English Spoken Well

Trying to get more learning out of the present system is like trying to get the Pony express to compete with the telegraph by breeding faster ponies. - Edward Fiske

One of difficulties many students of English have is distinguishing good language from bad. Here is a short collection of English language example videos which use English on the very highest level.

There follows a collection of presentations by English speakers who speak nearly flawless formal English -- language which, if transcribed, would require little or no editing before publication. These are chosen purely for the language and not for the content or message, of which no recommendation nor endorsement is intended.

Christopher Hitchens addresses an audience at Rutgers University March 29, 2001.

Difficulty level: 9/10

Dialect: British (Oxbridge) English

Spoken English Exanple Videos

English Spoken Well

Christopher Hitchens on freedom of speech

Karen Armstrong on Socratic Dialogue

The Body in Question -- a 13 part documentary on anatomy and medicine, a superb series.

Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere - Part 1