819. What does it really mean to be good at English? 

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). 🫖

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 ❤🎉🙏

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!

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

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.

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!

The type of content that I've been looking for on the whole internet

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🙏

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.

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

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!"😅

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.❤👍

I loved all your passionate discussion while listening to this episode, first on podcast and then on RU-vid. 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

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.

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 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.

You're awesome, thank you so much for what you're doing 🙌

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

You've just made my day, since you gave me a charm view of the level assessement and how crucial to keep work on your weaknesses

I started listening to your podcast recently, maybe with you, the path to achieving the goal will not be too long.❤🇧🇩🇧🇩

Thanks Luke, for all your podcast. I'm really learning a lot from you!!

Thank you Luke. After 8 years of interruption, you've just given me a push to regain my English. How not and i am starting soon to be a teacher again. I lost much of my fleuency but after listening to you, i think It won't be hard to make a success. Have a nice day Okba

Many thanks. I always enjoy listening to your podcasts

This is the type of video I've been looking for. I love it

Just few minutes into the recording and loving it already. Will surely recommend this to many. Thank you.

I enjoyed very much your episode with Stanti ,He is so much courageous for me to imitate. And this episode 819 I repeated twice times! Thank you! Luke👏

You are a paramount teacher Luke, I am rooting for you !

Hi Luke, listening to your podcast is already part of my ritual on a sat morning, thx heaps! your daughter 's recording melt my heart, she s so sweeeeet!!! plsssss get her on more in the future

Thank you! Your are reinforcing my motivation! Very pleasant listening!

This Podcast is absolutely amazing!!! Thanks so much.

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.

I really enjoy listening to your podcast! Thank you very much!

This episode has shed some light on my teaching job. THANKS

That's great to hear!!! Thanks for your effort.

Luke, I love watching your Podcast. My listening and reading skills have improved a lot since I started following your channel. You a are brilliant, teacher! Thank you for your guidance. 💙🇧🇷/

You are a good person, I really enjoyed to listen this podcast, and I will listen again one more time, God bless you and Thank you so much❤

Thank you so much, Luke. This episode is so encouraging and inspiring for me a passionate learner of English. :)

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.🎉❤

You are the best Teacher! Thank you very much!

You are the best teacher on the world! So much information for free😮. Thank you so much, your postcards are always wonderful 😊

Teacher Luke has helped lots of leaarners improve in learning. English. God bless you! 🙌

Thank you so much, Luke! I adore your LEP😍 You’re great teacher 👏

Nice new episode dear Luke. I really enjoy it. Many thanks for all.

since I found this channel,I’have been hooked for British English language learning,I love your culture,you are awesome teacher Luke and I like ,Michael from Level up English.

Thanks for your working from South Korea. We, Including East asians, were learning English as Foreign language perfectly which doesn't related verbally and culturally with our language and your works help improve natural English skills of ourselves.

The video is fabulous, telling us that task completion and the communicative function should be the most important concern but not the pursuit of perfect English accent and grammatical accuracy. Thanks for this fabulous A++ video.

We all love you Never stop🔥🔥🔥🔥

I love listening to you ! Incredibly I can understand what you say, not all but most of all. And I love stories too. So It's a perfect combination. Thank you for your precious work, Luke!

Thank you for this great episode! It's informative and useful! And thank you for your wise pieces of advice!

Thank you very much Luke for another one of you great podcast.

You are a professional teacher and you are doing a great job. Thanks for the help.

Hey Luke! It is a big effort from you. It takes long time to prepare and write the transcripts. Thank you so much 😊

Thank you so much Luke for another one of your great podcast.

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! ☺👌

Excellent podcast, thanks

❤ thank you so much . Thank you for pdf !!! 🎉

I listened with great interest to your podcasts. You are a wonderful tutor!!🙌

Thanks for your work. Much appreciated.

Thank for your job, thank to PDF. congratulations best regard fom Uruguay

Thank you for your encouragement, love it.

It was a very helpful Podcast. As an English learner, this just encouraged me to still improving and enhancing mi skills. I practice English every single day, and I don't see that as a task, but as a part of my daily routine, without pressure, and I'm sure and learning faster. Thank you.

Very good episode, right time for preparing English test，thank you so much!

you're brilliant! having the script on the screen I so helpful on many levels. thank u so much

You are great English teacher,thank you teacher Luke.

Thank you, Luke Great content Great English, clear pronunciation and presentation perfectly fitting with our needings in learning

Hello Luke! Thanks for this lovely episode! You really touched upon the points which are important in language learning. I would say seeking perfection is OK but, it shouldn't stop a learner from using this beautiful language.

Thank you so much Luka , your podcast became in my daily routine

loved all your passionate discussion while listening to this episode, first on podcast and then on RU-vid. 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.nice video

Thank you Luke!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

Just keep going! Don't need to hesitate!

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.

Thank you a lot my teacher, we learn many thing with, not just english, we learn respect to with you, and we enjoy so much you epesodes, and finaly thank you agin.

Спасибо вам за вашу работу. Я очень надеюсь что однажды я буду легко понимать разговорную речь. Пока мне сложно. Но я продолжаю слушать ваши видео. Чтобы мой мозг привыкал. Ваши видео бесценны. И спасибо вам за это

You are a great teacher and also motivator .

thank you very much from Italy for your beautiful shared lessons

I love to learn English from your podcast sir,so clear true.

Just go with the flow. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

Super ,że jest z tekstem. Good job

Thank you so much for your lovely and beautiful videos. I really appreciate it. ❤

Hello Luke,my name is Marianna Ho. I am from Hong Kong. I have migrated to Belgium for 3 years. I love to listen to your Podcast. It is very lively and you use different elements to teach us English. To be your audience, apart from improving my English, it also enrich my knowledge about the world. Thank you!

I love too hear you tech here sir,I can understand you very well.

Your pronunciation is absolutely AMAZING/AWSOME/ OUTSTANDING !!! I enjoy listening to you! With love from Moscow from a teacher of English!

Very..Very. very good Luke. I liked the way you expressing.

We shouldn't focus on perfection, because no one is perfect. However we should pay attention to clearness in speech and fluency

Hi luke , thanks for this video , its helpful for al of us , I have listened all with your podcast , they have been the best in my learning process.

Thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it.

I listened to the podcast in which Santi was invited and it was a great story. Getting that position at Oxford as a non native English speaker is stunning indeed. I'm sure he has lots of key skills that helped him to get that job. I'm also a Spanish native speaker and I was like..wow! he works in a company as impotant as it's Oxford. Good for him!

What a lesson! Wow! Well done. Thanks Luke 😊

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🎉

Very interesting so looking forward to someone with whom I can practice every day

Dear teacher!!! I love your podcast, I love your accent or British accent. I´m learning a lot and havin fun. Lots of hugs from Brazil!

Hi,am Ahmed from moroco,especially from north Tétouan,you are a great help to me,thank you so much.

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.

Nice and Great podcast, i'm really enjoy watching it. Thanks.

Thansk a lot Luke.

Thanks so much my dear teacher about everything &it's very important to me for getting the good and love the English language...my dear readers...Madman...from Iraq

Love this man’s ”rambling”. Always entertaining and funny. Thank you Luke 🙋🏼‍♀️

❤ciao Good day! Your English is so wonderful and sometimes I admire listening your voice and that is important you are one of the clever and excellent teachers of English. Thank you much!

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

thanks, it's another great lecture !