We No Speak Americano - Understanding International Students' Writing

In this video by Wibergh and Hawthorne (2010), grammatically competent international students explain challenges they'd faced in academic writing in the U.S. 

Reference

Wibergh, Felix (Producer), & Hawthorne, Nicholas (Director). (2010). We no speak americano: Understanding international students' writing [YouTube video]. U.S.: Nick Hawthorne's Channel. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/V7pYB6W049I

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Populaire Official US Release Trailer #1 (2013) - Bérénice Bejo Movie HD

This is a U.S. English trailer for a French romantic comedy, Populaire (Attal & Roinsard, 2012), about a speedy typist.

[I watched the movie on a DVD last night. It was very funny.] I wish I could type as fast as she did.

Reference

Attal, Alain (Producer), & Roinsard, Régis (Director). (2012). Populaire [Motion picture]. France: Les Productions du Trésor.

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Flying Kittens vs. Flying Puppies (Slow Motion Battle)

Who has got the best moves – the pussy cats or puppy dogs? Check 'em out!

Reference

Winn, Scott (Producer & Director). (2013). Flying Kittens vs. Flying Puppies (Slow Motion Battle) [YouTube video]. United States: ScottDW.

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Did you ever wonder about ...

... the difference between Holland and the Netherlands? Well, this high-paced geography lesson covers not only differences between ... [two] Hollands [N. & S.] and the Netherlands, but also similarities among them ana other far-flung reaches of the world.

Enjoy!

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Fluency MC does collos!

Just connected with an edu-rapper, Fluency MC (Jason R. Levine), who creates music videos highlighting what he calls "collos" (short for collocations) of English vocabulary. In a recent conversation with Dr. Nellie Deutsch (WizIQ: Conversation with Jase: Teacher, Trainer[,] and Entertainer, 2012.09.20), he suggested that he might come to Japan in the future.

On his YouTube page, Levine defines a collo as "a high frequency CHUNK of language" (About Fluency MC). The following featured video, posted less than 24 hours ago, presents dozens of verb+noun collos to help English-as-an-additional language learners remember ways to use the verbs make and do.

 

If you like that, be sure to check out other videos in his English/EFL/ESL ColloLearn playlist. There are 34 of them as of today.

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