Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Dana explains everything you wanted to know about community college, as well as how difficult it is to switch majors once you've started. Your remaining questions about universities in the United States will surely be answered, and make sure you stick around for the blooper reel at the end!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
The city of Oxford is home to some 150,000 residents and a famous seat of learning, the oldest English-speaking university in the world. Although the exact date of its founding isn't known, it is said that local priests and monks were first taught in monastery schools in the area in the eleventh century.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
A student at Harvard, one of America’s most prestigious universities, shows us what daily life involves for her, starting from when her alarm clock goes off in the morning.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
After a little early study, our Harvard student skips breakfast and heads out to her first class. It’s a busy life of classes, homework, and dining hall meals, but she still finds time to socialize and even work a part-time job.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The weather’s good, and our student heads outside to study. Cafés and coffee shops are places to work, as well as to hang out and enjoy time with friends. We learn that it's important to her to take physical wellbeing very seriously as well, with several gym workouts every week. At the end of the long college day, there’s a gentle wind down before bedtime.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Even if you're not the biggest fan of school, you've got to admit it's better than the historical schools depicted in this series! They certainly had some questionable moral codes and weird punishments...
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Not long ago, in Welsh schools, the pupils weren’t allowed to speak their native language, Welsh! There was no choice but to learn English. In the Victorian classroom, learning is dull and repetitive, but today’s lesson is not going exactly as the teacher has planned.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
After Victoria became Queen, English children’s names became really weird. A girl called Never… a boy called Toilet… For one poor teacher, taking the class register is almost impossible!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Some of the schools in Georgian England were very rough places! In this video, a prospective pupil and his parents get caught up in a full-scale schoolboy rebellion while on a tour with the headmaster. They even encounter flying masonry and gunfire!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Lele and her classmates try all the tricks in the book to avoid taking a test, but their teacher is wise to their games, and, as it turns out, has a few tricks of her own up her sleeve.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Lele panics when one last crucial homework assignment is due. Might having a tutor help her? Or attending a student study group? Surely she can’t get away with not handing it in… but she is desperate enough to try!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Northeastern University is located in the U.S. city of Boston, where it gets quite cold in the winter! Find out what the students are planning for Valentine's Day weekend.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Rachael, Julia, and Maggie talk about a fun party they attended the night before. Julia may even have found a boyfriend.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Thomas invites Julia to a cafe. She's nervous beforehand and almost calls it off, but Rachael and Maggie help her maintain her confidence and pick out a nice outfit.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Rachael and Maggie have some doubts about telling Julia what they saw on one of their walks. In terms of language, this segment nicely captures how often the word “really” is used in conversation.
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