English Language on YouTube


ACADEMIC ENGLISH & GENERAL LANGUAGE HELP

Scribbr – the channel for the Scribbr academic copy editing/proofreading agency. Short videos providing help and advice for writing academic papers (e.g. planning data collection, defining research aims).

GrammarGirl – a podcast and video tips on English grammar and writing.

BBC Learning English – videos, podcasts, tutorials, and lessons on English speaking, listening, and vocabulary.


SPOKEN ENGLISH

LetThemTalkTV – a channel on the history of the English language and its different accents and dialects (from Cockney to Indian English).


Dr Geoff Lindsay – a fascinating channel on the “fun of speech, language and accents”.


ACADEMIC WRITING STYLE

Linguistics, Style and Writing in the 21st Century – with Steven Pinker (2015)

Steven Pinker argues that style matters for communicating effectively, spreading ideas, earning a reader’s trust, and adding beauty to the world.

(NOTE: Steven Pinker’s book – The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century – is excellent and very useful for anyone who uses/works with/regularly reads academic English.)