What are the articulatory features that distinguish consonants from vowels? What kind of roles do consonants play in English pronunciation? How should we define a consonant from various perspectives and distinguish it from the other consonants? In this pronunciation lesson, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili will guide you to explore the answers to these questions one by one.
Read MoreWhat are the similarities and differences between COME BACK and GO BACK, which we learned in our previous lesson, in meaning and usage? In this video, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili will guide you to explore the answer to this question. During the lesson, we will explain the meanings, structures and use of COME BACK with many practical situations and make a systematic and comprehensive comparison of the use of COME BACK and GO BACK in different senses. For each example, we will provide authentic American accent drills and professional Chinese translation to make it easier for you to follow and understand. If you want to sound more natural in casual conversations and communicate more fluently with native speakers, please make sure to bookmark this video and subscribe to us for more videos.
Read MoreIt is believed that every speaker of English has to frequently use the phrasal verb GO BACK in their daily communication. But do you know that this phrasal verb diverges into many common extended meanings beyond its literal meaning of “return to a place”? If you can master these meanings accurately and skillfully use them in daily life, you will sound more like an American. In this video, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili will explain six classic ways to use GO BACK with many practical situations in detail. For each example, we will provide authentic American accent drills and professional Chinese translation to make it easier for you to follow and understand.
Read MoreWith regard to the common meanings of the high frequency phrasal verb PICK OUT, what other meanings do you know in addition to “choose”? In this video, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili will guide you to learn this phrasal verb in a systematic and comprehensive way. During the lesson, we will explain its meanings, structures, and use with many practical situations in detail and make a comparative analysis of the use of PICK OUT and PICK UP in relevant senses. For each example, we will provide authentic American accent drills and professional Chinese translation to make it easier for you to follow and understand.
Read MoreThe phrasal verb PICK UP seems to be all over our daily conversations. All those who know a bit of English should have seen it somewhere. But do you really have a thorough knowledge of all its meanings and the possible contexts where it may appear? In this video, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili will guide you to learn this phrasal verb in a systematic and comprehensive way. During the lesson, we will explain its meanings, structures, and use with many practical situations in detail. For each example, we will provide authentic American accent drills and professional Chinese translation to make it easier for you to follow and understand.
Read MoreHow are the meanings of GO OFF related to those of GO ON, the phrasal verb we learned in our previous lesson? In this video, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili will guide you to explore the answer to this question. During the lesson, we will explain the meanings, structures and use of GO OFF with many practical situations and make a systematic and comprehensive comparison of the use of GO OFF and GO ON in different senses. For each example, we will provide authentic American accent drills and professional Chinese translation to make it easier for you to follow and understand.
Read MoreDo you know that native speakers actually rarely use “big words” and complex words but prefer to use the most common verbs in their daily conversations? These verbs are often used together with particles that can be either a preposition or an adverb. These combinations of Verb + Preposition, Verb + Adverb, or Verb + Adverb AND Preposition, are called “phrasal verbs”. They function like a one-word verb grammatically in English but have different meanings. Given the high frequency of phrasal verbs and their important role in conveying meanings in daily conversations, we are going to kick off our microlessons with a special “most common phrasal verbs” series. As the very first lesson of this series, this video will cover one of the most frequently used phrasal verbs GO ON.
Read MoreThe terminology covered in this vocabulary lesson can help you understand the key statistics and statistical descriptions about COVID-19 on the news related to the pandemic. Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili will explain some frequently used words about statistics in the COVID-19 news, specifically from the following four perspectives, namely, cases and prevalence, death, testing, and mathematical curves.
Read MoreIn this video, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili guide you to learn the vocabulary that has been frequently used in recent news related to the global spread of COVID-19. This lesson covers the impact of COVID-19 on our vocabulary, the names of the virus and disease, how we describe the spread of the illness, what “pandemic” actually means, and more. Hope our instruction can help you better understand the current global pandemic!
Read MoreIn this video, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili guide you to learn the vowels of American English in further detail. The whole lesson consists of three parts: 1) introducing what role vowel articulation plays in leading to more American-like pronunciation; 2) explaining the essentials to pronouncing vowels correctly from the perspectives of tongue position, lip shape, tongue tension and so on; 3) introducing vowel pronouncing strategies and instructing on how to pronounce every vowel in a more American-like way.
Read MoreIn this video, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili guide you to learn a classic English idiom “make heads or tails of something”. This lesson consists of five main parts: 1) The meaning of the idiom; 2) The origin of the idiom; 3) A brief discussion on how the idiom is related to the coin toss expression “heads or tails”; 4) A demonstration of how the positive and negative forms of the idiom are used.
Read MoreThis video introduces the online course provided by Corley English. It consists of three parts: 1) Profiles of the course instructors focusing on their specialties, qualifications, and academic backgrounds; 2) The four study modules of the course and main topics under each module; 3) Main features of the instruction and students who will benefit from our course.
Read MoreIn this video, Instructor Corley and Instructor Lili guide you to learn phonetic symbols for American English. This full lesson consists of three main parts: 1) Phonetic symbols and their use in learning English; 2) The two primary sets of phonetic symbols currently used for English teaching; 3) Phonetic symbols for modern American English and the correct pronunciation for each symbol.
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