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Students, click on a picture or choose one of the new lessons.
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The E|FL 2.0 Blog: Elena's E|FL 2.0 Blog has provided the best professional critique of this site that I have ever read. She concludes: "Probably the best content ever...
They own a great treasure, the largest array of video resources/realia for EFL learners". Our New Lessons
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Real
English 2010
Teachers & Students: No sign up necessary. Just go to a lesson and follow the simple instructions: you will watch videos, record (speak), listen again, take notes, watch, type, record, compare, listen again, type, and speak!
Feb 7: I did the French. Feb. 5, we have the Catalan translation thanks to Joan Rubies, in addition to very recent work from 4 others, providing the instructions for beginners in their native languages: Portuguese by Tiago Catelam,
Spanish by Gloria Arboleda,
Greek by Christiana Tziortziou, Italian by Paola Rosetti. Please go to our Blog to see translations of these 4 sentences:
1 - Go here
http://www.real-english.com/new-lessons.asp and choose a lesson.
2 - Watch the video at the top, without subtitles.
3 - Click on "Exercise 1". Follow the instructions. Do all the exercises.
4 - Now watch the video with subtitles.
This site combines ESL/EFL grammar and functions with the spontaneity provided by the people we meet casually during our filming campaigns. You will not find any actors here. All of our clips are based on people being themselves, speaking naturally and spontaneously, just like in the situations which learners will deal with when their training is finished, when they travel to English-speaking countries, or when they welcome English speakers into their homes and offices.
Our videos are based on targeted grammar structures and social functions, providing an anchor and a counterpoint to the spontaneity of street video. This unique approach is greatly appreciated by teachers who have been using traditional materials, which present us with actors speaking slowly and distinctly, as if the real world were slow and distinct. The lessons include images directly related to what the speakers are saying, as well as additional audio files, providing meaning for beginners and intermediate students alike.
Bottom of The Page: Teachers' Corner Jan./Feb. 2010
Important:
watch & listen to a video many
times before reading,
& before watching with
subtitles. Your pronunciation will be much better! The original Real English®
You do everything in the new lessons: watch, type, speak, listen to the people in the video and listen to the teacher, record yourself, & perfect your accent while learning grammar & vocabulary essentials.
Click on the photo of Jimmy and choose a lesson!
The Kodak Zi8 experiment with good xlr mic: when you watch the YouTube version of the Joey video,
try HD 720p, and full screen as shown in this picture (Click on play, then choose 720p...).
New Lessons!
