I know it's Friday but this channel got me massively overexcited and I just couldn't help myself. Prepare to dribble all over your keyboard. This is past mouth-watering!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3xxYsIMs6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl5Jx0o5F_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX6K-Z67vI4&spfreload=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMoYxUMJG4c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuW7FHw0x_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwPcS9vhO7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBWKj9lezrc

Videos (reviews and articles) for C1 organized by topic

3b book reviews, interviews and lectures 

Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8E7HLUaRF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rv5VBF54mI
Drive by James Sallis
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/oct/21/james-sallis-crime-salt-river
High Fidelity  Nick Hornby
http://www.theguardian.com/books/1995/mar/28/fiction.reviews
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbqL2G_iQ-c&list=PL9156A37193921175&index=19


3b film reviews

Drive
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marshall-fine/movie-review-idrivei_b_959652.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYjFNh_aIA
High Hidelity
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jul/21/nickhornby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60woEQroy0g
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jul/21/comment
The Human Stain
http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9505E4D81430F932A05753C1A9659C8B63
The Inside Job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMQ804MKkWI

3c money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0hj4kiqsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMQ804MKkWI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niNYQtU8GkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEiCN57XhiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvAf2gOvaiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsrtB5lp60s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69NDIcHOl8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7m9wfFnH6o

These debates are a good way of getting familiar with sophisticated ways of interacting, negociating, expressing opinions, accepting others' views, rejecting others' arguments and so on. The topics they deal with are US foreign policy, technology, climate change or religion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3G4LA-QwR4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx0CXmagQu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyIQrS0Wqr0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmTLdSfHh_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8qPtLmfwZ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AntDHcgDEks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDD6XZ55TAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOU306AvvHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trSaVLbfspg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMraxhd9Z9Q

TED speakers on language acquisition...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0yGdNEWdn0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WLHr1_EVtQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a6vVIdQBd0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNmf-G81Irs

and CUSP speakers on business and enterpreneurship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaZPBonUKBY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOpaIeKRo_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp4Z5uusd_I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVvGJKzxzEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwxmdyC4F3U

Great video channel!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L-zHNdy288&list=PLA5UIoabheFM281dIr4ojw9xOVoo9dOtw

Letters of complaint

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eiw/complaint_letter_constructor.htm

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Complaint-Letter-to-a-Company
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/letters-of-complaint
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/media/words/assets/faulty-product.pdf
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/media/words/assets/unsatisfactory-workmanship.pdf
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/media/words/assets/disappointing-holiday.pdf
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/media/words/assets/leaking-radiator.pdf

Vocab-crazed language freaks might fancy some of these

http://www.vocabulary.com/
http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/tour-guide-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/police-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/negotiations-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/meetings-vocabulary.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone_terms.htm
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/crime-vocabulary
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-environment.php#.UwN1Y87oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-mass-media.php#.UwN1lc7oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-economics.php#.UwN1ws7oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-economics.php#.UwN1ws7oBOM
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-information-technology.php#.UwN2XM7oBOM
http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/media-vocabulary/
http://www.world-english.org/media_vocabulary.htm
http://www.roadtogrammar.com/movies/

Letters, letters, letters...
http://www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com/Public/PublicResources.html?direction=b-es-en&sp=S/oldo/resources/es/correspondence_public.html

Excellent  interviews/reviews packed with descriptive vocab and brilliant chunks of language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_dH0w90lyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKea_49v3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R0WdUhVB84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYG_BJNhT6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaK0YBA8Lss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQkuMe2-X3Y


Two podcasts for those hankering after more thorough reviews:

The Economist
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/new-fiction-peter-careys-the?in=theeconomist/sets/the-economist-culture
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/new-american-fiction-tainted?in=theeconomist/sets/the-economist-culture
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/picassos-pivotal-year?in=theeconomist/sets/the-economist-culture
The New Yorker
https://soundcloud.com/newyorker/the-new-yorker-out-loud-131007-pierpont
https://soundcloud.com/newyorker/the-new-yorker-out-loud-1

film reviews 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3u6LVHlGTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHxdPHMsIdk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xgdzDO25k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaw7m5Of3Cc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43gAIBzXzsw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZpCmcnM_s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonkduDdc5k

book reviews
http://bookriot.com/podcast/


music reviews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcjy0dr42gc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aspbCJ68zqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UfcEtU8AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PECeceTOCU8

They say nothing s for free these days...
http://www.youtube.com/user/duncaninchina
http://www.youtube.com/user/rachelsenglish
http://www.youtube.com/user/ENGLISHCLASS101
http://www.youtube.com/user/JamesESL
http://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish?feature=watch

Amy Winehouse's stuff dissected!!!If you can´t quite understand what your favourite artists are on about, this might prove useful.


http://rapgenius.com/Amy-winehouse-intro-stronger-than-me-lyrics

More on essays...I'll rave endlessly about this webpage for months on end!
http://www.educator.com/language/english/application-essays/hendershot/writing-part-one_-the-beginning.php
http://www.educator.com/language/english/application-essays/hendershot/writing-part-two_-the-middle-+-end.php

Opinion essays vs. for and against essays; juicy explanations, sweet exercises to practise your linkers and a  list of common mistakes whose awkwardly bitter flavours nobody will want to taste.To top it all with, a delectable vid on how to write essays that will add a refreshingly crunchy new twist to your argumentative meals. Bon appetit!

http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/opinion-essays
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/exercises
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/for-and-against-essays
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/practical-exercises-on-the-use-of-linking-words-and-phrases
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liyFKUFCQno
http://academicwriting.wikidot.com/common-essay-mistakes

A New generation of young British writers. You now speak their language. Are you going to miss what they have to offer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8E7HLUaRF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49e7JomuB2I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPmyJWOYLms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65mtLCbODCk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM1WwfARBPU

Short BBC clips of a variety of topics.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121012-the-city-of-the-future
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130402-a-self-employed-world
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130312-liquid-heart-of-south-america
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130205-sahara-life-giving-sands
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130402-typewriter-is-ipod-of-its-day
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130328-news-2050-hypersonic-take-off

wicked vocab resource!
http://www.wordnik.com/

 Sample letters of complaint and some tips on how to go about writing them!


http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/letters-of-complaint
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eiw/complaint_letter_constructor.htm#Warning
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/disappointing%20holiday.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/leaking%20radiator.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/faulty%20product.pdf
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/odo/practical%20writing/unsatisfactory%20workmanship.pdf

 CITY GUIDES!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/amsterdam-city-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/barcelona-city-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/istanbul-city-guide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/tokyo-city-guide

Exemplify!!!

I had already hinted that this webpage is MUST when it comes to illustrating the use of a given set phrase or chunk of language.
http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&query=+unacquainted+with
http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&query=vent+my+frustration
http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&query=+concede+that