LingualNet: films and animations with English subtitles and tests
Look how cool: Lingual.net is a collection of short films and animations in English with additional resources for learners: subtitles and interactive tests. The films aren’t produced with English learners in mind, so what you’ll hear is mostly native English spoken at regular speed. But what teachers Keiko and Michael Rost want is to help you learn so there’s even a video to guide you through the process (see their suggestions).
In short:
After you pick a movie, click Subtitles OFF before you watch it for the first time;
Watch the movie a second time, but click Subtitles ON to be able to read a transcript in English;
Close the film window and click Take the Quiz to test your comprehension (a few movies don’t have a quiz.)
See, for example, the pilot episode of the Superman cartoon series and a Budweiser commercial.
Basic English grammar lessons in video
Conversa Language Center in the USA offers a Grammar Series, with 11 grammar lessons in video - nice for those who want to both watch and listen to a review of basic English verb tenses. The videos are actually real classes, and for each one there’s a page with the class summary.
A couple of tips: read the summary before you watch the video and grab a dictionary if you’re a basic level student; also minimize the video window + use a headphone since the quality of the videos isn’t that great.
CNN news site for English learners: text, video, listening and exercises all in one place
If you’re an advanced level English student but still miss a good chunk of 
what is said in CNN news and similar shows, this is for you: practice your listening and vocabulary skills with a ton of actual news reports from CNN and CBS - all with audio, video and text.
After you choose which report to study, you’ll find three versions of text: full or abridged story, and a simple outline. In the first two options you can watch or listen to the report online while you read, or right-click the audio icons and save either the video or the audio file to your computer (they’re in Real Player format).
And there’s more: each news report comes with several exercises to test your vocabulary and comprehension. Highly recommended.
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