Some videos for english listening practice

It is surprising how many videos from youtube can help to english practice. As one of my teachers said, you can use any video to practice: the only thing that matters is how much you should (and actually can) understand.

Here different examples (I only put the links, no direct videos):

· Tales of Symphonia (3:08-5:30 & 8:30-10:00): extremely easy and with big subtitles. Make absolutely sure you catch every single word. Get some expresions: "Hang on a sec", "It sounds kind of arrogant"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOZH00Wf_Pk&feature=related


· Mass effect (2:23-4:02 & 4:36-9:45): a realistic pronuntiation (though sometimes slow) and smaller subtitles. The vocabulary used also makes it a bit more difficult the first time: thrusters (=propulsores), drift (=deriva, desvío, derrape), hazard (=peligro, riesgo)... Add the extra locations for space stuff (half of it invented) and there you have: a greater difficulty. Specially for the first time: that's why, at exams, you here things twice (note: one way to increase or decrease difficulty: add/reduce number of repetitions).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmOrrylbPyo&playnext=1&list=PL20B9CF2C01D9B9DD

· Dragon Age Origins (1:36-4:40): same as before, but no subtitles and some background sounds which makes hearing more difficult.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUVdscciWPU

They are all walkthroughs, so you can see (and listen) the entire game if you want.

All this brings some good memories, by the way.