Listen carefully to the conversation to get some extended listening practice. This is a completely natural and authentic conversation between two speakers of British English. You can sharpen your listening skills, pick up some bits of vocabulary and also just ponder the question of “What are the similarities between learning English and learning music?” Feel free to send me your comments.
In this episode I talk to Francis, who has been teaching English for nearly 40 years. He is from the UK and he works with me at The London School of English. Francis worked for a while in Colombia where he learned Spanish to a good level. Francis is also an excellent guitarist. He’s been playing guitar for all of his adult life. In fact, we both play in a band together and I can assure you – his playing is great! It is a pleasure for me to be able to interview Francis in this podcast and we all feel lucky to share some of his knowledge and experience.
I recorded the conversation on a Blackberry mobile phone. I apologise for the fairly poor sound quality of the interview. You can imagine you are listening to a telephone conversation, or a conference call over the internet. In fact, listening to this conversation will give you valuable practice in listening to English in realistic conditions – you will often have to communicate with people over the telephone or maybe Skype. This is a good chance for you to practise listening in that situation.
I hope you enjoy the conversation. Below you will find a list of some of the points I make during the conversation.
These are some of the similarities between learning English and learning to play music. Do you agree with me?
Love music / Love English Live music / Live English Listen to music a lot / Listen to English a lot Practise Do it with others Learn from masters Melody and rhythm Copy others Choose the type u want Learn to read it Learn to improvise Study the history of it Watch it happen live Put it on your iPhone Do it with your body Use it to communicate Realise it is special and personal Keep your instrument clean Do it every day, until it hurts Start early and don’t give up Use it to entertain others Enjoy the way it sounds Record yourself and listen to it Watch other people do it on YouTube Think about how it changes depending on the situation Sing it regularly Keep it in your heart Enjoy the different types from around the world Realise that the english do it best!!! Lol
Transcript of Language and Music – This transcript was sent by a listener, but I have not proofread it yet! There are some gaps (____?___). Please feel free to offer corrections. Just add corrections as a comment. This could become like the Luke’s English Podcast wiki or something