Charm English Pod
Episodes
8 minute meditation: Why not now by Alan Watts
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a meditation from Alan Watts' 1969 album, "Why Not Now: Dhyana, The Art of Meditation"
How to order a coffee, learning tips, and mixed conditionals. (Answering your questions)
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I answer your questions about how to order a coffee, how to get better at speaking and listening to fast speech, and how to form mixed conditionals.
Unexpected opportunities (despite, even though, idioms and proverbs)
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this class we talk about when things going wrong can turn into opportunities!The class includes plenty of phrases like "look on the bright sid...
Thanksgiving: US culture, phrases & listening practice
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I tell you everything you need to know to have a proper uncerstanding of the context of this US holiday. We unpack Thanksgiving: histo...
WATER phrases in English
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Group classes at www.charmenglish.clIn this episode, we talk about how water shapes our daily lives, from water consumption habits to global challenge...
In love? On love?: Phrases with AT, IN & ON
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sign up for classes here: charmenglish.clIn this episode, we dive into how to use the prepositions at, in, and on inside common English idioms. I walk...
Spooky Short Stories! (Reading stories written by students)
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I announce the winners of our Spooky Story Contest and read the top three horror stories written by English learners! Each story brin...
Check-in, takeaway, breakup: Compound nouns made from phrasal verbs
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
charmenglish.clIn this episode we unpack how phrasal verbs turn into compound nouns. You will hear clear examples like takeover, breakdown, check-in, ...
Playing or to play?: Verbs That Take Gerunds or Infinitives
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sign up for a class at charmenglish.clIn this episode I break down one of the trickiest parts of English grammar: verbs that take gerunds vs inf...
Talking about animals with Stacey: animal control & surprising facts
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To watch on YouTube go to: https://youtu.be/TnxcbEHsdosI chat with my sister Stacey about what it is really like to work in animal control. Stacey sha...
Q&A Session: Tips for learning, causative verbs, past participles, vowel pronunciation, and more!
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live Q&A I answer student questions about casual speaking, speaking and learning tips, verb tenses (past perfect and the past participle,)...
Life mottos & idioms: Done is better than perfect
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore sayings and life mottos that we live by. We dig into procrastination, motivation, and how social media shapes our views of ...
How to Talk About Possibility and Probability in English
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I break down how to use modals of possibility like may, might, and could in real-life English conversations. We also talk about phras...
Health vocabulary you need to know
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about so much everyday health vocabulary, from sneezing and tissues and Kleenex, to symptoms, to phrasal verbs like pass out versus pass away....
Interview with Emily: English dialects & life in Scotland
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I sit down with Emily, my sister!We talk about different varieties and dialects of English like AAVE, Scottish vs US English, and Pola...
Phrases with AS
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we take a closer look at the word “as” and all the different ways it’s used in everyday English. You’ll hear common phrases l...
Pronunciation PART 1 (voiced and unvoiced sounds, flap T, R)
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this class we have so many tongue twisters and other tips and tricks for you to practice your pronunciation!I show different vibrating sounds like ...
Cooking vocabulary (boil, roast, sauté...)
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about spicing up your English with some kitchen and cooking vocab. We’re talking all the action words you need—slice, chop, mi...
Conversation with Will Chirinos (learning English, drawing, teaching journey)
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special interview episode, I sit down with Will, a fellow ESL teacher and online content creator from Venezuela, living in Colombia. We t...
Talking about cats
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about cats, your thoughts on cats, why we love or don't love them, etc. Then we practiced using cat-related idioms, in particu...
Job interview tips & questions
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! Here are my top tips for job interviews and how to answer several common questions. We go over how to answer "tell me about yourself" using the...
Derivational forms, prefixes, suffixes
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about derivational forms —words that are created by adding prefixes or suffixes to a base word (also called a root). These ...
Connected speech!
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore the topic of connected speech. Learning about this will help you so much with your listening, when people speak quickly!We ...
Present Perfect
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this class we talk about the present perfect tense and when to use it, practically in conversations! We also compare the simple past to the present...
Phrasal verbs with double meanings
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a strategy that will help you learn phrasal verbs more effectively: learn phrasal verbs that have double meanings, both literal and figurative....
Adjective Order
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ Adjective Order in English: Why We Say "Big Beautiful Desk" (Not the Other Way Around!)Okay, so here’s something kinda weird about English—...
2nd conditional: What would you do?
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ Episode: Talking about Hypotheticals with the Second ConditionalIn this lesson, I break down a powerful structure for expressing your opinions...
Reported speech + Q&A: "But you said you were a billionaire!"
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Live class about reported speech plus a Q&A for the last 30 minutes where you asked me about conditionals, anxiety, pronunciation, and more!Tips f...
GERUNDS - ING verbs
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the power of gerunds in English—those versatile “-ing” forms that function like nouns. You’ll learn which trigger ...
Casual speech: discourse markers, conversation, agree & disagree
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this class we talked about so many different phrases that you can use in a conversation! Here are some: 👉🏻Discourse markers:So basically…Lo...
Preposition stranding - "What are you talking ABOUT?"
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adding prepositions to the end of sentences!Collocations with AT or INSubject questions with prepositionsDefining relative clausesAll of these topics ...
Easily Confused Words
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about easily confused words like EFFECT and AFFECT, sensible and sensitive, amongst others!
Phrases with DO
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To continue from the previous week, we had a live class with phrases that contain the word DO. As usual, this is a live class that is taught through i...
Phrases with MAKE
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Video version coming soon!Practice your listening and learn phrases at the same time!Here is a live class we did, with phrases that include the word M...
Would you rather
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this class we practiced talking about preferences by answering "would you rather" questions. There is a lot of good everyday vocab in this one!
Phrases with TAKE
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this live class, I TAKE you on a journey with different phrases we can use with the word TAKE! During the class, students write commends with examp...