elcome to Real English®, a rare, simple site where everything is free and free-access. Go directly to the lessons if you like. No Sign Up necessary. No Login necessary. Just great original video and thoughtful English (ESL EFL)
lessons for students & teachers.
Students, click on a picture or choose one of the new lessons.
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New: You can translate the whole page, or you can double-click any word for English definitions.
The E|FL 2.0 Blog: Elena's E|FL 2.0 Blog has provided the best professional critique of this site that I have ever read. She concludes: "Probably the best content ever...
They own a great treasure, the largest array of video resources/realia for EFL learners". Our New Lessons
Our Classic Collection
Here are the original English Instructions:
1 - Go here
http://www.real-english.com/new-lessons.asp and choose a lesson.
2 - Watch the video at the top, without subtitles.
3 - Click on "Exercise 1". Follow the instructions. Do all the exercises.
4 - Now watch the video with subtitles.
This site combines ESL/EFL grammar and functions with the spontaneity provided by the people we meet casually during our filming campaigns. You will not find any actors here. All of our clips are based on people being themselves, speaking naturally and spontaneously, just like in the situations which learners will deal with when their training is finished, when they travel to English-speaking countries, or when they welcome English speakers into their homes and offices.
Our videos are based on grammar structures and social functions, providing an anchor and a counterpoint to the spontaneity of street video. This unique approach is greatly appreciated by teachers who have been using traditional materials, which present us with actors speaking slowly and distinctly, as if the real world were slow and distinct. The lessons include images directly related to what the speakers are saying, as well as additional audio files, providing meaning for beginners and intermediate students alike.
Finally, thanks to Branka Marcetta, representing USALearns a pretty cool link: my recent Presentation of Real English in Adobe Connect on Jan 18th
The First Real English® Videos in HD. More New Lessons coming very soon!
This clip and this one are also new (March 2010). I began the exercises today for these 3 videos. Sign up for the Newsletter to receive the latest Lesson news.
Important:
watch & listen to a video many
times before reading,
& before watching with
subtitles. Your pronunciation will be much better! The original Real English®
You do everything in the new lessons: watch, type, speak, take notes, listen to the people in the video, record yourself and compare your pronunciation to the teacher's pronunciation, perfecting your accent while learning grammar & vocabularyessentials.
Click on the photo of Jimmy and choose a lesson!
New Lessons!
