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Skill levels: Beginner below . Jump to: Pre-Intermediate Intermediate Upper Intermediate Advanced
	Click on the pictures for the videos and lessons. Beginner lessons 1 - 15 immediately below.
	Lesson 1 - Hi. Howyadoin'? (How are you doing?), How do you do? and What's your name? Contrasts formal and informal greetings. Introduces the verb "to be" in the present. Also introduces possessive adjectives.
	Lesson 2 - Where are you from? Includes uses and contrast of this and that.
	Lesson 3 - The Alphabet: The 7 basic sounds; Spelling at normal speed. Are you sure you can spell? This is the acid test.
	Lesson 4 - What's your favorite color?
	Lesson 5 - What nationality are they? Emphasis on vocabulary and new uses of is and are.
	Lesson 6 - How do you spell your name? The apostrophe for possessives. Introducing yourself. Introducing your friends.
	Lesson 7 - What's your astrological sign? What are (Geminis) like? Emphasis on useful vocabulary not usually found in beginner lessons, the use of like as a preposition, and review of lesson 3.
	Lesson 8 - Numbers:one basic presentation video, plus How old are you?, What's your telephone number?, and When's your birthday? videos. There are a few new, simple grammar structures included in a few segments of these video. Consequently, this unit also serves as a "preview" to new structures.
	Lesson 9 - Telling the time - A relatively short video with 12 interviewees.
	Lesson 10 - The Jones Family - A short or "medium size" video for pre-intermediates. The verb be in the present, with adjectives. Americana at its best. The family members describe each other.
	Lesson 11 - Are you married? 2 main videos: 1 for intermediates and 1 for beginners. Also contains individual videos for easy navigation. Can you find the non-native speakers of English in these videos? There is one Dutchman, and 1 German. They speak English very well!
	Lesson 12 - What's the weather like? - A short or "medium size" video, 15 interviewees. Includes the use of like as a preposition for indicating characteristics.
	Lesson 13 - Five Nationalities - 1/5 What are the Americans like?
	Lesson 14 - Five Nationalities - 2/5 What are the British like?
	Lesson 15 - Can Can you play a musical instrument? Can you cook? What else can you do?
	Pre-Intermediate lessons 16 - 30:
	Lesson 16 - Five Nationalities - 3/5 What are the French like?
	Lesson 17 - Five Nationalities - 4/5 What are the Italians like?
	Lesson 18 - Five Nationalities - 5/5 What are the Germans like?
	Lesson 19 - Lost in England (Giving Directions) Here we find 10 useable dialogues out of 342 British people interviewed, representing 2 and 1/2 days of videotaping. This campaign took place in the UK, and we had intended to do same in the USA... Note: people tend to give awful directions, hesitating and mumbling more than usual.
	Lesson 20 - Lost in the USA (Giving Directions) 2006 No challenge is too great for our fearless videotaping crew. Keep tuned for the American version of "Giving Directions" as well as many other new clips with exos in 2006!
	Lesson 21 - Introduction to the Present Simple with do/does. Meet Chris, Donna, and Millie. They bring the tension of the office right onto the street.
	Lesson 22 - Continuation of the Present Simple with do/does. What do you do (for a living)? Meet The Continental Airlines Customer Service Representative.
	Lesson 23 - What have you got in that bag? "Have got" and "do have". We have included British interviewees in this clip to illustrate some of the classic preferences. Both variations are correct, of course.
	Lesson 24 - What do you do? What's your job? 15 interviews, some very short, some quite long.
	Lesson 25 - What do the Scottish think of the English?
	Lesson 26 - "How often do you...?" and "How many hours do you...?" Questions of time and frequency using the simple present tense. In addition to Americans, you will meet some Scots and Irish people who speak quite clearly.
	Lesson 27 - What do you do for fun? This is a brand new, all-American edit. All the exercises in this video are based on this new video. For our "global friends", you will also find a second edit which is exactly the same as the CD-ROM version wherein half of the dialogues are with Irishmen and Scots.
	Lesson 28 - What kind of movies do you like? What kind of music do you like?
	Lesson 29 - "What do you do like to do?" and "Do you like your job?" This is a new version, approximately 6 minutes in duration. Was an extremely long video and now is re-edited into 2 videos.
	Lesson 30 - This is the latest version of "like to do" and "like doing". It includes both review and preview material, providing an excellent summary of the structures and vocabulary in Units 1 through 24, with a peek of upcoming functions and structures.
	Intermediate Lessons 31 - 49:
	Lesson 31 - How long does it take? 4 medium-size interviews. The use of animation within the videos are very important to convey meaning, especially here. We therefore have 3 versions of this video: 1) The entire video with these "extras" - 2) Individual videos with the extras, and 3) Individual videos with no pictures or animation: the "bare" videos.
	Lesson 32 - Where do you live? More practice with the present simple, with previews of things to come! Version 1 includes regular and closed caption versions. Birgit Ferran's Flash Exos are included in addition to the HP exercises.
	Lesson 33 - The Present Continuous 1: Where are you going?
	Lesson 34 - The Present Continuous 2: What are you doing? This simple verb tense is often more complicated than it seems. This video lesson illustrates the obvious, but also includes an important nuance.
	Lesson 35 - The Present Continuous 3: What are you doing? What are you wearing? Includes an introduction to have and have got: What do you have? and *What have you got?*
	Lesson 36 - James and Marcus
	Lesson 37 - The Present Continuous # 4 with Closed Caption version: What are they doing? 17 short interviews. In this video, you will meet more British and Irish people than Americans.
	Lesson 38 - The Present Continuous # 5: What are you wearing? Closed Caption Video with the regular video. A Real English CD-ROM type edit. In the CD-ROMs, one never sees the closed caption version until after intensive listening practice.
	Lesson 39 - Comparatives and Superlatives, plus The Most Beautiful Language (3 videos)
	Lesson 40 - What are you going to do tonight? Meet Michael, one of New York City's finest. This is the shortest video on line (Unit 39 is also very short) See Unit 41b for Michael's complete interview.
	Lesson 41 - What are you going to do tonight? Meet Tom and Connie. They will help you with question forms and different aspects of the near future.
	Lesson 42 - Were you good at school? (Simple past 1with was and were)
	Lesson 43 - What did you do yesterday? (Simple past 2)
	Lesson 44 - Catherine and Tony
	Lesson 45 - Theresa and Doug
	Lesson 46 - 15 interviews on "yesterday" (Simple past 3)
	Lesson 47 - Used to do, used to be
	Lesson 48 - Cindy Review of some of the most important verb tenses in lessons 1 - 46.
	Lesson 49 - The Present Perfect 1 - A very short clip with the present perfect essentials.
	Upper Intermediate Lessons 50 - 57:
	Lesson 50 - Roberta & Maira from Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Lesson 51 - Contrast of The Present Perfect 2 and the Simple Past - A very rich video illustrating the differences.
	Lesson 52 - The Present Perfect 3 (with for and since).
	Lesson 53 - The Present Perfect 4 with review of 3 other tenses previously studied in Real English.
	Lesson 54 - Coincidence Have you ever experienced a strange coincidence?
	Lesson 55 - The Present Perfect 5: Have you ever been abroad?
	Lesson 56 - The Present Perfect 6 with review of other tenses. This is a good verb review (find the present perfect!). Also includes comparatives & superlatives.
	Lesson 57 - The Present Perfect 7 with inevitable review of other tenses. Whenever we find the present perfect used in a conversation, we usually find other tenses too. One interview in this 3-interview video involves a young American woman who speaks naturally and very clearly. This combination is rather rare.
	Advanced Lessons 58 - 71:
	Lesson 58 - Walter of Mobile, Alabama
	Lesson 59 - What would you do if you won 10 million dollars?
	Lesson 60 - The Present Perfect 8 with How long? + review of Past and Present Simple tenses.
	Lesson 61 - Real English Challenges # 1 This is the first in a series of our Advanced level videos. Structures covered in Units 1 to 43 are reviewed in these topical, normal speed (i.e., fast), conversations.
	Lesson 62 - Real English Challenges # 2 Kelly
	Lesson 63 - Real English Challenges # 3 Monica from Jamaica
	Lesson 64 - Real English Challenges # 4 Emily
	Lesson 65 - Real English Challenges # 5 The interviewer thinks that Dane has the ideal life. Why? Do you agree?
	Lesson 66 - Real English Challenges # 6 5 words are missing from this interview. What might they be? - Excellent for Classroom Discussion: What do you think was the one thing Dorothy regretted? Why?
	Lesson 67 - Real English Challenges # 7 Heather
	Lesson 68 - Real English Challenges # 8 What's been the best year of your life? A topical clip wherein the interviewees ingeniously reveal their values and aspirations.
	Lesson 69 - Real English Challenges # 9 What do you hope to achieve before you die? This is one of the most thought-provoking clips in Real English. It is also a good verb review, and is currently the most downloaded RE Clip.
	Lesson 70 - Real English Challenges # 10 This is the proof that not all Real English Units are cheerful. Here we meet a very distraught Laurie.
	Lesson 71 - Real English Challenges # 11 We were very fortunate to meet Randee Mia Berman in Manhattan. She is currently writing a "dazzling Sex & the City script" according to the Writer's Guild of America. She is also working on a sequel to her one-woman show "Mia's World" and writing a humor book about women & feminism.

	Surreal English - Between the late 70s and 1992, we made ESL comedy sketches for beginners. These are examples from the last series in those days, called "Surreal English", begun at the same time as Real English. The real treasure, however, is in the very early videos created by Charlie McBride, Ben Johnson, and Mike Marzio. Our main video, entitled "The Adventures of Charlie McBride" is 3 hours long. Some examples will soon be here if the old videotapes can de digitized!
	The "About" Video (credits): This clip touches the major bases for anyone interested in knowing about all the different people who contributed to Real English since its inception in 1992.

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