Two amazing resources to get familiar with new vocab and explore the stunning world of synonymy.
http://thesaurus.com/
http://flashcards.dictionary.com/study/deck/5/reason-and-intention-logic-practice-quiz/

Great resource to practice listening and to learn new vocab.
http://www.esl-lab.com
http://esl-lab.com/review/review.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-movies.htm

he remembered having once reflected upon the possibility of humans living like humans. there might have been a chance. some tribes had once truly believed in a pre-existing being, incomparable to anything real, endophoric to creation. an ironically centring exophora. this sole idea had made it possible to act humanely. they had feared the consequences of their injustices even if they were all essentially forgetful beings. some had lived hoping for an afterlife reward for their good actions. a few believed their lives were presents and followed a path set by their tenacious wills to be decent people.

an originator of duality and contradiction, possibility and opposition? modern notions of history and science din t seem to allow for such an entity.

the fleeting idea of a being setting everything in motion or even surveying the unfolding of events in the universe was made more approachable by the existence of messengers; some were charlatans, others were unveilers.

our boy, though, was of a third kind. No categories could really be applied to him.

Some more Q TV interviews.

Margaret Atwood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQkuMe2-X3Y&feature=related
Morgan Freeman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKea_49v3I
MIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaK0YBA8Lss
Leonard Cohen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugh8Xe6hX7U
Neil Young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYwK6VhGTOw&feature=channel

Here's a few interviews with British artists and bands that have made good records in the last few years. Interestingly enough, they are all related somehow.

martina topley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJurmhJBCO4
tricky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po7cGTJXPU8
massive attack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9FI02XMOow
portishead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ--FwGRtNc
gorillaz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH0HlTloXHI

Here's an essay by Evelyn Glennie in which she discusses deafness and how it is widely misunderstood.

http://www.evelyn.co.uk/hearing_essay.aspx

Here's an essay by Evelyn Glennie in which she discusses deafness and how it is widely misunderstood.

http://www.evelyn.co.uk/hearing_essay.aspx

Here's an essay by Evelyn Glennie in which she discusses deafness.

http://www.evelyn.co.uk/hearing_essay.aspx

Here's an esay by Evelyn Glennie in which she discusses deafness.

http://www.evelyn.co.uk/hearing_essay.aspx

See what you think about this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElD40niJrio

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