Watching videos is a great way of learning English. Visual clues will help you understand the content, otherwise subtitles or a transcript are often available. Our conversation classes are frequently based upon videos watched before the lesson. Here are some of the ones that have been really popular with my students.
1. How to speak so that people want to listen
Great video. Short with excellent visuals which help to convey the message. Watch this video if you need to do some public speaking.
Link here.
2. This street art is awesome
Less than 3 minutes long, this one came up on my Instagram feed a while ago and I was instantly hooked. Lovely messages about creativity being good for your soul and that art is one way of dealing with problems.
Link here
3. Dick Fosbury
This video tells the story of high jumper Dick Fosbury and how his engineering knowledge helped him to come up with a new way of doing the high jump.
Link here
4. Framing - behind the scenes
A video from the National Gallery about how pictures for the Titian exhibition were framed. Intriguing for anyone interested in traditional crafts methods.
Link here
5.TED Talk - Do schools kill creativity?
Another TED talk, this time with a lot of British humour but conveying an incredibly important message about education. It's already been viewed over 70 million times.
Link here
Some other videos to watch
And another favourite that every language learner should watch!
How to practice for just about anything by Annie Bosler and Don Greene TED-Ed. Link here
Would you like more tips?
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