Understanding Everyday Spoken English

Understanding everyday spoken English and being able to speak everyday English is a goal of many non-native speakers of English who use English at work, when they travel and when they interact with foreigners abroad or at home.

Watch and listen to Friends, The Simpsons and stories in English at Book Box Inc. Listen and repeat what you hear using either the shadowing technique or the call and response technique. Repeatedly practice listening and repeating what you hear before looking at the written text or the transcript of any given episode.

Friends https://www.youtube.com/c/Friends You can also use “Friends” as a search term on YouTube and use the filter “Under 4 minutes” to get clips (excerpts) from complete Friends episodes.

The Simpsons https://www.youtube.com/user/TheArticman/videos You can also use “The Simpsons” as a search term on YouTube and use the filter “Under 4 minutes” to get clips (excerpts) from complete The Simpsons episodes.

BookBox (US English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GsjEPRMzdw&list=PLPDzF0B97OtFNS5ZEIHZcN-10aWjDp6eM