A bit of English every day
Welcome to my English learning support space! Here you’ll find some written explanations, as well as videos to help you become familiar with the sound of English from all around the world. Some of them are about learning the English language, but you can also find videos about traveling, cooking, music and many other topics. You’ll find shorts, reels, and longer videos so you can choose the format you like best. Just make sure you have your computer or phone settings on English in the language section! Learning to communicate in English with confidence can be a challenge, but there’s a secret to making it easier: put a little bit of English into your everyday life.
Tips for building your first gaming PC
This one is for the techies out there! Zach looks at the issue of price vs performance from the points of view of both a gamer and a dad.
@zachstechturf Follow your dreams, but don’t let an expensive gaming PC get in your way. 🫡 #PCBuild #GamingPC #PCBuilding #CompetitiveGaming #PCGaming
♬ original sound - Zach's Tech Turf
Different ways to say “wrong”
Tiffani explains why choosing your words is important, and gives us many different, and more diplomatic, alternatives to “wrong”.
Connecting the dots with Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs tells three stories from his life, and explains how they shaped his success and his views on life and death. He emphasizes the importance of being true to yourself, and following your heart even when it seems to lead you the wrong way.
How do you pronounce “water”?
It depends on where you’re from! English actress Emily Blunt shows us how even in a family of native English speakers words can be pronounced very differently, with her daughter choosing between the pronunciation of her English mother and her American father.
The discovery of infrared light
Astrophysicist and science communicator Neil De Grasse Tyson gives us one of his “lightning” lessons on how infrared light was discovered by William Herschel, building on the discovery of white light by Isaac Newton.
English life and language in the Middle Ages
The pronunciation of English has changed a lot over time, and this is one of the reasons why the pronunciation of a word often doesn’t correspond with how it’s written, because the spelling of words was standardized but the pronunciation continued to change. Professor Dorsey Armstrong gives a demonstration of how some words were pronounced in the Middle Ages and answers questions about medieval history, talking about the structure of castles, instruments of torture, hygiene, Game of Thrones, sleeping habits and many other aspects of medieval life.