LIVE ENGLISH LESSON - FRIDAY 15th JULY 2016. What is the IELTS test?

Oh hello there! hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England it's now one minute past one o'clock

on Friday the 15th of July 2016 can you believe we are halfway through 2016 already? I can't

believe it welcome to English live this is the first ever one the first ever time that

I've done something live across the worldwide web unless of course you caught me last week

doing it but that was just a test this is the real thing today so welcome this is a

very strange feeling I must admit I was very nervous this morning I had to go outside and

stand in my front garden and watch the birds for 20 minutes taking in big deep breaths

of air so there you go I hope you can hear me all right I hope everything is coming through

loud and clear you may notice a few things first of all in the studio you will see first

of all the the clock up there can you see it says two minutes past 1:00 just to prove

that I'm really live it is absolutely live is live can be I am now live on the Internet

yesterday I did some test transmissions over the internet and one or two people said mr.

Duncan you're not really streaming live if you're cheating well I can tell you now that

this is not cheating this is absolutely as live as live can be at two minutes past 1:00

and of course two minutes past the hour depending on where you are watching in the world so

my studio as you can see is a little different there are no curtains behind me you can see

over there in the corner my my little globe shining away also just behind me here you

can see something here it says hello to now I'm planning to do something special today

I'm going to put somebody's name right there it might be your name that coming a little

bit later on you will notice also there are no live chats at the moment I will be opening

the live chats in around about 25 minutes at around about half past around half past

one so we will have some live chat coming later if you have a question for me keep it

nice and light though I don't want to get too involved with the academic side of things

so we won't be talking too deeply about any English subjects it's something nice and breezy

just as a way of allowing you to practice your English listening and also ask me some

questions as well just in case there is a a burning topic that you wish to talk about

also today I'm going to talk about something that I was asked about last week I was asked

mr. Duncan could you talk about the IELTS test now I must admit that is quite an interesting

subject because for those wishing to come and live in Britain you must take an IELTS

test that is very important and you need the ayats test so you can study here and also

to allow you to live here as well it's also worth mentioning that the IELTS certificate

is also welcomed in other countries as well including the United States there are currently

over 3,000 institutions currently in the United States who accept the IELTS certificate as

well so we will be talking a little bit about the English Language Testing system or to

be more precise the IELTS test and also what else are we doing today let's have a look

oh I know something fun to throw in for the next two hours yes I'm with you for two hours

can you believe it I can't we also have our mystery object something that I'm going to

show to you and you have to guess what it is I have it in my hand now do you want to

have a look at it you want to have a look at my mystery object this is something that

I'm going to show you throughout the broadcast today and I want you to guess what it is okay

here it comes the boo it's a bit a bit that's part of it oh my goodness what on earth is

that what an earth is it goodness me it's very strange looking it's made of plastic

and as you can see it's very long and it it has a a strange hole at the end hmm in fact

you could describe it as a as a sort of tube with a handle on it what could this be if

you think you know what this is why don't you send me a message later when I open the

live chat so if you think you know what this object is it's very unusual I must admit the

first time I saw it I had no idea what its purpose was but now I do know and it makes

perfect sense so I will show you this again later though it is my mystery object if you

think you know what this is let me know what a curious thing and as I said if you want

your name here on the door or behind me you can have your name written here later on in

the broadcast as well okay it's seven minutes past one o'clock let's get on with our first

topic for today which is all about the International English Language Testing system or as I like

to call it IELTS because it's it's much easier to say so the Language Testing system is generally

for those wishing to live in a certain country of course there are other ones as well there's

TOEFL and also TOEIC as well but I else is the one I'm going to talk about today the

IELTS exam is something you need to pass so as to be able to live in certain countries

there are grades given for each part of the test and then there is an overall score which

is called a band so first of all let's take a quick look at what the IELTS test is all

about okay here's the IELTS test this is courtesy of IELTS org there are two types of IELTS

tests you can choose from IELTS academic or IELTS general training so there are two types

of IELTS tests the IELTS academic is for people planning to study in higher education or seeking

professional registration it assesses whether you are ready to begin studying or training

in an environment where English is the language used so a good example would be the UK where

English is widely spoken so that makes perfect sense doesn't it the IELTS academic doesn't

assume that test takers have already mastered or even partly have the range of skills they

are likely to need at college or university so you could look at it as a sort of assessment

it is assessing your level of English for this reason while the test reflects some of

the features of academic language it does not aim to simulate academic study tasks in

their entirety so in other words it is just a guide it is a guide as to how well you can

speak English so the IELTS academic is for people who wish to study in another country

then we have the IELTS general training I out general training focuses on basic survival

skills I love that word so much survival skills so when we talk about IELTS in in general

we are talking about survival English day-to-day English in a social environment or of course

in the workplace it is typically for those who are going to english-speaking countries

to do secondary education work work experience of course or training programs people migrating

to Australia Canada New Zealand and the UK must take the general training test that's

very important to mention again the fact that you must take the test if you are planning

to live in those countries work or study so in Australia Canada New Zealand and of course

the UK and don't forget the IELTS is also accepted now in the United States as well

ok let's move on so what about the actual test itself well just to make things more

difficult there are many parts to the actual test you listening academic writing and reading

general training and as I've already mentioned academic writing general training writing

and hold here the worst of all speaking yes that is the one that everyone hates everyone

hates the speaking part so let's have a look at the listening first of all the listening

part of the IELTS test takes around about 30 minutes and the test consists of four recorded

monologues and conversations so we have monologues a monologue is a person talking on their own

so you will listen to one person talking and then afterwards you will listen to a conversation

or the other way around the listening test is the same for both academic and general

training tests so in other words if you are doing either the listening is pretty much

the same so in the listening test you will normally listen to something being said either

by one person or between two or more people and as that happens you will be asked to answer

some questions that is the hardest part so what they want to do is to check how well

you can listen which seems like an easy thing but it isn't it isn't as easy as it seems

so the listening part of the IELTS test takes around 30 minutes and they want to know how

well you can pick up words within sentences so you will listen to somebody speaking on

their own or in a conversation and you will be asked questions about it that is it academic

reading well that's pretty self-explanatory you are going to be reading a variety of questions

is used chosen from the following types you have multiple choice so you'll be asked a

question and the right answer will be contained within a list of answers so in other words

multiple choice means there is a correct answer hidden within the choices you are given identifying

information you have to identify a writer's views or claims so you will read something

and then from that you will have to say what the writer was trying to put across now we

look at things like matching information and matching headings matching features matching

sentence endings so you have to match things up you will be asked to refer to part of what

you have read sentence completion of course you will be given sentences to complete so

you'll get part of a sentence with maybe one or two words missing and you will have to

fill the gaps or complete the sentence summary completion summary completion means to summarize

something that you have read note completion again it's fairly self-explanatory table completion

you will look at a list of things written in the form of a table and you may have to

fill in the spaces that have been left for people that are looking for something or business

like they need also to know how to decipher a flowchart so you might be asked to complete

a flowchart to show the change or advance of something then there is diagram label completion

so you might have something that is shown to you in the form of a diagram or a picture

and you must complete the labels you must in other words write down and also read and

write down what you see and of course short answer questions they are my favorite because

I hate giving longer answers I only like short answers to questions but that doesn't mean

that you can only only answer yes or no you can't just say yes or no you still have to

give an answer using words but the answer in question will be just a short one okay

we move on to general training reading this takes place over 60 minutes a variety of questions

are used chosen from the following types again very similar to the academic reading you have

multiple choice you have to identify information identifying the writers views and claims very

similar actually to the reading one so general training is slightly more varied as the word

general sort of indicates there so the questions will be varied but again you will have a similar

similar sort of requirement which will be to answer questions and also match information

and also complete a summary this is very complicated you are probably already thinking mr. Duncan

there is no way I can do this don't worry the overall test takes around two hours 45

minutes so don't worry you have quite a lot of time an hour is actually quite a long time

when you think about it another one now if you are not good at writing if you need to

improve your grammar then maybe this one will be the part that you need to brush up academic

writing the duration is 60 minutes it has two writing tasks of 150 words and 250 words

in task 1 candidates are asked to describe some visual information may be a graph a table

chart or a diagram and to present the description in their own words in the form of writing

of course they need to write 150 words in about 20 minutes that is not too difficult

you could easily write 500 words in 20 minutes so so I think that that is very generous so

20 minutes to write 150 words yeah that's ok that's not too bad just take it easy and

don't panic in task 2 the candidates are presented with a point of view or argument or problem

they need to ride 250 words in about 40 minutes again that's very generous so 250 words yeah

I think we can do that so what you are doing there really is giving your own version of

something in writing I think that's the simplest way of putting it there we say letters move

on once again a general part of the test this time general training writing once again we've

got 60 minutes and once again you have a task of 150 words and 250 words in task number

one the candidates are asked to respond to a situation by writing a letter for example

requesting information so maybe you are writing to someone to ask for information or of course

explaining a situation again this might be difficult for those whose writing skills are

not great which is why you must make sure that you have at least some level of writing

skill just having a drink of water there I hope you don't mind now oh dear this is the

part of the IELTS test that everybody hates so much in fact if there is one thing that

I receive questions about more than any other it must be speaking in the IELTS test or the

TOEFL or the turret test these are these are really really really difficult things to do

for some people speaking out loud possibly the hardest part of learning any language

it's it's alright writing things down mr. Duncan I can write very easily it's no problem

but when it comes to speaking I have a lot of problems so in the speaking test you have

11 to 14 minutes so between 11 and 14 minutes in the speaking test you have a discussion

with a certified examiner so in other words a person will sit down with you and they will

talk it sounds lovely doesn't it it is interactive and as close to a real life situation as a

test can get so it really is putting you on the sharp end so to speak there are three

parts to the test and each part fulfills a specific function in terms of interaction

or interaction pattern task input and candidate output but simply it is how you speak in a

general conversation what you say to them and what they say to you in part one you answer

questions about yourself and your family now that should be okay I'm sure many of you will

be alright with that one where do you live who is in your family do you have any pets

questions like that in part two you speak about a topic now what's interesting here

is I think the topic is suggested to you I've heard some people say that they had to bring

some preparation for a topic while others had to just speak about a topic that they

were given so forgive me there if I seem a bit doubtful as to what that actually is but

as far as I'm aware certainly from from hearing from students is that the topic is given to

you but please don't quote me on that in part 3 you have a longer discussion on the topic

so you have a chance first of all to speak about the topic and then in part 3 you will

have to discuss possibly in the form of questions and answers of course between tests that might

vary so sometimes that might happen and sometimes it might not so be prepared remember the speaking

test is the same for both academic and general training tests each of the three parts are

designed to test a different aspect of your communication ability but simply they want

to know if you can talk they want to know if you can explain things and they want to

know if you can understand what is being asked so the speaking part is one of the shortest

parts of the test but for most people taking the IELTS it is the worst part of the test

so please don't forget that the speaking test for many people is probably the hardest or

the most daunting of all if you want to find out more about the International English Language

Testing system or as they like to call it IELTS you can check out all the information

including the information are giving you today at IELTS dot-org the test itself is now accepted

in many countries it's worth noting that it's accepted in Britain of course also in Australia

Canada and it's worth mentioning also that there are now 3,000 apparently 3,000 universities

now except it's except in the United States which I was very surprised that seems to have

changed a lot over the last two or three years when I say universities I actually mean academic

institutions so it can be sort of anything that has some source of teaching and learning

program let's have a look at the scoring before we move on because a lot of people ask about

the scoring the IELTS score now there isn't really a pass or a fail in the IELTS test

it's worth noting that there isn't really a pass or a fail what they do have is a sort

of banned list from as you can see zero at the bottom - nine at the top I will very briefly

go through these so we have at the bottom zero I don't think many people ever get zero

I don't think people ever score zero on their IELTS test I would be very surprised if they

did let's have a look so zero is did not attempt the test at all would you really turn up for

an exam and not take the test I don't know any anybody that would do that unless they

were crazy then we have grade or band one which is non-user essentially has no ability

to use the language beyond possibly a few isolated words that sounds like me with my

Chinese when I lived in China I was I was kind of I was probably a band born Chinese

speaker then there's - band - intermittent user again this isn't good this isn't very

good if you get banned - no real communication is possible except for the most basic information

using isolated words or short formulae in familiar situations and to meet immediate

needs in other words very basic maybe hello goodbye or there or here up or down not much

else then we have and three conveys and understands only general meaning in very familiar situations

again very similar early to ban to you kind of sort of struggling I think struggling would

be a good word yes you're definitely struggling if you're in band three you definitely struggle

with your English I think that's safe to say okay ban for limited user again not great

basic competence is limited to familiar situations again things that are basic and very simple

to explain this person has frequent problems in understanding and expression so they won't

be able to understand most of what is said to them again not a great score then we have

band five this is where things start to look a little bit better they they start to look

a little more positive let's just say so a modest user has partial command of the language

coping with the overall meaning of most words in situations it is likely that they will

make many mistakes as they are speaking but they should be able to handle basic communication

in their own field so things that they are very familiar with a person in band five should

be able to deal with quite easily now we come to the best part this is this is where things

get a little bit more positive if you are now sitting in band six well aren't you the

lucky one band six means you are a competent user this means that you have generally effective

command of the language despite some inaccuracies but you can use the language to a degree you

are competent I live that word competent if you ever hear someone say to you you are very

competent that is a great word to have used towards you that means you are able to do

it you have an ability you're not great at it you're not excellent but you are competent

and don't forget grade six or band six is normally the lowest you can get for entry

into most universities or or even with employers so so six is the minimum that you are aiming

for there we go - Ben seven - Ben's heaven oh my gosh well if you get a score of seven

in your eye else aren't you aren't you a clever clogs band seven means that you are a good

you a good user I needed choked to my water them excuse me you are a good user this person

has operational command of the language though with occasional inaccuracies so sometimes

you might make mistakes so a good user can speak English but they will still make the

occasional mistake generally speaking a person in band seven will handle complex languages

and situations well so if your English level is seven you can handle complex language very

well and of course you will be able to understand detailed reasoning which I will come on to

in a moment I will I will talk about that in a moment about using what we like to call

cognitive English which means thinking so we now have band 8 oh my goodness if you are

in band 8 well need i say more you are a very good user this person has fully operational

command of the language with only occasional mistakes and systematic I love that word it's

far too complex though so I'm just going to say they can use English well there will of

course still be the occasional misunderstanding especially in unfamiliar situations but generally

generally that person will handle complex detailed argumentation very well and we come

to band 9 if you get band 9 in your English IELTS test then you can probably come and

do my job and I can go on holiday so if you are in band 9 you have full operational command

of the language appropriate accurate and fluent with complete understanding I think that sums

it up pretty well need i say more going back to the minimal band that you can score it's

six so the minimum that you can get without being asked to leave is 6 so anything about

6 is fine no problem so if you are a competent user a good user a very good user expert user

you will do quite well so you are aiming to score at least six or seven in your IELTS

test maybe just go back to something I was talking about just now when you are tested

in your English speaking skills and writing skills one of the things that you also need

to get used to is thinking in English it might sound strange but you do need to have a good

level of English in your brain as well so let's come back to me I'm sorry there we go

so if you think in English you will find that it's much easier to use English in your day-to-day

life it might sound strange I always remember one of my students saying to me mr. Duncan

will it help my English if I if I dream in English I must admit I I love that idea I

love the idea of dreaming in English I think that's amazing if you can think in English

you will find it much easier to do all the other things including speaking and writing

so your cognitive English is what is being tested in the IELTS exam the writing is just

the result the speaking is just the result but really you need to have the English up

here as well in your brain when you are thinking when you are listening and perhaps when you

are dreaming so I hope that's been of some help if you miss any of my live lessons don't

forget you can also catch up afterwards you can have what YouTube like to call VOD video

on-demand so you can watch this live feed again once it has become available on my youtube

channel if you are taking your IELTS or you are planning to start preparing for it can

I wish you the best of luck with your forthcoming exam I suppose also it's worth mentioning

the fact that we are currently having a very strange time here in England and in the UK

in general because over the last couple of weeks we've we've had some slight changes

one of the biggest changes of course being the vote to leave the European Union this

means that the UK will be going alone with their decisions they won't be taking any advice

and they won't have to follow any of the rules that exist in Europe now the reason why I

mention this is because I'm not sure how this is going to affect the IELTS in the future

I have no idea at the moment in fact nobody does nobody knows what's going to happen next

so it might be worth keeping an eye and ear out keep listening and watching on the internet

for the latest news on what is happening here in in the UK because I think the changes that

will be coming over the next couple of years as as the UK pulls out of Europe might might

have some effect on the way that the English tests are carried out just before the brick

sit vote took place some of the people who were who were protesting who wanted to get

out of Europe were saying that they wanted to have a point system for people that wanted

to come and live in England or in the UK so it will be very interesting to see what happens

there whether the brexit will have any effect on the IELTS test at the moment I think it

won't but who knows because we are living in very strange times here in the UK okay

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bit also if you would like to have your name on the wall behind me you can see my little

magic door there there it is can you see it just behind me there it says hello - hello

- but hello - who it might be you in the next hour I will be writing someone's name behind

there not just that but your name will also appear on the thumbnail for this lesson so

your name will be there forever my gosh I can't believe it it is of course 2016 and

what a year it has been hasn't it been a strange year a lot of people are talking about 2016

as being one of the strangest years and one of the most dramatic years that we've had

for some time and we're only halfway through it I feel as if 2016 has been has been going

on for about the last four years because so many things have happened right here we go

it is 1:45 and I am now going to go live with a chat I hope you can hear this all right

this is my first ever live English lesson if there are any problems with the technical

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new camera that I've set up so you can see me nice and clearly and of course the sound

quality I hope that is all right right let's not waste any more time let's enable live

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just in case you've joined me a minute ago or 20 minutes ago and you're wondering what

on earth is going on well this is my new live English stream which I'm going to be doing

every single Friday not just today not just today but every single Friday ok I'm now live

on chat I'm just waiting for the chance to start coming through on YouTube it might take

a while if not I will just go and sit in the corner and cry myself to sleep so hello to

the world wherever you are watching this is mr. Duncan also let me just check Facebook

as well because I do have lots of people following me on Facebook let's just check my facebook

let's see what's going on on Facebook shall we oh I see oh it's very active on Facebook

at the moment oh I see Oh mr. Duncan let's have a look apparently it is 9:45 in Buenos

Aires ok let's go back to the YouTube live and nobody's nobody's writing come on everybody

where are you everybody was sending messages the other day now nobody's sending any it

doesn't matter I can just I could just sit here and drink my water watch this see hmm

oh that's better so live chat is now open for anyone anywhere in the world look can

you see it over there there's the world over there that's where we all are now sharing

that little blue dot in space did anybody see the Juno probe this week the Juno probe

which has gone all the way to I nearly said Saturn then I always get Saturn and Jupiter

mixed up I don't know why I always get Saturn and Jupiter confused but of course Saturn

has has the Rings and Jupiter is just big and it's got little lines all over it and

their famous red spot but they've they've sent a probe all away all the way to Jupiter

it's amazing I can't believe it we now have Oh 45:49 people watching now I have to say

suddenly I feel very nervous now I know that 49 people are watching I have to be honest

I'm very I'm feeling a lot of stress now okay let's have a look if you are leaving messages

for me on YouTube please don't don't leave messages sorry on Facebook don't leave messages

on Facebook please could you please leave them on the YouTube live chat or else I have

to keep flicking between the screens and it will drive me crazy oh I see but chat isn't

showing up it should be showing up chat should be showing up it's there it's there chat should

be showing up if it isn't then I'm going to cry in the corner of the room okay let's do

it on Facebook they instead here we go Facebook right let's have a look what's happening on

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know why he has a Facebook page but that Duncan who lives in Bognor Regis he hates people

where is this mr. Duncan who is all in capitals loves people that's the difference okay let's

have a look YouTube okay now apparently for some reason the live chat is not showing up

I don't know why it should be it should be let's just try something else here we go I'm

going to try something else just to see if I can get this started if not no Lola okay

let's let's see if that works the chat is definitely enabled now so if you would like

to join me please do so meanwhile on Facebook can I say a special hello to Faison rah mile

who wants a link to the YouTube channel just go to my youtube channel for goodness sake

it's there playing live now so don't worry there it is yes somebody has already left

the link thank you very much to a jazz we hack who has left the link on my Facebook

page thank you so much isn't that kind of you so there it is there's the link it is

now on my Facebook page I will also copy and paste it at the top so if you just give me

a moment I will copy and paste that right at the top of my Facebook page so now there

is no confusion there it is okay so now you should see the link to the live link yes it

is an active link and the reason why it's active is because it's live is live can be

don't forget if you would like to have your name on the door behind me here there is a

little space at the bottom you are more than welcome to put your name there meanwhile on

YouTube there appears to be no live chat I'm very disappointed with that because in the

past you can activate the live chat at any time but today it appears not to be doing

it there you go I've saved the changes on my YouTube chat so I've tried again so hopefully

that should work now and everything was going so well meanwhile on Facebook let's see what's

going on my Facebook page let's say some hellos now shall we okay we've

got a few hellos to come Anna I'm going to pronounce your name wrong Anna but Anna yelling

go Xion Anna yelling goujian hello Anna a big hello big hello to you there you are and

also and zonic has joined me and zonic is here there is obviously a problem with YouTube

here because people are writing on the page but I can't see it that's no good is it Thank

You YouTube thank you very much for that I know people are going to say mr. Duncan you're

doing it wrong I am doing it right I know what I'm doing so 49 people are now watching

me thank you for joining me today for this very strange experience so the chat is showing

up but I can't see it the chat is working people are writing but I don't know why you

can't see them okay I'm going to try something else I'm going to open my YouTube page and

I'm going to go into it again just in case it was all going so well okay whether we've

got it we now have live chat on the screen right oh dear right thank goodness for that

at 156 we finally get the chat working right if you'd like to chat to me now on YouTube

the chat page is open okay and zonic who is at the top of the page says hi I am present

in all your tests and your live streaming about the question oh the question what is

this what on earth is this do you know what it is isn't it strange and zonic says is it

and zonix says is it a lightsaber from Star Wars

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Jim Jim Jim Jim I am your father it's not a lightsaber so you can cross that off the

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or Lucia it's one of those Lucia or Lucia hello there Jr star or over a river River

hello mr. Duncan hello JR star over over over over over arrow V 41 says it's a lightsaber

it isn't a lightsaber it's something else yes can you see it properly okay I'm gonna

hold it still now for you can you see it there it is there it is can you see it is not a

lightsaber so cross that off Amanda Regina or Amanda Regina hi mr. Duncan hi Amanda Abdul

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from England Rene oh my goodness I'm sorry Renee but I'm not going to try and pronounce

your second name Rene sherab forever dumb dumb wrong shoe Rene I'll just call you Rene

is that okay Bonjour I can't wait to hear and learn from you today I'm okay you are

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I know I'm sorry I think there was a problem in my end maybe I didn't refresh the page

maybe it's my fault it's very embarrassing anyway the chat is working now and everything

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have Lea Avila now Lea Avila who has joined me it's not a lightsaber it isn't Lea Avila

Lea Avila I hope I pronounced your name right thank you for doing these wonderful videos

you are truly amazing and your accent is lovely I like your new mic oh yes this is the new

microphone I I bought during the week I've had a crazy week I can't tell you how crazy

my week has been trying to get this equipment all working and this morning this morning

oh my goodness do you want to know what happened this morning this morning I tried to print

something out now don't get me wrong I love technology I love it so much but this morning

the printer would not work and I didn't know why it just kept saying era era era eventually

I did sort it out after finding out that the printer ink was used up it took me a while

to work out that the printer had run out of ink there was no ink left but sometimes do

you know what I wanted to do this morning I wanted to take that printer and I wanted

to take it into my back garden I wanted to put it down and I wanted to smash it to pieces

could you imagine me doing that maybe next week maybe in next week's live stream I could

I could smash my printer to pieces it has nothing to do with English but at least it

makes me feel better so more hellos oh hi from Abdul Manon abdomen on hello there also

we have let's have a look what we got here we have Nazz Nazgul on dazzle mary Chenault

or she no nasal maraschino hello to you Abdul al-fatah says what's happening mr. Duncan

you can't see our comments I can now I can see your comments now and they're lovely Sonya

Sonya shmatte I hope I pronounced that right Sonya says hi as well Nuria Rincon says Katya

Jordan did I did I say that right Maria Rin Khan says cab rune cab rune is that where

you are or is it a greeting I hope it's a greeting I hope it's nothing rude another

comic now writing in Arabic I can't read Arabic unfortunately lovely to see you best friend

everyone is welcome and everyone is my friend if you are a lovely person if you are a nice

human being on this planet then you are already my friend call us Roberto Shakira Shakira

Carlos is watching right now live in Brazil yes it's true I'm live I'm live on the internet

can you see here look look look it's live just there five minutes past two so it is

live definitely Lea Avila says away way away is that like is that like ole a wretch rush

la or rash L says hello hello how is it going it's going okay you had a couple of problems

just now besides that I'm feeling super duper and hunky-dory Lea asks how is mr. Lomax doing

on the year of the monkey mr. Lomax has been driving me crazy this year I remember at the

beginning of the year in January mr. Lomax kept saying hey mr. Duncan guess what it's

my year 2016 is my year so yes yes mr. Lomax is very happy that this is Munky year if you

remember we made a lesson together do you remember the lesson we made together we actually

did a little lesson together me and mr. Lomax talking about the year of the monkey even

though mr. Lomax really isn't a monkey he's an ape but mr. Lomax is very stubborn and

sometimes a little annoying the other week he shouted at me did anybody see the breakfast

time that I had with mr. Lomax mr. Lomax started shouting at me because he said that I made

my porridge too weak he said my porridge was was too milky and then he said that that I

I eat my porridge in a noisy way he said mr. Duncan you eat your porridge in such a noisy

way it's very annoying so sometimes mr. Lomax gets on my nerves do you know anyone that

gets on your nerves does anybody annoy you in your life please tell me so I can shame

them here no don't don't do that some Russian here Sonia shmatte is written in Russian I

think that's Russian it looks like Russian unfortunately I don't speak Russian or read

Russian a Murray way D or umrah wardi I'm reward e well I am taking an IELTS course

on future learn now what a coincidence thanks a lot for the great information about it amory

am reward e I hope I'm pronouncing your name right good luck with your forthcoming IELTS

test so you're now taking the course and later on you will be doing the test Oh dear me when

you take the test think of me smiling at you wishing you on so all the best of luck there

for your forthcoming IELTS test and of course anybody else who is taking their English exam

test later this year or maybe today or maybe tomorrow good luck Amina Maura says hello

from Algeria a big hello to Algeria Lisa Avila says Jolla Jolla I don't think you pronounce

the H though dear I think it's more like Ola Ola hello I think we're up to or almost we're

almost up to date now we have a tail at a loot at a loo one at a Lu Wan says hello everybody

Eliseo Metiria says you have a nice studio do you like my studio sometimes it's very

messy a couple of weeks ago this studio was so messy there was there was rubbish everywhere

so I I spent a whole day clearing this whole studio out I I moved everything out of here

and I cleaned it from top to bottom it was it was a sort of late spring clean you don't

normally spring clean in summer you normally spring clean in spring hello teacher says

why maturity whiny juin I always have problem I always have a problem with that part of

the word did you in is that is that how you pronounce it did you in wine juin who is I

believe watching in Vietnam then we have mark I think that's mark I want to say mark watching

in the Russian Crimea hello mark I think that's what it says there because part of its in

Russian and my Russian isn't very good I'm sorry I can say prove it prove it

hello teacher hello mr. Duncan says comitia comitia says hello mr. Duncan commedia says

you are the best although it says here you are the bet I think it means you are the best

you are the best that's it Thank You kimeta all right I have to do a bit of catching up

here because there are thousands and thousands and thousands of messages so sorry if I if

I miss your messages but there are so many people here we have Chang manly Chang manly

who is watching in South Korea hello South Korea a big hello to you tarik says tarik

says he's super duper best do you mean me thank you very much I'm very flattered Joe

Quinn Ruiz Gomes okay please restart your YouTube mr. Duncan right back to the mystery

item English food club hello - English food club English food club says mr. Duncan it's

a sword no it isn't a sword I'm sorry about that Fay but it isn't a sword hi from Russia

I think I have quite a few people watching in Russian out so a big privat to russia cometa

says you are a very you are a very innovative teacher innovative that means new unusual

exciting different something different that will change the world is innovative Lia Avila

says you are wonderful teacher Marcello oh I see yes Marcello Marcello says you pronounce

my name like Mars the planet a big high from Marcello who is watching in Argentina hello

Argentina Ali Hussein says stay happy healthy and live longer mr. Duncan you know what I

love being alive I don't know why it feels really nice when I wake up in the morning

every morning I open my eyes and I say this is nice every morning you should try it tomorrow

morning when you wake up when you wake up tomorrow morning open your eyes and go oh

this is nice a leaner or Ln a burrito says mr. Duncan how are you we are are two Cuban

students who are watching for the second time your lessons in Barcelona hello Barcelona

thank you very much for your for all your efforts we will keep following you says Elena

and Gustavo hello - Gustavo as well Columbia Lea is watching in Colombia we have Marin

cracy me Kissimmee Peron Kissimmee who is watching in Iran and says you are a very good

teacher thank you very much Iran vino vino Kumar says your videos are awesome can we

expect more videos of English from you yes of course there will be more English videos

I'm not stopping I'm not giving up I will be here for as long as as you want me to so

if you want me to stay here I will it's as simple as that Ali Hussein says you are the

best to continue being as you are mr. Duncan I'm not changing it is true that some people

don't like me some people say yeah have you seen that mr. Duncan I don't like him I don't

like him there's some there he always wears a hat what what's that all about what why

does he always wear a hat I don't like him mr. Duncan oh yeah Leah Avila says I like

the globe of the earth you have on the night table there it is over there the globe that's

where we all live I was going to say happily I really want to say happily

Pedro Pedro Redondo Garrido says hi mr. Duncan from Spain hello Spain Espania Spain a telly

a tell you get a tell you one says can you say hello to Julia hello Julia hello Julia

I tell you says hello to Julia and so do I English food club says sawaddee Sawadee which

is of course hello in Thai Booga rammie rammie rammie rammie lee sometimes when I pronounce

the names I might have to take a run at it two or three times it's like it's like breaking

down a door - ya Salam alikoum mr. Duncan we love and support you says Vergara Miele

that's it I think that's it hello vogue our unless so matira says I love mr. Lomax do

you want him unless so do you want him I can send mr. Lomax to you he can go and stay with

you for a few weeks but you won't like it trust me mr. Lomax is very annoying let's

move further down the list oh my gosh there are so many so many messages here okay I think

I'm nearly at the bottom

the one thing about YouTube chat is it's very difficult to follow the text it moves so quickly

on the screen where do you live now mr. Duncan ah from vu Garvey Garces where do you live

I live in England in a place called Much Wenlock Shaheed Hussain says I did my IELTS back in

November of 2014 and secured a six band congratulations well done so all that hard work it was worth

it I am good it's speaking o7 for that Shahid says I do dream and speak to myself in English

there's nothing wrong with talking to yourself of course the problem is sometimes you might

answer yourself back that's when it gets strange well then - Shaheed and congratulations on

passing your your IELTS back in 2014 car car you jerk you jerk hello you are so smart you

are wonderful you mean me oh thank you he's an interesting name McGill er abode or Abad

McGill a-- Abad says I'm from Yemen hello Yemen mrs. T and M hello mr. Duncan are you

teaching privately for example online lessons to reduce the accent I don't do private lessons

this is something that I get asked all the time in fact it's a question that that I get

asked almost every single day do you teach English privately I don't because well I don't

really have the time and of course I love giving my lessons away for free so YouTube

is the place to watch my English lessons and of course here now every Friday with my livestream

Lia Avila says I do not know what is that thing is it from space or something you mean

you mean this does anybody know what it is do you know do you know if you think you know

what this is please let me know the one thing it isn't is a lightsaber it's definitely not

a lightsaber you it's not a lightsaber. I should have gone two minutes ago but I'm still

here Claudia Claudia Claudia says dust well you could yes you could suck dust up with

this but it's it's something else something else not dust something else you're very close

but it's not dust say hello to Brazil says Vitor SARS or sorrows Vitor sorrows says say

hello to Brazil hello Brazil and of course the Olympic Games are coming soon there in

just a few I think it's a couple of weeks isn't it you're just a few days it's not long

so a big hello to Brazil Lia Avila says is it a container for rolled-up paintings no

no it's not nothing like that Abdul Majeed says lull you're funny what you mean what

do you mean I'm funny what funny or funny there's two types of funny--i see two types

I hope I'm the first one my eller is it for small coins no son Vaughn Kaplan it's German

its German teacher we spell Xun phone kappa liam i'm not sure what that means can you

give us another hint yes it's a vacuum cleaner but it's not for dust it's for something else

Helly ass kiss me kiss me Oh tried to pronounce the Brazilian word for being phage ow fave

fave jaw for you Joe beam feature phage ow is that okay Peter Peng hello Peter pang it

is a vacuum cleaner bag oh sorry it is a vacuum bag pump for packing the clothes that's a

good that's a good suggestion yes you could use this for taking the air out of a bag when

you want to pack your clothes away but it isn't it isn't for that definitely not it's

for something else you won't believe the answer can I give it to you come on mr. Duncan the

time is ending tell us what it is please says an Sonic game start on Claudia Claudia the

that's what you mean mr. Duncan why do people from the UK love the Queen well of course

the Queen is is the monarch she is the the head of the state and lots of people like

her but you know I do wish the Queen would smile more she never looks very happy if I

was the Queen of England if I was the Queen of England I would always look happy I would

look happy all the time and everywhere I went I will go dum dee dee dum dee dum dee dum

dum dee dee dee dum just like David Cameron so will many people love the Queen because

she's the Queen of England and the Commonwealth but not the world Mercedes is that for paper

no sorry to be so short with you but know th being Nam I think you could be a very good

actor have you ever played in a piece of drama no I've never been I've never been an actor

ever a lot of people say that I should be an actor but I've never ever been an actor

ever in my life yep can you oh I'm sorry I can't keep up with the the text keeps moving

too quickly it moves all the time can you tell us a joke please a man walks into the

doctor's he says doctor doctor people keep ignoring me and the doctor replies next please

Gustavo among tourists Gustavo Montrose says hello Carlos Givi oh no now I think I know

what that tube is could that be part of a cleaning machine from a swimming pool no Carlos

it isn't it is not that abdul al Fatah says I love the British accent more than the American

accent careful the American better because I can't find British movies or series that

her as is it is interesting that are as interesting as American ones there are lots of British

programmes lots of funny British programs does anyone watch Sherlock do you like Sherlock

that's a very popular program around the world that's made here in England by the BBC hello

this is the BBC from London saying how do you do Sherlock that's made in England that's

an utter British film also Four Weddings and a funeral I know it's a very old film but

it's a British film but yes the British accent is rather nice to listen to but of course

a lot lots of people nowadays speak American English but I like both I have no problem

with American English and I have no problem with British English I love it all because

it's English do tsch tsch King Alexander I wonder why British why English and other European

young people always sit on the ground and pavement for example my parents always have

said to me that it's harmful for your health if you sit on the ground I'm not sure I've

heard of that I've heard of that they say if you sit on the ground or if you sit on

a cold surface maybe maybe you'll you'll get some sort of illness like maybe a cold or

a fever I sometimes lie on the ground and I'm tired I'll sleep anywhere is it dry is

it is it for drying water up is it for drying water or sucking water no it's not for that

we low eat all classes cow Seco cow's ago 17 I love your classes says csoka so go caso

go cows a go cows a go 17 and what I love you is that for me you already look happy

all the time mr. Duncan you do not need to be the queen Thank You Claudia I am from Vietnam

nice to speak with you says Minh vu I know now it is for cleaning the ear the ears of

giants and zonic says no it's not for cleaning out the ears of giants although there is a

movie coming out soon the Big Friendly Giant The BFG written by the author Roald Dahl that's

in the year that's in the movies coming soon a new movie featuring a big giant but know

this this isn't for cleaning out the ears of giants definitely not I love Sherlock says

yeah zeal I love Sherlock and of course Sherlock stars Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch

I agree with Claudia Claudia hello mr. Duncan thank you for your lessons you were the first

youtuber teaching me English how many countries have you visited says BCM five six four five

is that really your name I've been to a few countries around the world I've been to France

I've been to Greece I've been to Madeira I've been to Singapore I've been to Malaysia as

I mentioned earlier and of course I've been to China I used to live in China I lived in

China for four years I can't read all of these questions now because there are so many there

are millions and millions of questions millions honestly I'm not exaggerating there really

are millions of lessons I love your English tutorial says Balakrishna hello mr. Duncan

I'm glad that I have the chance to tell you that you are the best teacher and please tell

me how I can achieve best results from your lessons Abdullah Kassim or Chris M asks me

that well of course watching my lessons listening to my lessons writing down some of the words

that I use in my lessons and of course you can watch my lessons again and again and again

as many times as you want no it isn't a paper cup holder on on fam and fam Lea it isn't

a tennis ball container no BCM five six four five no my name is wick Victoire mark hatch

mark cash Kaz Kaz vicked Victoire mark cash and I'm from Poland you have visited a lot

of countries I have I can understand your speaking but can't understand clear what they

say in Sherlock I know some of the people in Sherlock have accents is it a yard vacuum

no I'm afraid not mr. Duncan I love your English tutorials says eh which it tell us what that

thing is says Abdul Al Fatah okay I will tell you in one minute a minute from now I will

tell you what it is but please don't leave me maybe a golf-ball collector no it's not

that but you are close it is for it is for collecting something but what it's one specific

type of thing I will give you another clue it's for collecting something that is alive

it is for collecting something that is alive mr. Duncan how do you earn a living just like

everybody else I have to work and sometimes I do things for free like this I'm doing this

for free can you believe it this is for free but it is kind of work but yes I do work I

do have to work when will you visit Vietnam one day one day I would love to visit Vietnam

so her yes oof mr. Duncan did you eat Samoa Somalia food no I've never tried Somalia food

III would love to try some if you could suggest something for me to try that sounds good to

me I love all food as long as it's not too spicy I don't like too spicy feel that I don't

like that is that for you to play or vacuum it is for vacuuming but what Carlos GV says

please tell us for I can't say that I'll get told off Abdul Majeed says is it for vacuuming

bugs you are very close very close but think of something else bugs something else but

you're very close the death is that for collecting err no says ha Lisa goose ma go smell okay

I'm gonna tell you now here he comes here's the answer so hold your answers please the

answer is coming now so this particular thing here that I'm holding in my hand can you see

it if I press this button here a little motor comes on at the bottom this device is for

removing spiders it's a spider catcher it's true I'm not joking this is used for catching

spiders if you have a big spider in your house and I really don't like spiders I'm very very

afraid of spiders I don't like them especially big ones don't like this this is for collecting

spiders without killing them so you can pick the spider up without killing it so you just

put it over the spider and then you turn the motor on like that and the spider goes inside

and then you put this on the end you take it outside and you put the spider into the

garden you let it go so that's it that's what this is it's a spider capture but it means

that you can catch the spider without having to kill it so there you go and I use this

all of time I don't know why my at my house the spiders love coming in and some of them

are really big they're as big as your hand they are they're really big and I go up inside

here and then I put them outside so they don't die but then of course all they do is turn

around and come back in the house again so that's it learn learn right let's have a look

well lots of people seem to be reacting to that news what you do here on YouTube is for

free when it comes to money but you are going to be compensated as you are priceless soul

sorry about that had to drink some water then hmm yes this is definitely water it's nothing

else Wow here in England or there in England there are lots of spiders says yazal mm-hmm

there are lots of spiders there in England yes there are there are lots of spiders here

trust me do I do I hate spider-man no I don't Carlos says no bleep dude really how many

spiders crawl through your house to buy a specific device like that I get many spiders

in my house trust me many many many many spiders come in my house Lots so that's why and thank

you for the swear word yeah I forgot that I watched videos about this machine says Abdullah

Claudia says it makes sense as in the UK we can find a lot of spiders as it is an island

this is true I think there are many spiders living just outside my house here and and

and they wait they wait for me to open the windows and then they they crawl in to the

house and then scare me you really don't want to hear me scream I scream like a girl it's

true [Music] what happens if a spider climbs on you says Karn no joke I would scream as

I just said like a girl like a big big girl Donny D it's a very useful thing it is a very

useful thing and I've used it so many times to catch the spiders so they don't die so

they can go outside and run around apparently the the word for a fear of spiders is arachnophobia

it's true what happened that's some of its spider catcher yes the machine is a spider

catcher my yellow agrees with Carlos and Pham the spider men would be scared because of

that device yes I could I could definitely suck spider-man up with this well um maybe

not all of him hey says Lucy Liu subscribe to my channel okay Abdul al-fatah says why

don't you kill the spiders kill them I don't like to kill them they're just trying to live

their little lives I just don't want them living in my house and scaring me Alessio

says thank you mr. duncan for all Chang Nampally says what a lovely thought Abdul al-fatah

says they will come back again if you don't kill them of course they come back but I think

some of these spiders I'm catching have been in and out of my house about 20 times they

must be getting really tired of coming in here and then me taking them all the way back

outside and then they have to come back in again no mr. Duncan I'm losing my track now

a big hello a big special hello to you my name is Mohammed Kamara from Guinea in West

Africa Guinea Conakry connect free in West Africa but now in Malaysia hello Malaysia

yes I I've been to Malaysia many times I can't express how much I love your lessons you're

welcome and a big hello to you no problem I'm very glad that my lessons are helpful

how many English dialects are being used in England says BCM BCM five six four five there

are many dialects in England and of course across the UK because you have accents in

other countries as well other parts of the UK you have Scotland of course where English

is spoken with an cent you have whales of where English is spoken with an accent and

of course in England there are many different types of dialect a lot of people say that

my accent is is standard English but it isn't I have an accent you might not realize it

I also have an accent a lot of people say mr. Duncan your English is Rp but it isn't

it isn't received pronunciation trust me it isn't you catch spiders by using this spider

catcher then the spider will die no it doesn't kill the spider the spider just goes inside

and stays in the tube and then you you put the top on and put it outside no I can safely

say that so far I have killed no spiders with this machine no spiders were harmed in the

use of this machine definitely mr. Duncan do you have any pets no who I have mr. Lomax

he's he's he's a pet but but the problem is mr. Lomax says that I'm his pet he says mr.

Duncan you are my pet Ruby Ruby - Ruby - or Ruby - Ruby - Ruby - do you do live alone

sometimes where could I get one of these machines what this it's like a shopping trolley a shopping

channel not a shopping trolley a shopping channel it's like a shopping channel this

look hello welcome to mr. Duncan's Shopping Channel and today we are going to talk about

this fly and spider catcher you can also catch flies in this but normally you can't because

the flies are too fast but you can catch spiders in this so you can catch any insect that doesn't

move very fast hmm there you go yeah I don't know where you can buy this I bought this

a while back on the Internet yes the Internet you couldn't buy one of these on the internet

but don't forget I'm not being paid to show this before anybody asks they say mr. Venkman

are you being paid to show that no I'm not I bought that for myself so I could get rid

of the spiders because I don't like them all right now I want to spider removal device

like that this is Carlos by Ella yes he has pets Carn the Jacque asks mr. Duncan why are

you so bald it's a bit personal spiders spiders I feel like your language is more simple you

are not using difficult expressions well I'm just talking normally this is just normal

English this is just everyday English this is just English says San Yvonne babbling enjoyed

in grade 7 says I have no spiders in the house but many ants oh yes ants they're terrible

they're very hard to get rid of ants you can't use one of these to get rid of ants because

it would take you forever mr. Duncan is it possible to learn English alone yes you can

learn English alone but as long as you do it regularly I think my English listening

skill is quite okay and I can read newspapers but can't chat with others in English that

is normal it's a normal thing many people who are learning English can normally read

English quite well they can normally write English well but quite often they can't speak

it very well so your problem is normal it's a normal problem it's a common problem the

jock and Doherty do the-- the jock no joke no jock my Vietnamese pronunciation isn't

that good I'm sorry don't shout at me my yellow bow Jia no as seen on duncan TV yes maybe

I should start my own shopping channel I love your sense of humor Abdul al-fatah says how

can I say I can't without being misunderstood can't can't that's how you say it I can't

can't you can't are there in British any words like face control and startup because when

I talk with some British people there in my country they didn't understand these words

I'm not sure about face control but startup startup is a common phrase it means a new

business Gustov mr. Duncan what is your advice to understand fast English spoken where many

words are linking or cancellation of letters or so on well of course yes this does happen

sometimes I speak English very quickly and sometimes I speak English slowly but most

of the time even in my everyday English I I speak it at a steady pace but it can be

hard you need to get used to listening to different types of accent mr. Duncan please

what is your advice to ow I've just read that one mr. Duncan oh I think I'm almost at the

end here we're almost finished Adriana or Adriana Adama cares hi mr. Duncan and Catalina

says hi when will be the next chat I am late Catalan Catalan I've been here for two and

a half hours it's true but don't worry you can watch this again when it's uploaded to

YouTube because YouTube will allow you to watch it again on demand so don't worry the

next live chat will be next Friday the same time about one o'clock one o'clock you cake

time so next Friday will be the next chat can you understand the Scottish accent sometimes

the Scottish accent can be very difficult to understand even for a native English speaker

so yes sometimes the Scottish accent is hard to understand even even for us native speakers

or certainly native speakers that live in other parts of the UK can you understand the

Scottish accent Alexander Alexander czar bolts key what's more natural mr. Duncan to have

a thing for or about something or somebody you normally have a have a thing for something

I have a thing for it that means you that means you like it you admire it I have a thing

for it I have a thing for English mr. Duncan I like the posh way of speaking I will always

listen to you but I love your speaking way is it's not too informal but I do have an

accent most people say I don't have an accent but I do I have an accent I would like you

to advise some personality that speak posh so that I can listen to them Hugh Grant Hugh

Grant is an actor if you watch Hugh Grant he is a British accent and he acts in movies

and sometimes on television and on stage if you watch Four Weddings and a funeral he is

in that and he speaks a very posh English and also what's the other Notting Hill as

well Hugh Grant is in that movie and he speaks with a very posh British accent I say may

I say when will you come to Italy says Alessio I don't know III would love to say when but

I am not sure I haven't travelled for some time not for two years I haven't travelled

abroad for two years because I've been too busy with my work last year I was decorating

in painting the house this year I'm working on my English lessons what do you recommend

for getting better English speaking to speak English better you need to listen to as many

ways of speaking English but also listen to yourself don't be afraid to listen to your

own voice hey mr. Duncan thanks for your kindness and generosity mate says ally around Thank

You Ally Lady Catherine 91 I have come Annie hi Manny so Fobus Mario in English super worms

kinda Geron says it's 937 in Southeast Asia 937 late at night now it's not it's 339 here

in the afternoon it's still daytime here Lady Catherine sorry for the double comment don't

worry it's alright oh that's it I'm at the end I'm at the end of the comments we are

now at the end of the comments Raymond Raymond Tomo says hi hi Raymond or Ryan Ryan Ryan

Tom oh sorry about that mr. Duncan you should go to my school you're funnier than my teacher

says Lucy Liu when I was teaching English in China I used to visit many many schools

other schools used to phone my school and asked me to visit their school so I could

teach them English but of course the problem was that there's only one me unless of course

you can clone me and have lots of copies of mr. Duncan everywhere around the world could

you imagine that not sure if I want to think about that one you have been here for three

hours Wow thank you says Carlene a-doin mr. Duncan you should go to my school yes Lucy

I will think about that where is your school where are you Lucy where are you can I get

an advice for improving my listening skills listen to something this you are comfortable

with that's that's it listen to things that you are comfortable with listen to things

that you can listen to easily and then slowly change the thing to something that is slightly

more difficult we call it a learning curve this is the learning curve you start off with

something easy and then you slowly increase the difficulty so that was El Cali al Khali

gar wardi Cali Gordy or al Khali al Khali algarve Rd so start off by listening to the

things that are simple and then just increase the difficulty over time and don't forget

to listen to yourself don't be afraid to listen to your own voice Leah will you do a video

on your birth date in August yes my birthday is coming up in August how do you usually

celebrate your birthday well as you know I'm very old now so I don't like to think too

much about my birthday last year I did a special message for my birthday because I had reached

a certain age last year so this year maybe hey I've got a good idea he's a good idea

why don't I do a live stream on my birthday and then you couldn't you can all wish me

happy birthday live does that sound good is that a good idea mr. Duncan do you like cats

or dogs ah I don't mind both really but not together because they might fight there is

an expression in English that that goes to fight like cats and dogs Cham Chang namely

says watch out Duncan there is a spider on your back no there isn't you're only kidding

Lucy Liu is in Ecuador hello Ecuador and hello Lucy or comments mr. Duncan have you ever

been to Italy says Alesso no I haven't I've never been to Italy ever in my life Donny

D if one Chinese pay you $1 for lessons you will be a billionaire that's that's true if

every person living in China gave me one one pound to teach English I would be a billionaire

that's true but of course the problem is that in mainland China I'm blocked so because China

doesn't allow YouTube there so sadly the people in China cannot watch my lessons or all this

live stream because YouTube when you go outside you have to wear a mask against the smog no

I live in the countryside it's very clean and healthy here is the statue on the table

from Ikea you mean the little man over there that little man I I got that from the internet

I bought that about six years ago that little man over there there he is they seem there

the little man he's holding the world in his hands or her hands so it could be a it could

be a man or a lady well both do you party with us online I don't know kinda doin keine

doin leeched do Tuan says like the stream eight thumbs up it would be awesome to celebrate

your birthday live yes I could do that Adriana Dominique Eze hi Adriana I'm Mexican and I'm

studying English but it is very difficult for me to learn Grammatik or to learn grammar

and the internet I find a lot of examples but they are very simple can you give me some

advice here's a bit of advice Adriana or Adriana you could watch videos on YouTube about certain

subjects maybe scientific or mathematical and then you can listen to words that are

slightly more complicated so that might be a good bit of advice yes watch watch academic

videos but really my advice would be to watch watch whatever you can watch all sorts of

things watch movies TV mr. Duncan's videos of course Claudia says it's raining cats and

dogs it's raining heavily I'm not sure what the weather is doing here let's just have

a look outside fortunately it's not raining here so that's good news Claudia thanks for

that why does China block YouTube I don't know they just don't like YouTube it's not

my fault honestly it's not because of me definitely pretty sure of that about 50% sure there it's

not my fault the do Li knew Li new says China blocks Facebook - yes it does I'm from Hungary

I do not see other people from my country but you're here and that's a good start so

hello to Hungary and hello to Catalan Lady Catherine what do you think about Italy I

want you here I love Italian food so if I do come to see you Lady Catherine if I do

go to Italy I will insist on eating lots of Italian food I'm getting a bit hungry now

mr. Duncan do you know Steven Saku this man and you make British English sounds so beautiful

and lovely Steven Saku Saku is a TV journalist he appears on the news over here on the BBC

and he normally presents a program called hard talk which he hosts normally he speaks

to somebody like a politician or somebody very famous and he asks them very difficult

questions very hard questions direct questions so yes I do know Steven Saku I don't know

him personally though Adriana says thanks mr. Duncan you are amazing thank you so much

for your charisma and charm Shaheed Hussein Adriana should read more to know how grammar

works with certain words or situations yes of course you can use reference books that's

a good point Thank You Shaheed for that yes of course you should read reference books

just read books specifically about grammar there are some good books around that discuss

grammar there is one that I I used to have nearby that I used to show to some of my students

when I was in China I've had this particular book for a long time but I can't find it now

because I've moved it but it's it's a little oxford book of English grammar and it gives

you lots of examples of typical English grammar so that's the name of the book it's called

the Oxford English book of English grammar what is the easiest way to improve listening

listening to American or British English well II listen to both listen to both get used

to the get used to the sound of all sorts of English get used to listening to British

English and American English son Vaughn karbolyn son Vaughn Cabul own happy birthday my birthday

is not until August but thank you all the same thank you for that we miss you a lot

mr. Duncan says nor as a bat we miss you a lot a long time ago I didn't see some of your

videos it's really a pleasure watching you again with a live podcast it's true I'm live

on the internet right now you are watching me and it is live it is ten minutes to four

o'clock in the afternoon here in the UK doo-doo-doo-doo PAP Yuko e PAP you pappu PAP uke Carrie does

somebody farm rice in the countryside where you live no nobody grows rice here in fact

I think it's rarely grown here in the UK at all most rice is imported mainly from India

and I think also I think also rice is imported from India and maybe China maybe China I might

be wrong there mr. Duncan can you make some videos about real English conversations it's

a good idea mr. Duncan how many languages do you know III speak some Chinese Indian

Deann I speak a pitty a little petite france a a little french please tell us about the

british politics for refugees that's a big subject and it's not for today and and on

a jar new juin KOA i can listen and you know understand 80% of what I've heard from the

conversation with foreigners I open my mouth but the words don't come out even when I have

a lot of idea in my mind this is a normal problem with people learning English or any

language it's very easy to learn the language but when it comes to speaking the language

it's a lot more difficult and that's mainly due to confidence that's that's the big problem

getting your confidence this is why I want you to practice your English by listening

to your own voice don't forget record your voice listen to how it sounds get used to

the sound of your own voice and if you don't like it change the things you don't like mr.

Duncan will you ever stop making videos no I will never stop making videos thank you

I love my son why does China block YouTube I don't know why they just don't like it I

hope you never stop making videos I won't stop making videos what do you think about

the TV show on the big questions with Nicky Campbell do you watch that TV show yes it's

on a Sunday morning although it's finished now it stopped the big questions they normally

talk about all sorts of subjects quite often to do with to do with religion and to do with

sort of sort of things in that area but yes yes the big questions with Nicky Campbell

that's a good show I like watching debates I like watching people express their opinions

that's one of the things about being free please spell my name Maxim please spell my

name oh you hear yes I've forgotten all about this if you want your name here at the bottom

I'm going to choose somebody at the end of my broadcast at the very end I'm going to

put somebody's name here at the bottom and whoever's name is here will also appear on

the thumbnail of this video so your name will be stored forever and and ever so if you want

your name here please please ask me to put it here and I will choose somebody at the

end and I will write it down and put it there spell my name Maxime knish from zav Ritchie

Zev Ritchie back sim Thank You Maksim what where are you because I thought you are in

China no I'm not in China I'm in England right now I am in England this is where I live my

youtube channel is called the duncan in china but that's because I used to live in China

and I've been doing this now for 10 years nearly nearly 10 years I've been making my

youtube videos so I started making videos on YouTube in 2006 many many years ago and

that's why this channel is called Duncan in China but I can't tell you now that I do live

in England I'm living in the UK as it were mr. Duncan I always shadow everything you

say in your videos that helped me a lot to speak better English says Jones solar or solar

Thank You Joan mr. Duncan could you do a video while you are in the supermarket buying food

that's great I would love to do a video I would love to make a video whilst in the supermarket

but I think the security guard might come along and say here yeah it can't film in here

you can't film in this supermarket you're gonna have to leave I'm sorry yeah but that

that's a good idea please mr. Duncan can I have my name on your door says Lucy Liu maybe

we'll have to see Lia Vilia mr. Duncan could you do a video oh I've just read that one

please put my name on the door my name is Alexei Alexei Alexei once okay I'm going to

write these down I'm gonna write these names down so Lucy Liu mm-hmm we have Lucy Liu and

who else Alexei okay I've got to choose one name at the end one name and that will go

on my door and that will also be on the thumbnail for this video so you will be famous forever

and ever okay can you all oh here we go can we you also put the names on the door of Michelle

Sabrina and Jo soo okay Michelle Sabrina and Jojo sue Michelle Sabrina and Jo soo okay

I can't say that it will be your names I'm going to pick one at the end just one Mohammed

Kamara put my name please Muhammad Chamorro Mohammed tomorrow okay Mohammed your name

is written down please write name name says hi and a juin okay I will just put Kai's that

okay K H a something okay I said your name is on the list Abdulla Kassim Ouma also Abdullah

okay Abdullah you're going on the list Abdullah right could you please read my question thanks

a lot well I will read your question if I can see your question I will definitely read

it okay we're up to date now and I have now been doing this for three hours so I think

now it's time for me to say Tatar I know it's sad but in a moment I will have to say goodbye

farewell adieu to you and you and you mr. Duncan can you give some explanations of where

my heart on my sleeve to wear your heart on your sleeve means to show your emotions openly

if you show your emotions very openly it means you wear your heart on your sleeve you express

your emotions you show your inner emotions very easily some say that's a good thing other

people say it's a bad thing China reminds me that you sing a Chinese song in front of

many Chinese people that's true Chang namely I did sing on TV in China and that video is

on YouTube mr. Duncan sings a Chinese song Adriana or Adriana Adriana at okay add you

to the list Lucy Liu says no I don't know what that means I'm from Russia I've been

watching you for some years already I'm Alexei Thank You Alexei that's very kind of you to

say so this is Ahmed from Saudi Arabia I always recommend study from such YouTube channels

and show broadcasts my teachers like you instead of going to study the language abroad what

do you think well I hope that my YouTube videos are useful but of course there are many ways

of learning English but I think that learning on the internet now is a very very useful

thing so yes I think you're right but I still think that traveling abroad to pick up the

environment of a language is also very important so I think you can do both really the expression

big time is that typical American English or is it used in the UK where we say something

is big time yes we use it here as well big time means very much so very much so it really

really very much big time I'm learning English big time I'm doing this big time very much

eagerly lots of energy in a very excited way just like me just what does attaboy mean attaboy

attaboy means there you go that's it that's right attaboy good for you so it's an expression

that means that you are pleased about something that another person is done well done attaboy

like that helps whoo I'm like a walking dictionary the little you should should I learn 3,000

common words but I always forget the words I learned can you help me if you want to learn

words and keep them in your brain you must use them thanks for sharing your time with

us and make our Friday happy oh we have had a good morning here in Colombia we like you

so much we are looking forward to the next broadcast I'm looking forward to the next

one as well next Friday I from Kazakhstan I like your videos what is the better way

to avoid thinking in my native language while I'm speaking in English any advice it's very

hard to do but with practice you can think sorry I not the mic then you can think in

one language and speak in another this is this is how interpreters do their job but

with training in practice you can actually do it you can do it you can't split your brain

down the middle and do the two things at the same time but of course it comes with practice

but first of all you need to learn English that that might be the hardest part and then

learning how to use it afterwards I think that's the order to do it in definitely thanks

a lot do you say at a girl - no we don't say at a girl what are you gonna do after the

stream are you going to sleep no I'm going for a walk afterwards it's not raining at

the moment so I'm going to go out for a little walk around there's a little hill just just

over the way I'm going to walk up there then go to stand there in the silence and I'm going

to just relax like that so that's what I'm doing afterwards and then I will come back

and have a cup of tea Ruby Ruby thirst says Ruby thew says I introduce your videos to

students and they tell me that they haven't found English boring anymore even started

to love English that's nice to know Ruby and a big hello to your students as well what

is a space elevator a space elevator I've heard of an elevator an elevator is a lift

that takes you up in down buildings inside or outside so hmm a space elevator I'm not

sure it's interesting but an elevator is is like a lift we say lift here in the UK in

British English it's lift and in American English they tend to say elevator Jones so

LA I personally never learn single words better to learn phrases that you can use right away

I'm not sure what you mean by that you should learn vocabulary by phrases whole sentences

not individual words that will help you remember that's good yes if you learn the words and

then put them into sentences and then use the sentences even if it's just to yourself

you will remember the words much easier Shahid says put my name on the list okay Shahid somebody

is going to be on my door in a moment what is the most difficult video you've done to

teach English I think one of the most difficult videos to make was well really anything that

I do outside if I film outside it's always difficult so filming lessons outside outdoors

it's always hard always difficult I'm from Malaysia says knurl Mohammad I'm from Malaysia

mr. Duncan hello everyone hello Malaysia I've been to Malaysia many times I've been to Kuala

Lumpur and I've been to Penang Paulo Penang mr. Duncan can you tell us a joke a man goes

into the doctor he says doctor doctor I feel like a pair of curtains and the doctor says

pull yourself together mr. Duncan can tell us a joke that was new wreck new wreck 755

and what do you think about Theresa May Theresa May is now the Prime Minister of the UK she's

the new Prime Minister she she became the leader of the country just a couple of days

ago politics here in the UK has been very exciting so many different things going on

it's crazy here it's crazy but yes I like her clothes she always wears lovely clothes

Theresa May so there you go do you say attagirl - no no I think I've already mentioned that

put a name please and Aegean the doing the wrong ma'am a Jew in long now okay you're

on the list somebody's name is going to go on here you will see it when the thumbnail

appears mr. Duncan you are looking younger of your age do you eat some healthy food I

do not eat meat I said earlier that I'm eating less meat than I used to I've really changed

the food that I eat so yes you're right I have lost some weight and I have changed my

diet I eat very little meat now and I eat lots of healthy stuff and of course I take

lots of exercise as well mr. Duncan you should make a daily vlog to teach English like dunk

Toba as I mentioned earlier dunk Tober nearly killed me because I had to make a video every

day that was way back in 2013 in October I made a video every day and it nearly made

me go crazy Joe Shane says politics here in Brazil is so exciting - politics around the

world at the moment is very exciting ha Apple ha Apple please call my name ha Apple I will

put you on my list as well if you want ha Apple I used to have a student in China called

Apple put my name please Claudia Claudia ok Claudia Claudia did you watch Friends series

says Abdul al-fatah did you watch the friend series friends that's an American TV show

with lots of characters there's Chandler he's the funny one he's so funny there's Ross he's

he's the serious one then there's Joey he's he's the he wants to be an actor then there's

Phoebe who I like I think Phoebe is my favorite I like Phoebe I think her character is very

similar to my Phoebe what will you do with names mr. Duncan what will you do says Nurik

I'm going to put one name here do you see here behind me I'm going to put one or maybe

more names I might put two or three on there for the thumbnail so when this video goes

on YouTube there will be some names there behind me but will it be your name will your

name be there maybe not this time but perhaps next time mr. Duncan please take my name too

okay no joke no joke no joke I really must improve my Vietnamese and doh mm-hmm I'm sure

it's very exciting watching me write things down it's very exciting mr. Duncan it's very

exciting watching you write I love my son what does Micro farsh mean mr. Duncan I think

it's a blood yeah I think it's a blood it's Saturday with blood I'm sure it is I'm not

a doctor and I'm not a I'm not a medical person so I'm not sure I like politics even even

I am I like politics even I am ten years like your charge you you are just ten Lucy oh my

goodness I've been doing this for ten years for all of your life I've been doing this

that's very incredible good evening mr. Duncan says trunk no John Tran Abdul Alfa Tarsus

I love Phoebe and Friends how about Rachel Rachel's all right yes I couldn't I'm not

leaving Rachel out don't worry I know lots of people like Jennifer Aniston as well because

she has lovely hair her hair is lovely always lovely it's a bit like my hair my let my hair

is lovely as one micro Farge is a type of blood cell I told before okay I'm not sure

about blood I don't like I don't like looking at it I know that I'd yell at the elf from

Mexico a DL a DL you are going on my list so maybe your name will appear on the door

behind me maybe maybe not do you have plans for future lessons or do you continue with

full English full English we'll be finishing after 25 currently I am working on full English

24 and then there will be the full English 25 and then that's it be finishing the full

English and doing something else but it will still be English mr. Duncan what does the

grass is always greener on the other side mean it means something that somebody else

has or another thing always looks better than the thing that you have for example my car

is nice but my neighbor's car is better things always a greener on the other side of the

fence things always look better or seem better when somebody else has it or owns it or does

it it's my first time to see this program so may I know how many times do you do it

well this is the first time I've ever done it this is the first one I know it looks as

if I've been doing this for years but this is the first live streaming that I've ever

done on YouTube a proper lesson but I have been making YouTube videos for 10 years so

my YouTube channel is very popular I have nearly half a million subscribers now and

nearly 64 million views 64 million and zonic you're going on the list your nickname and

zonic perhaps you will be on my list on the door or maybe not so not everyone will be

on the door not everyone but then you will always have a chance next week because I will

do it again next week so maybe not Nick not maybe not this week but perhaps next week

ok right here we go neuro Beck newer Beck could you please put your name on there there

you go you're on the list yes you may be there you may not it just depends I used to watch

a similar TV show from the UK but I don't remember the name I just remember the intro

song it said perhaps perhaps perhaps I'm not sure right lookey me to turn on my laptop

and now I can watch your stream well my stream will be finishing soon I have been here for

now oh my gosh 3 hours and 20 minutes I've been here so I must disappear soon or else

I will fall asleep mr. Duncan will you write my name on the list is well says Lucia Lucia

okay Lu e don't forget not all of the names will be on the list only some of them two

or three but if you don't get your name on the list this week there's always next week

because I will be here next Friday doing this all over again it's true can you write down

my name and reward e yes okay I will put that down on the list don't forget we will do this

next week so if your name isn't on the list today it might be on the list next week so

don't forget to tune in next week and find out if your name is there right let's have

a look at the chat because there's lots going on here still mr. Duncan how do you choose

the names I will choose them randomly so some of the names I will use today and some of

them I will put there next week as well so there will be some names there next week from

the list so not just today but next week as well uh-uh Joan solo says great that you make

those lessons for free even if you charge only one dollar you would have a good running

online business that was the laughter no that was ha ha ha ha on the message not me that

wasn't me laughing that was the message on the message ok yes it's true I teach for free

on YouTube all my videos are free to watch you don't have to pay any money I know you're

fascinating popularity my teacher and I'm one of the subscribers to your channel I even

watch your lessons every day says Mohammed Kamara Mohammed Kamara watches my videos every

day thank you thank you very much Sally shower or shower says hi hi hi Sally please write

down my name ok I will Jang I will put G Eng gee I a in Chi Cheng okay I've got that and

also Lukas Lukas are you going on my list I think so ok Lucas ok I will make a note

of these names and some of the names will appear on the thumbnail for this video so

it will be there and also next week there will be some names there already some different

names from this list just to prove that I'm really writing a list there it is look can

you see look all the names are on the list there you are you're all there so some names

will appear on the thumbnail and some names will appear on next week's video right thank

you for the video says 12 design thank you very much I'll sir Valu Lynn valerian hello

my name is ill sir thanks a lot for your amazing videos and perfect accent how many languages

do you speak of course I speak English I spoke some Chinese when I was living in China Edie

and Ian Trang knew John Tran seemed you forgot my name I think I think let's put your name

down now trunk okay here we go true is your name tea oh you know John okay you forgot

my name mr. Duncan oh trap okay there you go mr. Duncan where did you get your glowing

earth over there do you like my glowing planet it's planet Earth it's where we all live live

in peace and happiness sometimes mr. Duncan did you vote in or out in the bricks it that's

naughty says chainé chainé con winner which day will be will you be doing the program

next next Friday same time same place Mohammed Kamara which day will you be doing the program

next this live stream next Friday 1:00 o'clock UK time just like today can you please speak

it for me what was your name again I really don't know link link Inc sound can you please

say it again what was your name again my name my name is mr. Duncan Duncan is my name mr.

Duncan most people call me that is my name they call me mr. Duncan i doo doo doo de doo

doo doo me how I speak Chinese to me how how what shirt danke try to speak Chinese I also

learned Chinese to Mister ask mr. Lomax to choose the names please choose ours I will

ask mr. Lomax he's in Hollywood at the moment he's auditioning for a movie apparently he

wants to appear in a new superhero movie I don't know I think he's I think he's a bit

deluded ask mr. Lomax to choose the names okay I will choose Oz please Michelle Sabrina

and Joe sue and also Lia maybe thank you very much for your funny and useful video says

hung Kuen three bad sad fade asks how old are you what about the BBC TV show the big

question yes somebody's already asked me that yes I I used to watch it but it's not on anymore

it's finished Thank You mr. Duncan I mean a pronunciation S & Y I think see see well

the pronunciation of s and Y is can be C or sy so yeah easy easy easy c sy easy but the

pronunciation is almost like Z easy see have you heard of Pokemon go mr. Duncan will you

play it for us Pokemon go I don't play computer games but I've heard of Pokemon go this is

this is where you can go into the real world and find Pokemon hidden all over the place

I think it's a bit like geo-tagging have you heard of geo-tagging it's a bit like that

I think that a necessary at necess and Bret I hope that's not rude tah growl has enough

asks me that question mr. Duncan right near facebook and youtube link i don't answer about

brexit or how old I am thanks you mean what you mean you mean sort of here put the answer

you should put the answer here so so whether I voted to remain or leave Europe I should

put I should put here that's a good idea but that's not gonna happen mr. mr. Lomax should

be super monkey says Kai kine and Ewan Sallie sure sure Sully sure ooh why don't you put

my name on your list I put your pup put you on my list Sally Sharon okay there you go

you're on the list now Sally gangadaran I love to watch your videos from 2008 until

now thank you jjang jjang the Dewan for watching my videos for all those years my goodness

from 2008 until now of course I've been making the videos since 2006 2016 is my tenth year

doing this can you believe it mohamad I mean you are the best thank you sadly Vietnamese

can't play pokemon go yet that's a shame I have to go see you later mr. Duncan Chang

Nampally is going by Chang Nam by Chang Nam you can say how sad Truong sad oh I see okay

hyung did you in all respect to Vietnam love you right mr. Duncan Pokemon go makes lazy

people go out for a walk that's a good idea I like that so people will go out walking

around and they will be searching for their pokémons what what's for your list oh the

list the list here is for some names to go on here so next week some names will be on

this list okay so here your name might be

here on this list okay right behind me Susan why don't you put my name its meaning son

of kabali son Vaughn kab lien oh yes

a son oh yes son vana cenarf I like that okay I'm going to wrap it up now because I've been

on for three and a half hours and I think we should end it

there I will be back next week don't worry I will be here on your video screen or mobile

device or TV set depending on where you watch me I will be back next Friday at 1 o'clock

UK time in the United Kingdom it's 1 o'clock it's around about 7 hours 8 later in Asia

7 hours later in Asia and about 5 6 hours before in other parts of the world so for

some people it's the morning and

for others it's late at night and for me it's afternoon it's now 29 minutes past 4:00 and

I think it's time for me to end this lesson I hope you've enjoyed it I hope this is being

fun and I will be with you next week live is live can be and just in case you missed

it earlier this this thing is for catching spiders it is a spider capture you can catch

the spiders without killing them okay that's all from me for today

I will see you

very soon thanks a lot for watching me if

you have been watching me for the last three and a half hours or even just for the last

20 seconds thanks a lot for watching

me talking to

you live across the world this is

mr. duncan in england saying enjoy english

and you know what's coming next what's coming

next... ta ta for now. hmm how does that

song

go again? 8-)