What can TED do to help teach or learn English

Today I want to share with you a very useful website http://www.ted.com/

 

Like Youtube, TED is a viedo sharing website. However Ted is more professional in riveting talks by remarkable people, and it is totally free to the world. You can browse the content by several ways, for example:

 There are several advantages to use Ted for English learning.

1.The ideas shared are very advanced and meaningful. This can help students generate ideas while writing and cultivate their critical thinking.

 

2.You can choose subtitles while watching the videos on Ted, as shown in the pic below.

Here there are 53 kinds of languages that you can choose, including Chinese.

In the case of myself, I usually practice my listening ability with TED. To be more specific, for the first time I usually watch this speech without subtile, and the second time with English subtitle to check those meanings that I have missed, the third time with Chinese subtitle to fully understand the content.

 

3.There is also one amazing function of Ted. On the right side of almost every speech, you may find the transcript of the speech in different languages. Meanwhile, you can also click any phrase to play the video at that point. You can practice your oral English by simply clicking and repeating. Or you may also listen to one specific sentence of the speech several times to practice your listening.

 

Hope you all enjoy using TED to help learn English. Have a nice day:)