Real English from games, films and podcasts, explained by me, Alex.
I practise for the CEFR speaking section live with an AI speaking partner: a model answer to “Describe a memorable trip”, the past perfect for background, sentential relative clauses, collocations and idioms about memory.
Live CEFR Speaking Practice with Claude: From B2 to C1/C2 (Interactive Lesson) Read More »
Part 2 of my live shadowing session on The Doppelgänger, read by Luke Thompson: the linking R, the BATH and LOT vowels, flap T vs British T, catenation, dentalisation, contrastive stress and coalescent assimilation (want you → wanchu).
The Doppelgänger, Part 2: Shadowing Luke Thompson’s British Connected Speech Read More »
Stop saying com-for-ta-ble! In British English comfortable has three syllables: COMF-tuh-bl. Watch the 12-second trick and practise it.
How to Pronounce “Comfortable” in British English: Three Syllables, Not Four Read More »
Most people pronounce hierarchy wrong. Listen to Luke Thompson, find the stress (HI-e-rar-chy) and practise the word in useful phrases.
How to Pronounce “Hierarchy” in British English (Tricky Words with Luke Thompson) Read More »
Queue has five letters but only two sounds: /kjuː/, just like the letter Q. Watch the short, repeat after Luke Thompson and practise the word in real British phrases.
How to Pronounce “Queue” in British English (Tricky Words with Luke Thompson) Read More »
A polite phrase goes very wrong in Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. Learn how to ask people to move in English: excuse me, can you let me through, not letting me through, and more.
“Excuse Me, Can You Let Me Through?” Useful English from Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Read More »
A long live lesson in one page: every day vs everyday, look forward to + -ing, to vs because, for vs since, beside vs besides, arrive in or at, plus GTA 5 heist slang like make a buck, you know the drill and get caught up in.
Play Leon’s first scene in Resident Evil 9 Requiem with me and learn real English from the tutorials menu: stagger, wield a hatchet, parry, blunt, melee, point-blank, pull off, wriggle free and climb up onto.
In this live stream I practise with an AI voice partner: though, through and thorough, silent letters, get the hang of it, be on the same page, see eye to eye, keep us on our toes, trial and error, in sync. Then Hogwarts Mystery Chapter 4: in for a treat, can’t stop + -ing and better my chances.
The best teaching moments from my first Hogwarts Mystery live stream: I couldn’t be more excited, reading dates, twirl, look forward to + -ing, chuffed to bits, you’re a natural, have a knack for, bewildered, stand up to, sneak up on, fed up with, make amends, I take it and have a fit.
