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DLIELC Academic Library

Oral Proficiency Skills

 OPI

 * Improve Your Scores on the OPI by Diplomatic Language Services     

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cWYZqrHA-Q

 * Interagency Language Roundtable

     https://www.govtilr.org/

 Listening

 * English Listening Lesson Library Online

      https://elllo.org/

 * Exam English

      https://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/toefl_listening.html

 * Four Things All Great Listeners Know by TED-Ed (5.17 min)

      https://www.ted.com/talks/ted_ed_4_things_all_great_listeners_know

 * Randall’s Cyber Listening Lab

      https://www.esl-lab.com/

 Infer

 * Language Tip: Paraphrasing (Beyond the Basics): Techniques by Patricia Jenkinson, Interpersonal Communications (6.56 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FYoo2_NvNM

 * Rethinking Thinking by Trevor Maber on TED-Ed (5.59 min)

      https://www.ted.com/talks/trevor_maber_rethinking_thinking?language=en

 Speaking

 * Advanced English: Formal vs Informal Language by Advanced English Grammar with JenniferESL (13.43 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiQxSgCG1qo&t=403s

 * How to Ask Good Questions in a Conversations by Alexander Lyon (3.47 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJ03dDGlCk

 * The Right Way to Ask Questions in English by Speak Confident English (11.25 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmI-AwpJXPU

 * Talking Pros and Cons in English by Advanced English Conversation (10.46 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9aJ8ZulIn0 

 * Why Do We, like, Hesitate When We, um, Speak? by Lorenzo Garcia-Amaya, Ted_Ed (5.14 min)

      https://www.ted.com/talks/lorenzo_garcia_amaya_why_do_we_like_hesitate_when_we_um_speak

 Give

 Directions

 * Prepositions of Directions by Ellii (5.19 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd14_fB5AC4

 * Directions Game | Giving Directions in English by Games4ESL.com (6.42 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A3lVmjWf0c

 * Not Afraid to Ask for Directions by National Geographic

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ikl_1f-aYQ

 * How to Give Directions in English by Manuel Campos (January 24, 2023) on EnglishPost.org.

      https://englishpost.org/ask-and-give-directions/

 Give

 Instructions

 * Giving Instructions by English Conversation (2.42 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLWJhnRclgo

 * English Intonation Essentials by Clear English Corner

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWKY58m8B8

 Describe

 * 23 Positive Adjectives to Describe People in English by Speak Confident English (9.11 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyRZaQidt0E

 * 28 Ways to Talk About People Negatively in English by Speak Confident English (7.51 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcCnTQ7XP4A

 * Describing Places | Practical English Conversation by Learn English by Pocket Passport (3.07 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0JNXhoHGI8

 Paraphrase

 * How to Write in Your Own Words, Basics: How to Paraphrase in an Essay by Learn Academic English (14.05 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mF0mFwlnAY

 * Paraphrasing as a Means to Improving Your English | Sentence Transformation by Speak Languages and Travel the World (23.32 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShb_CSsj_M

 Pronunciation:

 Stress and

 Intonation

 * How Vowel Length Affects Your Speech (American Pronunciation Lesson) by The Accent Channel (5.24 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j402nzv7uUo

 * English: A Stress-timed Language – American Pronunciation by Rachel’s English (5.15 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrAe07KluZY

 * English Intonation Essentials by Clear English Corner (8.30 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWKY58m8B8

 * Proper Emphasis in English with Emphatic Stress to Sound SuperNatural by Advanced English for Professionals

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdTQPwcd5wo

 * Stress Patterns in English: How to Emphasize Points by Explearning with Mary Daphne (6.14 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k2y3Cwg-0k

 * Thought Groups - Thought Groups by Extra English Practice (8.21 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRaufMqiaoU

 * Thought Chunking in American English by Jill Diamond (20.31 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Qcc0Y1SK4

 * Learn American English! 3 Rules to Using Thought Groups in American English by San Diego Voice and Accent (8.34 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgSOC3XrwXg

 Pronunciation:

 Consonant

 and

 Vowel Sounds

 * -t, -d, -id? / Past Tense -ED Verb Endings by English Pronunciation (7.40 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSXBJ0_eAPk

 * Pronunciation of Final -S by Woodward English (11.30 minutes)

      https://youtu.be/RUdVa9D_A6k

 * How to Say English articles A and AN by Clear English Corner (5:00 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgk1IZE-Cxk

 * How to Say /v/ and /b/ by Clear English Corner (5.14 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtR-pUFYoZU

 * American English Sounds - UR Vowel - How to Make the UR as in BIRD Vowel by Rachel’s English (4.17 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehn6XixUBKs

 * How to Make the OO Vowel by Rachel’s American English (4.33 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwahymIkGJ0&t=11s

 * /ʊ/ as in by Clear English Corner (0-12 – 6.13 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtYIp5KYk0M&t=39s

 * sh /ʃ/ vs. ch /tʃ/ by Elemental English (3.17 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz7FHvzaItE

 * Yellow vs Jello by Rachel’s English (5.06 minutes)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKII6NscMbg

 Grammar

 * All Conditionals | 0, 1, 2, 3 and Mixed Conditionals (22.11 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H3-2smRJJY

 * All Things Grammar

      https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/tenses-review.html

      https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/modals-of-probability.html

      https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/second-conditional.html

      https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/third-conditional.html

      https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/passive.html

      https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/coordinating-conjunctions.html

      https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/reported-speech.html

 * CliffNotes (English)

      https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/english

 * Reducing Adjective Clauses to Adjective Phrases by Learn English Grammar with JenniferESL

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-0T4GozCJ8

 * Types of Clauses: Advanced English Grammar with JenniferESL (16.21 min)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3CJs0etXkw

 * English Grammar Exercises and Quizzes by Perfect English Grammar

      https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/grammar-exercises.html

 * Quick and Easy Way to Learn English Verb Tenses (PDF) by Learn English Team

      https://www.learnenglishteam.com/a-quick-way-to-learn-english-tenses-free-pdf/

 * Using Timelines to Teach Verb Tenses by Advance Consulting for Education (41.32 min)

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9_PGNWzzu8

 * Learn All 12 Tenses in 30 Minutes by Learn English Lab(31.22 min)

      https://youtu.be/3lI3R9_Z1HY

The books listed below are available in the DLIELC Academic Library
Adjective Clauses

* Grammar Dimensions 2, Unit 22

* Focus on Grammar 5, Part IV

Adverb Clauses * Focus on Grammar 5, Units 18-19
Conditionals

* Focus on Grammar 4, Part IX

* Grammar Dimensions 2, Unit 25

Connectors * Focus on Grammar 5, Unit 20

Giving Directions / 

Prepositions

* Grammar Dimensions 1, Unit 10

Modals for Possibility / 

Inference

* Focus on Grammar 5, Unit 6

* Grammar Dimensions 2, Unit 22

Passive Voice

* Focus on Grammar 4, Part VIII

* Grammar Dimensions 2, Unit 22

Perfect Tenses

* Focus on Grammar 3, Part IV

* Grammar Dimensions 2, Units 13, 14, 15, 19

Questions (Formation)

* Grammar Dimensions 2, Unit 4

* Focus on Grammar 3, Unit 8

Questions (Indirect / 

Embedded)

* Focus on Grammar 4, Part X

* Focus on Grammar 5, Unit 22

Verb Tenses / 

Irregular Verbs

* Focus on Grammar 2, Unit 21 (Irregular Verbs)

* Grammar Dimensions 2, (Multiple Units)

* Focus on Grammar 4, (Multiple Units)

* Focus on Grammar 5, Part 1