HEre's another useful blog you can check out: www.englishfifthyear.blogspot.com

Interview with M.I.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWwDeqorbH0

The sounds of the English language:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Always worth revisiting... or discovering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jYOqu4b9BY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejM3odcn3Tk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Bcz8VRmyE&feature=related

Here's the first chunk of our communal writing project

The woman yawned. A long lazy noise came right out of her and was gone. It was an unearthly sound. She felt extremely tired after a bad night's sleep. Nightmares had plagued her since her early childhood but their vividness had increased of late. They had  become virtually indistinguishable from reality.

Nadia tentatively felt the other side of her bed with the back of her hand in vain. Her husband was gone.

Excellent presentations focusing on cohesion, linking devices and how to structure your writings paragraph by paragraph.
http://vodpod.com/watch/4363865-writing-tutorials-paragraph-structure-01
http://vodpod.com/watch/4345081-writing-tutorials-paragraph-structure
http://vodpod.com/watch/4363922-writing-tutorials-c

Videos dealing B2 grammar classics in


Phrasal verbs.

RUN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1bw_manHJw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKGAg0YFlo
GET
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qzd7zNt-qA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=886hLlkwipI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7kftdmgvBY
 TAKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1bw_manHJw&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmgUs936ULE

Danny de Vito walks along Sesame Street...

Jonnhy Cash's cameo

And here are the lyrics to the song

Great alphabet song sporting an irresistible funky beat.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/the-alphabet-song

Traditional children's songs. Take your pick.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs

My personal favourite
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/if-you’re-happy-and-you-know-it

Tongue twisters make excellent warm up practice!
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/tongue-twisters

The BBC put together this amazing resource. This is a sound by sound approach to the English phonemic system which will surely help you out with your pronunciation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Interview with Amy Winehouse. She had just published her first album at the time. She was only 20 years old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbsuC_Y3bmM&p=0ADA4C02DF4EB578&playnext=1&index=29

Live performance of her debut album hit Stronger than me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOLJx0qoiNs

Carling at work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgps85scy1g&feature=related

Here's some clips from extras. The series stars Gervais as a loser actor. Some chapter feature cameo appearances by Hollywood stars.

Outtakes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mjsTuimR9I&feature=related
Bowie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE&feature=related
Outtakes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeUYbgH5XmU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mjsTuimR9I&feature=related
De Niro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCzJcjwYVZA&feature=related
Samuel L. Jackson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR81gKiKXoE&feature=related
Daniel Radcliffe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR81gKiKXoE&feature=related
Orlando Bloom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh7qzDJG94M&feature=related
Stephen Merchant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsGH6j_ubJI&feature=related

Grammar based videos! Here's a few of them dealing with a variety of structures.

conditionals (2nd type)

conditionals (3rd type)

have/did

was/were

Nerdy mockumentary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWTmg4dHiKg

Song meanings. Do you not get the impressions that some songs are impenetrable. This one by R.E.M. will surely make that impression turn into a strong opinion.


http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/12323/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UE7tXDKIus

Karl Pilkington: The funniest man on earth according to Ricky Gervais, the man behind such works as The Office and Extras.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzc-0TzEFS4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUTH1coLIWE&feature=related

The big questions



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFjwXe-pXvM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0EwLY84ldo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPoj_C7IUuc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHk4RD8Cp48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoV-wtxyQKY

THE LOST VIDEO!!!

This is the video I asked you to watch and do homework about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F73O3_im0Wo

Good listening practice on the run up to your test.

http://www.elllo.org/oct/mark/hood.htm
http://www.elllo.org/pages/chteach.htm
http://www.elllo.org/june/alex/alawyer.htm

Impressive online catalogue. Many of the documents and books are available for free. You just have to submit your e-mail address.
http://ota.oucs.ox.ac.uk/catalogue/index-id.html

Lots of pronunciation and listening related links:
http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_listening.htm

Dictation exercises.
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omdictation/contenidotematico.htm

This podcast is a bit repetitive but quite good to learn how to pronounce irregular verbs.
http://www.manythings.org/repeat/

Here's a great free online English course for beginners as well.
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/presentacion1.htm

The animal alphabet!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/theme/music/#/lb/misc/animalabc

Some other great games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/shows/

Baby signs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/games/#/lb/somethingspecial/babysigns

Emotion theatre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tikkabilla/games/#/lb/tikkabilla/emotiontheatre

Poetry pie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/shows/nopqr#/lb/poetrypie/poetrypiegames

Jackanory Junior
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/jackanory/games/#

Build a city
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/theme/music/#/lb/metoo/buildacity

Mo' better audiobooks.

high fidelity
slumdog millionnaire
dracula
silence of the lambs

Free audiobook site featuring a few British and American all-time classics.

Great links for sound identification and postcard writing and learning new vocab while still focusing on sounds..

Rephrasing is a excellent of improving your written English showing-off capabilities.

Here´s link to practice rephrasing


Another way of becoming more proficient and boosting your vocab and syntax involves identifying a word used in different contexts and incorporating it into your language repertoire.

Excellent warm-up for your oral exams: interactive one-sided dialogue.

http://englishconversations.org/interactive-stories/

http://englishconversations.org/2007/03/08/nurse-story-an-example-of-an-interactive-story/
http://englishconversations.org/2009/08/31/water-car-4-an-example-of-an-interactive-story/

A1 listening practice.

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/1L3-the-new-class.php
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/1L2-rockstar.php

Phrasal verbs you have to study before Mike comes to class next time.


GET(definition, example)
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verbs-g-i.php
GET(practice)
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs/4pv17-get.php

KEEP (definition, example)

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verbs-j-o.php

KEEP (practice)

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs/4pv20-keep.php

MAKE (definition, example)

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verbs-j-o.php

MAKE (practice)

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs/4pv22-make.php

Here s a list of songs used in class in case you might want to work with them. I've added some other good videos and interviews.

Tricky Piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk5SG-Des5Y
Interview with Tricky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yAXfvEP3rY
Macy Gray I Try
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsTk2xp0nvY&feature=related
Kate Nash Foundations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsTk2xp0nvY&feature=related
Interview with Kate Nash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHFbC203dtM
Lily Allen Smile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxDrVUrSvI
Lily Allen LDN Accapella
http://www.youtube.com/user/danifacch18?blend=1&ob=4&rclk=cti
Interview With Lily Allen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TAVxKtRJO4
DMX Who We Be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB2_MmtMoIc
Jill Scott The Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCerHrqWQkQ
Unknown Artists Rosie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuaPIDUQF5U
Vera Hall Trouble so Hard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9SENzRLk_M&feature=fvw

Beginners can practise their listening using these fantastic web.
http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/elem_interm.html

I was amazed when i found this. This web is extremely useful both to get used to different accents and to get a feel of how everyday feels and souds. Listen to An English Accent.

http://englishconversations.org/

Check this one out. It´s a laugh.
http://englishconversations.org/2007/10/31/liverpool-accent/

Supa-dupa web page to practise listening
http://www.elllo.org/PagesMixer/17-MX-Intros.htm
http://www.elllo.org/PagesMixer/08-MX-DreamJob.htm
http://www.elllo.org/PagesMixer/16-MX-IdealDay.htm
http://www.elllo.org/PagesMixer/61-MX-Food.htm

You can get even more listening tests here.

http://www.elllo.org/PagesMixer/

Small talk, big challenge.
http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/small-talk.htm

Interesting reflections on learning a second language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCpT9bi8zSc&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGVNbkGFrNM