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