This English as a Second Language (ESL) website supports the YouTube channel Topshelf English, which is where we post our ESL videos. On this website, you will find the same videos as we post on YouTube. You will also find many extra exercises and practice activities! The free activities allow you to practise what you have learned, to make sure you really understand. Automatic feedback is provided for exercises, including for some speaking exercises.
The videos on Topshelf English cover many different aspects of learning English, including Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, and also specific Vocabulary word sets and Functional English topics. The videos are carefully made to be as complete as necessary, while not getting too detailed… you can make anything really complicated if you try hard enough. Lots of examples are given, and magic moving words lets you see how and when sentences and words can be moved. The idea is to help students see that language is something that can be adjusted and manipulated and not just memorized.
This website, as well as all of our videos, are made to be accessible on desktops, tablets, and mobile phones, so you can learn wherever and whenever you want. Enjoy learning English as a Second Language wherever and whenever you want!
What do you want to learn today?
Reading well will change your life. I promise. Writing well lets people know you’re smart.
Understand. Be understood.
Words and phrases and sentences, oh my!
Don’t just throw words at people and make them figure out what you mean!