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#246 Easy Stories in English (Ariel Goodbody) Nov 15, 2023

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I am a big fan of reading for the purpose of learning a language as well, of course as listening, which is why I make podcasts. If you want to improve both of your listening and reading as well as your vocabulary, then this should be a good resource for you today.
In today’s episode, Ariel Goodbody will tell you a story, but pre-teach some of the harder vocabulary first. This is a crosspost episode where Ariel shared one of my episodes on their podcast, and I am sharing a story I enjoyed from Ariel's podcast.
It's something a little different, so I hope you enjoy it! Connect with Ariel or me below.

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#245 The Ultimate Guide to IELTS Speaking Nov 08, 2023

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In this episode, I will be talking about the IELTS Speaking exam.
I know the IELTS exam isn't going to be relevant for everyone, although I always like to mention that preparing for the exam can also be great practice for English in a general sense. I'm sure those who have taken the exam before will agree that their English improved during the process. So even if you're not taking the exam, I really hope this episode will be useful for you in some way.
Since the beginning of this podcast, one of my main reasons, for making content was based on listener questions. I realised I would get the same questions again and again, and rather than trying to write out messages to reply to each one. I thought it would be much better for both me and the person asking the question if I could put all of my advice into one episode.
So the goal of this episode is to make the ultimate guide to IELTS speaking.
Learn more about my IELTS training course here: https://courses.levelupenglish.school/courses/ielts
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#244 The Link Between Exercise and Language Learning Nov 01, 2023

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Over the years doing this podcast, the topic of exercise seems to have come up a lot when making comparisons to language learning, so I thought it was about time I made an episode where I talk all about it.
In this episode, I talk about exercise and some of the benefits, teach you some useful expressions, and make some links on how exercise and language learning are similar and benefit you in the same ways.

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#243 Should You Learn from Non-Native Speakers? Oct 25, 2023

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I get comments occasionally from people who say “I want to be like a native speaker” and “I don’t want to learn from non-native speakers.
In this episode, I'll argue the benefits of learning from non-native speakers as well as natives, and not closing yourself off from learning. The main thesis here is to stay open-minded in language learning and I explore some reasons why.
I cover some ways in which non-native speakers might be preferable to native speakers, and even when they're not, the things you can learn from them.
I hope you find this episode valuable. As always, you can share your thoughts on the show notes page below.

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#242 Learn Languages Like a Pro (Xiaogua Chinese) Oct 18, 2023

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In this episode, I have a great and casual chat with Zhifei from Xiaogua Chinese about language learning, using flashcards, the best mindset for learners, getting a good English accent, and much more!
We also talk about my own Chinese learning methods and share ideas on the best way to learn two languages at once.
There's a lot of useful information in this long episode, and I hope you find it useful listening practice for your English too.

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#241 Furry Friends - Team Dog or Team Cat? Oct 11, 2023

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For many of us, pets and animals are a huge part of our lives. We spend a lot of time and money looking after our furry friends, and I definitely have a huge soft spot for animals - especially cats!
In this episode, I talk about choosing the right pet, dog people vs cat people, my own experiences with pets and vets, dealing with the loss of a pet, and share lots of useful phrases and expressions useful for daily English speaking.
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#240 Biggest Lessons from Moving Abroad Oct 04, 2023

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I’ve been living in Bangkok, Thailand since the beginning of August, so it’s been over 2 months now. This is the longest I’ve spent in one place outside of my home country before. One of our group class students requested an episode sharing my thoughts and experiences after moving here, and I decided to give it a go.
In this episode, I’ll be talking about what’s changed here and some big differences I’ve noticed between the UK and Thailand. I’ll be sharing the good and the bad, things I miss and things I prefer here. I’ll also be talking about moving abroad and relocating more generally and will mention some useful vocabulary related to this topic.
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#239 Never Forget English Words Again Sep 27, 2023

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Memory is something we've covered a few times on the podcast before, but it's always worth coming back to with more ideas and tips.
In this episode, I share advice on how you can stop forgetting English vocabulary, 2 methods of learning new vocabulary that suit all types of learners and personality types, expressions related to memory and forgetting, and at the end I give some advice on general memory and forgetfulness.
I think there's a lot of value packed into this episode so listen carefully and I'm sure you'll take away something valuable.
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#238 Level Up English Live - Giving Advice Sep 20, 2023

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Every now and then, I invite the members of Level Up English to join me for a chat about different topics. This time, we spoke about giving advice. In the end, only 3 people joined, which was quite a nice casual group. All members gave some amazing advice and also used some really good vocabulary.
I hope you enjoy this episode!
In this episode, we cover:

Advice on being happy
Advice on getting good sleep
Advice on learning languages
And problems we're facing in life

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#237 The Power of Groups and Movies with Cara Leopold Sep 13, 2023

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Cara Leopold (Leo Listening) joins me once again on the podcast to discuss the benefits of learning English in groups with her experience teaching group classes based around movies, as well as some good movies and TV series she likes to use to practice and teach English.

If you've caught this episode in 2023, Cara is relaunching her Movie Club course. You can try it out for one week in September to see if you like it. We talk more about this in the episode too

Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast237
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Cara Leopold is the creator of the Leo Listening Movie Club where she helps film-loving English learners understand and discuss movies together so they can master conversational English.

From September 13th-20th Cara is organising the Back-to-School Movie Challenge, a 1-week taste of what it's like to be in a movie club. By watching and discussing clips from high school movies together, you’ll learn new vocabulary, catch fast-spoken English and practice your speaking and writing skills with other movie-loving English learners. The challenge includes access to a discussion forum as well as a live Zoom session on September 20th to chat with me and other film lovers about the movie clips.

Join the challenge: https://leolistening.podia.com/back-to-school-movie-challenge