Luke's English Podcast

Learn English with another classic Sherlock Holmes mystery story by Arthur Conan Doyle. In this episode my aim is to help you to understand and enjoy a Sherlock Holmes story. I'll read the original text of this classic locked-room mystery to you, and will explain and summarise what is happening regularly. Just relax, listen carefully and try to enjoy this classic story. PDF available.

Learn English with a short story. Listen & repeat after me if you'd like to practise your pronunciation. Learn some vocabulary in the second half of the video. Click here to read the story on Commaful https://commaful.com/play/lisa/the-es... Contents 00:00 Introduction 02:15 Story begins 10:10 Story ends 10:18 Summary 13:41 Language Review 52:12 Language Review ends 52:28 Visit the episode arc...

Learn English with a short story on LEP. In this episode I am reading "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" by HG Wells (adapted into modern English). First you can listen to the story, then I summarise it again in my own words, discuss my interpretations of its meaning, explain how you can use stories like this to improve your English, and teach some vocabulary which came up.

Learn English with  another  short story . This time it s  a  300-word  story  by Katherine Brush, often used in literature classes, full of vivid imagery and  with  an emotional twist. I read  the story  to you, and then go through each line, explaining vocabulary and grammar. 👉 Episode page  with story  text and vocabulary notes https://teacherluke.co ...

Learn English with a short story. Listen & repeat after me if you'd like to practise your pronunciation. Learn some vocabulary in the second half of the video. Click here to read the story on Commaful https://commaful.com/play/lisa/the-es... Contents

Learn English with another short story. This time it's Parson's Pleasure by Roald Dahl, which is an intriguing tale of a dodgy antiques dealer, with a nasty twist at the end. Learn vocabulary while you enjoy a fascinating story.

In episode 1 I did an online test which claimed to be for C1 level, but let's be honest - it was more like an intermediate level, the questions were rubbish and it was ultimately a useless scam. This time I'm taking a proper C1 English test - the Use of English section from a Cambridge CAE exam. Let's see what is required to pass this, and what bits of English you can learn from it.