I hope you enjoy the episode and it helps you think about your own level of English and what to focus on when studying. The link for the PDF is in the description (no need for your email address or anything). 🫖
@@LukesEnglishPodcast I'm sorry sir . I meant when you want to talk about a specific topict it's better to go direct without a long introduction . That's all. I hope you understand.
How did I end up spending one and a half hours of my Saturday morning listening to this? Amazing Luke, thanks for this video. Your delivery is totally absorbing (as is your humour) and I found the topic and opinions fascinating. I actually skipped breakfast and now have to go straight to lunch!
Thank youLuke for your time.I love to listen and learn at the same time. I Think language is a wide variation of accent, sounds etc. The main thing is to let the other party to understand what you talking about.
Sir, I'm from India 🇮🇳. I like your presentation. Recently I started listening to your podcasts and it is really useful for English language learners. I have gone through the stories of Roald Dhal like The Umbrella man, parson' pleasure and Hitchhiker. I request you to make similar podcast for the rest of Stories of Roald Dhal. Thank you.
🤚Luke, Thanks for all the information, as always, very interesting Do you give individual and video lessons to prepare for Celta training? Have a nice day🌟
I listened with interest to your podcast with Santy.I came to England at the age of 43 and did not know the language at all. Then I started my journey in this country and at 47 I became a qualified teacher in a primary school and now a lecturer in a college. Of course, I have my Ukrainian accent and I get asked all the time, but it's getting softer. I was so worried about this before, but now I just do my job with love. Most importantly, love what you do. Thank you for that podcast ❤🎉🙏
Hello friend, I am your peer) that's interesting because your comment inspired me, thanks. Now I passe through some plateau, I mean I don't feel some progress in language acquisition and think that it's processing slowly. So your story was precious for me😊
@@navininox Hi! Thank you for your comment. I wish you all the best for us. Everyone knows what wants to achieve, you need to work on yourself and this work will be paid
Sometimes I've been stressed out thinking of my English level.. But not anymore. English has become a daily routine. Reading, listening and even sometimes dreaming in English. Now I know I won't ever be a "total bilingual person" (I began studying English when I was an adult) and knowing that put me in the right place to keeping me on learning everyday a little more. Thanks so much for uploading this Video. It was very helpful.. As usual🙏
@@NayraVlogs.297 Your English Teacher was "a little dramatic in his opinion"..Shall we say, but it is also truth you never finish learning.. And I have to confess that I never thought it would be... So long 🎗️
Don't worry about the critics I'm an English learner watching your show is my daily routine when I take the bus and do other things it's your show that keeps me company your updates and your voice is important to me
Natural speech is full of errors, false starts, inaccuracies... so learners should not be deterred by the requirement of "perfect speech", which should not be the goal
Non-native English speaker always get blaming about the correct accent from native English speaker, but at least we can speak two languages even though it isn't well enough.
I think it is really encouraging to listen to non-native speak successfully using English. In an actual work environment, you listen a wide of accent anyway.
Hi Luke! In fact English is not the only lessons you teach people, but you give us life lessons too. Your sincerity, empathy, patience, sense of humour and sarcasm make your podsact a unic and curative place. Your remarks about accents reminded me a case from my tour guiding past. Once I was guiding a big group from UK,and their tour leader tried to make a joke on my accent, addressing to the group: " Well, miss Certain provided us with quite comprehensive and interesting information, all was perfect except her accent". Immediately an old gentlman from the group asked her for a microphone and turned to me: " Excuse me miss Certain, I was wondering how many laguages do you speak? ". I replied " 2 mother tounges and 2 foreign languages with accent". Then he asked her: " Dear Dorothy , what languages do you speak?". She answered: " As you know English is my mother tounge which is enough to feel comfortable everywhere". Then he turned to the group: " Oh,bravissimo! Ladies and gents,let' s applaud our British tour leader for speaking her mother tounge and only language with no accent!"😅
Although he has a strong Spanish accent, this does not mean he speaks English poorly. He communicates quite accurately and coherently. Furthermore, he could take an accent reduction course to improve his pronunciation. Moreover, he possesses the skills necessary to work at such a renowned institution. In fact, his bilingualism could be an asset to the institution, as he can communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking colleagues and clients. Additionally, his diverse background and perspective may bring a unique contribution to the team and enhance the organization's inclusivity efforts.
Why does he need an accent reduction course??? What's the point if he communicates effectively and it's 100% intelligible? Accent reduction is a BS concept. It's negative, unimportant, and simply wrong. Would you say that Luke's wife needs an accent reduction course, too?
A renowned place employee, recently accepted into affluent class, is quite likely to afford and order an online or a 101 mentor, trickling down to EFL business.
I started learning English... but then I come across articles about how they will soon make applications with a neural network so that you don’t have to learn it. what to do next? to learn a language or not to learn, that is the question?
That is a perfect interview. Especially for me as a migration first generation, I am what I am, not native speaking. Gain confidence to present in English and no hiding, accent is part of my identity. Your sample of different favors of crisps is very beautiful,❤❤❤ very encouraging interview. Thank you very much for both of you.
I’m from Japan and it is very common for people to be judgmental, which leads people unwilling to speak English in Japan. Everyone has different perspectives on language learning, but no one has the right to blame or judge others’ English. For me, even though I am trying to use correct English, I am not that fussed about being perfect as long as I can transmit what I mean.
I definitely agree with you ! What it is good - as it is told in psychology ; just enjoy your journey and rid off thinking about the finishing line - be passionale about what you're learning and enjoy it. Then you willl be more involved to make progress and your brain will come up ideas to ameliorate yout English. Good luck !
Dear Abnormal Normal: The more languages you can speak effectively, the less bothersome some petty criticism would be as you blow them out of the water with your skills and success in the sapiens' sphere.
hi, dear Luke! thank you for your job! good trick with scripts next to video - helping a lot! you have highlighted another themes for next episode - pronunciation practice! please make long video for each sound and also for each letters! I can suggest to you to use some chart or graphical scheme/images to explain it. better to make 'mind map' for that. thank you in advance! best regards!
Hi Luke! How’s it going?. I want to thank you for the amazing videos/podcast . You do help me a lot. You rock and blessing for the new family’s member.🎉❤
Greeting from Morocco. Hi, dear Teacher Luke. Hi, dear LEP listeners. First of all, many thanks for this amazing podcast that encourages us to keep moving forward and never lose motivation. Yes, I struggle with pronunciation, but I am aware of my weakness and I will work on it. Practice, practice, and practice is the golden rule. Practice makes perfect. The ultimate goal is to communicate with people, not just to master the language as a skill
I loved all your passionate discussion while listening to this episode, first on podcast and then on RUclips. I think I caught your mood: you were like a knight with a great banner of justice to defend a just cause. You didn't talk about real English and related direct ways to achieve the language learning goal (not only); your words were prompted by a strong inner desire to stand up for something you believe in. Thanks for this passion Thank you for all your always very lucid, rational and effective advice, not just for learning English. Thank you
I enjoyed that episode with Stanti as a guest. And the word quixotic still stays in my mind. Language is just a tool for learning other things and communicating with others. Heart to heart connection is way more important than just being aethestic and fancy.
Hi Luke, nice to meet you! I'm a new subscriber at your channel. My english is still so basic because I've been learning it for only a month. I can't understand much of what you say. However I like your channel because it helps me to learn English ("learn English with short stories" is awesome!) Thanks for sharing your job. Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭👍
Luke, You are so fantastic as usual.Thank you for your slogan that "learning English is a game".So no stress,no effort and burning brain but loving heart.❤👍
A new language is generally a big task. This is not like playing a game or driving a car. It takes very long. Unless you live in an English speaking country, you will probably never be able to speak it well. That's the truth.
We have so many options these days. Even without leaving your home, you can learn to listen, speak, read and write in the language of your choice. On the other hand, there are people in London (and not a single case) who live there for several years and do not know English. "Who wants will find a way, who does not want will find a reason"
I love the hammer metaphor. I doubt the commenters you quoted in this episode will get it, though. They're too close-minded or plain stupid to comprehend such things.
Despite the fact that I have an IELTS level 7 certificate, listening to your videos (especially short stories) can help me further develop my English skills. That is why I have bought LEP premium. Thank you for your help , Luke! ☺👌
This is my first time listening to your podcast and I would like to thank you because this includes lots of useful information that I wanted to know. I'll also listen to the episode with Santi to improve my perseverance and positivity in learning English.
I've just finished watching this episoden and all this Santi's case reminds me of Raúl, the former Real Madrid's footballer. A lot of people used to say that he was a mediocre player with very few skills and that he was so popular just because he played for Madrid. But thing was that Raúl kept scoring a great amount of goals year by year. What's more, he spent a couple of years of his career in Shalke and there he got the recognition he deserved for being an extremely commited professional and helped that club to achieve awesome results. I'm sure that was the key of his success: hard work, attitude, continuous improvement... And so must be Santi's professional achievements' secret as well.
Absolutely love this episode! I'm an English communications coach here in Taiwan and everything you've said here is what I tell my clients as well, especially those who are new. Most of them come to me after years of learning (not including the 9 years in schools) and still couldn't communicate effectively in English. Most of the common issues are as you've mentioned e.g., they have very high scores in TOEIC (Listening & Reading) but couldn't speak and write coherently. They typically use rare or inappropriate words and confusing sentence structures. Some are too tied up with having "perfect" pronunciation or grammar that they're afraid to speak. Many also have issues understanding non-American accents; Taiwan education promotes American English as "good" English, so much so that many professionals couldn't deal with clients and partners who speak other Englishes. Accents, overall, is the least important; Fluency & Coherency is the primary key in communications - if the content is not logically structured or the ideas aren't linked, no amount of "high level" vocabulary, "perfect" grammar, pronunciation or accent could make the communications effective. Of course, as you've said, that's not to say vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation aren't important, but they don't need to be perfect to achieve effectiveness.
Hi Luke, I follow you since a few months and I find your videos really good for practising my English listening comprehension. Watching this podcast I wondered ... which kind of listening level would you give to your videos? Who is able to follow what you say in your podcasts (considering the fact that you probably adapt your pace and pronunciation knowing that your listeners are learners) approximatively which level of listening comprehension do you think they may have? Thanks in advance for your answer.
It was indeed a very interesting and extremely useful episode. Thank you so much, Luke! I just want to add something about accents. I don't really think that we (learners) should worry about our accents too much. We should worry about our pronunciation instead. And these two things - accent and pronunciation are two very different things as it seems to me. You definitely must have good pronunciation in order to have a comprehensible conversation and to be understood by others. But accent for me it's more like a smell or flavor. A flavor of words. For example, if you see some beautiful flowers in the wase it doesn't really matter what the fragrance of these flowers is. The flower remains the flower. It could have a rose scent or a tulip scent. But it's still the flower, right? The same with words. English is English whether the accent it's pronounced with - Niggerian, Welsh, or zoomer. Maybe it's not that bad to have some flavor in your English.
When I was listening to the episode with Santy I also thought his English was less proficient than you might expect for his position and experience. But it's good to know that it's possible to pass a job interview with that level of English, ha-ha! Speaking of assessment criteria, they seems quite objective but general problem with language exams is that it's possible to under-perform by a grade or two if you're not comfortable with some particular topics.
26.09.2024. Russia, the Republic of Khakassia, a teacher from a small village with 150 school students is absorbing every single word, idea of your truly perfect podcast! The moment with a hammer is funny. " Do I have a hammer? Oh, yes, I have a hammer"It makes me laugh😂
Wow 😮am so happy to night because I saw teacher Luke's face. Normally I have been listening to his audio podcast. Oh!am I now seeing teacher Luke's face it's unbelievable to me. Anyway am so happy🎉
I wonder i once come to merry England, and all of English people are saying you-like)) oh, it's a best dream)) i'm proud with myself understanding you has saying. It's kind of weird, saying good - it is about you, but I m proud with myself, not with you. What's for you, THANK YOU! Thank you very much!
Huge, great and exceptional advice. I became a good English speaker in a lesson of Spanish linguistics. They said that a kid handles less than thousand words and still they communicate well. So, I applied that principle in English I just speak, so far it's worked fine. THANKS for your advice. May the force be with you. I like that expression a lot..
I agree 100% with all that you said, Luke. Using Santiago's example was a great idea. Lots of good stuff for me to reflect on, since I'm always trying to show students (and friends as well) how accuracy is only a partial indicator of being good at English. Also, I strongly believe that good, understandable pronunciation is very different from having a foreign accent, which can be very charming. This is what I feel when I hear non-native speakers using my mother tongue. Thank you, as usual.
What is a bad accent? I think you speak good English when you can comnunicate with people of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds even thought you do not speak with the RP accent.
Dear Luke. I am delighted to know your ideas about this podcast because being good at English is not perfection, amazing vocabulary, excellent grammar, and unsinkable speaking. Just a learner human being, like Santi. Thank you.
Hello sir luke its mustafa from Pakistan i have been listening to you for last couple of years and much thanks to you for improving my English listening and speaking aswell.
Hello again, as you said despite his accent of Spanish I wished to have his level of English (Santi's the Spanish)? And a bit of advice from me (if you accept it) You should not worry about négatif comments because they have a good impact on doing a new podcast. because négatifs comments aren't only to disturb you but can be to want some conversation with you incorrectly; because a learner of English appreciates some discussion with an English speaker very much, it's an honor and good luck to practice our English with you. So on all sides, it's a positive thing. I followed this one more than 6 times I think. I hope it's the correct way of explaining my opinion because of my bad English. Have a nice afternoon and thanks a lot for your podcasts.
Luke, once I found your podcasts, I just stopped searching for whatsoever. I think you're born to be a teacher. My weakest place is listening. However, I've noticed that everyone is different. Fe, I can read & write, probably speak as well. Other people who have an envious understanding, thought, surprisingly can't read let alone write. But you're aware of all this.
I do not know if my comments will get noticed by you, Sir. However, here's what I would like to say, or rather write. Sir, I love the way you talk to the camera. Till today, out of all the episodes that I have watched I have never felt that you were in your room but rather I felt as if you were right in front of me. Your voice and your style of speaking is music to ears. Thank you for impacting my life through your teaching. I'm a psychology student but now I'm drawn more towards literature. Luv from INDIA ❤❤❤❤
I have to say , from my country Spain , that I've never known an english speaker from UK or from the USA that don't have their english accent when they speak in Spanish . So , Santi would speak with no spanish accent , if he had born in any english speaking country . Too bad is to critizise , why don't you learn spanish or french or german ? .Everybody has that accent , when they speak another language . Thank you so much Luke , I learn from you every day , not only English language
Santi isn't an actor! So he doesn't Need to have a perfect pronunciation. I think he has other skills more useful for his job. Is It so hard to understand? 🙄🙄😂😂😂
Dear Luke: Your video title is answered by how most can one benefit, akin to a musician performing on a stage or in a fishbowl, being scoffed and snarked at by cats (guys, blokes) with beamers, Benz, bling, and b...es while I'm playing Beethoven?
I moved to Canada 1 month ago. My english level is not beginner, but i have à serious problem with listenning and speaking become difficult if i face a english speaking person. But i am not afraid. I know i'll be Fluent by 3 month. I listen these pods every morning and every night.
I listened with great pleasure and interest to the podcast, I especially liked the authentic, convincing and clear manner of presentation. I heard a few more stories that you analyzed in other videos and I was so interested because of the content, the way of presentation, the examples that I just kept listening and learning. Hope to improve in conversation and writing through this way of learning
Whar a coincidence I am spanish too 😂. I Know native english people living in Spain for many years , with a Hard accent. Others saddly, no taking an effort to learn. And we have to speak to them in English.... LOL
Thank you Luke, i really liked this podcast…. It was really helpfull for me manly because i am struggling to learn deutch and improve my English. All the time i need to be positive about this
Talking about accents - I bet you wouldn't understand someone frome a Scottish countryside or, Wells. There is this show with J.Klarkson who ows a farm, and there is a guy there who builds stone fences, forgot his name. So, noone from the filming crew understands what he's saying. Neither do his neighbours. I think only his missis understands him. I agree, it is a beautiful thing that diversifys the language. And of course there are thousands of jokes about the missunderstandings that occur due to strong accents(Oi! You came he to die? - oh, not today but yesterday!).
For me, personally, there's no such things as a good accent or bad accent. Your accent is your identity. I love the modern RP accent and that's just like what genre of music you like.
Every night, my sister and me are listening to your video. at least thirty minutes. When My sister is hearing your voice, she is saying for you TALE FATHER😂😂
I know listening is important. In order to improve my listening skills, I insist on listening to CBC radio on my way to work. Mostly I do not fully understand because it is very fast. And sometimes I caught something and I want to ask questions however it has been gone. Do you think even that, it is still worth to do it?
Hello I hope you are doing great with all your loved ones. my English isn't well at all but I think I understand you well. Thank you very much dear teacher. Have a nice day and week-end
And here in England my British friends say things like; me house, me mum, we wss there but expect a foreigner to spesk perfect. What accent is the best? I move around the country and there are accents that English people estrogle to understand . Is pure racism. And I bet they only speak in English.
Hello Luke, thanks a lot for this episode. I also saw you wrote the word "socialise" and I thought the right spelling is "socialize". I looked into it on the internet and I found out that the spelling depends on the region, whether it is the UK or the USA. Could you please elucidate this for me?
Hello! Luke's I'm from the future if you know what I mean Lol, I'm learning english and my teacher recommended me to hear your podcasts (today was my first solo class) I decided to choose this one for the title, and at this moment I'm in the minute 24:12 and you use Be-all and all, would you please help me to understand what it does means?
I am not a big fan of test like that. Plenty of student told me I have got this score at this english test. I say ok but are you able to make any conversation in english, chat on any topics, are you able to talk 5 minutes or to have a long conversation of 1 hour with a local. For me you know test is nothing, it is like when you get a contest, what the meaning of that ! Before you were bad and now because you are MOF in France for example you are good at your job. It is a shit, the most important is to be consistent in what you do every day. If every day you push yourself and you do the thing as if it was the first time you are progressing, you are getting the level. All the test in school are nothing. People pay for degrees but when they are in the middle of the job they are not able. It is not about talent it is about working and have some people on the side of you who are pushing you, who are cheering you. The opposit of what we have in school today, everyone is learning against others and it is the same at work. We work in the same company but not with the same goal. The goal should be getting a company who gets success but instead of that it is getting the most wages we can for yourself. The best example is in football, journalists put the light on one guy instead of talking about the team spirit, the group, the alchemy. A lot need to be change in the way we study any activities. Thanks for your videos Luke always interesting, good philosophy. I was bad in english then I moved 3 years and a half in Uk and worked in hospitality. I worked a lot in the job and I worked a lot during my free time with some english lessons. You get nothing without work but to get the motivation, you must have a leader, an example beside of you to show you the right way. It is a process, I am not where I want to be so I carry on to read, listen, sing, talk, think... in english.
A very funny and interesting episode. I go on learning English almost 5 months and I proud of my results. Thanks to your podcast I improve my listening skills every day and it's a great feeling. I'm grateful to you for your huge hard work. I wish you all the best. P. S. Hi from Ukraine 🇺🇦
I don't know why but i it's really difficult understand uk accent, ven so I could have good compren henshion of your explanation comparing to north america accent it's really really different
a question raised in my mind. If a person could able to understand more than 95 percents of your speeches in your podcasts, what is he or she level in listening skills?
I am your newbee, i just subscribed, so do you mean that it’s okey not to have good accent like the native speakers? Isn’t going to be a bully or something when we actually the non native, speak the way we speak, i’m an english teacher in Indonesia, i teach my students to clearly speak and have their accent accordingly, i prepare them to the overseas education, aint it funny if they actually, speak not as the native sounds
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I hope you enjoy the episode and it helps you think about your own level of English and what to focus on when studying. The link for the PDF is in the description (no need for your email address or anything). 🫖
Bom dia, sou brasileiro e estou na luta pra aprender inglês e caí no seu canal. 🇧🇷
Bom dia 😀
But your introduction is so long .
I think it'll be better to make it shorter.
@@abderahmanmauritani1433 sorry I don’t understand
@@LukesEnglishPodcast
I'm sorry sir .
I meant when you want to talk about a specific topict it's better to go direct without a long introduction .
That's all.
I hope you understand.
How did I end up spending one and a half hours of my Saturday morning listening to this? Amazing Luke, thanks for this video. Your delivery is totally absorbing (as is your humour) and I found the topic and opinions fascinating. I actually skipped breakfast and now have to go straight to lunch!
Hello Keith! How nice to get a comment from you. Enjoy your lunch mate, unless you skip that and listen to episode 820 instead 😃
I love you both of you so much. I love your accent, pronunciation and admire your hard work sir. Lovely, continue good work.
I also respect both of you Mr. Luke and Mr. Kieth.
I agree to Keith ❤ His way of telling is absorbing
Your pronunciation is absolutely AMAZING/AWSOME/ OUTSTANDING !!! I enjoy listening to you! With love from Moscow from a teacher of English!
Great lesson. Thank you, sir. I enjoyed it.
I want you to continue like in this profesión you are a good teacher
Kindly sir
I'm from a Portuguese speaking country in west Africa called Guinea Bissau....I loved your online class🎉🎉🎉
Thank youLuke for your time.I love to listen and learn at the same time. I Think language is a wide variation of accent, sounds etc. The main thing is to let the other party to understand what you talking about.
I really love you , man .
Sir,
I'm from India 🇮🇳. I like your presentation. Recently I started listening to your podcasts and it is really useful for English language learners.
I have gone through the stories of Roald Dhal like The Umbrella man, parson' pleasure and Hitchhiker.
I request you to make similar podcast for the rest of Stories of Roald Dhal.
Thank you.
🤚Luke, Thanks for all the information, as always, very interesting
Do you give individual and video lessons to prepare for Celta training? Have a nice day🌟
Amazing vídeo, look 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I like English👍
I listened with interest to your podcast with Santy.I came to England at the age of 43 and did not know the language at all. Then I started my journey in this country and at 47 I became a qualified teacher in a primary school and now a lecturer in a college. Of course, I have my Ukrainian accent and I get asked all the time, but it's getting softer. I was so worried about this before, but now I just do my job with love. Most importantly, love what you do. Thank you for that podcast ❤🎉🙏
Wow, from zero to hero in 4 years? Amazing! Cheers from 🇺🇦
@@elenaklimenko422 Thank you . Слава Україні ! 🇺🇦
Hello friend, I am your peer) that's interesting because your comment inspired me, thanks. Now I passe through some plateau, I mean I don't feel some progress in language acquisition and think that it's processing slowly. So your story was precious for me😊
And yes, I'm from Ukraine as well! Слава Україні, Донецьк це Україна!
@@navininox Hi! Thank you for your comment. I wish you all the best for us. Everyone knows what wants to achieve, you need to work on yourself and this work will be paid
Sometimes I've been stressed out thinking of my English level.. But not anymore. English has become a daily routine. Reading, listening and even sometimes dreaming in English. Now I know I won't ever be a "total bilingual person" (I began studying English when I was an adult) and knowing that put me in the right place to keeping me on learning everyday a little more. Thanks so much for uploading this Video. It was very helpful.. As usual🙏
One of my former teacher said once l will make sure you learned English and until you fart English and you blood will turn into English
@@NayraVlogs.297 Your English Teacher was "a little dramatic in his opinion"..Shall we say, but it is also truth you never finish learning.. And I have to confess that I never thought it would be... So long 🎗️
The same !
@@josebenito15 yes he encouraged me to improve my English and I'm grateful for that
You need to say "totally" bilingual, not "total" bilingual.
Don't worry about the critics I'm an English learner watching your show is my daily routine when I take the bus and do other things it's your show that keeps me company your updates and your voice is important to me
Natural speech is full of errors, false starts, inaccuracies... so learners should not be deterred by the requirement of "perfect speech", which should not be the goal
Exactly. Hopefully I show this in my podcasts in which I sometimes make mistakes, start sentences again and struggle to find the right words.
I admit it and admire your comment.
@@LukesEnglishPodcast😅y 2:17 2:20 2:24 2:25 oyogwiee
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That was just absolutely cool comment thank you
Non-native English speaker always get blaming about the correct accent from native English speaker, but at least we can speak two languages even though it isn't well enough.
Totally agree with you ;)
Not from English people, they're very kind.
your loyal lisnter is here🤚🏻🤚🏻
I think it is really encouraging to listen to non-native speak successfully using English. In an actual work environment, you listen a wide of accent anyway.
Hi Luke! In fact English is not the only lessons you teach people, but you give us life lessons too. Your sincerity, empathy, patience, sense of humour and sarcasm make your podsact a unic and curative place. Your remarks about accents reminded me a case from my tour guiding past. Once I was guiding a big group from UK,and their tour leader tried to make a joke on my accent, addressing to the group: " Well, miss Certain provided us with quite comprehensive and interesting information, all was perfect except her accent". Immediately an old gentlman from the group asked her for a microphone and turned to me: " Excuse me miss Certain, I was wondering how many laguages do you speak? ". I replied " 2 mother tounges and 2 foreign languages with accent". Then he asked her: " Dear Dorothy , what languages do you speak?". She answered: " As you know English is my mother tounge which is enough to feel comfortable everywhere". Then he turned to the group: " Oh,bravissimo! Ladies and gents,let' s applaud our British tour leader for speaking her mother tounge and only language with no accent!"😅
Very good!
(P.s. it’s spelled “accent”)
Thank you, Luke, for helping me ascent up to unreachable peaks of English❤.
@@gulbakhorkalandarova *ascend 😉
Very encouraging comment ❤hopefully the story ended up with a funny and warm joke!😂😂😂
Although he has a strong Spanish accent, this does not mean he speaks English poorly. He communicates quite accurately and coherently. Furthermore, he could take an accent reduction course to improve his pronunciation.
Moreover, he possesses the skills necessary to work at such a renowned institution. In fact, his bilingualism could be an asset to the institution, as he can communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking colleagues and clients. Additionally, his diverse background and perspective may bring a unique contribution to the team and enhance the organization's inclusivity efforts.
The Spanish speaking market is massive after all...
Why does he need an accent reduction course??? What's the point if he communicates effectively and it's 100% intelligible? Accent reduction is a BS concept. It's negative, unimportant, and simply wrong. Would you say that Luke's wife needs an accent reduction course, too?
@@Sportingalagrieska That's true. It's a 500+ million people market.
A renowned place employee, recently accepted into affluent class, is quite likely to afford and order an online or a 101 mentor, trickling down to EFL business.
Agree
You are perfect tutor! I am an English teacher in Turkey and every day I improve both my grammer and pronunciation, thanks for all your help!
I started learning English... but then I come across articles about how they will soon make applications with a neural network so that you don’t have to learn it. what to do next? to learn a language or not to learn, that is the question?
That is a perfect interview. Especially for me as a migration first generation, I am what I am, not native speaking. Gain confidence to present in English and no hiding, accent is part of my identity. Your sample of different favors of crisps is very beautiful,❤❤❤ very encouraging interview. Thank you very much for both of you.
I understand but i can't speak perfectly
I’m from Japan and it is very common for people to be judgmental, which leads people unwilling to speak English in Japan. Everyone has different perspectives on language learning, but no one has the right to blame or judge others’ English. For me, even though I am trying to use correct English, I am not that fussed about being perfect as long as I can transmit what I mean.
I definitely agree with you ! What it is good - as it is told in psychology ; just enjoy your journey and rid off thinking about the finishing line - be passionale about what you're learning and enjoy it. Then you willl be more involved to make progress and your brain will come up ideas to ameliorate yout English.
Good luck !
I absuletly agree with you
Dear Abnormal Normal: The more languages you can speak effectively, the less bothersome some petty criticism would be as you blow them out of the water with your skills and success in the sapiens' sphere.
Agree
hi, dear Luke!
thank you for your job!
good trick with scripts next to video - helping a lot!
you have highlighted another themes for next episode - pronunciation practice!
please make long video for each sound and also for each letters!
I can suggest to you to use some chart or graphical scheme/images to explain it.
better to make 'mind map' for that.
thank you in advance!
best regards!
You’ll have to sign up to LEP Premium for that kind of thing!
Hi Luke! How’s it going?. I want to thank you for the amazing videos/podcast . You do help me a lot. You rock and blessing for the new family’s member.🎉❤
Greeting from Morocco. Hi, dear Teacher Luke. Hi, dear LEP listeners. First of all, many thanks for this amazing podcast that encourages us to keep moving forward and never lose motivation. Yes, I struggle with pronunciation, but I am aware of my weakness and I will work on it. Practice, practice, and practice is the golden rule. Practice makes perfect. The ultimate goal is to communicate with people, not just to master the language as a skill
I loved all your passionate discussion while listening to this episode, first on podcast and then on RUclips. I think I caught your mood: you were like a knight with a great banner of justice to defend a just cause. You didn't talk about real English and related direct ways to achieve the language learning goal (not only); your words were prompted by a strong inner desire to stand up for something you believe in.
Thanks for this passion
Thank you for all your always very lucid, rational and effective advice, not just for learning English. Thank you
I enjoyed that episode with Stanti as a guest. And the word quixotic still stays in my mind. Language is just a tool for learning other things and communicating with others. Heart to heart connection is way more important than just being aethestic and fancy.
Hi Luke, nice to meet you!
I'm a new subscriber at your channel. My english is still so basic because I've been learning it for only a month. I can't understand much of what you say. However I like your channel because it helps me to learn English ("learn English with short stories" is awesome!)
Thanks for sharing your job.
Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭👍
Listening From Pakistan.
Happy To Learn English With You Luke!❤
And I Have A Question That Why You Always Wear Headphone?🧐
To monitor the sound while recording.
Luke, You are so fantastic as usual.Thank you for your slogan that "learning English is a game".So no stress,no effort and burning brain but loving heart.❤👍
A new language is generally a big task. This is not like playing a game or driving a car. It takes very long. Unless you live in an English speaking country, you will probably never be able to speak it well. That's the truth.
We have so many options these days. Even without leaving your home, you can learn to listen, speak, read and write in the language of your choice.
On the other hand, there are people in London (and not a single case) who live there for several years and do not know English.
"Who wants will find a way, who does not want will find a reason"
I love the hammer metaphor. I doubt the commenters you quoted in this episode will get it, though. They're too close-minded or plain stupid to comprehend such things.
I think they’re not really interested in level assessment and instead it’s some expression of insecurity, oneupmanship or something.
@@LukesEnglishPodcast Yeah, something like that. Anyone who needs to put down others to feel good about themselves is just a weak person in my eyes.
The type of content that I've been looking for on the whole internet
Your podcast has become a drug for me. Thank you for the inspiration you give to learning the language. Part of the Beatles, lol😂😂😂
Despite the fact that I have an IELTS level 7 certificate, listening to your videos (especially short stories) can help me further develop my English skills. That is why I have bought LEP premium. Thank you for your help , Luke! ☺👌
This is my first time listening to your podcast and I would like to thank you because this includes lots of useful information that I wanted to know.
I'll also listen to the episode with Santi to improve my perseverance and positivity in learning English.
I've just finished watching this episoden and all this Santi's case reminds me of Raúl, the former Real Madrid's footballer. A lot of people used to say that he was a mediocre player with very few skills and that he was so popular just because he played for Madrid. But thing was that Raúl kept scoring a great amount of goals year by year. What's more, he spent a couple of years of his career in Shalke and there he got the recognition he deserved for being an extremely commited professional and helped that club to achieve awesome results. I'm sure that was the key of his success: hard work, attitude, continuous improvement... And so must be Santi's professional achievements' secret as well.
Absolutely love this episode! I'm an English communications coach here in Taiwan and everything you've said here is what I tell my clients as well, especially those who are new. Most of them come to me after years of learning (not including the 9 years in schools) and still couldn't communicate effectively in English.
Most of the common issues are as you've mentioned e.g., they have very high scores in TOEIC (Listening & Reading) but couldn't speak and write coherently. They typically use rare or inappropriate words and confusing sentence structures. Some are too tied up with having "perfect" pronunciation or grammar that they're afraid to speak. Many also have issues understanding non-American accents; Taiwan education promotes American English as "good" English, so much so that many professionals couldn't deal with clients and partners who speak other Englishes.
Accents, overall, is the least important; Fluency & Coherency is the primary key in communications - if the content is not logically structured or the ideas aren't linked, no amount of "high level" vocabulary, "perfect" grammar, pronunciation or accent could make the communications effective. Of course, as you've said, that's not to say vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation aren't important, but they don't need to be perfect to achieve effectiveness.
Hi Luke, I follow you since a few months and I find your videos really good for practising my English listening comprehension.
Watching this podcast I wondered ... which kind of listening level would you give to your videos? Who is able to follow what you say in your podcasts (considering the fact that you probably adapt your pace and pronunciation knowing that your listeners are learners) approximatively which level of listening comprehension do you think they may have? Thanks in advance for your answer.
It was indeed a very interesting and extremely useful episode. Thank you so much, Luke! I just want to add something about accents. I don't really think that we (learners) should worry about our accents too much. We should worry about our pronunciation instead. And these two things - accent and pronunciation are two very different things as it seems to me. You definitely must have good pronunciation in order to have a comprehensible conversation and to be understood by others. But accent for me it's more like a smell or flavor. A flavor of words. For example, if you see some beautiful flowers in the wase it doesn't really matter what the fragrance of these flowers is. The flower remains the flower. It could have a rose scent or a tulip scent. But it's still the flower, right? The same with words. English is English whether the accent it's pronounced with - Niggerian, Welsh, or zoomer. Maybe it's not that bad to have some flavor in your English.
Agree! English would be very boring if everyone follows the same accent. 😄
You are beautiful human being ❤..
Nobody can speak without make mistak.
I started listening to your podcast recently, maybe with you, the path to achieving the goal will not be too long.❤🇧🇩🇧🇩
Just go with the flow. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.
When I was listening to the episode with Santy I also thought his English was less proficient than you might expect for his position and experience. But it's good to know that it's possible to pass a job interview with that level of English, ha-ha! Speaking of assessment criteria, they seems quite objective but general problem with language exams is that it's possible to under-perform by a grade or two if you're not comfortable with some particular topics.
26.09.2024. Russia, the Republic of Khakassia, a teacher from a small village with 150 school students is absorbing every single word, idea of your truly perfect podcast! The moment with a hammer is funny. " Do I have a hammer? Oh, yes, I have a hammer"It makes me laugh😂
Fool question: How is "IELTS" pronounced?. I've heard "aielts", but sometimes also "aiOlts"
Wow 😮am so happy to night because I saw teacher Luke's face.
Normally I have been listening to his audio podcast.
Oh!am I now seeing teacher Luke's face it's unbelievable to me.
Anyway am so happy🎉
I wonder i once come to merry England, and all of English people are saying you-like)) oh, it's a best dream)) i'm proud with myself understanding you has saying. It's kind of weird, saying good - it is about you, but I m proud with myself, not with you. What's for you, THANK YOU! Thank you very much!
Hi
I'm chamara from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Huge, great and exceptional advice. I became a good English speaker in a lesson of Spanish linguistics. They said that a kid handles less than thousand words and still they communicate well. So, I applied that principle in English I just speak, so far it's worked fine. THANKS for your advice. May the force be with you. I like that expression a lot..
I agree 100% with all that you said, Luke. Using Santiago's example was a great idea. Lots of good stuff for me to reflect on, since I'm always trying to show students (and friends as well) how accuracy is only a partial indicator of being good at English. Also, I strongly believe that good, understandable pronunciation is very different from having a foreign accent, which can be very charming. This is what I feel when I hear non-native speakers using my mother tongue. Thank you, as usual.
What is a bad accent? I think you speak good English when you can comnunicate with people of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds even thought you do not speak with the RP accent.
Dear Luke. I am delighted to know your ideas about this podcast because being good at English is not perfection, amazing vocabulary, excellent grammar, and unsinkable speaking. Just a learner human being, like Santi. Thank you.
Hello sir luke its mustafa from Pakistan i have been listening to you for last couple of years and much thanks to you for improving my English listening and speaking aswell.
You know how I know you're gay, because you like Coldplay. Or something like that lol 😂😂😂😂😂
Hello again, as you said despite his accent of Spanish I wished to have his level of English (Santi's the Spanish)?
And a bit of advice from me (if you accept it) You should not worry about négatif comments because they have a good impact on doing a new podcast.
because négatifs comments aren't only to disturb you but can be to want some conversation with you incorrectly;
because a learner of English appreciates some discussion with an English speaker very much, it's an honor and good luck to practice our English with you. So on all sides, it's a positive thing.
I followed this one more than 6 times I think.
I hope it's the correct way of explaining my opinion because of my bad English.
Have a nice afternoon and thanks a lot for your podcasts.
Luke, once I found your podcasts, I just stopped searching for whatsoever. I think you're born to be a teacher. My weakest place is listening. However, I've noticed that everyone is different. Fe, I can read & write, probably speak as well. Other people who have an envious understanding, thought, surprisingly can't read let alone write. But you're aware of all this.
We shouldn't focus on perfection, because no one is perfect. However we should pay attention to clearness in speech and fluency
I do not know if my comments will get noticed by you, Sir. However, here's what I would like to say, or rather write.
Sir, I love the way you talk to the camera. Till today, out of all the episodes that I have watched I have never felt that you were in your room but rather I felt as if you were right in front of me. Your voice and your style of speaking is music to ears. Thank you for impacting my life through your teaching. I'm a psychology student but now I'm drawn more towards literature.
Luv from INDIA ❤❤❤❤
I have to say , from my country Spain , that I've never known an english speaker from UK or from the USA that don't have their english accent when they speak in Spanish . So , Santi would speak with no spanish accent , if he had born in any english speaking country . Too bad is to critizise , why don't you learn spanish or french or german ? .Everybody has that accent , when they speak another language . Thank you so much Luke , I learn from you every day , not only English language
Santi isn't an actor! So he doesn't Need to have a perfect pronunciation. I think he has other skills more useful for his job. Is It so hard to understand? 🙄🙄😂😂😂
Dear Luke: Your video title is answered by how most can one benefit, akin to a musician performing on a stage or in a fishbowl, being scoffed and snarked at by cats (guys, blokes) with beamers, Benz, bling, and b...es while I'm playing Beethoven?
I moved to Canada 1 month ago. My english level is not beginner, but i have à serious problem with listenning and speaking become difficult if i face a english speaking person. But i am not afraid. I know i'll be Fluent by 3 month. I listen these pods every morning and every night.
I listened with great pleasure and interest to the podcast, I especially liked the authentic, convincing and clear manner of presentation.
I heard a few more stories that you analyzed in other videos and I was so interested because of the content, the way of presentation, the examples that I just kept listening and learning.
Hope to improve in conversation and writing through this way of learning
Whar a coincidence I am spanish too 😂. I Know native english people living in Spain for many years , with a Hard accent. Others saddly, no taking an effort to learn. And we have to speak to them in English.... LOL
You're awesome, thank you so much for what you're doing 🙌
Thank you Luke, i really liked this podcast…. It was really helpfull for me manly because i am struggling to learn deutch and improve my English. All the time i need to be positive about this
Talking about accents - I bet you wouldn't understand someone frome a Scottish countryside or, Wells. There is this show with J.Klarkson who ows a farm, and there is a guy there who builds stone fences, forgot his name. So, noone from the filming crew understands what he's saying. Neither do his neighbours. I think only his missis understands him. I agree, it is a beautiful thing that diversifys the language. And of course there are thousands of jokes about the missunderstandings that occur due to strong accents(Oi! You came he to die? - oh, not today but yesterday!).
In Philippines like in my language" BISAYA" that's "hammer" called hammerrrrrr with rrrrr😂
I wanna enjoy English instead of be torment by IELTS. I don't wanna cinsider English as a second job. Moover it costs lots money to prepare to IELTS
For me, personally, there's no such things as a good accent or bad accent. Your accent is your identity. I love the modern RP accent and that's just like what genre of music you like.
RP is no essential. A wider vocabulary I think is better. Most English people don’t speak with a RP accent.
Every night, my sister and me are listening to your video. at least thirty minutes. When My sister is hearing your voice, she is saying for you TALE FATHER😂😂
The proof of the pudding is in the eating or The proof is in the pudding - what is right? Confusing.
Both are right.
Thank you for your work ❤
To the negative comments I would ONLY have answered " SO...WHAT?"😂
I know listening is important. In order to improve my listening skills, I insist on listening to CBC radio on my way to work. Mostly I do not fully understand because it is very fast. And sometimes I caught something and I want to ask questions however it has been gone. Do you think even that, it is still worth to do it?
Hello I hope you are doing great with all your loved ones. my English isn't well at all but I think I understand you well. Thank you very much dear teacher. Have a nice day and week-end
Teacher Luke ,do you teach online “ielt” classes , if you do online classes , l may take class.thank you for everything you teach English language .
"YOu know" could just be a common Spanish phrase that he's taken with him into his English...🌸
And here in England my British friends say things like; me house, me mum, we wss there but expect a foreigner to spesk perfect.
What accent is the best? I move around the country and there are accents that English people estrogle to understand .
Is pure racism. And I bet they only speak in English.
Hello Luke, thanks a lot for this episode.
I also saw you wrote the word "socialise" and I thought the right spelling is "socialize".
I looked into it on the internet and I found out that the spelling depends on the region, whether it is the UK or the USA.
Could you please elucidate this for me?
Hello! Luke's I'm from the future if you know what I mean Lol, I'm learning english and my teacher recommended me to hear your podcasts (today was my first solo class) I decided to choose this one for the title, and at this moment I'm in the minute 24:12 and you use Be-all and all, would you please help me to understand what it does means?
Sir how have you been?
I follow you all the time.
I think, you are an unique teacher in the world in learning English. Love u sir❤
I am not a big fan of test like that.
Plenty of student told me I have got this score at this english test.
I say ok but are you able to make any conversation in english, chat on any topics, are you able to talk 5 minutes or to have a long conversation of 1 hour with a local.
For me you know test is nothing, it is like when you get a contest, what the meaning of that !
Before you were bad and now because you are MOF in France for example you are good at your job.
It is a shit, the most important is to be consistent in what you do every day.
If every day you push yourself and you do the thing as if it was the first time you are progressing, you are getting the level.
All the test in school are nothing. People pay for degrees but when they are in the middle of the job they are not able.
It is not about talent it is about working and have some people on the side of you who are pushing you, who are cheering you.
The opposit of what we have in school today, everyone is learning against others and it is the same at work.
We work in the same company but not with the same goal.
The goal should be getting a company who gets success but instead of that it is getting the most wages we can for yourself.
The best example is in football, journalists put the light on one guy instead of talking about the team spirit, the group, the alchemy.
A lot need to be change in the way we study any activities.
Thanks for your videos Luke always interesting, good philosophy.
I was bad in english then I moved 3 years and a half in Uk and worked in hospitality.
I worked a lot in the job and I worked a lot during my free time with some english lessons.
You get nothing without work but to get the motivation, you must have a leader, an example beside of you to show you the right way.
It is a process, I am not where I want to be so I carry on to read, listen, sing, talk, think... in english.
A very funny and interesting episode. I go on learning English almost 5 months and I proud of my results. Thanks to your podcast I improve my listening skills every day and it's a great feeling. I'm grateful to you for your huge hard work. I wish you all the best.
P. S. Hi from Ukraine 🇺🇦
That’s jolly good
Great fun! It’s not a high brow English. Thanks awfully ❤😅
We all love you
Never stop🔥🔥🔥🔥
I don't know why but i it's really difficult understand uk accent, ven so I could have good compren henshion of your explanation comparing to north america accent it's really really different
a question raised in my mind. If a person could able to understand more than 95 percents of your speeches in your podcasts, what is he or she level in listening skills?
Great class! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I'd like you to make more videos like this one, explaining articles.
I am your newbee, i just subscribed, so do you mean that it’s okey not to have good accent like the native speakers? Isn’t going to be a bully or something when we actually the non native, speak the way we speak, i’m an english teacher in Indonesia, i teach my students to clearly speak and have their accent accordingly, i prepare them to the overseas education, aint it funny if they actually, speak not as the native sounds
Many thanks. I always enjoy listening to your podcasts
Thanks Luke, I like how you Speak...I hope to improve my english language
My level in ilets b1 if you listen more ,you can to take cor1