Real English is different. Students who have not lived in an English-speaking country should begin with Lesson 1! The people in the videos are spontaneous. Spontaneity is difficult, just like real situations with strangers are difficult. The people seem to speak fast, but in reality, they are speaking at normal speed.Real English is also different concerning "levels".

"Beginner" and "Intermediate" are relative terms in the world of Real English. There are easy and difficult videos in the 3 intermediate sections.

Example: Lesson 43 is easy (for beginners) because
the people speak clearly in this particualar clip. But they use a verb
structure which is usually categorized as "Intermediate".

All the people you meet in Real English speak naturally,
but some people speak more clearly, and more slowly
than others. On the other hand, "levels" are usually
determined according to the relative difficulty of the
grammar structure used in a lesson. When we say
"Beginner", "Intermediate" and "Advanced" we are
speaking about grammar difficulty, not the way the
people speak. This is why you will find some
hard Beginner lessons & easy Intermediate lessons!

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Ten of the lessons on this page include complete lessons.
I'm working hard so that all the videos on this site will
have complete sets of exercises before the end of the year.

In the meantime, there are already 53 lessons to choose
from, representing over 250 hours of interactive work
for students.

You do everything in the new lessons: read, type, take
notes, watch, listen, record yourself, compare your
pronunciation to the teacher's, while learning new
vocabulary, grammar, and social functions in a fun,
reality-based environment.

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Lesson 32 - Where do you live? - More practice with the present simple, with previews of things to come!  Version 1 includes regular and closed caption versions. Birgit Ferran's Flash Exos are included here.

Level: Intermediate - Lesson 32 Exercises

Lesson 33 - Al Kohler, Homeless in Florida - A Topical Video - There are a hundred pictures and many subtitles designed to help us understand Al.

Level: Upper Intermediate - There will be exercises in 2008 if we decide to keep this video as part of the permanent collection.

Lesson 34 - The Present Continuous 2: What are you doing? - This simple verb tense is often more complicated than it seems. This short video lesson illustrates the most important aspect of the Present Continuous tense.

Level: Beginner / Pre-Intermediate - Lesson 34 Exercises

Lesson 37 - The Present Continuous # 4 - What are they doing? 17 short interviews. In this video particular clip, you will meet more British and Irish people than Americans.

Level: Beginner / Pre-Intermediate - Lesson 37 Exercises.

Lesson 39 - Comparatives and Superlatives, plus The Most Beautiful Language (3 clips)

Level: Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate - Exercises coming soon.

Lesson 39b - Joey teaches us about superlatives, tags, gerunds, and conditionals. Our first 2010 clip in high definition.

Level: Intermediate - Lesson 39 b Exercises

Lesson 40 - What are you going to do tonight? - Meet Michael, one of New York City's finest. This is the shortest video on line. Also, meet Tom and Connie. They will help you with different aspects of the near future.

Level: Pre-Intermediate - Lesson 40 Exercises

Lesson 41 - Parnelle and Esther from Haiti - A topical clip - Level: Upper-Intermediate / Advanced

Lesson 44 - Usually on Saturday vs Last Saturday - A "grammar clip": the Present Simple vs the Simple Past

Level: Intermediate - Exercises coming soon.

Lesson 45 - Theresa and Doug - A topical clip: life's ambitions

Level: Intermediate - Exercises coming soon.

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