The Level Up English Podcast

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In this podcast, I talk with Emma, a fellow online English teacher.
We discuss the difficulties of learning languages, pronunciation problems, embarrassing moments and more!
You can see what Emma's up to on her website and social media.
Her Website
Facebook
Youtube
Instagram
Resources
Pronunciation in Use Book by Mark Hancock
My Phrasal Verbs & Expressions Online Courses

The Podcast
2:10: Emma's introduction & history as a teacher
9:28: Why did you choose to teach?
16:33: My history
17:38: English accents
26:01: Learning foreign languages
29:31: What would you learn if you had more time?
34:55: Embarrassing language stories
48:26: Tips for English learners
54:29: Language resources
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Welcome to the very first Saturday episode of the podcast! This is a reaction episode where I respond to a Reddit post on r/CasualUK talking about things we find embarrassing that we probably shouldn't.
I'd love to hear your feedback! Do you like the topic? Are you happy with an extra episode. Feel free to get in touch and let me know.
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What you can do to get a British accent.
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How to Learn British Pronunciation

Introduction

• There are countless British accents in England, let alone in the whole world.
• Don’t worry too much about accents. Everyone has one (even native speakers) and it should be a badge of pride to show where you come from.
• However: Reasons to want a British accent:
  • To be more respected at work
  • To stop being treated like an outsider
  • To impress your friends!

British accents have a few things in common which we’ll look at later

General Advice

• Get the foundations right when you start so you don’t cement your mistakes, but change will come over time.
• Watch lots of British TV shows, movies, and of course podcasts
• Talk with native speakers and try to mimic their pronunciation
• Getting a teacher would be even better because they can correct your mistakes
• It takes a long time, and many people don’t begin to develop their accent fully until they reach an advanced level, don’t give up!

Specific Advice

• Shadowing - repeat words from phrases you hear. Pay attention to vowel sounds.
• Watch your mouth in a mirror
• Pay attention to your tongue position
  • L - tongue touches top teeth
  • R - tongue moves back in mouth, not touching

Learn stress

I recommend https://forvo.com/ for pronunciation and https://www.merriam-webster.com/ for a dictionary.

• PreSENT / PREsent
• SUSpect / susPECT
• Record yourself and listen back

Specific Sounds

• T sound - Very strong
  • Butter, Better
• R sound - Not so strong
  • Car, Park, Hair, Hard, Ear

American vs British

• AdvertIZEment (USA) / AdverTISSment (UK)
• The ILE sound is different. MoBLE (USA) / MoBILE (UK)
• Words ending in "ation". Organisation

I recommend this poem called The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité

This poem shows the irregularities in English pronunciation. Try it for fun! It's very difficult though.

Recap: Having an imperfect accent isn’t the end of the world. We each have our own and should be proud of it. However, there's nothing wrong with wanting to improve, so I hope this helped.

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In this episode, we talk about practising self-love, self-acceptance, confidence and more. We relate this to language learning and having the best attitude to succeed in life.
I think this can be a useful thing to talk about no matter who you are, and as always, we'll be learning some useful phrases you can use in daily life too.
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(Note that the podcast begins as "The English With Michael Podcast", but later on changes to "The Level Up English Podcast")
Hello and welcome to The Level Up English.
Hello and welcome to the first-ever episode.
This is an introductory episode so I thought I could take some time to tell you about who I am and what to expect from this podcast.
So my name is Michael Lavers. I'm an online ESL teacher - that is, people learning English as a Second Language.
I'm from a city called Plymouth in the United Kingdom.
I have taught thousands of lessons online with students from all around the world, all difference countries, from ages 4 to 80.
But maybe we could talk about why I want to make a podcast.
I love helping people improve their English, but, there's only so much I can do in one day. I have a lot of questions online, on my website, on social media, asking for help, but unfortunately I can't help everyone.
So I thought a podcast would be a great way to reach more people and, hopefully, help people improve their English, and also British English.
I love podcasts! I listen to several hours of podcasts every day, so I think it's a really good way to learn no matter how busy you are.
I'm really passionate about helping people and I think podcasts are a good way to do that.
So let's talk about what you can expect in this podcast.
A usual episode might include me:

• answering your questions
• providing some advice on how to learn English
• maybe sometimes we can talk about grammar and vocabulary (but in a fun way)
• in the future I may do some interviews as well (I've never done that before so we'll have to see how it goes, but that's something I would be very interested in trying)

Each podcast with the podcast notes and all the resources will be available on my website at ewmichael.com/podcast (Note: this will redirect to my new website)
If you have any questions for me that you'd like me to answer, or any ideas for future episodes, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer.
So thank you vert much for coming to check out my podcast and I'm looking forward to learning together.
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