Each year at Simple English Videos, we try to make a year end review video, looking back on what we’ve done throughout the year. Here’s our video for 2017. It’s a long one, so best grab a cup of coffee and put your feet up if you can.
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Dec 172017
There are lots of things I love about the holiday season and getting together with friends is definitely a highlight.
This year I was able to get together with friends on line as well to make a holiday season video. Jennifer of JenniferESL is based in New England in the US, I’m originally English of course, and Emma of MmmEnglish is based in Australia.
We thought if we get together we can tell everyone about the different customs we follow at this time of year. So here’s a holiday season vocabulary lesson and on the way you’ll learn about Christmas trees in America, English Christmas turkey dinners and Australian New Year’s celebrations.
Make sure you follow Jennifer and Emma if you don’t already! I’ll put all our contact details below.
You can see the transcript for this post here, and if you have holiday traditions to share, please do.
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Dec 092017
Nov 102017
William Shakespeare is the greatest English poet and writer who’s ever lived. And here’s a remarkable thing. There are things English native speakers say all the time, without realizing they come from Shakespeare. Although he died 400 years ago, there are hundreds of words and phrases that Shakespeare coined or invented that we still use today.
So our latest video is about expressions and phrases from William Shakespeare. We explore the meanings of the phrases:
- all of a sudden
what’s done is done
in one fell swoop
as luck would have it
fair play
foul play
There are hundreds more phrases so we’re planning to make another video on this topic. Let us know if you think it’s a good idea.
Nov 032017
English learners sometimes stumble over these words: Economy, Economize, Economic, Economical, Economist, Economics.
What’s tricky? Well, there are several things.
The words stress moves about so pronunciation can be a challenge. Economic and financial are false friends in some languages and there are two different aspects of meaning going on – money, and saving money.
So are they worth putting time into? Oh yes. English learners are going to hear them in the news and they’re really useful for business English students. Click here to see a video we’ve made to help.
Oct 272017
Our latest video has a bit of American culture and lots of vocabulary.
We go shopping at a Halloween store and look at 21 words that students can use to talk about this American celebration. There are words about costumes, decorations, scary creatures and more.
We also include three English words we use to talk about our fears. Scary, which means frightening. Spooky, which means strange and frightening. (Spooky things can make us think of ghosts.) And creepy. If something is creepy it makes us a little nervous and frightened. It’s not a pleasant feeling.
A good way to learn their meanings is to see the words in use in the video. Enjoy!
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Oct 062017
There’s often no match between English spelling and pronunciation and the letters ough are an infamous example. In this video lesson we set about teaching how to pronounce the letters OUGH in English and demonstrate eight different sounds this letter combination can make – in British AND American English.
Click here to download a free chart with the eight sounds.
Sep 222017
Our latest video is on English tongue twisters and we had help from lots of terrific English learners again. They’re a great way to improve diction and practice tricky English sounds. In this lesson we practice ‘Flash message’, ‘I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen’ and ‘a proper copper coffee pot’.
Sep 172017
Tongue twisters can be great pronunciation practice for English learners. They’re not only fun, but they also train your mouth muscles to move in new ways – something we all have to learn when we’re trying to speak a new language.
With the aid of some great English learners, we set too to teach a few. And come back soon because we have more planned.
Sep 152017