I see a lot of writing mistakes with learners struggling with parallel structures, or parallelism. This is where features in a sentence have to follow the same grammatical patterns to sound natural.It may sound a bit confusing, but honestly, it's fairly simple once you understand the main idea. In this episode, I go through 7 examples of how to sound more natural with this grammar rule as I talk about some of my favourite travel memories. I encourage you to respond and do the same!Show notes ...

#223 How to Get Natural English with Parallelism

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I'm back with another episode in the series on phrasal verbs. Today, we're looking at around 9 phrasal verbs that include the verb 'set'. It's a really common one to use and the meanings can get confusing, so I'm going to go through each one and explain the meaning, but also follow up with a story related to my life to give some context to help explain the phrasal verb.Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast272Living Purposed We want to gather with a purposeful intention ...

#272 Phrasal Verbs with 'Set'

In this episode, I talk all about transportation. I know - it sounds a bit boring! But there's a lot to talk about.We'll be discussing my terrifying flight experience where it felt like we almost crashed, how to talk about different types of transport and commuting, and then we end with some super useful expressions that are related to transport. My goal is you'll end this episode with something new that you didn't know before.Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast271Liv...

#271 A Terrifying Flying Experience

I go over some near and distant future predictions (as provided by Chat GPT) and share my views on how likely I think they are to happen. I'm a big fan of science fiction and wondering about how different things will be in the future, so I invite you to make predictions with me and use the new words I mention in this episode to practice your English.How accurate do you think I am?Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast270Living Purposed We want to gather with a purposeful...

#270 What Will the Future Look Like?

I share some of my opinions on debate questions provided to me by Chat GPT, ranging from general opinions to deeper more philosophical ones. While doing so, I share some useful vocabulary as well as phrases you can use to express your own opinions when debating or arguing.Why not respond to this podcast directly? Leave a common on the shownotes page below using one of the phrases from today and give me your opinion on a topic here.Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast26...

#269 Debates, Arguments, & Controversial Opinions

Fabio Cerpelloni chats with me on the podcast today around the topic of his new book: 'Any Language You Want: 18 Conflicting Lessons for a New Kind of Language Learner'.A collection of contradictory true personal stories in answer to "What's the best way to learn a language?" In each of the 18 chapters, Fabio -- a language learner and teacher -- shares a story about how he mastered English, his second language, and tells you what's the best way to learn another language.In this episode, we di...

#223 How to Get Natural English with Parallelism

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