Short English lesson videos

Try a short listening lesson or learn how to play English Quest and My Words Quest. Each video has English captions, a full transcript and a link to practise what you learned.

Bottle or battle?

Hear the vowels /ɑː/ and /æ/, then try two blind listening trials.

49 seconds · captions and full transcript

Fourteen or forty?

Three clues to hear 14 and 40: stress, the ending and the final /n/.

60 seconds · captions and full transcript

How to play English Quest

Spell a word from its clue, then follow eight everyday words along one star map to the trophy, and see a real Beginner run.

53 seconds · captions and full transcript

How to play My Words Quest

Learn your English words really well: save at least six, choose your set and follow the star map. Watch the steps and a real Beginner quest from start to trophy.

56 seconds · captions and full transcript