Hi, I'm Craig and I teach English here on RU-vid and I also teach English on Preply. Click on one of the links below for a trial lesson.
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Craig, thank you so much for what you do. I have a quick question for you. I'm an English teacher from Russia, and RU-vid is probably going to get blocked here soon, and I wanted to ask for your permission to download this video and maybe a couple of other videos, for classroom use only. May I do that? I've been telling my students about you, and I've been showing your videos to them. We appreciate you. Thank you for your work!
Hi, Craig. Don't you want to make a video on your favorite books, or books that you recommend to read for people who learn English? And have you ever read a book by any Russian author?
@@user-en6nk6ih5e I've considered doing it, but I wasn't sure how interested people would be in that. But I will definitely have another think about it and try to get some books together that people might enjoy from different genres and maybe series/films too
Can you say that [ˈaɪðə] is a British variant of pronouncing this word, rather than ['i:ðər] is more American? And what do you think about making some videos about the differences between American and British pronunciation ?
Жаль что у меня не усегда есть время заниматься английским языком. Мне нравится что у тебя понятное произношение слов, а не как у Уинстона Черчилля. В России, в некоторых школьных программах английского языка, есть раздел аудирования, и там зачастую непонятно что именно говорят люди
@@Zaluperec Thanks, I really appreciate that and glad you like the video. I completely understand about traditional language schools, they are inefficient in my opinion and they focus too much on grammar drills and not enough on practical aspects of language learning, such as speaking and listening
@@user-en6nk6ih5e Yes, that's correct, although many native speakers do use them and don't realise it. But with context, you can work out what they mean 🙂
Unfortunately, people who chased popularity in school instead of paying attention in class, will still get this wrong because they are idiots and will go through life as idiots. It's sad.
@@user-en6nk6ih5e To learn any language, the most important thing is to listen and read a lot in that language, motivation helps too. I would recommend checking out Steve Kaufmann on RU-vid. He is a Canadian Polyglot and I think he can speak Polish as well as 20 other languages at different levels
This channel is about comprehensible input. You will learn words by listening a lot to topics of interest. If you understand the message then you will acquire the language naturally. The only reason I make pronunciation videos is because English pronunciation can be difficult. I will make a video soon explaining comprehensible input
I was planning on making some videos on idioms. I wasn't going to make a grammar video because I don't think that learning grammar rules is mportant to acquire a language. However, a few people have asked me about it, so I might do one. I might even make a series of videos in Spanish explaining English for any Spanish speakers that find my videos difficult to understand
I am going to create a full length video of the same topic and explain in more detail. But a smart phone is a phone with touch screen, internet, ability to download apps and also other features.
I am well aware that people know how many days there are in a week, but this was aimed at complete beginners who do not know what those words mean. So by saying there are 7 days a week, tells them what we are talking about and it isn't meant to be condescending. I'm sorry if it came across like that :)
Hi! I am from Russia and I very enjoyed this video! Can you make a video about Dialect in the north of England and the south of England , i think it was very interesting 🤔!
I have just uploaded a video about dialects. I am from the North and don't visit the south often, so I hope I haven't offended anyone and I hope you like it.
