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4 ways to understand more in English
Learn how to understand almost everything you hear right now in 4 easy steps! If you are an advanced English student, and you already know grammar and can understand what you read, but have trouble understanding when people speak in movies and in real life, watch this lesson to find out HOW to listen and UNDERSTAND!
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Amazing! Dear teacher,James,THANK YOU! :)
hi James..thank u very mutch ..simply the best that lesson about : would’ve is the most important lesson in the intire english language and the whole languages all over the world .. i really mean it .. i was dieying to find this lesson..i enjoyed it more than having sex with Kim Karadishian.. Onece again : you are the father ..no no You are the best.
Hi James
you are so funny.Thank you for teaching us
Thank you again.
Hello there. I have read in a grammar book I purchased that subjunctive mood should be used in condition of uncertainty. Example. If she have the money, she will make it in the city.
I used to use has for the third person. I would like to clarify this, because there are some English novels which use has instead of have. :)
SHE HAS is referring to the third person singular.
But what I’m referring to is “the subjunctive mood” being used in condition of uncertainty. I.E. “If she be kind, I’ll like her”
I had been eagerly waiting for this lesson to come. For me, you proved to be quite inspiring, humorous and dedicated teacher I ever had. I would like to give my heartiest thank for providing us with such a valuable information. I almost watched all of your videos, its quite informative. I non native speaker from Nepal, hardly people speak English here, but I manage improve a lot from engvid lesson. God bless to our kind and helpful teacher from engvid.
Hi, where are you on youtube for suscribe!
Thank you James!!! Please as soon as possible give another class about S L A N G S!!!!
This is the first time I discover your english course, it’s been a long time, I ‘ve been looking for a course like that. I Want to keep to practice with you because I have a listening problem. May God bless you and I hope you help me improve my english.
I loved this class! Thank you James!
Solange,
from Brazil
Don’t think just listen and close the eyes are the ways how I learn English.
I agree with you. I did that too, and it is very helpful
first i love action moves too second i will do every thing you sad i hop to make progress in my listening finally you are awesome teacher because u make me confident in my language and u always encourage me , thanks a lot .
Useful informations. Thank you.
Great video. Thanks;.
Thank you James
Thanks a lot dear sir JAMES!
Keep up the great work. You’re awesome.
thank you for that great informative,interesting, knowledgeable lesson I believe that I will gonna take benefit from this lesson Thanks SIR
Can we use the phrases from the movie, practice it several times and use it in real conversation ?
it depends on the situation. i say use caution and good judgement before practicing a phrase you heard on a movie. good luck :-)
hi all…
last week i must for 3days in kansas City…
this informaton get to me one week before…
my english raining has startet at xmas 2012 and by my search of information…i found engvid and learn with them…grat thanks at all teachers, i can learn when i have time and i learn with fun…you all my salvation
sorry for typos… iam would say…
–i must for 3Days to Kansas City–
tanks for teaching English
HI james thank you for the perfect lesson. I think we need more and more and more videos like this video.
YOUR STUPID STUDENT EMAD
Why can we don’t have a teacher like you at school?
I got 10 correct out of 10
Thank you so much and please keep your good job.
I got 5 correct out of 10 :(
Could you take a lesson from the expressions needed in the work-waitress, housekeeper?
Thank you for lesson.
Ciao Mary!
I have done the same of you:)))
I tried to answer without listening to check how much I knew about this topic.
Have you done the same?
Interesting, i like it
Awesome advice!
‘When you practice improving your listening skills, how many times should you replay a scene you are watching?’
Thanks for all your time James. You are the best teacher ever!
thanks a lot! it´s very helpful :)
:) ciao!
Thank you, James, for the lesson!
I went through the first, and the third parts: I started with kids’ animated series like X-men and Spider-man. And I love watching American action movies. Yes, they are stupid; I learned basic (swear) vocabulary from them. I didn’t go through the second part (watching comedies) because I didn’t like comedies.
Thanks …………….
I perfect my English thanks to cartoons, advertises, nice reports about nature. I watch all from youtube.
I like also. this fantastic site, videojug
Thanks to this nice site I learn and pratice by immertion. Kind regards Francis
Hi James
“Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to get angry (James 1:19)” This Bible phrase was used in the movie “FIREPROOF”. Have you seen it?
See you next time
thank you James ,for your helping
THANK YOU
hello. let’s talk via skype. garikgarik270
Thanks James… Very good lesson.
Body language and gestures made your teaching very interesting.
Thank you for advice, very helpful
thank youu James
I like the lesson you are the bzst :)
EngVid(please answer);Firs of all thank you very much James.My question is about learning English ; Is there any possibility learning English when sleeping. There are sets on internet for this. Please EngVid you are the only that can answer this question…
thanks for the lesson dear james but i have a question. first of all i often practice about listening.And i bealive that i improve my listening skills. however there is a problem about speaking. there is no one that i can speak to english and practice. So, my writing and listening skills are not bad. but speaking is slowly. finally how can i solve this problem? :(
thank u very much 4 the teaching pls mr james i need yr contacts.
What an interesting lesson a what a funny teacher. I’m Learning English Language, and in that way it shoul be easier for me.
Thanks a lot
Hi.James;You did another great lesson to help us,thanks,man.
thats really helpful
You are one of the greatest teacher who try to teach students with interest. Which encourages student to learn more.Can you have a video on how to write a speech and how to write report. Plz…………………………………………………..
Thank you very much:)
thanks a lot
as usual you are different teacher . and you have skills to be good actor . thanks man for every thing you did …
your truly
Hi James,
Thank you for your advices and very useful lesson. I listen a lot of English programs and audio books but sometimes I’m not sure that I understand them correctly and exactly. Especially it happens when I use videos and audios without subtitles. Could please you give me an advice what I have to do in this case? Thank you an advance!
wow…great tips and a very useful lesson!
I just think that would be hard to do this with The Big Bang Theory, so many scientific terms and puns! But that´s ok, thank u teacher! Let´s go, FRIENDS!!!
I got 6 out of 10 .Not too bad rigtht? Tnks for the lesson James :)
Thank you for your lesson. It was great!
Thanks James!!! I love your lessons!!!
8th question – Brus Willis is cool ! I like that answer.But as a whole the all leesons are very usefull. Thank you James!
You are a great teacher!! I love the way you teaching us.
I haven’t big problems to understand English,(I got 9/10) but I have a big problem when I try to say something. I’m stuck and I forget everything I know. Could you give me some advice with this, please?
Hi James!
Can one say, on the basis of your video, that the most important key to reach success listening skills – is a grueling auding practice and the rest just tips? But correct tips of course which I’ll hold with.
thanks soo much…excellent tips…very helpful and funny lesson…thanks again
thank you
Hey James, who wrote the subtitles?! They are horrible… It is really better to switch them OFF in this Video ;)
You can always switch them off. What do you find horrible about them, though?
very interesting..thinks
sorry i would tell thanks with a
Thanks James .You’re so good teacher and teaching .Have a great day.
thank you for your good advice for our improvement, you are a good teacher.
Hallo! :)
James I need you give tips for my carrer english spanish translator. I m graduates now, but is important to learn more bout the english language that’s always changing. I can translate “anything” because i don’t have an expecicate area to translate… Well what i want you teach is about the slang that people use in communication and hotel and tourism please?! That will help me a lot! :) thnx
It’s good…thanks :)
good and nice
How can a person be engaged when he is only listening to the words and not comprehending them simultaneously, means avoiding think part (as you suggested)?
Thanks James For these great tips..
You are a very good teacher……..
God Bless You……..
thank you you are a good teacher
Thank you..James.
thanks this is actually what i need to improve my listening skills can you sir tell name of some movies or provide in your side some to practice what did u teach us thanks james
James you are great thanks a lot…
Very nice way to learn English… and you are the best teacher.
thanks a lots James
thx James very much
Thank you a lot for the lessons.
Could you explain how to use what, which, who ,that ,etc. in the noun clause and relative clause?I specialy use wrong this wold.
The best teacher so far… Thanks Jimmy! :)
thank you james
ihave a question
what is the opposite of safe
please ……..
it is so interesting
Hi James
Thanks
Many thanks! Interesting, useful and amazing! :)
Thanks for the lesson. One place to find chunks of movies is youtube. You can find the trailer of the movie and later look at it with subtitles in your language.
Wonderful James, thank you a lot.I’m at the elementary level but could get most of what you said. by your teaching I learn English much better than our teachers! :)
10q for your help!
James, you are the best!!!!
Thank you for uploading the good video!
It addresses all my hurdles while listening to meetings thanks so much
Thank you for great advice. I think this will help a lot to improve my listening.
so nice ideas thank alot for that
hello James
Thanks so Much from your nice Videos
they are really good and nice..
i am Arif From Afghanistan….
dear i dont know how to teach my students tenses…dy r so confusing…plz help
You have no idea how useful this was. Thank you!
Thank you James
Thanks, GOOD job, and a very good pace of speaking.
hello. i got you .but dark comedies is hard to understand it. what about science
fiction such as stark treck ,star wars. what do you think about war movies ?
adventure movies, horror movies,what level would it be?thrillers. godfather .romantic movies. ghost .paranorman so on.
You are amazing guy.
Please countnue doing this
I want to download, but I cannot do it
Hi James,
I’ve just checked your lessons about modals and your seam method. And I’m looking for number 4. Is it possible that this one, the Lesson about M, make loco suggestions, is still missing? Thanks a lot to you and the hole engvid team. It is really a great job you do. Your site is reales helpful.
Best regards
Alfred Schneiderwind
It was excellent! Thanks you James for an interesting lesson.
Hi James, could you help me to understand the following sentence please?
“Attention all Shoppers! We’ve sale all lego like today.”
A voice speaks that in the speakers of the department store in this short video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FAt7ze-QLQ
Hi! Mr.EE good.James,whi Mr.EE))))
Pls anyone help me how i can make this sentence passive —I think, people will forget it very soon—
hi James, I’m Vitor from Brasil. I’d like to know the diference between “underneath” and “beneath”.
Regards.
Very interseting tips and a very good speaker as well. Thanks.
Hey James , you remind me of a teacher who used to teach me , the same style , good work dude , keep on !
very interested , i’m looking for some english movies with subtitles . could you send me some web pages that have what i am looking for ??? thanks in advance !!!
Great lesson! I’ll practice them!
shanefurjani I’m from Libya too and I’m furjani too hhhhh
good on you teacher,
Today is raining, Mr James ‘s lessons made my day. I move up to the brighter life!
the most funniest teacher maybe
Thank you very much =]
it was useful ^^
hello Mr james my question is not about the lesson i wana know why do like drawing a snyke in the board?
Maybe that’s why you did not watch the video end. That makes people interested most. His style of teaching is the most stuff I like. :)
I can understand everything what James is saying but when I watching movies I can’t understand anything.
Amazing! Dear teacher,James,THANK YOU!
Hi,
I’m writing to ask you about that could you help us to teach certain words commonly used to improve our vocabulary because easier to remember the words if somebody tell them with examples.
Thanks :)
Hi James,
You are fantastic teacher, I will watch all you videos. Could you help me to improve my writing skills by proof reading service?
Hi , i can’t describe my happiness at this moment , you don’t have any idea hoe much i need this ,, thank u from the heart
god bless u bro ,,
Good lesson with a exceptional teacher :-)
Great !
Hello from Ukrain! Thank you for this lesson! it was really fun)))))))
Hello james, thanks a lot for your lesson about listening.
i am rubbish
i am not that good at english
i am getting better at the moment
how can i be better in chomprehension
hey…. i really liked it … : )))
Good less0n tescher thanks
thanks James, I’m braslian and I’m learning a lot with your engish lessons.
I am so excited to stay listening and discovering new lessons through engvid, thank you for all dear Sir.
God bless you!
Love u James. Tks a lot!
Thank you for all!
Please is it possible to have another class about TROUBLESOME VERBS? Thanks
i’ll try everything you told
Thank you for the video!
Hi James..Thx :)
great tips !
thks for the lesson James. U’re so funny with body gesture and easy explanation in your speech. It helps us understand well. But i’ve got an idea. u said we should write all thing we hear while listening to focus and create a pressure for our sense. However, writing speed is always lower than hearing. I often tell my students that u should try to remember what u hear in ur mind and try to quick translating into ur own languague for easy remember. is there anything wrong in my way???
hay james i wanna thank you for your effort you exert and your different style which i find it more useful , and i wish Allah bless you.
thank you very much again!
Thank you, James. Try to use this informations.
I gonna try follow these 4 tips!
You are a good teacher indeed Mr. James …
Thank you James i try your advice.
This is a great tool for us to keep!!!!!!!!!
Thank you sir you are really amazing teacher who teaches students not to bore but for there enjoyment
thank you james
you are a great teacher.
It’s very interesting
This lesson is very interesting. I looking someone who just like me want to learn english, e.g. talking by skype or writing emails. If you don’t use english in practise it is ineffective. If you want contact me
Dear James:
I always enjoy watching your valuable lessons. Both students and teachers find something useful to learn from them.
What I would like to add to what you said is that whenever a foreign language is learned, it is imperative that the student get to know the sounds of it. As an ESL teacher for Hispanics, I believe that unless I take some time to teach my students the English sounds, they will not even understand native speakers; as a matter of fact, I teach them one or two sounds per class. Moreover, colloquialisms are to be learned as well; for instance, students have to know about such a thing as “gonna” and “wanna”, not just “going to” and want to”
As with most any language, one does not pronounce every single word separately; some words actually join together producing a sound that is not present in any of the words in question otherwise. For instance, in her song “Can’t Fight The Moonlight”, Leann Rimes sings:
You can try to resist
Try to hide from my kiss
But you know
But you know that you can’t fight the moonlight
(To watch it on You Tube, please click on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjMGtb3MDWo)
After listening to that song, the average non-native speaker will ask “What’s that cha, cha cha?” That is why, it is very important for any ESL student to learn English sounds, just as he or she learns vocabulary and grammar. For Hispanics, it might even be crucial, given that Spanish has very soft consonants and very well pronounced vowels, unlike English that has consonants that are pretty strong and vowels that are not necessarily well pronounced. In other words, it could be said that English is the opposite of Spanish. I should know since I was born in Argentina, and I started learning English when I was only seven years old.
If you believe that sounds of speech are beside the point, as far as listening comprehension is concerned, please let me know. In the meantime, however, this is what I have come to see from my experience in language learning and teaching.
I certainly appreciate your having taken your valuable time to read my comment. For anything you might like to ask or say about what I state here, feel free to call me at (845) 245-8935 (NY, USA) or try e-mailing me at ehs24961@gmail.com. Actually, anyone wishing to contact me privately is quite welcome to do so using the information just given.
Sincerely,
Ernesto Simon
I got 8 correct out of 10. I have a trouble understanding and I will try to make on your suggestion.
Good lesson James!. Nice tips, I’ve already been using some of them for a while and I can assure they work. Thumbs up !.
Congratulations to all the EngVId.com, you are doing a fantastic work.
I meant “to all the engvid.com team”.
*small cheer*
Hi, James! I’m an University student from Korea.
Thank you for your lesson! It was great! ^^
It gave me a lot of useful methods to listen English more interestingly!
I hope to see you soon to other lessons!