This is for Dutch Learners
An alternative to Vocabulary Lists
What is Narrow Listening?
Narrow listening is listening to lots of material based on the same subject. An example will be watching 10 videos on the weather.
Why?
Listen to lots of material on the same subject will mean lots of repetition of vocabulary. This makes it easier to guess the meaning of words. Also you get to hear the words in context.
How?
Google translate can give you the basic words you need to do a search. I do my searches on Youtube.
For Best Results.
Watch videos on things that really interest you. Also, if you know the subject well in your own language, then it will make it easier to learn in another language. Remember fun (interest) makes you learn faster.
It was much harder finding groups of similar videos in Dutch than it was in English. Anyway, below are a few examples.
Some Examples
Veggiebende is a channel on vegetables. There are several videoes on the life of a plant. I find these very easy to understand. There are 26 videos on the Channel but some videos are not in Dutch - best to skip these.
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RatatouilleTV have 100s of videos online. They have lots on Amsterdam.
Amsterdam Museum
Bruyters is a channel that have makeup demostrations and videos related to Miss Belgium. I've only seen one video in this servies.
http://youtu.be/M2JXXD1sOAo
Other Ideas
To see similar videos - use the suggestions column on the righthand side.
Weather Forecasts
Police stuff and bicycles
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Monday, 25 July 2011
Narrow Listening - English
Free Photos HereThis is for English Learners
An alternative to Vocabulary Lists
What is Narrow Listening?
Narrow listening is listening to lots of material based on the same subject. An example will be watching 10 videos on the weather.
Why?
Listen to lots of material on the same subject will mean lots of repetition of vocabulary. This makes it easier to guess the meaning of words. Also you get to hear the words in context.
How?
Google translate can give you the basic words you need to do a search. I do my searches on Youtube.
For Best Results.
Watch videos on things that really interest you. Also, if you know the subject well in your own language, then it will make it easier to learn in another language. Remember that fun and interesting stuff makes you learn faster.
Some Examples
Snapfactory Channel on Youtube.
They have a photography channel with 172 videos. They look at different aspects of photography from a photography shooting session to how to use a light meter.
Photography Video
TotalBeautyTV
This Channel is dedicated to makeup and doing your hair. They have 111 videos. Women will probably get more from this as many women use makeup on a daily bases.
Makeup Experts
DIY
This Channel is also dedicated to beauty but uses natural ingredients. They have a 158 videos.
Makeup the natural way
Scotty Kilmer
This Channel is about maintaining and fixing your car. If you’re a mechanic or really interested in cars then this is a channel for you. There are 122 videos in the channel.
Fixing your Car
Other ideas.
With these videos, you can use the ‘suggestions’ on the righthand side of the screen, to see more videos.
UK weather
UK Weather forecast
US weather
USA weather forecast
News earthquakes
News link on Earthquakes
How to play American Football
Learn how to play American Football
How to get a girlfriend
How to get a girlfriend if you're a nerd
Other articles for English Resources
Lingq English Reading Material
Easy English Videos - Watch and Learn
English Reading on Youtube
Friday, 15 July 2011
More Dutch Language Resources
There should be something for everyone here.
Dutch fun with Sesame Street or Sesamstraat. I find this hilarious.
Talking Website
Dutch culture in Audio. The Rijksmuseum has many of its pages put into audio. The audio follows the words, so it’s pretty useful. The voice is a little metallic but it's a Dutch voice.
Rijksmuseum website education page
Children Stories
Audio only
Mixture of audio children stories
Story and Audio
These two websites should be really good. They have lots of children stories and the audio. Though, I have a problem with the site. I can’t get the audio to work with some of the stories. The one story that I did get the audio to work with, didn't match the story exactly.
Grimm stories
Andersen Stories
Sexy Dutch
A story about the most beautiful bottom in the Netherlands.
The most beautiful bum in the Netherlands
There’s also a video of a journalist who isn’t a bottom man but a breast man. He goes round looking for the perfect breasts.
Journalist looks for perfect breast.
Previous Dutch Resources
Easy Dutch Youtube Videos
Songs, TV for Dutch learners and more
Dutch fun with Sesame Street or Sesamstraat. I find this hilarious.
Talking Website
Dutch culture in Audio. The Rijksmuseum has many of its pages put into audio. The audio follows the words, so it’s pretty useful. The voice is a little metallic but it's a Dutch voice.
Rijksmuseum website education page
Children Stories
Audio only
Mixture of audio children stories
Story and Audio
These two websites should be really good. They have lots of children stories and the audio. Though, I have a problem with the site. I can’t get the audio to work with some of the stories. The one story that I did get the audio to work with, didn't match the story exactly.
Grimm stories
Andersen Stories
Sexy Dutch
A story about the most beautiful bottom in the Netherlands.
The most beautiful bum in the Netherlands
There’s also a video of a journalist who isn’t a bottom man but a breast man. He goes round looking for the perfect breasts.
Journalist looks for perfect breast.
Previous Dutch Resources
Easy Dutch Youtube Videos
Songs, TV for Dutch learners and more
Friday, 13 May 2011
Videos to watch to help you with English
This is for English Learners
Why watch ‘how to’ videos?
• These videos are relatively easy to understand from just watching.
• It’s real English! This is for English speakers and it’s how they speak.
• There are ‘how to’ videos for most subjects. Pick something you like and you know well and this will make the ‘videos’ even easier.
• ‘How to’ videos can be quite active. If you follow the actions, you’ll learn better.
• Helps you get more use to English
Don’t worry
• You don’t need to know every word.
• You more you watch English TV, especially kids TV, ‘how to’ and stuff that you are interested in, the easier the English is to understand.
When choosing ‘how to’ to watch. Choose ones that you enjoy! If you don’t like ‘how to do a sport’ type of video, DON’T WATCH IT.
Here are some examples
Diethealth is a Youtube channel aimed at women who want to get thinner and improve their health. The videos I’ve seen are American English. Some are good, like the ones above where the language is everyday stuff, there are a few videos that have more ‘technical English’.
This is a video from expertvillage. They have an incredible 138,597 videos online. I guess that they cover all sorts of topics. They also have many videos related to health and diet.
This is from Howcast. They have lots of videos too. The language is fun, easy to follow and it’s something that most adults are familiar with.
Why watch ‘how to’ videos?
• These videos are relatively easy to understand from just watching.
• It’s real English! This is for English speakers and it’s how they speak.
• There are ‘how to’ videos for most subjects. Pick something you like and you know well and this will make the ‘videos’ even easier.
• ‘How to’ videos can be quite active. If you follow the actions, you’ll learn better.
• Helps you get more use to English
Don’t worry
• You don’t need to know every word.
• You more you watch English TV, especially kids TV, ‘how to’ and stuff that you are interested in, the easier the English is to understand.
When choosing ‘how to’ to watch. Choose ones that you enjoy! If you don’t like ‘how to do a sport’ type of video, DON’T WATCH IT.
Here are some examples
Diethealth is a Youtube channel aimed at women who want to get thinner and improve their health. The videos I’ve seen are American English. Some are good, like the ones above where the language is everyday stuff, there are a few videos that have more ‘technical English’.
This is a video from expertvillage. They have an incredible 138,597 videos online. I guess that they cover all sorts of topics. They also have many videos related to health and diet.
This is from Howcast. They have lots of videos too. The language is fun, easy to follow and it’s something that most adults are familiar with.
Thursday, 20 January 2011
English Video - In the Garden
I made this video last year, when I was living in Taiwan.
I describe what you can see or hear in the video. I use spoken rather than book English. The script is also provided as well as some questions to encourage you to listen again to the video.
Exercises for “In the Garden Part One”
1st Listening
What floor do I live on?
What ‘word’ do Americans use for garden?
2nd Listening
There’s a little bit of noise on video. Where does it come from?
Which one’s bigger, a flowerbed or a flowerpot?
What’s wrong with some of the coffee trees?
How many anti-mosquitoes plants are there in the garden?
‘Anti’ in English means against. ‘Anti-mosquitoes’ plants – Are they good or bad for mosquitoes?
In the Garden Part One – The script.
Hi everyone, welcome to the garden, you’ll have to excuse the noise because we’re outside and there’s cars in the street below. Um, I’m lucky enough to live on one, two, three, four, on the fifth floor and lucky enough to have this garden. American would say yard, ok, in this yard, or garden, we’ve got a flowerbed, over here, we’ve got some plants and some weeds.
Hello, eh, over here in the yard, we’ve got some flowerpots, and …. Not very successful here, we’ve got some dead plants. These are dead coffee trees. These are live coffee trees. Ah, we’ve got this plant, this is a, it’s supposed to be an anti-mosquito plant, it’s a kind of pepper. And this is anti-mosquito as well and over here, we’ve got some chili plants. Can you see? This is a chili, and a little rose tree here. So, we don’t only have flowerbeds, but we’ve got flowerpots as well.
I describe what you can see or hear in the video. I use spoken rather than book English. The script is also provided as well as some questions to encourage you to listen again to the video.
Exercises for “In the Garden Part One”
1st Listening
What floor do I live on?
What ‘word’ do Americans use for garden?
2nd Listening
There’s a little bit of noise on video. Where does it come from?
Which one’s bigger, a flowerbed or a flowerpot?
What’s wrong with some of the coffee trees?
How many anti-mosquitoes plants are there in the garden?
‘Anti’ in English means against. ‘Anti-mosquitoes’ plants – Are they good or bad for mosquitoes?
In the Garden Part One – The script.
Hi everyone, welcome to the garden, you’ll have to excuse the noise because we’re outside and there’s cars in the street below. Um, I’m lucky enough to live on one, two, three, four, on the fifth floor and lucky enough to have this garden. American would say yard, ok, in this yard, or garden, we’ve got a flowerbed, over here, we’ve got some plants and some weeds.
Hello, eh, over here in the yard, we’ve got some flowerpots, and …. Not very successful here, we’ve got some dead plants. These are dead coffee trees. These are live coffee trees. Ah, we’ve got this plant, this is a, it’s supposed to be an anti-mosquito plant, it’s a kind of pepper. And this is anti-mosquito as well and over here, we’ve got some chili plants. Can you see? This is a chili, and a little rose tree here. So, we don’t only have flowerbeds, but we’ve got flowerpots as well.
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