When was the last time you laughed really hard when learning or teaching English? Learning English as a second language (ESL) can be very boring sometimes, but a little comedy can change everything and make it fun AND funny. We have brought together the funniest, most popular, and instructive youtube videos and ESL commercials into one…
How to Really Pronounce Regular Verbs in the Past
By Chad | February 15, 2014
Aren't regular verbs really simple use? All you have to do is add an "ed" to the end and that's it, conjugated. It all sounds so easy but you have probably realized that it's really hard to hear native speakers saying the "ed" when they are talking. Don't worry, that happens to everyone. In this…
How Natives Cut and Connect Words in English: Simple Past (w/ Video)
By Justin | February 5, 2014
Here's a short but powerful lesson from RealLife TV on how native speakers cut and connect their words in the simple past. This is called connected speech. In this lesson, I explain why sentences like "what did you do" become "wha-dju do" in both formal and informal American English. Not only will this lesson improve…
Top 7 Brazilian English Pronunciation Errors – Company Names (w/ Video)
By Justin | January 30, 2014
If you're like most Brazilians, you probably have a hard time pronouncing the word "Apple" in English. As this comical picture illustrates, Brazilians tend to incorrectly pronounce the word Apple in English as "Épou." This is not incorrect when speaking Portuguese, but when you speak English, you need to adjust your pronunciation to a new…
How to Pronounce the TH Sound in English
By Chad | January 29, 2014
Have you ever said the word FREE when you really wanted to say THREE? The "TH" sound in English has been considered one of the most difficult sounds to reproduce phonetically by learners from all over the world, but is it really that difficult? My answer is NO! In this video lesson I am going…
How Americans Pronounce the NT Sound as an N (with Video)
Do you think Americans speak too fast and cut their words? I'll be the first to admit that it would appear that way. One of the main reasons is because the way we really speak is a lot different than you learned in school, and there is no better example of this than the way Americans totally…
How to Pronounce the American "T" as a "D" (with Video)
In this episode of RealLifeTV, Justin teaches correct pronunciation of the American "T" Sound, one of the most confusing sounds to pronounce and comprehend for most English learners. This lesson will drastically improve your comprehension of American and Canadian English. If you haven't subscribed to RealLifeTV, the RLE Youtube channel, check it out here! Below you'll…
Real Life English Podcast #42 – Expressions Involving HARD WORK
By Chad | December 5, 2013
http://traffic.libsyn.com/reallifeeng/Podcast_Hard_Work.mp3 Free Download Download & Listen on Your Mobile: iTunes for Apple | Stitcher for Android Direct Download to Computer on this page (From that page, you will right Click and Save) Words You'll Learn Right off the bat Tom boy Pull something off Double or nothing Bust ass Pampered Spoiled Words to Know To swear – to say bad words…
Improve Your Pronunciation With Rap Music
By RealLife Team | December 4, 2013
One of the hardest aspects of learning a new language is speaking with clear and correct pronunciation. A lot of language learners focus all their attention on learning all the necessary vocabulary and grammatical structures, but they often forget about focusing their attention on having correct pronunciation. I believe that learning pronunciation is just as…
Is Bad Pronunciation Killing Your Fluency? Wanna know why?
Is there something missing in your English fluency? Do you have this gut feeling [feeling in your stomach] that you should speak better than you do, that you could be more fluent, but there's a missing piece to the puzzle? It's a story that repeats itself over and over again: you've studied plenty of English,…