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Business English (7 episodes 10 videos)

Here you'll find promotional videos from actual companies, including instructional videos on CVs, cover letters, and job interviews. There’s also original Yabla content set in the working world.

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The History of English - The Age of the Dictionary

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

United Kingdom

A look at how lexicographers started creating the Dictionary of the English Language to ensure that everyone spelled words correctly and knew their correct definition.

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The History of English - The English of Science

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

United Kingdom

In the 17th Century, scientific research influenced the invention of English words relating to physics, chemistry, and anatomy.

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The History of English - The King James Bible

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

United Kingdom

Created in 1611, The King James Bible permanently shaped the English language with new phrases that are still in use today. How many of them do you know?

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The History of English - The Norman Conquest

Difficulty: Advanced

United Kingdom

In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded Britain and brought with him fancy French words to add to the English language.

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The History of English - Shakespeare

Difficulty: Advanced

United Kingdom

This video shows us that Shakespeare invented over 2000 new words and phrases, such as "eyeball," "anchovy," and "puppy."

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Pete Doherty - Last of the English Roses

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

United Kingdom

Previously the lead singer of The Libertines, Pete Doherty launched his solo career with this single on his album Grace/Wasteland. In his unique, rambling, and poetic style, he plays with words and meaning to take us back to his adolescence, and what it meant to grow up in England. The "English rose" in question is rumored to be a schoolboy crush, but everything is left open to interpretation.

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Jamila Lyiscot's TED talk - 3 Ways to Speak English

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Bahamas, USA

Jamila Lyiscott is a “tri-tongued orator;” in her powerful spoken-word essay “Broken English,” she celebrates — and challenges — the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her friends, in the classroom and with her parents. As she explores the complicated history and present-day identity that each language represents, she unpacks what it means to be “articulate.”

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The Navvies - Follow me up to Carlow - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Ireland

"Follow Me up to Carlow” is an Irish folk song, celebrating the famous victory of Irish “firebrand” Fiach McHugh O'Byrne and his countrymen, over a much larger force of English troops at the Battle of Glenmalure, which took place in 1580, high in the Wicklow Mountains. Carlow, from the title, was believed to have been an English fortress. Many of these lyrics will be hard to understand at first, even for a native English speaker. So try to follow along as best you can and enjoy the music!

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Shakespeare - Original pronunciation - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

United Kingdom

David and Ben Crystal explain what goes into original pronunciation (OP) productions of Shakespeare and what they reveal about the history of the English language.

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Merry Christmas - Greensleeves

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

USA

Peter Hollens and Tim Foust sing a modern rendition of the English folk song "Greensleeves" on a beautiful cliff overlooking the Oregon Coast.

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David Guetta - Family (feat. Bebe Rexha, Ty Dolla $ign & A Boogie Wit da Hoodie)

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

USA

“Family” from French DJ David Guetta is about the virtue of those close friends who are always there for you when you need them. Featuring US pop star Bebe Rexha and rap verses from hip hop stars Ty Dolla Sign and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, the song includes some slang and informal English that you probably won’t find in a textbook!

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Glass Animals - Heat Waves

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

United Kingdom

Glass animals are an English group that blends electronic dance music with complex lyrics. This song is about caring for someone so much that it becomes an obsession, as overpowering and inescapable as a summer heatwave in the city.

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Sean Paul - No Lie ft. Dua Lipa

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

USA

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Jamaican dancehall recording artist and record producer Sean Paul teams up with English singer Dua Lipa for this hit single. Although in English, the lyrics feature a significant amount of Jamaican Patois slang and phrasing. See if you can follow it!

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David Haye - Video Blog June 2011

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

United Kingdom

In this clip the English professional boxer David Haye talks about his much anticipated title fight with Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg, Germany.

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