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A
Academic Writing
- Stylish Academic Writing | Helen Sword | Office of Faculty Development & Diversity (on Youtube 23-May2013)
Acronyms
- Acronyms and Abbreviations | The Free Dictionary
American English
- 45 COMMON PHRASES IN AMERICAN ENGLISH (on Youtube 5-Mar2018)
Apps
- Want a Bigger Vocabulary? Try These 7 Mobile Apps
Articles & Books
- 10 Words for the Angry and Upset - For those who just won't take it anymore (15-Jan2020) | Merriam-Webster
- 25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites - 5-Jun2018 | Mental Floss
- 25 Words That Don’t Mean What They Used To | Get Pocket
- 38 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent
- A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time - 15-Dec2017 | Literary Hub
- A history of punctuation | Aeon Essays
- How to Make Your Arguments Stronger (Hint: Longer Is Not the Answer)
- If You Can Correctly Pronounce Every Word in This 1920s Poem, You’re Among the English-Speaking Elite - 1-Jan2019 | Mental Floss
- Is this the most powerful word in the English language? (26-Jun2020) | BBC
- It’s time to talk about “It’s” - 9-Oct2018
- The 3 Best Sites to Learn a New Word Every Day (14-Feb2020)
- The Commas That Cost Companies Millions
- The Unusual Language That Linguists Thought Couldn’t Exist - 20-June2017
B
Bilingual
- Dreaming in Different Tongues: Languages and the Way We Think (on Youtube 19-Sep2011)
Book Writing
- How to Write a Book: 13 Steps From a Bestselling Author (on Youtube 1-Oct2018)
C
Contributors
- Word of the Day - Collins Dictionary
Communicative Grammar
- Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners | The New School (on Youtube 7-Feb2013)
Conversation Skills
- English Conversation Skill Secrets - THIS is what GREAT speakers do! (on Youtube 22-Apr2020)
Creative Writing
- Creative Writing Advice from Neil Gaiman (on Youtube 26-Jul2015)
Current & Trending / Latest News
- Latest Trends - Word lookups driven by news events, celebrities, sports, and more | Merriam Webster
D
Dictionaries
- The Free Dictionary
- "Why Real Dictionaries Have Fake Words" - 29-Jan2021
E
Encyclopedias
- Brittanica
- The Free Dictionary
- Wikipedia (TheFreeDictionary.com mirror)
English Contractions
- DO NOT SAY CONTRACTIONS LIKE THIS! Pronounce and use them PROPERLY! (on Youtube 17-Jul2019)
English Grammar
- The Farlex Grammar Book
English Language
- Between You and I the English Language is Going to the Dogs (on Youtube 14-Mar2014)
- Professor David Crystal: The Influence of the King James Bible on the English Language
- "Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern" - 16-Jul2015
English Literature
- "Shakespeare vs Milton: The Kings of English Literature Debate" - 2014
English Pronunciations
- 10 English Words You're (probably) Mispronouncing! | Difficult Pronunciation | Common Mistakes (on Youtube 21-May2017)
English Tenses
- Learn English Tenses: FUTURE – “will” or “going to”? (on Youtube 1-Apr2020)
English Transitions
- WRITING – Advanced English Transitions: thereby, thereof, hereby, therein, wherein, whereby... (on Youtube 21-Apr2018)
G
Games & Leisure
- How Strong is Your Vocabulary?
- Merriam Webster - Games
- More Confusing Words—Quiz
- Word Games and Quizzes
Grammar
- 5 GRAMMAR MISTAKES you didn't know you were making (on Youtube 27-Apr2018)
- 10 MOST COMMON Grammar Mistakes English Learners Make 😭😭😭 (on Youtube 10-May2018)
- 43 Embarrassing Grammar Mistakes Even Smart People Make | Inc
- Confusing Words – affect & effect, compliment & complement, and more! (on Youtube 29-Sep2015)
- Embarrassing Grammar Mistakes Even Smart People Make | Inc
- How Good Grammar Saves Lives and Other Reasons It’s Still Important - 30-Mar2021 | Wiz Case
- Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar | The New School (on Youtube 3-Dec2009)
- Words At Play | Merriam Webster
- “Write a Sentence as Clean as a Bone” And Other Advice from James Baldwin - 2-Aug2018
G
Games & Leisure
- How Strong is Your Vocabulary?
- More Confusing Words—Quiz
- Word Games and Quizzes
Grammar
- 5 GRAMMAR MISTAKES you didn't know you were making (on Youtube 27-Apr2018)
- Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar | The New School (on Youtube
- Transition & Linking Words in English | Advanced Writing & IELTS Vocabulary & Grammar (on Youtube 21-Aug2019)
Grammar Rules & Examples
- Grammar Rules And Examples | Word Tips
- Prepositions - Using Prepositions Correctly: Rules & Examples
- Verb Tenses - The Complete Guide To Verb Tenses In English
H
History
- "Discover the History of English" - 14-Apr2016
I
Idioms, Sayings & Phrases
- 5 English Grammar Rules you Must Learn Before you Die (or after) (on Youtube 8-Jul2019)
- 12 Old Words That Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms By Arika Okrent
4-Nov2015
- 20 ENGLISH IDIOMS TO SOUND LIKE A NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER (on Youtube 27-Nov2019)
- 21 Phrases You Use Without Realizing You’re Quoting Shakespeare - 2-Mar2018 | Mental Floss
- 25 IDIOMS IN ENGLISH TO SOUND LIKE A NATIVE (on Youtube 15-Jan2018)
- Idioms and phrases | The Free Dictionary
- Learn the 100 Most Common Idioms in 30 Minutes (with examples) (on Youtube 27-Feb 2020)
iGURU!
- Wordpressed
- Wordpressed - Word For The Day
L
Language & Emotions
- The ‘Untranslatable’ Emotions You Never Knew You Had - 4-Jan2017
Language Learning
- THIS is the Best Book on Language Learning I've Ever Read: HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS (on Youtube 9-Jun2020)
Languages
- Language Alters Our Experience of Time - 13-Jun2017
- "Polyglot Who Speaks 20 Languages Reveals His Formula" - 5-Feb2021
- The World’s Most Efficient Languages
Lectures
- Daniel Everett, "Homo Erectus and the Invention of Human Language" - 31-Mar2020
- Prof. Tony Lynch - The Importance of Listening to International Students - 31-May2012
Letters
- Letters That Changed The World, with Jack Lowden and Tamsin Greig (on Youtube 29-Jul2019)
Linguistics
- Babies learn to speak in the womb — linguist | SophieCo. Visionaries - 15-Nov2020
- Noam Chomsky speaks about Universal Linguistics: Origins of Language (on Youtube 7-Dec2015)
- Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain | Big Think (on Youtube 6-Oct2012)
Libraries (Online)
- The Free Library
Listening Skills
- Listening Skills - How To Improve Your LISTENING SKILLS | LBCC Study Skills (on Youtube 22-Sep2011)
Modern English Grammar
A
Academic Writing
- Stylish Academic Writing | Helen Sword | Office of Faculty Development & Diversity (on Youtube 23-May2013)
Acronyms
- Acronyms and Abbreviations | The Free Dictionary
American English
- 45 COMMON PHRASES IN AMERICAN ENGLISH (on Youtube 5-Mar2018)
Apps
- Want a Bigger Vocabulary? Try These 7 Mobile Apps
Articles & Books
- 10 Words for the Angry and Upset - For those who just won't take it anymore (15-Jan2020) | Merriam-Webster
- 25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites - 5-Jun2018 | Mental Floss
- 25 Words That Don’t Mean What They Used To | Get Pocket
- 38 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent
- A Close Reading of the Best Opening Paragraph of All Time - 15-Dec2017 | Literary Hub
- A history of punctuation | Aeon Essays
- How to Make Your Arguments Stronger (Hint: Longer Is Not the Answer)
- If You Can Correctly Pronounce Every Word in This 1920s Poem, You’re Among the English-Speaking Elite - 1-Jan2019 | Mental Floss
- Is this the most powerful word in the English language? (26-Jun2020) | BBC
- It’s time to talk about “It’s” - 9-Oct2018
- The 3 Best Sites to Learn a New Word Every Day (14-Feb2020)
- The Commas That Cost Companies Millions
- The Unusual Language That Linguists Thought Couldn’t Exist - 20-June2017
B
Bilingual
- Dreaming in Different Tongues: Languages and the Way We Think (on Youtube 19-Sep2011)
Book Writing
- How to Write a Book: 13 Steps From a Bestselling Author (on Youtube 1-Oct2018)
C
Contributors
- Word of the Day - Collins Dictionary
Communicative Grammar
- Communicative Grammar for Multi-Level English Language Learners | The New School (on Youtube 7-Feb2013)
Conversation Skills
- English Conversation Skill Secrets - THIS is what GREAT speakers do! (on Youtube 22-Apr2020)
Creative Writing
- Creative Writing Advice from Neil Gaiman (on Youtube 26-Jul2015)
Current & Trending / Latest News
- Latest Trends - Word lookups driven by news events, celebrities, sports, and more | Merriam Webster
D
Dictionaries
- The Free Dictionary
- "Why Real Dictionaries Have Fake Words" - 29-Jan2021
E
Encyclopedias
- Brittanica
- The Free Dictionary
- Wikipedia (TheFreeDictionary.com mirror)
English Contractions
- DO NOT SAY CONTRACTIONS LIKE THIS! Pronounce and use them PROPERLY! (on Youtube 17-Jul2019)
English Grammar
- The Farlex Grammar Book
English Language
- Between You and I the English Language is Going to the Dogs (on Youtube 14-Mar2014)
- Professor David Crystal: The Influence of the King James Bible on the English Language
- "Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern" - 16-Jul2015
English Literature
- "Shakespeare vs Milton: The Kings of English Literature Debate" - 2014
English Pronunciations
- 10 English Words You're (probably) Mispronouncing! | Difficult Pronunciation | Common Mistakes (on Youtube 21-May2017)
English Tenses
- Learn English Tenses: FUTURE – “will” or “going to”? (on Youtube 1-Apr2020)
English Transitions
- WRITING – Advanced English Transitions: thereby, thereof, hereby, therein, wherein, whereby... (on Youtube 21-Apr2018)
G
Games & Leisure
- How Strong is Your Vocabulary?
- Merriam Webster - Games
- More Confusing Words—Quiz
- Word Games and Quizzes
Grammar
- 5 GRAMMAR MISTAKES you didn't know you were making (on Youtube 27-Apr2018)
- 10 MOST COMMON Grammar Mistakes English Learners Make 😭😭😭 (on Youtube 10-May2018)
- 43 Embarrassing Grammar Mistakes Even Smart People Make | Inc
- Confusing Words – affect & effect, compliment & complement, and more! (on Youtube 29-Sep2015)
- Embarrassing Grammar Mistakes Even Smart People Make | Inc
- How Good Grammar Saves Lives and Other Reasons It’s Still Important - 30-Mar2021 | Wiz Case
- Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar | The New School (on Youtube 3-Dec2009)
- Words At Play | Merriam Webster
- “Write a Sentence as Clean as a Bone” And Other Advice from James Baldwin - 2-Aug2018
G
Games & Leisure
- How Strong is Your Vocabulary?
- More Confusing Words—Quiz
- Word Games and Quizzes
Grammar
- 5 GRAMMAR MISTAKES you didn't know you were making (on Youtube 27-Apr2018)
- Seven Ways of Looking at Grammar | The New School (on Youtube
- Transition & Linking Words in English | Advanced Writing & IELTS Vocabulary & Grammar (on Youtube 21-Aug2019)
Grammar Rules & Examples
- Grammar Rules And Examples | Word Tips
- Prepositions - Using Prepositions Correctly: Rules & Examples
- Verb Tenses - The Complete Guide To Verb Tenses In English
H
History
- "Discover the History of English" - 14-Apr2016
I
Idioms, Sayings & Phrases
- 5 English Grammar Rules you Must Learn Before you Die (or after) (on Youtube 8-Jul2019)
- 12 Old Words That Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms By Arika Okrent
4-Nov2015
- 20 ENGLISH IDIOMS TO SOUND LIKE A NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER (on Youtube 27-Nov2019)
- 21 Phrases You Use Without Realizing You’re Quoting Shakespeare - 2-Mar2018 | Mental Floss
- 25 IDIOMS IN ENGLISH TO SOUND LIKE A NATIVE (on Youtube 15-Jan2018)
- Idioms and phrases | The Free Dictionary
- Learn the 100 Most Common Idioms in 30 Minutes (with examples) (on Youtube 27-Feb 2020)
iGURU!
- Wordpressed
- Wordpressed - Word For The Day
L
Language & Emotions
- The ‘Untranslatable’ Emotions You Never Knew You Had - 4-Jan2017
Language Learning
- THIS is the Best Book on Language Learning I've Ever Read: HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS (on Youtube 9-Jun2020)
Languages
- Language Alters Our Experience of Time - 13-Jun2017
- "Polyglot Who Speaks 20 Languages Reveals His Formula" - 5-Feb2021
- The World’s Most Efficient Languages
Lectures
- Daniel Everett, "Homo Erectus and the Invention of Human Language" - 31-Mar2020
- Prof. Tony Lynch - The Importance of Listening to International Students - 31-May2012
Letters
- Letters That Changed The World, with Jack Lowden and Tamsin Greig (on Youtube 29-Jul2019)
Linguistics
- Babies learn to speak in the womb — linguist | SophieCo. Visionaries - 15-Nov2020
- Noam Chomsky speaks about Universal Linguistics: Origins of Language (on Youtube 7-Dec2015)
- Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain | Big Think (on Youtube 6-Oct2012)
Libraries (Online)
- The Free Library
Listening Skills
- Listening Skills - How To Improve Your LISTENING SKILLS | LBCC Study Skills (on Youtube 22-Sep2011)
Modern English Grammar
P
Parallelism
- Parallelism: The secret to great writing (on Youtube 30-Jun2018)
Past Modals
- PAST MODALS: Might've, Could've, Should've, Would've, Must've.... (on Youtube 22-Mar2018)
Podcast
- Word Matters | Merriam-Webster
Poetry
- The Power of Poetry, with Helena Bonham Carter and Jason Isaacs (on Youtube 20-Apr2018)
Presentations
- Logic of English Presentation (on Youtube 6-Oct2011)
Pronouns
- Where Gender-Neutral Pronouns Come From - 4-Jun2021 | Atlantic
Pronunciation
- 9 RULES OF ARTICLES - A, AN, THE or 'THEE' ? - Use and pronounce correctly every time! (on Youtube 7-Nov2019)
Q
Quiz
- Challenging Vocabulary Quiz Returns! | Merriam-Webster
S
Speaking
- How To Speak by Patrick Winston (on Youtube 20-Dec2019)
Speech Writing
- Words that Changed The World, with Jeremy Irons and Carey Mulligan (on Youtube 19-Mar2019)
Storytelling
- Seven Keys to Good Storytelling | Josh Campbell | TEDxMemphis (on Youtube 5-Jun2018)
T
Thesauruses
- Thesaurus - Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Words | The Free Dictionary
U
UK
- 88 very British phrases that will confuse anybody who didn't grow up in the UK (2-Jan2018) | The Independent
V
Vocabulary
- 12 Old Words That Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms
- 20 Difficult English Words - Improve Your Vocabulary - Learn Advanced English ✔️ (on Youtube 1-May2018)
- 25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites - 15-Jun2018 | Mental Floss
- Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms - On words that are the same, but different | Merriam-Webster
- How to increase your vocabulary (on Youtube 24-Jun2018)
- Improve your Vocabulary: Stop saying I KNOW! (on Youtube 6-Jan2020)
- Improve your Vocabulary: Stop saying VERY! (on Youtube 22-May2018)
- Vocabulary - though, although, even though, despite, in spite of (on Youtube 23-Jan2013)
W
Word of the day
- Twitter - #WordOfTheDay
Writing Inspiration
- 25 Writers On The Books That Inspired Them To Write - 2-Aug2018
Writing Stories
- How to Write a Good First Line - on Youtube 13-Jan2018
- How to Write a Short Story in 6 Steps (on Youtube 9-Jul2020)
- Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories (subtitulos castellano) (on Youtube 14-Jul2018)
Writing Tips
- 7 Lessons Writers Can Learn from Harry Potter - 3-Aug2017
- 7 Ways to Improve English Writing Skills | IELTS | EXAM | ESSAY | ACADEMIC #Spon (on Youtube 25-Oct2017)
- Basic Writing Skills w/ Cicely Tyson (1988) (on Youtube 25-Apr2019)
- How to Improve your Clarity of Thought ("Writing is Thinking") - 19-Dec2020
- How to Motivate Yourself to Write Every Day
- How to Show, Not Tell: The Complete Writing Guide - on Youtube 2-Oct2020
- How to Write a Novel, According to 10 Really Good Novelists - 6-Feb2021
- Improve your Writing: Show, Not Tell (on Youtube 31-Oct2017)
- LEADERSHIP LAB: The Craft of Writing Effectively (on Youtube 26-Jun2014)
- Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing (on Youtube 28-Jan2015)
- Ray Bradbury’s Greatest Writing Advice - 22-Aug2018
- Steven Pinker on Good Writing, with Ian McEwan (on Youtube 16-Oct2014)
- Timeless Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers by Maria Popova | Brain Pickings
- Writing - Transitions - THEREFORE, THUS, CONSEQUENTLY (on Youtube 11-Jun2013)
Y
Youtube
- English Lessons with Adam - Learn English [engVid]
- English with Lucy
- Luca Lampariello
Parallelism
- Parallelism: The secret to great writing (on Youtube 30-Jun2018)
Past Modals
- PAST MODALS: Might've, Could've, Should've, Would've, Must've.... (on Youtube 22-Mar2018)
Podcast
- Word Matters | Merriam-Webster
Poetry
- The Power of Poetry, with Helena Bonham Carter and Jason Isaacs (on Youtube 20-Apr2018)
Presentations
- Logic of English Presentation (on Youtube 6-Oct2011)
Pronouns
- Where Gender-Neutral Pronouns Come From - 4-Jun2021 | Atlantic
Pronunciation
- 9 RULES OF ARTICLES - A, AN, THE or 'THEE' ? - Use and pronounce correctly every time! (on Youtube 7-Nov2019)
Q
Quiz
- Challenging Vocabulary Quiz Returns! | Merriam-Webster
S
Speaking
- How To Speak by Patrick Winston (on Youtube 20-Dec2019)
Speech Writing
- Words that Changed The World, with Jeremy Irons and Carey Mulligan (on Youtube 19-Mar2019)
Storytelling
- Seven Keys to Good Storytelling | Josh Campbell | TEDxMemphis (on Youtube 5-Jun2018)
T
Thesauruses
- Thesaurus - Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Words | The Free Dictionary
U
UK
- 88 very British phrases that will confuse anybody who didn't grow up in the UK (2-Jan2018) | The Independent
V
Vocabulary
- 12 Old Words That Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms
- 20 Difficult English Words - Improve Your Vocabulary - Learn Advanced English ✔️ (on Youtube 1-May2018)
- 25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites - 15-Jun2018 | Mental Floss
- Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms - On words that are the same, but different | Merriam-Webster
- How to increase your vocabulary (on Youtube 24-Jun2018)
- Improve your Vocabulary: Stop saying I KNOW! (on Youtube 6-Jan2020)
- Improve your Vocabulary: Stop saying VERY! (on Youtube 22-May2018)
- Vocabulary - though, although, even though, despite, in spite of (on Youtube 23-Jan2013)
W
Word of the day
- Twitter - #WordOfTheDay
Writing Inspiration
- 25 Writers On The Books That Inspired Them To Write - 2-Aug2018
Writing Stories
- How to Write a Good First Line - on Youtube 13-Jan2018
- How to Write a Short Story in 6 Steps (on Youtube 9-Jul2020)
- Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories (subtitulos castellano) (on Youtube 14-Jul2018)
Writing Tips
- 7 Lessons Writers Can Learn from Harry Potter - 3-Aug2017
- 7 Ways to Improve English Writing Skills | IELTS | EXAM | ESSAY | ACADEMIC #Spon (on Youtube 25-Oct2017)
- Basic Writing Skills w/ Cicely Tyson (1988) (on Youtube 25-Apr2019)
- How to Improve your Clarity of Thought ("Writing is Thinking") - 19-Dec2020
- How to Motivate Yourself to Write Every Day
- How to Show, Not Tell: The Complete Writing Guide - on Youtube 2-Oct2020
- How to Write a Novel, According to 10 Really Good Novelists - 6-Feb2021
- Improve your Writing: Show, Not Tell (on Youtube 31-Oct2017)
- LEADERSHIP LAB: The Craft of Writing Effectively (on Youtube 26-Jun2014)
- Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing (on Youtube 28-Jan2015)
- Ray Bradbury’s Greatest Writing Advice - 22-Aug2018
- Steven Pinker on Good Writing, with Ian McEwan (on Youtube 16-Oct2014)
- Timeless Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers by Maria Popova | Brain Pickings
- Writing - Transitions - THEREFORE, THUS, CONSEQUENTLY (on Youtube 11-Jun2013)
Y
Youtube
- English Lessons with Adam - Learn English [engVid]
- English with Lucy
- Luca Lampariello
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