In this English lesson I'll help you learn words and phrases to talk about things that are above you. I'll make sure to focus on the things you'll see above you when you are in a building, and the things you see above you when you outside either during the day or night.

I'll teach you words, but I'll also use a lot of phrases that are common when talking about things that are on the ceiling or in the sky above.

In this English lesson you'll learn words and phrases like: rafter, skylight, ceiling tile, drop ceiling, chandelier, overhead wires, wind chimes, security camera, eavestrough, power lines, street light, and many more!

I hope you enjoy this lesson!

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Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CieTdQCj85k or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Personal Hygiene"

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In this English lesson I'll talk about some common words and phrases we use to talk about a day off.

Maybe you need to ask for a day off. Maybe you've been given a day off. Maybe you have a day off coming up and you want to be able to ask your co-workers if they have anything special planned.

In this English lesson you'll learn how to have great English conversations about days off. Enjoy!

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Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW-YeEc_ULg or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Day Off"

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In this English lesson I'll help you learn how to talk about personal hygiene. Specifically I'll teach you about the products we use to look good and smell nice.

In this English lesson you'll learn words and phrases like: antiperspirant, deodorant, toiletries, body spray, cologne, perfume, feminine hygiene products, flosser, and many more.

I hope you enjoy this English lesson about personal hygiene!

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Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://youtu.be/AbmfTWHwmCU or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Personal Hygiene"

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I think that learning English will become much better in the future, and I think that future is soon.

I think AI and Mixed Reality will soon help to create better virtual tutors, and cool virtual learning environments.

The future looks bright for English learning!

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Well, hello everyone, and welcome to this English lesson, which isn't really an English lesson. It's more just Bob's thoughts on what the future of learning English will look like. I think there's a couple of things that are going to change what it's like to learn a language in the future, and I just want to talk about each of them for a bit, so hopefully you find this video interesting.

The first thing I want to talk about is AI I and you might think, Bob, you're late to the party. AI was a big thing a year ago. We've been using AI already to learn English and I think you're probably right. I'm a little late to the party, but I don't think AI is where it's at yet in terms of a tool. I think it's very useful. I think it's awesome. But I think what the future holds is something even cooler. Eventually I think you will have a personalized English language AI tutor. I think it's probably about six months to a year away. Someone will invent it, or maybe it exists already and you can tell me in the comments below.

But I think eventually you will have a tutor that you talk to every day, that you write to every day and writes back to you that you can have conversations with. Like you can actually talk and hear the AI tutor and it will study and correct your English speaking. I think the AI tutor will simulate different conversations with you. It will simulate being at a restaurant, it will simulate buying gas at a gas station. It will do all kinds of really cool things like that to help you practice your English conversation. And hopefully it's really, really cheap. I hope it doesn't cost a lot of money. So I think that's where AI is really going to shine. Once we have an AI that is tailored to you, an AI that knows what you know and what you don't know, and then is able to help you get better at speaking English. And so I think that'll be really cool. It'll be cool when an AI tells you, hey, you made that mistake yesterday, let's practice it a bit more in a really friendly tone in a way that doesn't make you feel bad for making that mistake.

So I think that's somewhere in the future. I think right now AI is really cool for generating stories, helping you learn vocabulary, having little written conversations. But I think the future is going to be cooler when it actually remembers who you are and helps you every step along the way, making the conversation just a little more challenging. Can you imagine an AI that helps you learn three or four new words every time you talk to it and intentionally uses them in the conversation and teaches you the meaning. That would be very cool.

The second way I think the future of English learning is going to change is with VR, virtual reality, or augmented reality, or mixed reality. There are a lot of names for it. But when I see the videos with the Apple Vision Pro headset, and when I see what can be done with it, I think we're looking into a future soon where you'll be able to see things around you that aren't in reality, and then the headset can help you learn those things. I can imagine, along with an AI simulating actually going into a restaurant and ordering your food and having your food brought to you, all virtually of course. And then maybe they bring you the wrong food, and then you can ask the server for the right food.

So I think v

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Welcome to this free English lesson about comfort. As we all know, our days can be quite busy,  and hopefully you find time to sit down, unwind, and do something comfortable. There are a lot of English words and phrases that I will teach you in this lesson about comfort. Once you've watch this class, you'll have learned how to use them and you'll know their meanings and hopefully you can enjoy a comfortable evening later today!

In this free English class you'll learn words and phrases like: comfy, weighted blanket, pillow, hot tub, slippers, an old pair of jeans, warmth, comfort food, deep breathing, soft lighting, and more!

I hope you enjoy this free English class about comfort. Have a great day and a great week!

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Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://youtu.be/ctecZYtLc5s or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Comfort"

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I've been thinking a bit lately about how I would learn English if I wasn't an English speaker. In this English lesson I talk about the 8 things I would do as a new learner that I think would help me.

As a language teacher I sometimes find that I forget what it might be like to be the language learner. The more I imagined myself learning English, the more I thought this video would be helpful for some of you.

I hope you enjoy this English lesson and I hope my 8 tips work for you as well. Have a great day!

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Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yDPOPJKapY or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian New Language"

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Welcome to part 4 of this four part series on phrasal verbs. In this English lesson I'll once again help you learn 25 common phrasal verbs that we use all the time in English.

In this English lesson you'll learn phrasal verbs like: to crack up, to settle down, to beef up, to chicken out, to crack down on, and many more.

I hope you enjoy this English class on phrasal verbs. Have a great day.

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Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqQI1mJoADQ or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Phrasal Verbs Part 4"

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In this English lesson I'll help you learn some phrases you can use to talk about the morning. You'll learn words and phrases like: sunset, sunrise, the crack of dawn, bright and early, wakey wakey and more!

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Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z7q3bz30no or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Morning"

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Welcome to part 3 of my phrasal verb series. In this English lesson I'll help you learn just over 25 more phrasal verbs. I'll be sure to teach you the meaning, show a picture, and give you a few example sentences.

In this English lesson you'll learn phrasal verbs like: to split up, to sort out, to kick out, to grow apart, to hang around, to hang around with, to run out of, to catch on, to cut out, to do up, to fall for something, to fall for someone, and many more!

I hope you enjoy this English class about phrasal verbs. Have a great day!

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Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://youtu.be/Ya8yBrk36wc or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Phrasal Verbs Part 3"

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Welcome to part 2 of my series of English lessons about phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs are one of the most important things to understand when you are learning English.  In this lesson I'll help you learn another 25 phrasal verbs and I'll do that by showing you an image, giving you a good explanation, and by using the phrasal verbs in example sentences.

In this English lesson you'll learn phrasal verbs like: to look down on, to come down with, to screw up, to lay off, to check out, to kick back, to figure out, to find out, to hand out, to set up, to fall behind, to think over, and many more!

I hope you enjoy this English lesson about phrasal verbs. Have a great day!

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Note: This is the audio portion of a Youtube English lesson which you can watch right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UzEtGN4nLM or by searching Youtube for, "Bob the Canadian Phrasal Verbs Part 2"

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