Monday, 4 April 2016

VIDEO GRAMMAR: Conditionals, Reported Speech, Too & Enough

Here are the links for those videos on grammar I have been telling you about, but remember that these are just a complement for the information on the Grammar Reference from your book, so don't forget to read that as well. Let me know what you think about the videos in case we need to look for better ones.

Conditionals: they're all from TeacherPhilEnglish on Youtube. Of course, if you try to watch more videos apart from these, that won't hurt. Just one suggestion: start with the one on First Conditionals and then move on to Zero Conditionals, instead of the opposite. I think you may find that a wiser move.

1) Zero Conditional

2) First Conditional

3) Second Conditional

4) Third Conditional

Reported Speech: Here I would start with the ones from Perfect English Grammar and then move on to TeacherPhilEnglish. Again, if you feel tempted and want to watch more from Youtube or elsewhere, be my guest.

I) Perfect English Grammar

II) TeacherPhilEnglish


Too & Enough: just one video, once more from TeacherPhilEnglish.




Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Changing Educations Paradigms, by Sir Ken Robinson





 For those of you who still haven't watched it, this video is a must! It's got English subtitles (with a couple of typos, sorry), so you'll be able to read and listen instead of actually watching. This is an exercise which would be a good idea to extend into your daily or weekly routines and which would greatly improve your level of English in a short time. If you don't believe it, try to watch three or four seasons at least from an American or British series (they usually speak clearer English in series than in films). You will be amazed at how much you understand, and how easy it is to become a proficient learner. Once you've mastered this step, you'll be ready to take on seriously thick books, and from there on there'll be no stopping you. By watching English films and series with English subtitles, you'll have actually overcome the language barrier that prevents us from enjoying a foreign language. And it's high time you started enjoying English, instead of suffering for it.

Ooops, sorry, I keep getting this error message whilst uploading the video, so instead I'm referring you to Youtube where you will be able to watch it. Here goes:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXSXeY_miIY