One of the most respected English language experts. He doesn't sound like your average ivory tower dweller, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7WSzxQ0nX4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihx5B8vkaQA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8qOC6PJGvA&feature=fvwrel

Morgan Freeman short interview clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3cGfrExozQ&feature=related

Excellent video with a fairly unlikely intro!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spBiWsgJOd4

MIA flies like paper, gets high like planes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sei-eEjy4g&feature=related

Free film transcripts!!!
http://www.script-o-rama.com/table.shtml

Excellent tips, excercises and explanations.
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/default4.htm
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/eiw/complaint_letter_constructor.htm

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