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Intermediate

Avoid and Prevent – avoid mistakes with these confusing words

The verbs avoid and prevent have similar meanings in English. They are both followed by a noun or gerund but the grammatical patterns they follow are rather different. Watch this video lesson to learn how to use them correctly and avoid mistakes. Oh Jay! It’s like he’s avoiding me. Today’s lesson is about two useful verbs with very similar meanings. In this video you’ll learn how they’re similar and how they’re different so you can

August 23, 2016 1 Comment

Elementary

Adverbs of Frequency – Learn How to Use them with Carter

Learn how to use English adverbs of frequency with our dog Carter. He’ll tell you about his exciting life as an international fashion model and demonstrate the key adverbs you need to know. This lesson’s about adverbs of frequency, but really it’s about me, Carter. I’ll teach you how to look cool. People often ask me about my life as a fashion model. Well, I’m always busy. I generally have two or three photo shoots

August 22, 2016 5 Comments

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Sentimental Journey by Doris Day – Lyrics Explained

Songs are a great way to learn English. They’re good listening practice and research shows that singing along is a powerful way to improve your fluency and learn new words. Here’s a beautiful song sung by Doris Day and a lesson on some of the vocabulary first. There are two videos here so make sure you scroll down for the song. Click here to see other great songs for learning English. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah What are

August 22, 2016 6 Comments

Advanced

How to Learn a New Accent – Tips from an Impressionist

Learn how to improve your pronunciation, work on your English accent and become more intelligible with great tips from impressionist Akeem Lawanson, the hilarious creator of the AtomicHole YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/AtomIcHole As well as improving your accent, you’ll also learn how to talk like Kermit the Frog, or any other celebrity or cartoon voices that tickle your fancy. In this video, we’re going to learn how an impressionist copies voices. And discover how you can

August 22, 2016 No Comments

Intermediate

‘He’s Avoiding Me’ Conversation

When you don’t want to talk to someone, you might hide so you can avoid them. Oh Jay! It’s like he’s avoiding me. Did you manage to get a new car, Jay? Yes, it’s fantastic. It’s a Lamborghini Really? Yeah. It can go over 200 miles an hour. I’m surprised. I thought Vicki wanted a small family car. Yeah, but this car’s amazing. It’s a convertible. How much did it cost? Uh oh. Gotta go.

August 22, 2016 No Comments

Elementary

Heart ELT – Give it your All by Fluency MC

This song is about Heart ELT which supports projects in refugee camps and volunteer teachers. Volunteer English teachers are often teaching in squats and derelict buildings in isolation, with little or no support and no resources. The lyrics were written by Jason R Levine. Check out Jason’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/collolearn. He performs it with Madeline Zapta-Boxberger. When you buy a book from Heart ELT, you help children go to school and give them hope for

August 22, 2016 1 Comment

Intermediate

How to Leave a Voicemail in English

Do you know how to leave a voicemail in English? Here’s a collaboration video we made with four great YouTube teachers. You’ll find lots of useful expressions you can use when you need to leave an English voice message for somebody. Hello. This is Vicki. Sorry I missed your call. Please leave a message! Hey Vicki. It’s Jennifer. I have a great idea for a video. It involves group collaboration. Do you have time to

August 22, 2016 4 Comments

Intermediate

Sense Verbs – Stative and Dynamic Verbs in English

English sense verbs like smell, sound, feel, look and taste are unusual because they have two or more meanings. In this video lesson you’ll learn their meanings and how to use them correctly in conversations. You’ll also learn some important grammar to do with stative and dynamic verbs. Kathy, my dog has no nose. Really? How does he smell? Terrible! This lesson’s about verbs related to the 5 senses. You’ll learn how sense verbs can

August 22, 2016 No Comments

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