There is a collection of videos online that have become very popular. They are called TED talks. TED stands for technology, entertainment and design. These videos, usually 18 minutes long or less, feature great speakers who discuss many very interesting topics, such as happiness, success, science, love, business, education, technology, and much more.
These videos use REAL English intended for native English listeners and international English listeners (TED also has videos in other languages). These videos have transcripts and translations in dozens of languages, which can help you understand the video content. You can find these videos on Youtube, or directly on the TED web site where the transcripts, subtitles, and translation features are all available.
Over the past few days, I have clicked through the first 10 pages of the most popular videos on TED Talks at this time (in other words, I checked 360 videos), to find presenters who are fluent/native American-English speakers. I have a list of 100 of these TED Talks on this web page, divided into women and men speakers, for your learning convenience.
There are many ways you can use these videos to improve your English language skills. Here are a few suggestions.
1) Dictation practice. One way, a very traditional way, is to perform dictation exercises. You can listen to a minute, two minutes, or three minutes of video, very very carefully, pausing, rewinding, and playing every few seconds as you wish, and typing out what you think you heard. You can put ??? for words or phrases that were very unclear to you. Then you can check the transcript and see what words you got right, what mistakes you made, and what words were unclear to you. Then re-listen to those parts of the TED Talk, so you can match the transcript with the speaking again. Be patient with yourself. Even if you make many mistakes and experience many unclear phrases, your effort and concentration will help improve your listening skills.
2) Fill in the blank. You can use this website to create a gapfill or cloze exercise for listening practice. You can copy and paste part or all of the transcript into the big box on the left side of the web site. On the right side, you can replace “n” with a number to create a blank space or gap with the word missing every n amount of words, such as every 10 words, every 15 words, etc. etc.
You can choose “Clues” to show possible answers near the top of the exercise after it is created. You can choose “Interactive” if you want to type your answers directly onto the web page, and the gap will turn red if you type an incorrect answer, or stay white if you type a correct answer, then provide a score at the bottom. When you are ready, click the “Submit Query” button and a new web page will display with your exercise.
Here is an example. Of all the 360 videos I checked, this video, featuring American comedian Maysoon Zayid, has the clearest English that was spoken at a medium pace. (Many of the American presenters speak very fast.) Below is a cloze/gapfill exercise using just part of the transcript, between the times 1:15 and 2:22, a gap every 8 words, text only, no clues:
Now, I ____ warn you, I’m not inspirational, and I _____ want anyone in this room to feel ___ for me, because at some point in ____ life, you have dreamt of being disabled. ____ on a journey with me. It’s Christmas ___, you’re at the mall, you’re driving around __ circles looking for parking, and what do ___ see? Sixteen empty handicapped spaces. And you’re ____, “God, can’t I just be a little ________?” (Laughter) Also, I gotta tell you, I ___ 99 problems, and palsy is just one. __ there was an Oppression Olympics, I would ___ the gold medal. I’m Palestinian, Muslim, I’m ______, I’m disabled, and I live in New ______. (Laughter) (Applause) If you don’t feel better _____ yourself, maybe you should.
While listening carefully to the video, try to guess and type the word that you think the presenter is saying where the words are missing, then check your guesses.
3) Vocabulary building. You can either copy and paste the transcript into a separate document, such as Microsoft Word, and bold or highlight single words and phrases that are new vocabulary for you. You could also use some other word tools such as Wordcounter to analyze the transcripts. You can then look up the words in a dictionary or ask a friend or English teacher about their meanings. You could also list the single words in EasyDefine so that you can look up several words at the same time.
You can mix and match these suggestions with other ways to get a lot of value out of practicing your English with these videos. Remember to tell your friends who are learning English about this web page list and these techniques. Share the knowledge. Learning with TED Talks can be very inspirational, educational, and fun!
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Thanks, very resourceful.