GUARDIAN VIDEO: British troops in Afghanistan: 'We try to help them ... but it just seems pointless'

NOTE: A POIGNANT AND DOWNHEARTED LOOK AT THE PRESENT IN AFGHANISTAN. NO SUBTITLES AND IT IS NORMAL SPEECH SO IT'S PRETTY HARD.

BBC News (English subtitles)

NOTE: AN INTERESTING LITTLE REPORT. THE SUBTITLES ARE OK AND THE BBC IS ALWAYS A GOOD TV CHANNEL TO GET SOME LISTENING PRACTICE WITH.

English beginners course - using 'speak', 'say' and 'tell'

How to Pronounce -ed verb endings: American English Pronunciation

NOTE: WE ALL KNOW THIS ONE IS PRETTY USEFUL!

Learning English pronunciation (just a bit of comedy)

NOTE: DO NOT TAKE TOO SERIOUSLY

Accent Reduction: How to pronounce English /r/

GUARDIAN VIDEO: 'Time to break the cyber-utopian myth'

Who do you read and associate with online? Ethan Zuckerman argues that cultural and linguistic barriers stand in the way of our using the internet to tackle global issues

NOTE: VERY INTERESTING BUT PRETTY DIFFICULT

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005: Parts 1 & 2 (English subtitles)

NOTE: SOME DIFFICULT EXPRESSIONS BUT VERY GOOD STRUCTURE, CLEAR SPEECH AND EXCELLENT SUBTITLES, IT'S A 'MUST-SEE'. I REALLY MEAN IT.

Think Different - Apple Commercial - 1977 [english subtitles]

NOTE: VERY CLEAR BUT YOU MAY HAVE TO LOOK UP A FEW WORDS / EXPRESSIONS.

The People of the Rock: Llanitos of Gibraltar

NOTE: NO SUBTITLES BUT THE LLANITOS SOUND JUST LIKE ANDALUCES... BUT NO SUBTITLES. THANKS TO GARRET WESLEY GIBBONS.

"The People of the Rock: Llanitos of Gibraltar" (2009) from Garrett Wesley Gibbons on Vimeo.

This is cruel/sad/unfortunate, and I bet it would happen to me (Miss Teen USA South Carolina 2007)

Ballad Of The Skeletons - A Poem by Allen Ginsberg

NOTE: THIS IS A POEM, SO SOME OF ITS GRAMMAR STRUCTURES ARE A BIT ODD (STRANGE), LIKE THE POEM ITSELF I SUPPOSE.

Bob Dylan and John Lennon in a taxi (English subtitles)

NOTE: THIS VIDEO IS ALMOST UNINTELLIGIBLE, VIEW IT AS AN INTERESTING PIECE OF VIDEO DOCUMENTATION. NOTICE THE HUGE DIFFERENCE IN CLARITY BETWEEN LENNON AND DYLAN.

Annoying Orange (subtitled)

WARNING: THIS VIDEO DEPICTS SCENES OF FRUIT & VEG ABUSE THAT MAY OFFEND SOME VIEWERS. IT ALSO CONTAINS EXTREME (FRUIT & VEG) VIOLENCE AND COARSE LANGUAGE.

Why Butchers Make Great Allies (English subtitles)