Grammar
- American English
There are about four times as many speakers of American English as there are of British English. The differences between the two include vocabulary and idiomatic phrases but the most obvious and easily noticeable is probably in the accents. As a result...
- Lingapps
I am not a professional but merely an iPad user who thought they could spare a few words about the apps I use and you can read more reviews if interested. I recommend all of these for language students and linguiphiles. Mental Case Flashcards -...
- Silly Passives That Have Been Seen (by Me)
Every now and then I like to put the exercises aside and have a little rant. These are pretty harmless as most people come to this blog for specific posts and completely miss them, but at least it gets it off my chest. I came across this stuff while...
- More Goodies From Merriam-webster
As well as being a dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online has several resources that could be useful to advanced learners, including a new Top Ten Words Easily confused words These are the subject of Merriam-Webster's latest Top Ten Words, which...
- Q & A Is 'outwith' A Word?
It most certainly is, although you might get funny looks if you use it outwith Scotland. A detailed description of its usage would be outwith the scope of this Quick Answer, and might well be outwith my area of knowledge. And should my employers happen...
Grammar
Political vocabulary on YouTube from the UK parliament's user channel
The UK parliament has its own YouTube channel. Perhaps of most interest to advanced learners is this series of short educational videos. These are, I imagine, aimed at young people in Britain, but they have subtitles and are quite light-hearted, so could be also be used by learners as the source of some vocabulary related to government and politics etc.
Light-hearted educational videos
- Democracy? You decide (with Danny Wallace, part 1 of 2)
- Democracy? You decide (with Danny Wallace, part 2 of 2)
- Parliament and Government: An overview
- Role of an MP
- Voting: What are elections? (part 1 of 2)
- Voting: What are elections? (part 2 of 2)
- Making laws: How a law is made (part 1 of 2)
- Making laws: How a law is made (part 2 of 2)
You can find more at the parliament's user channel
Links
- UK Parliament YouTube Channel
- UK parliament website - Live TV and videos
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- American English
There are about four times as many speakers of American English as there are of British English. The differences between the two include vocabulary and idiomatic phrases but the most obvious and easily noticeable is probably in the accents. As a result...
- Lingapps
I am not a professional but merely an iPad user who thought they could spare a few words about the apps I use and you can read more reviews if interested. I recommend all of these for language students and linguiphiles. Mental Case Flashcards -...
- Silly Passives That Have Been Seen (by Me)
Every now and then I like to put the exercises aside and have a little rant. These are pretty harmless as most people come to this blog for specific posts and completely miss them, but at least it gets it off my chest. I came across this stuff while...
- More Goodies From Merriam-webster
As well as being a dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online has several resources that could be useful to advanced learners, including a new Top Ten Words Easily confused words These are the subject of Merriam-Webster's latest Top Ten Words, which...
- Q & A Is 'outwith' A Word?
It most certainly is, although you might get funny looks if you use it outwith Scotland. A detailed description of its usage would be outwith the scope of this Quick Answer, and might well be outwith my area of knowledge. And should my employers happen...