The ENGLiSH CiRCLE

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Quick Pitch: Verbling is a web-based platform where individuals can pair up with native speakers to practice speaking new languages on live video.

Genius Idea: Verbling makes language learning easy by offering a free way to connect instantly with native speakers with timed prompts and conversation-starting topics.

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The ENGLiSH CiRCLE Channel on YouTube provides links to interesting videos which will help your learning English!

More links will be added on a regular basis. Stay tuned!

An interesting video-interview of Raymond Murphy, the “father” of “English Grammar in Use” which demonstrates, if needs be, why this book should be by your bedside…
Your Bible really!
If you are interested in English Learning that is…

Raymond Murphy on English Grammar in Use

Raymond Murphy is author of the world’s best-selling grammar books for learners of English. This interview, a world first, was filmed by Cambridge University…

The ENGLiSH CiRCLE is on YouTube.
Visit for  a collection of interesting Web destinations featuring videos for people interested in learning/improving their English online.

A great YouTube Channel to improve on Pronunciation and get some tips on exams such as the IELTS.

About American Accent Training on Videos, Meg says:

“I may not have a fancy camera or good jokes but all of my material is original and appropriate for advanced levels of English.
Although I focus on pronunciation in my videos, I have also served an IELTS examiner and know the exam well enough to give you some tips every now and then.
Send me your questions about English and thanks for watching!”

Some of the best English Learning Videos are on this Channel.

Whether you’re currently enrolled in a language program or not, take advantage of free online instruction from an experienced teacher.
The lessons will introduce new content to some and serve as a review for others.There are nearly 200 videos on this Channel.

You can also visit Jennifer’s web site at: http://www.englishwithjennifer.com/

The is a complete list of the YouTube Videos here.

Learn English for free with 302 video lessons by experienced native-speaker teachers.

New classes are added three times a week, covering grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, TOEFL, and more.

Join over ten million ESL students worldwide who are improving their English every day with engVid.

I have something new for you to try.

There is an organisation called TED, which stands for “Technology, Entertainment and Design”. You can find its website here. TED is interested in ideas – Ideas Worth Spreading. It organises a couple of conferences every year, but – much more important – it makes videos of most of the talks and presentations at its conferences, and puts them on the internet for everyone to see, or to download if they wish. The talks are no more than 20 minutes long, and many of them are much shorter. They cover all sorts of topics, from science to society; some are serious, some are funny; all of them are interesting. The page for finding these talks is here.

Now, here is the bit that makes these talks really useful for English learners. Most of the talks have subtitles in English, and many have subtitles in other languages too. There is a box below each video where you can select the subtitles. And on the right hand side of the webpage (on the TED site), most of the talks have a transcript as well as notes about the speaker, and a summary of the talk. So you can follow the talk in English, or in your own language, as you wish. You can even click on the transcript to restart the video from any point, so you can play a section several times if you find it difficult to understand.

I have chosen one short talk to give you an idea of what TED can offer. It is by Matt Cutts, and in three and a half minutes he tells us how to Try Something New for 30 Days. Have fun!

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The Learning English Video Project is a unique 7-part series of documentary films about people learning English in different countries around the world.

“The Internet is such a splendid tool for communicating with people and finding out how people are doing things differently all over the world. I want The Learning English Video Project to really be a part of that. ” says Daniel Emmerson, Director of The Learning English Video Project.

Each film averages 15 minutes in length, and is available with and without English subtitles.

THE FILMS

1. Encounters in the UK (17 minutes)

“You sleep on it and next day you feel…yeah, something got in, you know?”
Encounters in the UK is the 7th and final film in this documentary mini-series. It tells the story of four girls from different countries who travel to Cambridge in England to study English and stay with local families in what is called a “homestay” arrangement. In the film, we also meet several of the host families as well as a consultant who helps match homestay students to families. For the four girls the homestay arrangement is a positive experience. As one of the homestay hosts explains: “It’s going to be a great experience, not only in terms of learning English, but in learning about life.”

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1. Thoughts from Brazil (17 minutes)

“The more you talk, the better you get.”
Thoughts from Brazil looks at modern trends in learning English, especially for children and teens. This instalment will be of particular interest to all those who long for a learning experience that is more interactive and communicative. Teens and young adults will find new ideas for combining personal interests such as music, gaming and social media with self-study. As Daniel Emmerson talks to learners and teachers of English in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he discovers that many of them have found for themselves the principle of learning by doing and have readily adapted it to the Internet era.

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1. Insights from China (18 minutes)

“Never say die.”
Based in the busy, cosmopolitan city of Shanghai, Daniel Emmerson’s latest film Insights from China takes us inside the worlds of English language learning and teaching and the airline industry in China. “Insights from China” focuses largely on the staff and management of a Chinese airline company that has recently committed to learning English. Spring Airlines is the first low-cost airline in China. Determined to become a successful international airline, the company has insisted that all of its workers learn to speak fluent English. The CEO of Spring Airlines, Zhang Xiuzhi, has set the bar high. She began learning English “from scratch” 18 months prior to her interview for this film. Like the majority of other language learners, the main stumbling block for the CEO is finding enough time to study. Zhang takes English homework to bed at night and even studies in her car.

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