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 […]
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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.
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Telephone English is just like normal English with a few special phrases, but many learners find English calls stressful. Watch this funny English telephone conversation with Barack Obama and you’ll learn some practical expressions you can put to use in your conversations. You’ll have fun along the way. Learn more useful expressions for everyday situations.
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Ground Control to Major Tom is the first line of ‘Space Oddity’ – a David Bowie classic. It tells the story of an astronaut in space and it’s a fantastic song to practice your English with. My students love it! Hope you will too. The copyright on the music has been cleared by YouTube, so
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Jay and Vicki think paper airplanes are great fun. (Vicki calls them aeroplanes in British English) Perhaps they’re having too much fun? What are you making. Oh. A paper airplane. Oh cool! Do you want to make one too? Yes. Here. Oh thank you. Well, that’s true. But you know it took…. Who did that?
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This short English conversation demonstrates the difference between the words interesting and interested. Notice that Vicki is surprised when Jay says ‘I am very interesting in this book’. It’s a strange thing to say. It only makes sense if Jay is one of the characters in the book or the book is about him. Interesting
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The trust game is a game you can play where one person falls back into another’s arms and trusts that they will catch them. You’ll see Vicki and Jay play it in this short conversation video and you’ll also learn the word untrustworthy. Trust game tapescript I need to learn to trust you more Vicki.
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There’s a question we often ask when somebody has lost something: When did you last have it? In this short English conversation video Jay has lost his keys. Notice the question Vicki asks. Lost keys conversation script I can’t remember where I put my keys. Well, when did you last have them? Click here to learn
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This is a very short English conversation that illustrates the meaning of the verb ‘lay’ in English. Hey, stop that man! Put up your hands and lay down your weapon. Click here to learn the different meanings of the verbs lay and lie Click here to see more English conversation videos for speaking practice.
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If someone is trying to sell us something and we don’t want to buy it, we can explain we’re not interested. It’s another way of saying ‘I don’t want it’ in English. It’s just a little more polite and businesslike. You can see how we use the phrase in two different English conversations here. Conversation 1
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