my podcast every week can definitely send you
• 1:27:24
  Speaker 1: on the right, track but try to activate your learning
• 1:27:26
  Speaker 1: in other. Ways celebrate your. Progress don't be. Encouraged don't be. Encouraged,
• 1:27:31
  Speaker 1: no don't be discouraged by setbacks or things you don't,
• 1:27:35
  Speaker 1: understand and enjoy being part of my wonderful community of
• 1:27:38
  Speaker 1: listeners from around the. World give Your english a chance
• 1:27:42
  Speaker 1: this year and listen to my. Podcast HAVE i said
• 1:27:45
  Speaker 1: that before in this? Episode. NO i usually publish a
• 1:27:49
  Speaker 1: minimum of fifty free episodes a year and more premium.
• 1:27:53
  Speaker 1: Ones so if you only listen to, them even if
• 1:27:55
  Speaker 1: you don't do any extra, studying just think how much
• 1:27:58
  Speaker 1: better Your english can be twelve months from. Now SO
• 1:28:04
  Speaker 1: i wanted to revisit some of those, comments, testimonials and
• 1:28:07
  Speaker 1: bits of advice from my, listeners the ONES i summarized
• 1:28:11
  Speaker 1: briefly earlier ON i just want to revisit some of those.
• 1:28:14
  Speaker 1: Things so here's here's that comments digest from episode nine
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  Speaker 1: hundred and fourteen after four. Days this Is these are
• 1:28:23
  Speaker 1: the comments that came in four days after the episode was.
• 1:28:26
  Speaker 1: Published so here's a slightly more detailed digest of the.
• 1:28:29
  Speaker 1: COMMENTS i received under episode nine hundred and fourteen in
• 1:28:33
  Speaker 1: the first four days after it was. Published so WHAT
• 1:28:36
  Speaker 1: i did with this WAS i actually gathered all the,
• 1:28:39
  Speaker 1: COMMENTS i copied. PASTED i copied all of the comments from,
• 1:28:42
  Speaker 1: YouTube and THEN i USED ai to generate a summary
• 1:28:48
  Speaker 1: of the main points that were. Made, now since, then
• 1:28:51
  Speaker 1: loads of other comments have been, made but they broadly
• 1:28:54
  Speaker 1: made the same points as, Here so these are more
• 1:28:56
  Speaker 1: or less the same POINTS i summarized earlier in the.
• 1:28:58
  Speaker 1: Episode But i'm going to include some of my own
• 1:29:00
  Speaker 1: responses and comments here. Too AS i said, BEFORE i
• 1:29:04
  Speaker 1: got so many great messages from listeners and some of
• 1:29:07
  Speaker 1: them definitely need to be read out on the, podcast
• 1:29:09
  Speaker 1: SO i will do an entire episode dedicated to, that
• 1:29:13
  Speaker 1: which will probably be the next, episode so that nine
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• 1:29:19
  Speaker 1: do A q and a episode in WHICH i respond
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  Speaker 1: to some questions that people keep asking, me SO i
• 1:29:24
  Speaker 1: will do that too somewhere down the. Line it's only
• 1:29:26
  Speaker 1: the first week Of january and ALREADY i have three
• 1:29:30
  Speaker 1: or four episodes lined up plus all the other ones
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  Speaker 1: in the, pipeline so expect some listener comments in the next.
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  Speaker 1: Episode at also A q AND a at some, point
• 1:29:42
  Speaker 1: and also The Sherlock holmes, story WHICH i PROMISED i
• 1:29:45
  Speaker 1: would do as. Well, Anyway so going back to listener
• 1:29:48
  Speaker 1: my digest of listener, feedback so general thoughts and feedback
• 1:29:54
  Speaker 1: about the, podcast plus my. Comments so many listeners again
• 1:29:58
  Speaker 1: expressed appreciation for the podcast and my teaching. Style some
• 1:30:02
  Speaker 1: described my voice as, attractive peaceful and, quiet, quiet turn
• 1:30:08
  Speaker 1: up the, volume or like a beautiful. Song that's, nice isn't?
• 1:30:12
  Speaker 1: It others commented On others. Commended in, fact they commended
• 1:30:17
  Speaker 1: the meaning they said it was. Good they're praised my clear,
• 1:30:20
  Speaker 1: pronunciation good, vibes and sense of. Humor many listeners also
• 1:30:25
  Speaker 1: praise the high quality of the, content noting its diversity
• 1:30:29
  Speaker 1: and educational. Value so my comment on that is, great that's.
• 1:30:33
  Speaker 1: NICE i want to make this process pleasant and enjoyable
• 1:30:37
  Speaker 1: to listen. To i'm glad if my voice. HELPS a
• 1:30:39
  Speaker 1: good microphone also makes a. DIFFERENCE i use a very
• 1:30:45
  Speaker 1: very well known microphone that lots of people doing podcasts.
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  Speaker 1: Use it's a kind of industry standard. MICROPHONE i use
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  Speaker 1: i think so the good microphone makes a. Difference but
• 1:31:07
  Speaker 1: ALSO i just enjoy WHAT i, do AND i think
• 1:31:09
  Speaker 1: my enthusiasm must come. Through surely everything is better when
• 1:31:14
  Speaker 1: you can put some of your soul into, it, right
• 1:31:18
  Speaker 1: whatever you, do put some enthusiasm in. It, really it
• 1:31:22
  Speaker 1: really makes a big. Difference several listeners specifically mentioned The
• 1:31:26
  Speaker 1: rambling episodes WHERE i speak spontaneously about various. Topics they
• 1:31:31
  Speaker 1: appreciated the natural flow and unscripted nature of these episodes
• 1:31:36
  Speaker 1: and how they were engaging to listen to while also
• 1:31:38
  Speaker 1: Presenting english in a natural. Way others enjoyed episodes with,
• 1:31:42
  Speaker 1: guests particularly my, father my, brother and pod Pals amber And.
• 1:31:47
  Speaker 1: Paul so my comment here is THAT i will keep
• 1:31:49
  Speaker 1: doing episodes like. That i'm also lining up guests to
• 1:31:53
  Speaker 1: appear on the podcast over the next few, weeks including
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: some returning favorites as well as some new. Ones here
• 1:32:00
  Speaker 1: are some comments describing how the podcast has helped listeners
• 1:32:03
  Speaker 1: with Their. English the most common benefit mentioned was improved listening. Comprehension, surprise,
• 1:32:08
  Speaker 1: surprise many listeners reported being able to understand better to
• 1:32:13
  Speaker 1: Understand english better after listening to the, podcast including native
• 1:32:17
  Speaker 1: speakers from different. Regions listeners also mentioned improvements in their speaking.
• 1:32:21
  Speaker 1: Skills some attributed this to the podcast's influence on their
• 1:32:25
  Speaker 1: pronunciation an, accent or to the expanded vocabulary and expressions
• 1:32:29
  Speaker 1: they had. Learned others found that the podcast helped them
• 1:32:33
  Speaker 1: develop fluency and confidence in. Speaking some listeners mentioned that
• 1:32:37
  Speaker 1: other people had made positive comments about their, accent saying
• 1:32:41
  Speaker 1: it Sounded, british and even in some cases asking if
• 1:32:44
  Speaker 1: they were born in THE. Uk imagine that some listeners
• 1:32:48
  Speaker 1: specifically referred to exam, successes thanking me for the positive
• 1:32:53
  Speaker 1: influence the podcast had had on their, skills allowing them
• 1:32:56
  Speaker 1: to get a better score IN ielts or one of
• 1:32:59
  Speaker 1: the Other cambridge. Exams so at this POINT i would
• 1:33:01
  Speaker 1: like to go this makes me very proud and gives
• 1:33:07
  Speaker 1: me no end of. Encouragement imagine this actually. Works sometimes
• 1:33:13
  Speaker 1: as a, teacher it's. Frustrating as a teacher in, classrooms
• 1:33:17
  Speaker 1: it can be frustrating because you only spend a relatively
• 1:33:20
  Speaker 1: short time with your. Learners it might just be a few,
• 1:33:24
  Speaker 1: weeks and you try your best to help them with Their.
• 1:33:26
  Speaker 1: English in that. Time you can, help for, sure but
• 1:33:30
  Speaker 1: you don't get to see the long term progression of
• 1:33:33
  Speaker 1: Their english skills as they take what they've learned and
• 1:33:36
  Speaker 1: apply it over. Time but with this, podcast it is
• 1:33:40
  Speaker 1: a more long term, thing AND i do get these
• 1:33:43
  Speaker 1: testimonials from listeners who describe the long journey they've gone
• 1:33:47
  Speaker 1: on from a relatively low level to something much more.
• 1:33:50
  Speaker 1: Fluent how. Satisfying third advice on how other listeners can
• 1:33:56
  Speaker 1: use the podcast to improve Their, english repetition and active.
• 1:34:00
  Speaker 1: Listener repetition and active listening were common. Suggestions some listeners
• 1:34:07
  Speaker 1: recommended listening to episodes multiple, times using transcripts to aid,
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  Speaker 1: comprehension and noting down unfamiliar words and. Phrases shadowing repeating
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  Speaker 1: after me was also recommended as a way to improve
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  Speaker 1: pronunciation and. Fluency other suggestions include in using the podcast
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  Speaker 1: for focused vocabulary, practice printing out PDFs when, available and
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  Speaker 1: engaging in speaking practice by pausing the video to answer
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  Speaker 1: questions or discussing the content with. Others some listeners MENTIONED Lep,
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  Speaker 1: premium specifically saying that following the premium episodes and doing
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  Speaker 1: all THE pdf exercises had given Their english a very
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  Speaker 1: noticeable boost and That if listeners have enough time to
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  Speaker 1: devote to, this it can be a way to make
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  Speaker 1: much more rapid. Progress Teacher luke dot co dot uk
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  Speaker 1: slash premium info and suggestions for HOW i can improve the.
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  Speaker 1: Show ALTHOUGH i didn't actually ask for these, suggestions here
• 1:35:08
  Speaker 1: is a digest of what some listeners, said with a
• 1:35:11
  Speaker 1: few responses from. Me so the most frequent suggestion was
• 1:35:14
  Speaker 1: to read more short stories on the. Podcast some listeners
• 1:35:18
  Speaker 1: specified a preference for NON ai generated stories or more modern.
• 1:35:22
  Speaker 1: Stories other suggestions included inviting more, guests especially my, Dad
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  Speaker 1: featuring more content on specific topics such as vocabulary and,
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  Speaker 1: grammar or academic subjects like, science, medical and. Engineering including
• 1:35:36
  Speaker 1: written formats like short stories or articles which can be
• 1:35:40
  Speaker 1: read from and then analyzed for, language reading and analyzing,
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  Speaker 1: Books creating episodes About english, tenses playing music from my
• 1:35:48
  Speaker 1: repertoire on the, guitar discussing Contemporary english, proverbs, etiquette and,
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  Speaker 1: behavior playing short clips of people speaking in various, Accents
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  Speaker 1: providing longer explanations with collocations and examples for vocabulary in premium,
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  Speaker 1: EPISODES i always do adding, vocabulary, phrasal verbs and idioms
• 1:36:09
  Speaker 1: during the. Podcast yep always do that, too setting goals
• 1:36:12
  Speaker 1: For english language students of different, levels having a live
• 1:36:16
  Speaker 1: online chat with, listeners and giving a room. Tour so
• 1:36:21
  Speaker 1: lots of different. Suggestions, actually in episode nine one, Seven
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  Speaker 1: i'm going to respond directly to a lot of those.
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  Speaker 1: Things but let me. Continue some people suggested THAT i
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  Speaker 1: could offer, shorter more frequent episodes to cater to listeners
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  Speaker 1: with different. Preferences, however actually more listeners express their enjoyment
• 1:36:41
  Speaker 1: of the longer, episodes urging me to continue with the current.
• 1:36:46
  Speaker 1: Format so there was a bit of a debate about
• 1:36:48
  Speaker 1: shorter episodes versus longer. Episodes here are the main arguments
• 1:36:52
  Speaker 1: in favor of shorter, episodes with some responses by. Me
• 1:36:55
  Speaker 1: so long. Episodes this is what some people. Think long
• 1:36:59
  Speaker 1: episodes are in, intimidating and SOMETIMES i choose not to
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  Speaker 1: listen to them because of the. Length so my response
• 1:37:05
  Speaker 1: to that, is, ACTUALLY i totally understand, this ALTHOUGH i
• 1:37:08
  Speaker 1: think the platform you're using makes a. Difference When i'm
• 1:37:11
  Speaker 1: looking at podcast episodes in audio format in a podcast
• 1:37:14
  Speaker 1: app on my, phone right When i'm a, LISTENER i
• 1:37:18
  Speaker 1: like long episodes in audio. Format when my favorite podcasts
• 1:37:23
  Speaker 1: publish long, Episodes i'm very happy to consume that over
• 1:37:26
  Speaker 1: a few, days but When i'm casually browsing on YouTube
• 1:37:29
  Speaker 1: in the evening instead of WATCHING, TV i tend to
• 1:37:32
  Speaker 1: prefer shorter episodes BECAUSE i feel that long episodes are
• 1:37:36
  Speaker 1: too much of a. Commitment SO i think it depends
• 1:37:39
  Speaker 1: on the. Platform and since this show is first and
• 1:37:42
  Speaker 1: foremost an audio podcast it always has, been THEN i
• 1:37:46
  Speaker 1: tend to make my content decisions based on. That BUT
• 1:37:49
  Speaker 1: i do understand how long episodes can seem a bit,
• 1:37:51
  Speaker 1: Overwhelming BUT i also believe that when you actually listen
• 1:37:55
  Speaker 1: to the, episodes the time flies and it's not a. Problem,
• 1:37:58
  Speaker 1: also you can listen in, sections As i've already. Explained
• 1:38:04
  Speaker 1: so another comment is, This my commute to work is thirty,
• 1:38:07
  Speaker 1: minutes so longer episodes are less, convenient AND i lose
• 1:38:11
  Speaker 1: focus after a certain amount of. Time over one hour
• 1:38:14
  Speaker 1: is too much for most learners to be able to.
• 1:38:16
  Speaker 1: Focus so my answer to these two comments is that
• 1:38:19
  Speaker 1: you don't have to listen to the episodes in one single.
• 1:38:21
  Speaker 1: Go you can listen to them in. Sections i've already
• 1:38:24
  Speaker 1: said all. That another, thing, also my episodes often have
• 1:38:30
  Speaker 1: chapter markers to help you navigate the episodes on. YouTube,
• 1:38:37
  Speaker 1: right so don't feel you have to listen to it
• 1:38:39
  Speaker 1: in one. Go it's not. Live you can pause, it
• 1:38:41
  Speaker 1: come back to finish the episode. LATER i generally don't
• 1:38:46
  Speaker 1: set out to make long. EPISODES i don't, think right,
• 1:38:48
  Speaker 1: Today i'm going to make a two hour. Episode, INSTEAD
• 1:38:53
  Speaker 1: i just try to say all the THINGS i want
• 1:38:57
  Speaker 1: to say and cover all the POINTS i want to.
• 1:38:59
  Speaker 1: COVER i don't plan for a specific episode. Length, ideally
• 1:39:03
  Speaker 1: all my episodes would be about one hour. Long that's
• 1:39:06
  Speaker 1: usually What i'm going, for but sometimes it just takes
• 1:39:09
  Speaker 1: longer than that for me to achieve. Everything this is
• 1:39:12
  Speaker 1: particularly true When i'm doing vocabulary. Explanations for, example short
• 1:39:17
  Speaker 1: story episodes often end up being, long mainly Because i'm
• 1:39:20
  Speaker 1: going into so much detail in the vocabulary explanations. Afterwards
• 1:39:25
  Speaker 1: so the story might just be twenty minutes, long and
• 1:39:27
  Speaker 1: the vocabulary explanations end up being over an hour, long
• 1:39:31
  Speaker 1: which extends the. Episode and then people write learning this
• 1:39:35
  Speaker 1: with a short, story but it's two hours. Long, yeah
• 1:39:39
  Speaker 1: it's a short, story but a long episode. ANYWAY i
• 1:39:42
  Speaker 1: don't consider it to be a problem because so many
• 1:39:45
  Speaker 1: people tell me they love the longer. Episodes it gives
• 1:39:47
  Speaker 1: them something to sync their teeth INTO i feel LIKE
• 1:39:51
  Speaker 1: i can achieve a lot more in a longer. EPISODE
• 1:39:53
  Speaker 1: i feel like people can listen to them in sections
• 1:39:55
  Speaker 1: if they need. To, also not many Other english teachers
• 1:40:00
  Speaker 1: make episodes as long as. MINE i don't think there
• 1:40:04
  Speaker 1: are any are, there and SO i think this makes
• 1:40:08
  Speaker 1: me distinctive in the world of you, know content creation
• 1:40:12
  Speaker 1: for learners Of. ENGLISH i think it's a mistake to
• 1:40:15
  Speaker 1: try to copy the standards which are set by other.
• 1:40:17
  Speaker 1: People LIKE i did read a comment a while ago,
• 1:40:20
  Speaker 1: saying all the other, podcasters all the other YouTube channels
• 1:40:25
  Speaker 1: do episodes that are no longer than thirty. Minutes but you,
• 1:40:30
  Speaker 1: KNOW i want to do things my, way and this
• 1:40:32
  Speaker 1: is the way that works for, me So i'm sticking with. It,
• 1:40:36
  Speaker 1: also to be, HONEST i think making much shorter episodes
• 1:40:41
  Speaker 1: might fundamentally change the WAY i do. This for, example
• 1:40:44
  Speaker 1: IF i did a short story, EPISODE i wouldn't really
• 1:40:46
  Speaker 1: have time to do the language review or analysis of the.
• 1:40:49
  Speaker 1: Story it would just be the. Story one idea is
• 1:40:53
  Speaker 1: to do the language analysis part in a premium, episode
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  Speaker 1: SO i would essentially cut the episode off about halfway
• 1:41:02
  Speaker 1: through and, say if you want to listen to the
• 1:41:04
  Speaker 1: rest of this you need to sign up TO lp,
• 1:41:05
  Speaker 1: premium BUT i, think to be, honest people would be
• 1:41:09
  Speaker 1: even more unhappy about, that except maybe the premium. Subscribers so,
• 1:41:13
  Speaker 1: basically it is impossible to do anything and put your
• 1:41:17
  Speaker 1: heart into, it which means doing it in a slightly
• 1:41:20
  Speaker 1: original or different. Way it's impossible to do that without
• 1:41:23
  Speaker 1: some people disliking what you. Do you can't please all
• 1:41:26
  Speaker 1: the people all the, time and you shouldn't try. SO
• 1:41:29
  Speaker 1: i will do things my, way understanding that WHATEVER i
• 1:41:33
  Speaker 1: do there will always be room for. IMPROVEMENT i don't
• 1:41:37
  Speaker 1: aim to make very long, episodes but the episodes will
• 1:41:40
  Speaker 1: be long if they have to. BE i might experiment
• 1:41:42
  Speaker 1: with different formats and. IDEAS i keep all my options
• 1:41:45
  Speaker 1: open when it comes to making this. Content another, thought
• 1:41:49
  Speaker 1: and this is the final thought on. This english lessons
• 1:41:52
  Speaker 1: in class are almost never less than an hour and a,
• 1:41:54
  Speaker 1: half AND i kind of think my podcast. EPISODES i
• 1:41:58
  Speaker 1: think of my podcast episodes a bit Like english. Lessons
• 1:42:01
  Speaker 1: it seems odd to do just thirty. Minutes what can
• 1:42:05
  Speaker 1: you achieve in thirty? MINUTES i Think i'm naturally tuned
• 1:42:09
  Speaker 1: to teaching for a certain amount of. Time either ninety
• 1:42:12
  Speaker 1: minutes or three hours. Classes and this is the influence
• 1:42:17
  Speaker 1: of teaching in classrooms where lessons are usually ninety minutes
• 1:42:20
  Speaker 1: or three hours. Long my episodes just end up being
• 1:42:24
  Speaker 1: about the same length as My english. LESSONS i THINK
• 1:42:27
  Speaker 1: i have some kind of internal clock for this after
• 1:42:29
  Speaker 1: teaching in classrooms for about twenty five. YEARS a lot
• 1:42:33
  Speaker 1: of WHAT i do on the podcast is informed by
• 1:42:36
  Speaker 1: a sort of intuitive sense of, teaching SO i think
• 1:42:39
  Speaker 1: it's wise to follow that. Sense if anything guides me
• 1:42:43
  Speaker 1: in the WAY i make my, episodes it is an
• 1:42:44
  Speaker 1: intuitive sense of what is working based on the years
• 1:42:48
  Speaker 1: of teaching EXPERIENCE i have under my. Belt so this
• 1:42:51
  Speaker 1: is the, way this is the WAY i do. Things
• 1:42:54
  Speaker 1: so to sum, Up, okay this episode has explored why
• 1:42:58
  Speaker 1: listening To english is important for your learning and, development
• 1:43:01
  Speaker 1: and how this podcast can help you achieve that all
• 1:43:04
  Speaker 1: important regular listening. Practice listening To english improved your, comprehension
• 1:43:09
  Speaker 1: exposes you to real Life english and, vocabulary helps your
• 1:43:12
  Speaker 1: pronunciation of, grammar provides cultural, insights increase its, fluency and
• 1:43:17
  Speaker 1: boosts your. Confidence in this, episode, ALSO i also shared
• 1:43:21
  Speaker 1: feedback from listeners who have seen significant improvements in Their
• 1:43:25
  Speaker 1: english thanks to this. Podcast so the conclusion is, clear isn't?
• 1:43:28
  Speaker 1: It make this podcast a regular part of Your english
• 1:43:31
  Speaker 1: learning routine AND i think you'll be amazed at the
• 1:43:34
  Speaker 1: progress you make over the coming. Year thank you for
• 1:43:37
  Speaker 1: listening to this. EPISODE i hope you didn't become a
• 1:43:39
  Speaker 1: skeleton while. Listening so to prove that you made it
• 1:43:44
  Speaker 1: to the end of the, episode why not write a
• 1:43:46
  Speaker 1: comment with some of your own thoughts that you had while.
• 1:43:49
  Speaker 1: Listening AND i hope you had, thoughts or you can
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  Speaker 1: somehow mention the word in your. COMMENT i haven't decided
• 1:43:56
  Speaker 1: what this word will be. Yet which word SHOULD i
• 1:44:01
  Speaker 1: ask you to use the end of This maybe let's
• 1:44:06
  Speaker 1: use the word. Brain, okay try to use the word
• 1:44:09
  Speaker 1: brain in your, comment because we've been using our brains
• 1:44:13
  Speaker 1: all the way through. This so let's see if you
• 1:44:15
  Speaker 1: can somehow use the word brain in your. Comment, okay
• 1:44:19
  Speaker 1: just to prove you've got to the end of the.
• 1:44:21
  Speaker 1: Episode there are there are there's more things on THE,
• 1:44:25
  Speaker 1: pdf Which i'm going to skip. Past there was more
• 1:44:29
  Speaker 1: stuff about my, podcast and like my podcast, logo the
• 1:44:35
  Speaker 1: FACT i live In, France i've got A french wife to,
• 1:44:39
  Speaker 1: KIDS i struggle With, french SO i know what it's
• 1:44:44
  Speaker 1: like to try to speak another. Language my kids are.
• 1:44:48
  Speaker 1: Bilingual my daughter is seven, now she's been on the
• 1:44:52
  Speaker 1: show a few. Times my son is now eighteen months.
• 1:44:55
  Speaker 1: Old he started speaking a bit in both. Languages he
• 1:44:59
  Speaker 1: mainly F. English he mainly shouts his sister's name as
• 1:45:03
  Speaker 1: loud as, possible and he also says pooh pooh quite
• 1:45:06
  Speaker 1: a lot, actually so His english is a work in,
• 1:45:10
  Speaker 1: progress to be. Honest so there was some other stuff
• 1:45:13
  Speaker 1: about things like that as, well WHICH i am not
• 1:45:19
  Speaker 1: going to read out because there isn't enough, time But
• 1:45:21
  Speaker 1: i'll leave it in THE. PDF i talked about monetizing
• 1:45:24
  Speaker 1: the podcast and some other things that people ask me.
• 1:45:26
  Speaker 1: ABOUT i talked about free episodes and premium. Episodes SO
• 1:45:29
  Speaker 1: i didn't talk about. IT i wrote about, it But
• 1:45:33
  Speaker 1: i'm not going to talk about that. Now but you
• 1:45:35
  Speaker 1: can find all the stuff on THE. Pdf, okay so
• 1:45:38
  Speaker 1: this really is the end of the episode, Now but
• 1:45:41
  Speaker 1: on THE pdf you will find some more, things including
• 1:45:44
  Speaker 1: a vocabulary list with. Definitions that's all of those highlighted,
• 1:45:48
  Speaker 1: phrases the ones that were in that lurid orange. Color
• 1:45:52
  Speaker 1: so you'll find a full vocabulary list of those. Things
• 1:45:56
  Speaker 1: there's a vocabulary quiz with answers so you can check
• 1:45:59
  Speaker 1: your understand and some discussion questions to help you practice
• 1:46:04
  Speaker 1: using the vocabulary in that. List and that's all there
• 1:46:07
  Speaker 1: on THE. Pdf you just have to go through. It
• 1:46:11
  Speaker 1: you'll see all of the vocab in the list to
• 1:46:13
  Speaker 1: help you remember. It all of it is, there and
• 1:46:17
  Speaker 1: there's a vocab quiz to help you remember and test. Yourself,
• 1:46:21
  Speaker 1: okay all of those different expressions are all dealt. With
• 1:46:25
  Speaker 1: there's an answer key for the, quiz discussions for speaking
• 1:46:30
  Speaker 1: practice for all eighteen items of. Vocab, right for, example
• 1:46:34
  Speaker 1: what's been a stepping stone in your life that helped
• 1:46:36
  Speaker 1: you achieve something? Bigger what decision in your life was
• 1:46:40
  Speaker 1: a no? Brainer why was it so? Obvious and so?
• 1:46:43
  Speaker 1: On and then finally when you get to the, end
• 1:46:46
  Speaker 1: you will find your certificate of achievement as, promised your
• 1:46:50
  Speaker 1: certificate of achievement with one hundred points and your medal
• 1:46:54
  Speaker 1: for listening all the way to the end of the.
• 1:46:57
  Speaker 1: Episode this certifies THAT i have listened to this entire
• 1:47:01
  Speaker 1: episode Of Luke's english podcast AND i have the right
• 1:47:04
  Speaker 1: to claim my one hundred, Points Signed Luke Thompson Podcast man.
• 1:47:09
  Speaker 1: Congratulations you made it all the way until the, end
• 1:47:13
  Speaker 1: and that is the end of this. Episode thank you
• 1:47:15
  Speaker 1: so much for listening all the way. Through, wow that
• 1:47:18
  Speaker 1: was a bit of a roller, Coaster wasn't it quite
• 1:47:22
  Speaker 1: a roller coaster of an. EPISODE i tried to go
• 1:47:25
  Speaker 1: through it as quickly AS i. COULD i hope you're
• 1:47:29
  Speaker 1: all right out there in podcast land and you're not
• 1:47:31
  Speaker 1: a skeleton that your brain has been filled up With.
• 1:47:34
  Speaker 1: English leave a comment in the comments section to prove
• 1:47:37
  Speaker 1: that you've made it all the way until this, point
• 1:47:40
  Speaker 1: And i'll speak to you in the next, episode which
• 1:47:42
  Speaker 1: will be all about listeners stories of success in their
• 1:47:46
  Speaker 1: learning Of. English, OKAY i can't wait to do more
• 1:47:49
  Speaker 1: episodes of this podcast in twenty twenty. Five i've got
• 1:47:53
  Speaker 1: loads of other. IDEAS i love doing this. Podcast that's
• 1:47:56
  Speaker 1: hopefully you love listening to it. Too thank you so
• 1:47:58
  Speaker 1: much for, listening And i'll speak to you in the next.
• 1:48:01
  Speaker 1: Part but for, now it's time to say, goodbye bye
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  Speaker 1: bye Bo boo. Boo