Three big challenges for anyone learning English are understanding the different accents of English speakers, trying to understand when English is spoken quickly, trying to understand speech that is connected. You might hear people speaking English with British, American, Irish, Scottish, Australian, Indian, South African, Nigerian, Kenyan, accents – to name just a few of [...]
Read More...This humorous video has some great vocabulary and expressions. It takes us to an American courtroom. I’m sure you’ve seen one in a film in the cimema or on TV. The video makes reference to a notorious criminal: do you know who Jack the Ripper is? The judge wants to know if the defendant is [...]
Read More...You are at the airport…. You have a flight to catch…. So you are in a hurry…. But you have to go through airport security first. The officer is asking you questions. You are worried about catching your flight, so you only half hear him. Well, what is he or she asking you? This humerous [...]
Read More...You have to attend a business meeting in English…. Many business people learning English dread this experience. They want to participate but how can they communicate correctly, coherently what they want to say? How can they have their suggestions or ideas accepted as a valued contribution? This humorous videos gives us some insights! Have you [...]
Read More...Do you have problems speaking English? Do you get your question tags all confused? Do you have problems with putting the emphasis on the right syllable in the word? What about idiomatic expressions? Or is your problem a small vocabulary? If so, you are not alone! Look at this video – do you recognize the [...]
Read More...Flip video or the video application on your cell phone – it doesn’t matter what you use to take a video these tips can help you to take a video that allows a bit more of the warm you to appear on the video: think of someone you love and want to talk to look [...]
Read More...In our modern world we are surrounded by publicity. These ads come in print, audio and video formats. They can be one word, a phrase, an expression, a long web landing page, a musical jingle, a TV commerical, a cinema spot at the beginning of a film. Some of these ads can bore us to [...]
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