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Today I'm joined by Emma (Adventure into English) for a conversation about group vs solo activities. Emma has been helping with the group classes at Level Up English for some time now, so it's an appropriate topic for today.
We start by discussing some Would You Rather questions for activities that can be done as a group or on your own.
We then move onto some English expressions around the topic of groups and working together. These are expressions you can use in your daily life, and I quiz Emma on using these in her replies. See if you can join in the game too!
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Mental Health is something we should all take seriously and I believe there's a lot of crossover between language learning and having a healthy mindset.
This was a request from a listener to cover this topic. Although I am of course, not a professional, I do love the topic, so I share 18 different methods that I used to improve my own mental health and bring happiness into my life. I hope you find some of them useful too.
Of course, as always, I mention loads of fantastic English words and phrases related to this topic that you can use in your daily life too.
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You may know that British people are famous for using the word 'sorry' all the time.
In this episode, I talk about this habit and how much truth is behind it, but I also share the different situations in which we would say 'sorry' in the UK - and maybe more generally in the English-speaking world too.
Sorry is so much more than a word used when you make a mistake and it can have many different meanings.
There are also many different ways to apologise and say you're sorry depending on how serious the situation is, so in the second half of this episode, I cover these different phrases.
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In Episode 300 of the podcast, Akari from the Nihongo For You podcast joins me today for a chat about teaching languages, moving abroad, and learning English.
In the second half of the episode, we talk about life experiences where I ask Akari questions using the present perfect tense about things she has done before. It's a great opportunity to practice the grammar and see it used in the context of a regular conversation.
Perhaps you could also answer along at home and practice for yourself?
If you're learning or thinking about learning Japanese, don't forget to check out Akari's website and podcast too.
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In my last episode, I spoke about my cycling trip to Taiwan. While there, I had a lot of time alone to think to myself with no distractions. In this episode today, I'm going to share some of the things I was thinking about.
One of these was the idea of Hedonic Adaptation (also known as the Hedonic Treadmill). This is something that we all face as humans and might just be the key to understanding how to be happy and content.
It's a really useful topic when it comes to being happy with what you have and not always feeling bad about what you don't - such as feeling bad for not being good enough at English.
Let's find out more.
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I took 2 weeks off in October to ride a bicycle around the whole of Taiwan. It was over 1000km and took about 2 weeks to complete. Along the way, I had both good and bad experiences and there's a lot I'd love to share!
I also filmed a lot of videos of my cycle, so if you'd like to see, you can watch this episode on YouTube - The Level Up English Podcast.
This is perhaps the longest solo episode I've ever recorded, but throughout the episode, I talk about the good and the bad, what I did day by day, how I prepared for the trip, and my experience talking in Chinese with people there.
Along the way, I also mention a lot of useful vocabulary which will be useful for you as English learners. Hope you enjoy!
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The Comparison Trap is when we get stuck comparing our lives to other people and feeling worse as a result.
It's a common problem in language learning, and this is something that I often experience too since I was inspired to make this episode after a moment of comparison made me feel worse.
We often compare ourselves to others in many ways, such as income, appearance, skills, and on social media.
In this episode, I cover all of these topics while sharing some useful comparative grammar structures to improve your spoken English.
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Curiosity is an important thing to practice to be better English language learners and enjoy your life more.
When we start learning a language, we’re naturally very open and curious to learning new things. It can be an amazing feeling when you’re really into something and you’re looking up every little detail.
However, along the way, we naturally get more complacent and we begin to take things for granted. This curiosity fades into daily habits and routines.
Curiosity makes language learning so much more enjoyable more also helps you progress faster. That’s the idea behind today’s episode.
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Megan is a teacher from Manchester, UK who has been teaching for 10 years and recently made the move to online classes. Megan specialises in Business English for professionals and improving spoken fluency, so in this episode, we talk all about jobs.
We start out discussing dream jobs and finding the right job for you.
I then quiz Megan on some really useful English business expressions that you can use both in and out of the workplace.
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Let's look at 3 ways we can use 'used to' in English. We'll look at the different grammar and way we structure these terms while answering fun and interesting questions on these topics.
I encourage you to answer these questions either in your personal studies or by leaving a comment in the shownotes below.
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This is a really fun episode all about the recent progress of AI (Artificial Intelligence) - specifically in the area of audio and music.
I share a few songs that were made by AI about this podcast that I think will blow your mind. I had a lot of fun with it.
I also share my thoughts on the future changes that AI will bring to the world, some jobs that will be lost and others that will be safe from AI and automation, and much more.
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I'm exploring a topic I truly love today and looking at the most unusual and strange places on our planet.
I'll be talking about the highest cities, hottest places, coldest places, and much more in today's episode. This is a great opportunity to practice your knowledge of superlatives (using EST to talk about the most of something).
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In today's episode, we're exploring the topics of optimism, pessimism, and realism. These are different attitudes towards life and the future and can have a massive impact on your happiness and mental health.
I go over the definitions and words, discuss some possible benefits of being pessimistic, and give many tips on how and why you can be more optimistic in life.
A really fun episode filled with English vocabulary, and hopefully quite motivational too.
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Paola from the Talaera Talks podcast and I are doing a cross-post episode today. You can also find this episode and many more over on their podcast.
The topic is all about jobs, careers, and business English expression. We start by asking questions to each other, using our own work experience to give examples of when to use these expressions.
We then talk about advice on how to get a job when English isn't your first language, and a bit on work-life balance.
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One of the listeners suggested I talk about the topic of work-life balance.
This is something I've been working on in my own life for many years, and I feel like I might have something useful to share on this topic.
So in this episode, I talk about a few tips that you can implement to have a better sense of work-life balance and enjoy your life more, regardless of how many hours you have to work each day.
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I recently went back to my home country - the UK - for the first time in a quite a while and was fascinated by how the UK appeared to me after being away for a while.
There was a lot that I found strange, unusual, and interesting that I wasn't really aware of while I was still living in England.
In this episode, I discuss some of my feelings and culture shock experiences, and perhaps some of you can relate to these experiences when you visit the UK for the first time.
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I just came back from a trip in Europe and I thought I'd get on the microphone today and review some of the good and bad experiences I had there.
I made the adventurous decision to travel from London all the way to Istanbul by train (listen to the episode to see why I didn't make it all the way!)
In this episode, I talk about my experience sleeping on trains, my time in each country, and why I suddenly changed my travel plans. There are also some useful expressions and vocabulary to help improve your English throughout.This is a very casual, chatty episode, so hopefully you don't mind. You're always welcome to comment your feedback on the shownotes page (link below)
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Fran from Step Up Japanese and I discuss a few different topics in today's episode, including:
The Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage (walking around the Japanese island of Shikoku)The Tadoku reading method for languagesAn embarrassing language mistake on TVAnd more!
If you're a fan of hearing casual British English conversations, and also finding out something new about language learning, then this should be a good episode for you.
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This is the fifth episode in the AMA series (Ask Me Anything) where the listeners of the podcast ask me questions about English learning, British culture, or maybe something totally unrelated.
They're also fun, relaxed, and more casual than regular episodes. Hopefully, you'll learn something new in this one while enjoying the topics.
If you want to submit questions for future episodes, the best place is on my Instagram page: @englishwithmichael
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We've done a few episodes on phrasal verbs now, including the verbs Turn and Set, and this is a continuation of that series, except today we're looking at a preposition: Out.
I'll be covering 8 different phrasal verbs that are commonly used while sharing my own stories about them from my own life, and I'll encourage you do to the same.
#13 What are phrasal verbs?
#261 Phrasal Verbs with 'Turn'
#272 Phrasal Verbs with 'Set'
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