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Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

497. Film Club: Withnail & I (with James and Will)

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

Luke Thompson

Pronunciation, Teaching, Learning, Comedy, Language, London, Grammar, Listening, Learn, Speaker, Podcast, Language Learning, Vocabulary, Uk, Accent, Education, British

4.7 β€’ 1K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 5 December 2017

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Talking about a classic British film which not many learners of English know about. Listen for explanations of the film, its appeal, descriptions of the characters and events, the type of people who like the film and a few bits of dialogue too. Notes and videos available.

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0:00.0

Hello, this episode is sponsored by I Talkie and so here is a message about them in order to encourage

0:07.1

you to use their services as part of your English development.

0:11.4

So we all know a few things about learning English. Number one, if you don't use

0:16.8

it, you lose it, so you've got to practice. Number two, the best practice that you can get

0:22.4

is to actually engage in conversation with real people,

0:26.7

not just doing exercises in a book or something.

0:30.3

Number three is that you need to do it regularly, so try to make it a regular part of your routine.

0:35.6

Number four is that it helps while you practice if you're comfortable, if you're at ease and working in a way that suits you and with I-talkie you can do all of those things.

0:49.2

By having lessons or conversations on I-talkie you can practice your English in a very natural way by talking to real teachers and native speakers.

0:58.0

You can do it as often as you like. You can do it in a way that suits you personally.

1:02.0

And also you can do it in the comfortable and

1:04.8

familiar surroundings of your own home if you like because it's all done through Skype and

1:11.0

remember that I Talkie are offering all of you, my listeners, a free lesson.

1:16.0

Get that offer by going to teacherluk.co.uk.

1:20.0

Or click an I Talkie logo on my website.

1:25.0

So here's a new episode of the podcast and just before we start the jingle,

1:30.0

I just want to say that I predict that this is going to be a difficult one.

1:35.0

I would categorise this episode as an advanced level episode in my opinion.

1:41.0

It's a film club episode with my brother, James, about one of our favorite films.

1:46.8

I've been meaning to do an episode, a full episode about this film for a long time, because

1:51.6

I enjoy it so much. It's a classic of British cinema and I want you

1:56.0

to be able to enjoy it too. The thing is it's notoriously hard for learners of English to understand and it's notoriously hard to explain its appeal

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