863. Welcome Back / Your English in 2024 with LEP 📈 ... 

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I work at Sainsbury’s and have four night shifts a week. And I realized today that I listened to Luke’s podcasts for 30 hours last week during my boring work. Each time I understand more and more. It’s an amazing discovery for me. I am proud of myself and thank you so much for your work. I have been learning English for a year and sometimes I lose motivation, but every time you inspire me. I am from Ukraine and we are having a very difficult time now. But you make me smile and always remind me to keep going. My big dream is to get a degree in the UK and when I graduate I will definitely mention your name))

I am from Panama, I stared listening to Luke's Podcast because I was in a deep depression after I got used, manipulated and rejected by a man whom I thought was the love of my life. To be honest, Luke has made me feel less pain with those podcasts and I stared to take more seriously english. In the past, I found it very hard to understand british accent, but now it is easier. Now, my goal is to improve my grammar and I am working on it while I also improve my listesting. Thanks Luke, not just because you are teaching a lot, but because you have been part of my process of healing my heart, even if you don't know it. God bless you.

I am from Palestine. This is my best channel to learn English.

Great work, Luke. Just go on, please, surely you won't get your children starved regardless the stuff put on your table.

Look is more than a teacher ❤ Big thumbs up

Hi Luke!! I' m Montse, a retired English teacher. I' m from San Leonardo, a little village in the province of Soria. Thank you so much for your inspiring and valuable work!!!

I started listening to your podcasts end of July 2023 and it helped me to improve my IELTS listening score from 6.5 to 8.5!

Every day, I go to bed with you podcasts, and I've never reached the end because falling asleep 😂

Haha, so cute the little guy moving his head, being coordinative😂

Thank you Luke for your support my efforts ❤

The best English learning podcasts 👍👍👍

Hello every body...I am new listener from Indonesia glad to be here. Thanks a million

Amazing and very funny episode! I really enjoy English learning with you!

For a very long time, I used to learn English through reading. Then I got a smartphone and listened to a great variety of topics. I had the chance to meet an English lady wishing to learn my own language, so we are chatting on the phone half English, half French and we only correct our mistakes in the end not to hinder the flow. It gave me such confidence that now I'm learning Italian and German. It was a long journey but every path had its reward. I wish all the best to you, your loved ones and everybody out there🎉

LUKE! I’m Linda and I’m from Québec City ,Canada. I discovered you about two months ago. I am a retired teacher (elementary school) and I love the way you teach. Your prononciation is very clear. It’s dynamic, enthusiastic and You are very funny. I listen to you in the morning while I knit. Now, I still have to find someone to talk to. Could you move in Quebec city? I would like to be your student in real life! (HAHA!) I Hope to find someone like you to talk with.Thank you so much! HAPPY New Year!

I loved this idea of putting the text on the side, so we can read and listen at the same time

hi LUKE! I’m Dorota and I’m from Warsow, Poland. I feel that I'm lucky bastard. six monts ago I decided to improve my English and exercise a bit my lazy mind and I immidiately cross your podcast. five minutes later I fell in love with your art. I find what you do is art. You are very funny, witty, a bit absurd and you make my believe Im abble to lern english! these six months with you in my headphones, a little grammar with doulingo and regular english conversations with my friend make me really better at it. And most importantly: I'm having fun! Thank you for being you :)

I'm a Ninja looking for another Ninjas! 😂. It's amazing listening the Luke's podcast and improve our listening (Thank you very much Luke, please don't stop) but my resolution for this year is improve my speaking as well. Anybody has the same resolution? Maybe we can chat and have videocalls or something like that to keep improving our English. Please write me Ninjas ❤️

It hasn't been right without having Luke's new English podcast recently. Welcome back to us learners

Dear Luke I have been listening to you for almost 5 years, your podcasts have helped me to improve my British accent. As an Iranian English learner having the right English accent wasn't an easy deal for me, however hard work pays eventually I really appreciate your hard work ♥️😍🙏🏻

❤❤❤glad to see you, dear teacher !!!

Thanks Luke I'm not a skeleton. This podcast has rejuvenated me. I now have a positive attitude in learning English. I'm listening from South Africa. Keep up the good work. I am really grateful.

사랑합니다 ❤❤❤ Bless you heaps

Yes! It’s absolutely an advantage that I can see you while you are telling the story, also the text on the side to follow is very helpful.

Hello Luke. I wish you all the best for 2024.One of my Cambly's teachers told me "May I give you an advice " I replied " Yes , you may..! Listening to LEP you should improve you English level because his teaching is amazing and the better you are at listening, the better you are at having a conversation. So I know I'm going to spend a very interesting year with Luke's English podcast! Thanks a bunch!

I’m from Spain. I’ve study English since 2019 at Official Language School in my town to get b2 English certificate. In this course, I have a great English teacher because his pedagogical methods encourage us to improve our different skills; however, he is very demanding too. He puts a lot of effort into grammar and pronunciation. I recognise that it’s important to adopt positive mental attitudes, because studying English is a large journey, although it’s sometimes difficult. In spite of this, I’ve done some significant progress since I’ve started to study English, especially in my listening skills. When I started listening to podcast during the COVID Pandemic, it was difficult to understand the contents of episodes. Nowadays I can listen to them more easily than in the past. I know that one of my biggest difficulties is my speaking, but I understand that I need to improve my grammar, and my reading and writing skills. For this reason, I've to start new habits. Firstly, I usually listen several podcast just like you. My proposal is to write feed-back once a week. Secondly, to improve my speaking, my classmates and I are going to start an English meetup. I’ve also started to talk myself out loud. On the other side, my English teacher has recommended us to listen BBC's 6 Minute English. And after listening, I want to repeat out loud too Finally, to improve my reading skills I’m going to try to read English book 10 minutes a day. I really enjoy when you telling us stories of your daily routine, for instance I loved the episode on another podcast called “Into the story” when you told your experience about your “mission in Paris”. Thank you very much for your effort and work Best wishes from Spain.

I'm 14 and I have been learning English about 5 months, your podcasts help me in my English development! Thank you for your incredible podcasts, they're so funny)

How funny ! Thanks for sharing your great sense of humour ! (English humour for sure ;-) !! An innovative idea to combine English learning with have fun ! Love it !

Great and Kindful job, thanks, it was very useful for improving my English, I am from China.

Hello Luke, I'm not a skeleton, I'm from Spain and I usually see your videos while I'm cooking. I love them! You are the perfect teacher!

Hi, Luke! i'm from Russia. I'm extremely grateful for your podcasts! i suppose that improving my listening skills is my biggest achievement in last year and this all happened because of you and your great job that you've done! i feel like you are one of the best friends of mine!! i'm so glad that last year i found this lovely, cozy place with such a kind teacher! best wishes to you and your family!!

Finally! I'm pretty sure I speak for everyone who listens to your podcast when I say I couldn't wait for the first episode of the year to come out. Cheers!🫶🏽🇨🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷

Thank you very much, I always listen to your podcast on RU-vid, I love it

Luke, I love your podcast madly ! I wish your ( big) family all the Best in 2024! Thank you!

Reading English fiction is an EXCELLENT way of learning English and IMPROVING your FLUENCY. LISTENING AND REPEATING is also good for not forgetting your English and acquiring fluency. Listening to podcasts in English without looking at the text improves your LISTENING skills, while revising vocabulary. TALKING with somebody like LUKE is using the English you really know. How LOVELY it would be!!!! WRITING in English is magical!!! I love English as much as I love my mother tongue.❤ Oh.. and learning how to do something else with a native speaker of English, as Luke's done with cooking with a French chef is an EXCELLENT idea. Luke, you're reminding me of reading the news in English.I do love listening to British and American songs and watching tv shows in English.❤❤❤

Luke,. I'm grateful for your videos and podcasts. Those are my company in my way work and during workout. I'm improving my English. Thanks ❤

I'm Spanish and this year my aim is to improve my English knowledge by listening one of your podcasts a day. I had a hip surgery 6 weeks ago and the doctor told me to walk for at least one hour a day and while I'm walking I'm also improving my listening skills. I study half an hour as well (at the present time I'm studying a book focused on expressions and another one related to direct translations). I hope to make a breakthrough in my English and leave behind the plateau. I'm a ninja but I'll try to write more often😅 Thank you for your podcasts, Luke. I'm living an idylic relationship with your language again thanks to you😊

Hi Luke, happy new year for you and your family. I am Alessandra from Brazil. I am a ninja and didn’t become a skeleton after listening this podcast, which was amazing. On the contrary, it motivated me to write to you for the first time since I’ve started to listen to you in 2018 or 2019. After discovering you I listened to many of the old episodes, but, unfortunately, I haven’t listened all of them, yet. Nowadays, I am following you on the RU-vid, although, I usually just listen and not watch. This one was an exception. I really enjoy hearing your stories even the rambling episodes, which seems to connect more you and your audience. I loved the episode about the birth of your son and many others, such as that about the new Beatles’ song. Your tips are great and this year I want to use, at least, some of them. I am trying to overcome the intermediate plateau and your efforts to learn French are a source of inspiration for me. Your pronunciation is great and I dare say that I can understand around 90% of what you say. I want to improve my write and pronunciation skills, so I need to practice more. Now, I am going to apply for the Celta course in my country, because I want to become an English teacher here. Many of your episodes about learning process with different guests inspired me and also the episodes that explain this kind of stuff. Anyway, thank you for this lovely podcast and for being a human being so cool. Sometimes, I felt as if you were a close and funny friend of mine. Once again, I wish you a great year full of health, peace, love and prosperity. By the way, the top of your son’s head is beautiful. 😊

Happy New Year, Luke! I wish you 1 million subscribers! Thank you for your work!

Hi Luke, I've been listening to you since 2019 (through podcast), btw I really loved your old App. Yes😅, you did mention a couple of times that you had lived in Japan😄. I love your rambling episodes, particularly very long episodes! I also like small talk at the beginning of them and your lovely songs at the end of some of them. Thanks for your work! One of your ninja-LEPsters

The first podcast I listened from begining to the end! It was such a long time, so it's great achievement for me. Thank you Luke, and happy new year!

Hi Luke!, it's lovely to see you with your baby boy, I melted!. I'm grateful for having found you because without knowing you have helped me during my plateau path. My positive experience is that I joined to a conversation club and I could speak in front of other spite of my fears, so thank you because you definetely are part of this. Another achivement is that I could finish the whole episode and I'm not a skeleton!

I’m definitely not a skeleton Luke 😄I love your podcasts, they’re informative and entertaining too. It's a great idea providing transcripts, which can be extremely helpful for us. I appreciate your work and I am very grateful. 🤗Greetings from Hungary 🖐

Although talking to myself looks weird, I have to say it’s a good way to build up my confidence to use English. Thank you Luke!

You are a wonderful teacher,i listen with attention to you

Hi Luke! I'm Claudia and this is the first time I listen to one of your podcasts and I want to thank you for the time you dedicate to this. I'm Sicilian and thanks to podcasts like yours, online group lessons, and reading, I'm significantly improving my English. This morning, while searching on Spotify for something to listen to, I found your podcast and while listening to it, I discovered that it's also on RU-vid! So I went to RU-vid and subscribed. You are very clear in your presentation and I find your arguments and advice very interesting. From now on, you have a new listener!! Thanks Claudia :)

Thanks for your podcasts! I listen almost every day!

Hi Luke, I've been following you on you tube for about a year,.My name is Lula, I'm an English teacher from Rome, What I want to tell you is really, I think, very nice for you! You are a very good teacher, you know how to explain things in the best way, you linger because you try to explain things in the best way (I am like you), you can't synthesise because, I think, you believe there is always a better way to say things. I thank you especially because you put me in a good mood! You are nice, sensitive and funny at the same time and in the morning when I cycle to school in Rome I always listen to you because you put me in a good mood. I let myself be taken by everything you say and if I'm nervous, I take it all in! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! If I organise a long weekend in Paris I would love to come and see you perform. How often do you go on stage? You do yoga for me, I concentrate, enjoy myself and let go of my anxieties...

Hello Luke! I'm Tani. First of all, I'm not a skeleton at all. I wholeheartedly appreciate you for this podcast. It's an incredible combination of utility and fun. And your sense of humor is a tresure. My listening skills weren't good at all when I'd started listening to your podcast. Mostly because I didn't like other shows for learners of Englis and shows for native speakers were too complicated for me. And after listening to hundreds of episodes I've finally moved to the next level. By the way, this improvement happened without any pain but with joy and pleasure. My next target is to build up my writing skills. So be ready for my comments after your videos on RU-vid. Thanks a lot, and best wishes to you and your family in 2024!

Hi Luke you are a great communicator, I am learning English with you this special language that allows communicate us the whole world. I watch your podcast and I find enjoyable and interesting

Oh it's amazing to hear you speaking french especially since i'm learning english from you so things turned around😂 and i felt like you're a normal human being cos for me you're a god in matters of english

Hi Teacher Luke, I am not a skeleton, haha. You know, after listening to your podcast, it feels like my mind is a space and your words are moving, floating inside it. You are getting better and better at teaching English. You are a great son, husband, father, a great teacher, and a great human being. Thanks, and have a great year ahead! ✨️

Hi Luke,I am a new listener of your PODCAST and hope to continue to listen. I totally understand what you are telling, but reality is can’t express them so comfortably in front of other people. I do practice reading out loud,listening.as you told I will keep it up.thank you 😊

What a nice podcast after those semi boring hours of studying, my motivation

That would be great if you call me 😂 let's try Luke ❤ Thanks for funny talk l enjoy it a lot. I'm listening while washing up. Your accent is understandable and pleasure. Go ahead you are a great teacher. I'd like to be as professional as you are❤

Lukeeeeee, I am in love with you. I really enjoy listening to your podcasts and I am learning a lot. Thank you so much for your work and your personality. Sincerely, I get listening to your full episodes podcasts. Thank you thank you thank you. Hugs from a spanish woman.

This is my first time listening to this podcast I couldn't imagine how interesting you are

I'm from Iran and have been working in Iraq for a while.I have limitation internet to connect RU-vid but when I come to Iraq for work, I will come to you. I like your teaching. Unlimited thank you

The passion the force congeatulation great teacher and good person

I have heard this episode from beginning till the end. Thanks Luke, I am not skeleton. I think I will do it once again later because I like to listen to you.

I'm one of your episode lovers but especially this episode caught my heart😊 Your way of holding your smart baby reminded me of my old time. I worked hard with my baby. I can admit my effort now. Thank you for providing the natural way of a human being.

I am in that intermediate plateau... The good thing, I see improvement on listenings without subtitles on ,,at least. But I still have lack of confindence in spoken English. I am a talkative person in my language. So I became a good listener with natives when I lived in London. My father was surprised about it! 😂 He told me many times to listen more and speak less. So I got his advice in the end...

Thank you, dear Luke.

Good evening! Thank you so much for the great company you keep. Your are the best and most entertaining teacher on RU-vid. Greetings to you and your family! Trivia.....in the 90s lots of Italian kids dressed the way you did in England. Yes the dreadful flared trousers 🙂Giorgio

Hello, Im 21 and Argentinian, I will try to listen all your content that you will upload. I hope improve slowly my listening.

I'm not a skeleton.... such a cutie baby you have... thanks for sharing all this information.

I'm from sri lanka ,joined reacently ,much more helpfull to improve my english

Hi luca i am 57 year where I start dont now i saw 9/10. It’s really very very helpful who want to improve lessening and speaking. Tkanks lot

Hi Luke, I am listening to your podcast from Nepal .It is really fruitful to the people who want to improve English .Really appreciated

Thanks for your suggestions🙏Definitely my priority for 2024 and for the rest of my life🤞is to improve my mediocre😅 speaking. I'll try to find the courage and the time to take part in one to one online conversations. I've recently come across a promising and free site, so hands on...

I believe confidence is the key. I barely know a few words in Spanish, but if I had to ask something like “Am I supposed to be sitting here?”, I would simply say “Me here, this ok?” (Estoy Aqui, Esto bien?) I’ve probably misspelled it in 5 places too. I have zero concerns about how it is not perfect, because I naturally assume that people are kind and would understand that I’m a foreigner.

You are the best teacher ever. I love your videos and learn too much from them. 💐

Hello Luke! I’m from Brazil! I really enjoyed this podcast. I am an Air Traffic Controller and I need to improve my English. Thank you for your time doing this. I wish to you and your family an amazing 2024!

Dear Luke, I returne to your podcast as one returnes to an old friend or to an old, safe and stable place to be. It started to be a habit and I do not mind new episodes every single day.😊 I wish you all the best for this year, a lot of adventure to tell, a lot of fun and joy.

I'm here to learn British English, thank you so much Luck!

Hello everybody here especially Luke, I hope you are doing well, I am Diego from Colombia I have been watching your videos for almost one year, even I've downloaded some of them on my cellphone to listen to them several times they have really helped me a lot with my English process finally I just want to say thank you so much, and I hope to continue learning many new things from them, since all your podcast are really useful in a big amount of aspects.

Hi Lukes, I'm a survivor of your podcasts 😁. I found it very funny when you commented on this in the middle of this podcast. Your podcasts help me a lot to improve my vocabulary and I really like the randle way you conduct the episodes.

Thank you, Luke, for that really inspiring programme and congrats on your baby son. He really got to the end of your programme as well 😅😂 💗❤️

Hi Luke, I'm pleased to listen to you, I've been following you since 2022 and around an amount of 70 episodes. Sorry to say I'm not only listen to your podcast but I try different types of ressources materials . I like your podcast and in general I listen to your podcast during my walk sessions. Hopefully for me I understand you quite easily and I couldn't go to the Zenith last week-end to see you on stage but I'll catch you later maybe. Thanks for all of that and I'm going to continue to listen to you in 2024 (because I'm not a skeleton ), speak as much as I can and put everything in english in my life.

Luke thank you! It’s a great episode. Please can you read something from Shakespeare on your next video?

I am in South korea. Thank you for this amazing channel. I am so pleased to get it.

I really enjoy listening to your podcasts while I'm washing dishes 😂😂 and you make me laugh a lot I love you Luke ❤❤❤❤

Lovely baby! Really good to listening your English! Need to do it more to transform my English from pandemic time when I did use it as in the past. A lot work to do, Luke. Thank you for your podcast.

Hello! I'm Brazilian and I've been practicing shadowing with your channel because I like your intelligence and accent. I wanted to say that in three months, I already understand a lot, and I no longer watch anything in Portuguese. I've even chatted with native English speakers and others from different countries, despite my limited vocabulary. Thank you! When I'm more advanced, I'll come back to express my appreciation for your spontaneity and the cultural enrichment you provide freely.

Luke, Happy New Year to you and your family! (Better late than never 😅) 28:14 You are great! I'm from Kursk, from Russia. I accidentally came across your fantastic podcasts not long ago a now I' your greatful listener. I used to be a teacher of English, but now I'm in retirement, as I'm 73. But I love English so much!!! I listen to your podcasts on You Tube whenever I have time. Thanks a lot for your amazing work! You are the best teacher I've ever met ❤❤❤

Happy New Year to people of good will from all over the world🎉❤

thank you !! happy 2024 Year!!

Hello, Luke! I am sure, that with you,I Will improve my English. Happy New Year 2024!Greetings from Perú!

Thank you, Luke

Hey Luke, when you talked about the intermediate plateau and advised that always some skills are being develop, it reminds me the Chinese bamboo tree motivational story. Thanks a lot!!!

Thanks, Luke 🎉

Happy New Year! May all world peace and happiness 🙂

Hello Luke, I'm in my early fiftees and I'v been learning English for two years consistently. I tried to act like a child and have just passed an Cambridge B1 exam. Now I'm looking strongly forward to the B2 course at a german school called 'Volkshochschule'. However when it comes to speaking especially as an introvert person I have to Deal with some difficulties. For this reason, your high amount of work is quite helpful for me. A letter full of thanks from Germany and all the best for you. Markus

Im very happy to find you, Luke!!! Im from Argentina. 😊

Luke's your podcasts are amazing! I hope there will be frequent videos in 2024. Thanks

hi there i am tamer from Egypt actually i find this podcast so amazing and helpful to improve my English and my listening skills many times i try to learn English i failed but now its a good starting for me many thanks Luk

Hello good evening hope you are doing great with all your loved ones about my english learning I actualy haven't learned a lot, I haven't improved it at all because i have never had the chance to improve it. my conditions haaven't never been well. but fortunattely I have loved english since the first time i started learning it. have a nice evening. B

Luke I love sleeping listening to your voice. Tkx🙏

Really thanks for your kindly sharing.Luke