🇬🇧 I'm Michael Lavers and this podcast will help you improve your English. I'm an online English teacher for students learning as a second language. In this podcast, I look at a variety of different fun topics and teach you British English at the same time. Each week, I cover topics related to language motivation, vocabulary and grammar, or something totally random! Once a month, we have a guest episode where I talk to a teacher or expert on topics related to language. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

#397 Starting Again...

October 7, 2026 · 27 min

Feeling a bit under the weather today, I share some thoughts on the idea of starting again and the feeling of getting back to old routines after a break. Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast397 🇬🇧 NEW! Book a lesson…
#396 AI Slop is Ruining Your Brain

September 30, 2026 · 40 min

AI has come up a few times on this podcast, but I haven't done a great job until now of discussing the drawbacks of using it. I'm not strongly pro or anti Artificial Intelligence, so it's only fair that I spend some time and talk about the…
#395 How to Think in English | Tom Wilkinson

September 23, 2026 · 53 min

I chat with Tom from the Thinking in English podcast about some ideas from his podcast. Like me, Tom has been publishing episodes for over 6 years, so we have a lot in common here. We start by discussing the question of how to think in…
#394 How to Improve Your English Speaking (Alone!)

September 16, 2026 · 34 min

Have you ever wondered how to improve your speaking, but you find it hard to get a teacher or language partner? In this episode, I explore on method I found recently that works really well for me, so you'll have no excuse not to practice!…
#393 Fix the Biggest Mistake in Your English

September 9, 2026 · 52 min

This podcast series is based on the idea that fixing just one or two of the biggest mistakes in your English will have the largest effect. I noticed that students from the same countries always made the same mistakes in English, so let's…
#392 Make Your English Sound Less Formal

September 2, 2026 · 34 min

This is Part 2 in my series of comparing formal and casual English, with the aim to make your English sound more natural for everyday conversations. You can listen to part 1 in Episode 388. I give you a list of phrasal verbs and their more…
#391 10 Questions that Changed My Life

August 26, 2026 · 39 min

On my final day in the UK before returning to Thailand, I get quite self-reflective as I sit in the countryside and answer 10 questions that might change your life. These are deep questions where on the way to find the answer, you might…
#390 The Problem With "Perfect" English | Paul Palmer

August 19, 2026 · 50 min

Paul is a teacher from the UK who has recently been teaching Saturday group classes on the Level Up English website. Although we've got to know each other over the years, this is the first time talking together on the podcast. Paul shares…