sentimental journey
Advanced
Jay

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

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accent
Advanced
Jay

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

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avoid a question
Intermediate
Jay

How to avoid a question by changing the subject – English conversation

Sometimes we want to avoid a question because we don’t want to answer it. See how Vicki, and then Jay change the subject in order to avoid answering a question in this funny English conversation. So what did you think of my presentation? Oh, I wonder if the coffee’s ready? Let’s get some? No. I want to know what you thought of my presentation. Maybe they’ll have doughnuts. Stop avoiding the question. If you didn’t

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Intermediate
Jay

‘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.

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Heart ELT
Elementary
Jay

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

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Cheers
Intermediate
Jay

Cheers! How to Make a Toast in Ten Different Languages

How to make a toast saying ‘Cheers!’ in 10 languages and also 4 useful English phrases for asking about words and their meanings. When you don’t know how to say something in English, you need to ask. In this lesson we’re going to look at some ways to ask, and also find out how to say cheers in some different languages. When you’re toasting in Portuguese you say ‘Saude!’, which would be something like ‘Health!’

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voicemail
Intermediate
Jay

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

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sense verbs
Intermediate
Jay

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

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English rhythm
Intermediate
Jay

English Rhythm. It’s a Stress Timed Language so Let’s Beatbox

Learn the secret of English rhythm in this video lesson. English is a stress timed language so the way we pronounce words changes when they’re in a sentence. We stress the words that carry the meaning and de-stress the rest. This video explains how English rhythm works and has some great ways to practice and improve your pronunciation. It also has some of the world’s best beatboxers to help you get the English rhythm. Bootz

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black socks
Elementary
Jay

Black Socks Never Get Dirty Song – an English jazz chant

Black Socks Never Get Dirty is a fun jazz chant to practice English pronunciation. You have to say a different number of words in each line but maintain the same rhythm. It’s also a great illustration of how English is a stress timed language. Click here for more information on English rhythm and stress timing. Jay, you need to put these socks in the wash. But they’re black. So? Black socks never get dirty, the

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