OPI |
* Improve Your Scores on the OPI by Diplomatic Language Services https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cWYZqrHA-Q * Interagency Language Roundtable |
Listening |
* English Listening Lesson Library Online * 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 |
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. |
Give Instructions |
* Giving Instructions by English Conversation (2.42 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLWJhnRclgo * English Intonation Essentials by Clear English Corner |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) * 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) |
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) |
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 |