Easy Natural English with Liam

As an experienced English teacher I wanted to give my suggestions on when to use textbooks and when not to use them.

An idiom is a phrase that you can't guess the meaning to if you haven't heard it before. These are some useful ones that anyone learning English should know. (To see them written out, check the YouTube version of this episode!)

Instead of always just saying "thank you", check out this episode to learn some natural phrases that you can use to really express yourself in different situations.

This episode is just to explain a bit about a very useful free app that can help you to memorize anything! 

Knowing how to talk about the weather is important in any language and recently it's been crazy so in this episode I wanted to introduce some useful words to talk about the weather changing while you practice your listening skills.

A weird thing that happened recently!

Many of my students ask me if they should watch movies and TV shows in English with the subtitles on or off so in this episode I wanted to explain what I think works best.

We're moving house soon!

In this episode I explain schwa (ə), the most common sound in the English language, when to use it, and how you can use it correctly to sound more like a native speaker.

Me (British) and my wife (American/Japanese) having a look at a list of things the UK does better than the USA!

I want to introduce how to set up your phone to become an English learning machine! 

This is what I do with my students on italki! Click the link in the podcast description to take a lesson with me!

The answer might surprise you! If it doesn't the reason might interest you!

The title says it all!

What we eat for breakfast can be different around the world!

Next time you need to say "I want", try to use some of these other expressions! (Check the YouTube version of this episode to see the phrases written out)

A lot of my students tell me that their country is bad at English so I wanted to talk about this topic!

How are your English listening skills? Listen to this episode to find out! I tell the same simple story in English teacher style English and then in native style English.

(Watch the YouTube version to see these phrases written on screen) Money! It's an important topic, and we have many phrases and idioms that we use in English to talk about it so in this video I wanted to teach you some important ones.

The coronavirus is on the rise again so in this episode I talk a bit about the news recently.

Starting or having a conversation in English (or any language) can be difficult so in this episode I wanted to give you some tips to help!

Japan might not be the super futuristic place that people in other countries think it is... or is it? Check out this episode to find out!

The things we do at the beach can be a bit different in each country so in this episode I talk about what a lot of people in the UK do at the beach and what I did there when I was younger.

This episode is just a bit of an update on what I've been doing recently!

(I would recommend watching the YouTube version of this one as I have added the words on the screen and it will be easier to understand.) One of the reasons native English speakers are hard to understand is because we contract/shorten a lot of words or groups of words. In this video I continue to introduce important contractions that are used regularly in every English speaking country!