Speaking English – Discussing Advantages & Disadvantages

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totaahmed

thanks alot :) :)

ibraheem

Hi Rebecca,
I was curious to know the difference between an American accent and Canadian Accent. When I watch Hollywood movies I can differentiate between a Texas drawl and a “Yankee accent” but is there any difference between Canadian and US accent?? Is it dependent on ethnicity also?? Specifically speaking what is your accent when u speak??

drabhibds

I find this site very interesting, thanks a lot

Latifa

Very Useful.Could you please give us, list of words as like that…

Lakshan

If one cares about even the minutest of the details in speaking or writing, one should take the quiz after watching the lesson.

srishti1994

woow, This is an amazing web , I have never though that I will such a full English lesson for free, My lucky has supported me this time when I knew http://www.engvid.com, I hot dream of becoming an English fluent speaker is now on the verge of true, thanks allot to all Engvid teachers for your great job , I was really hungry long time for this style of English teaching from Native teacher. Live longer all of you with peace and health , May god reward you for your great jobs , your lessons will make the blind man see and the deaf one hear something. Thanks Robeca.

cali25

Whoa whoa whoa, we can’t promise any miracle cures! That’s above our pay grade :P

engVid Moderator

Thank you kindly. So glad you find our site helpful. My best wishes to you.

Rebecca

Thank you Teacher

negar

Hi Negar , How are you doing.This is very usfull site.Hope to see you here again.

mehrbod

dear new teacher,
I really learned a lot. thanks a million

sommita

Very helpful. I will apply the lesson right now! Your lessons always have unforgetable pluses.

Hung frank

thanks…

Bahman

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Thank you teacher for my new benefits in English.

cristianpoiana

Glad to hear it! Thanks, and all the best to you.

Rebecca

Thank you :)

Sorabh

Very good lesson, all the teacher very kind. To me, I think that I much better understand English than before……thank you very much.

Nun

Thank you Teacher this is really very helpful to my IELTS preparation.

Abdulkadir

Great thanks for this lesson.
I am beginner student of English and i have little problem with understanding all words that You say. Of course in you tube is subtitles, but if word is difficult, translation is crazy. May you look subtiltes and to correct mistake. If it is altogether possible. .

eurokolchoznik

“subtitles” is plural, so use “are”. And don’t trust those subtitles. xD

morfik

““subtitles” is plural” … Thanks!
It was simply mistake, and i must to be more carefully.
(co do tych napisów to sa koszmarne)

eurokolchoznik

“i must to be more carefully”

“must be” — as a modal verb
“have to be” as a idiomatic modal verb

Don’t write “must to be”. xD

Ano są. :)

morfik

Excellent class, thank you very much

Leonardo Vergara

This is very good aspect thanks for giving good exercise I should tell you i am a Learner

Shiraz

Hi, Rebecca, It really good for improving my English skills.

ariunbolor

Many thanks for the great lesson! Thank you for enlarging our vocabulary!
Kind regards from Ukraine!)))

katerynakoziar

Thanks Rebecca!

laingocbao

Thank You Rebecca

youness128

Many thanks, Teacher!! Very useful this lesson.

Edna

thank you Rebecca. You are a good teacher.

thanhhuyen

Thanks, I like your lesson.

enoch1812

Your lessons are very helpful, thanks for all !!!!

maciek007

thx rebeca ; good lesson tell me please how can i qauestion someone to talk me about her negative and positive ??? we could say for ewemple (could y tell me please about your negative and positive point )??? and sorry for my raiting i khnow itis very bad ;)

hinda20

(could you please tell me about your negative and positive points). This is the correct answer

majedismyname

thank you…

hinda20

If you are interviewing someone for a job, it might be best to say:

Could you tell me about your strengths and weaknesses?

Could you talk about your strengths and weaknesses?

That might sound kinder, when applied to a human being. All the best to you.

Rebecca

In my opinion, i have many advantages in watching your video lessons. Thanks.

Rogerio

hi really like these English LESSON, IT’S HELPING ME A LOT.

kadif bailey

thanks a lot for your great lesson

Medo

immm,, sensational lesson thanks a lot
gotta some questions :
1- what about good points & bad points
they say it only used in speaking not allowed in writing

2- you used plus and minus, which they become as preposition in the sentence and they meaning to show that one number or amount is add or subtracted to another, can they used as pros and cons and in which part of speech ?

3- what do you mean about professional E-mail ?

hisham77

You can say good points and bad points, but the vocabulary I have given in the lesson is a little more advanced.

When we speak about the pluses and minuses of a situation, we are using those words as nouns, not verbs. When we say, Two plus two is four”, we are using plus as a verb.

By professional email, I meant business email, not personal email.

All the best to you!

Rebecca

I cannot find any drawback in your perfect lessons.

Shay

Nice! My best to you, Shay.

Rebecca

Great lesson. Thank you.

gloria16

Rebecca, you said that only “pros” and” cons” occur always together, and in case of the others, we can use them either both or just one of them. But can we mix them? For instance:

“Let’s compare the plus points and the drawbacks of the newly released product.” — Is that possible, or does it sound kind of strange?

morfik

no, i think you use them in pairs as R has said. in my perspective, she means that there is only pair that has to go together, other left pairs, you can use one part.

MaiHuongNguyenThi

It sounds strange when you mix them. Try to learn and use the pairs together. All the best!

Rebecca

HI, i would say thank you very much Rebecca.It was a very easy explanation & interesting.

Ali

The lesson very advantages for me thanks

Eme23

Thanks, Rebecca

arasm

great lesson .thanks

jampara145

very nice thank you teacher!!!

muhammadrafaqat

Very thankful to you, teacher!

bluelotus

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Anderson Ferrarese

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salimbenslimen

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rabbani

interesting lesson,thanks

rabbani

interesting lesson,thanks

rabbani

interesting lesson,thanks

rabbani

90. thanks teacher

slc hoi bat chuyen

Thank you Rébécca! It’s really interesting.

Jawad

Thank you:-)

denistyl50

Thanks a lot.I’m waiting for the answer for Morfik question.

ritmo70

I could make more and more benifit through see the engvid .

ayisha

Can you give us a lesson on the fllowings,

1.She has already printed this page.
(Note. NOT: She has printed already…)

2.Police are or Police is?

3.everything is or everything are?

4.Does everyone know? or Is everyone know?

5.No one, everyone, everything,nobody, no one, each student / each students? –> is or Are?

6.Different between,
a)Different vs difference
b)Die,died,dead,death.
c)Group of students ..>is or are?
d)People is or are?

Tamil EElavan

Wow, thanks for all the great ideas. Will certainly pass them on to my fellow teachers as well. All the best to you.

Rebecca

Thank you very much/
really usfull topic

Katya

Yo got 10 correct out of 10.
:D

Albert

You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D

Didi

Yeah ! 10/10,

Phan Thanh Thanh

It was great Rebecca.
Thank you.

bahmani

Very nice topic. thanks!

Victor

Hi Rebeca that´s a good lesson thanks.

Lima

Thanks!

suhoy

Great…got 10 out 10

erickathess

thanks

Rana

hey rebecca, i must tell you that you’re such a good teacher and i see many of your englsih lessons and i just came to the conclustion that you’re one of the best teachers!
thank you so much! i appreciate it very much!
yossi from israel

yossi

Toda, Yossi! All the best to you.

Rebecca

Thanks

Yerevanski

As I’m new here, I’m still analyzing the upside and, perhaps, the downside of learning English through this site. Thank you for the opportunity of listening to this lesson.

Nane

Thanks for everything !!! I love you Rebeca ! Now, i am improving quickly my english, because you are special;.;;; good vibes !!!

Cassio

Keep at it, Cassio, and I am sure you will improve steadily. My best wishes to you.

Rebecca

thank you, I like your videos

Peter

THANKS TEACHER REBECCA FOR YOUR HELPING AND GIVING US MORE BENEFITS.

mustafa moussa

Thanks very much

fawaz

Thank you so much for such great lesson….I love your lessons

vilayphone99

that’s helpful. thx a lot

Rocky

As usual your lessons are very useful
thank you so much Rebecca

momen22

It’s really handy

Alexei

thanks :D

rnotw

vilayphone99!
I am from vietnam? do y use skype? give me yr skype name and we can chat in english

Internal Audit

Only advantages to have done this lesson, thanks !

glmrenard

A good and useful essay thanks

jawad

I am Sree i can write english well but not good in speaking.I can’t speak continuously.I had good interest in participating group discussions at school and college level but failed to do so because of lack of skills.I didn’t get time to practice spoken english.Recently i completed graduation,i understand there are situations where english speaking is necessary.Some areas preferably use english like in airports,restaurants etc., So i am practicing english speaking practically by watching videos like this one http://www.youtube.com/twominenglish

Neelu

So interesting! Thanks!

Gustavo

Rebecca, you are the proficient teacher and I would like to ask you a question, may I???????? What about CAE and CPE???? Do they differ from TOEIC? I am just wondering, because I wanna take some of these exams, it’s really hard to get a job nowadays without having some of these certificates.

katerynakoziar

there are many different English proficiency exams. Which exam you take depends on why you are taking it. I don’t know many people who take exams for fun! So think about what your goal is in taking a particular exam. Also, check what employers or universities look for in your country. Different exams are popular in different parts of the world, so take the exam that will help you the most towards your specific academic or professional goals. My best wishes to you.

Rebecca

oh that was a nice lesson :) thank you Rebecca

omar

HI MS. Rebecca !
When we say ” little and a little ” ” few and a few ” THANKS IN ADVANCE .

Atef

I am studiyng English and I’ve found that this site is the best in the web. The quality of the lessons is superb.

Jorge

hey getinet from Ethiopia , i must tell you that you are the best teacher and i answer most of questions.
thank you so much! i appreciate it very much!

getinet

Welcome! So glad you found the lesson useful. All the best to you.

Rebecca

I do loved this lecture. It’s really prestative.

Thyago Perera

I mean helpful.

Thyago Perera

Thanks for clarifying. I was wondering what that meant! My best to you, Thyago.

Rebecca

thank you Rebecca I loved this lesson!!!

sebastianbold

thank you Rebecca
this is my first time I hear about ( pros & cons ) . it’s very useful lesson . I really appreciate the way you teaching .

libyano

Very good, I think it’s so important to my career. Thank you so much.

Olavo

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Nikki

you´re an excelent teacher i learn a lot all your lessons are so great thanks grettings fro mexico

juan manuel

thank you so much teacher !!!!

geesara

Thanks Ms. Rebecca, Its really useful

Nhung

thanks so much Rebecca you are good teacher , i wish for you to make more lessons about TOEFL .
have a good night .

asala

Scored 10/10. Thanks Rebecca the great

majedismyname

thanks a lot Rebecca
this lesson was very interesting

It will really help me in my work

lina

It’s great. Thank you so much. Teacher.

ToHung

I got it. It’s really useful to me.

xuongrongtpvt

Do you have example of how to answer those advantages and disadvantages questions?

Gina St-Amand French

You could answer in many ways:
The advantages are many. First,.. Second,… Last,…
The disadvantages are that we don’t have the manpower and resources to meet their demands.

Something along these lines would work.
My best to you, Gina.

Rebecca

it’s good, thanks a lot.

sulpriadi

awsome lesson, I find it very helpful, thank you very much

argenis

undoubtedly , it is good, but I wish there could be more advance lesson for people who are already familiar with such structions and interested to further improve themseves.

asghar1974

There are many advanced lessons on our site and we will be recording more. Thanks for watching and all the best to you.

Rebecca

Rebecca: Thanks a lot. I Really believe that one swallow doesn’t make a summer. Thanks for help us. Oh! Sorry. I’m from Brazil. Nice next year for all.

Carlos Camacho

Yes, Happy 2013 to all of us and to all people on earth.

Rebecca

thanks a looot , i get 10/10 which great :)

fyry3

Thank you for this class.

Hector

Wonderful ability in teaching.

Adil Alkurdi

Thank you Rebecca. I huge hug for you.

Gerardo Silva

Wow, thanks, Gerardo. Are you from Brazil? I get many lovely hugs from Brazil! My best to you too.

Rebecca

Thanks..

azeron

im thankful indeed.
nice quiz!

Nina.

Thank you!!!

Julia

thank you

fathiy

These are very advantages lessons for me to improve my experiences- teaching style-knowledge and more….

Cheng Youra

thanks

malk

Thank you so much.

marydutan

thank you

mahesh

as usual u’re feeding us just with the most important delicious lessons thanks Rebecca
sidali from Algeria

sidali H H

What a tasty comment! Thanks and all the best to you.

Rebecca

thinks teacher

Ashwag

thanks for teaching.

shams tabrez

thank you

jnildocosta

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MOHAMED

Shookran, Mohamed! All the best to you.

Rebecca

My thanks and best wishes to all for your feedback and comments, which mean a lot to us and guide us in helping you.

Rebecca

thanks a lot

abdestudio

Actually useful lesson with perfect explaining

Ramez

Thank you Rebecca

manhdat270192

Thank you for the great lesson!

sergiofromlviv

Thank you very much for teaching us how to use the words properly . Things can be roughly divided into neutral, positive, and negative groups , same ideas in English and Chinese. Common use of verbs +’ noun pairs ‘ were showed in your lesson and quiz . I love such an approaching way you demonstrated to us because it was easier and more effective.

stupor67

thanks for the cool lesson

seemoo345

Thank Rebecca for your help.

carliux

Thanx a lot

engparvez

Thanx Rebecca…
for your fantastic lesson. It will help to improve our written and verbal capacity.
Thanxzz…

minnu400

Thanks,Rebecca.

kosobe113

thanks for all

moubarak69

i’m a new member. hope my english improve better. Thanks!

rainy2007

verry helpful thank you

ahcene

thank u so much Rebecca . it is really a useful lesson. we need more lessons like this.

tefo

by watching these kinds of videos we kill two birds with one stone , we become professional in English by expanding our expressions and synonyms , also we can pass any job interview successfully.

tefo

nice..it is very helpful to me

clarizah

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albertblue

rebecca is the best teacher , she speak clearly

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I think EngVid has really good teachers but for me you are the best!

mathiasgrimm

Thank you Rebecca.

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I LIKE IT THANK YOU BECAUSE I UNDRSTAND YOUR LESSONS

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Thank you.

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Thanks I got 100%.

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I think, this lesson is helpful for me to discussion.Thanks a lot

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echopreturn

Thank you!

Iamhere.

Sure with you I got 100 % of this test. Thank you Rebecca.

alpido24

can i find chat room here ?

hanan adam

Hi, I’m also interested in improving my English skills:)

Agnes8

Hello Rebecca. Thank you very much for your all lessons:)Each of them is very attractive, interesting and useful (‘Magic of 3’:)). I think you are a very talented teacher! I hope you have never stop teaching English.
All the best!

Agnes8

I got 10/10! :D

Yihok Chea

Thank you a lot.

Nadir

tnx indded

mehti

Dear Rebecca,
Thanks to Internet, EngVid, and you.
We have all benefits of studying at home;
But, we meet only one drawback : no viva voce exchange with you…
What a pity! Maybe one day?
Best regards.

Peter

Ohhh…I am more familiar with my teacher Rebecca.
thanks a lot.

Rachelle Thaint

hai!

chakim hamzah

my quiz :
100
You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D

chakim hamzah

10/10

ann ann

:)
tnx

Ehsan azr

Thanks for the amazing lesson !! I got a 100 points !!

frankwdux

Thanks for that lesson, I got full mark
I have question:what difference between these sentences, and what it is mean
I have got full score. & I got full score.
thanks