Learn from Vogue TV

Published in 18 countries, Vogue is the world’s most influential fashion magazine. It’s a bible for anyone who worships luxury and celebrity.

Vogue TV makes the fashion God’s voice heard beyond the magazine’s cover pictures and stylish contents. It’s web TV that offers original video programming in six channels: Model Live, 60 Seconds to Chic, The Collections, Behind the Lens, and Trend Watch.  

Some of the videos are just pretty models catwalking. But you can learn a great deal from the stories told about the model’s life, the fashion tips from insider, and the latest trend reports.

Watch at Vogue TV’s website.

Learn from Reuters

Reuters Newswires is another old media trying to transform itself in digital age; so far, the digital side of Reuters has been growing. That’s good news for English learners.

Competing with The Associated Press, Reuters deploys over 2,000 reporters in nearly 200 countries. It used to be all about breaking news at lighting speed. Now Reuters does more features and analysis, too.

Reuters puts out at least a dozen of video reports daily at its website. Each is usually less than three minutes long–a perfect “snack meal” of English contents. Take as many and as frequent as you can.

Learn from Howcast

Don’t know how to detect a lie, improve your memory, or even kiss creatively? No need to sweat. Meet Howcast.

It has endless videos giving tips on almost any topics that you can think of. Each video is short (usually less than three-minute long), with a simple and easy-to-follow format, and really funny. All the videos are available at Howcast’s website, and many of them are also featured in the popular video site like YouTube.

Learn some new tricks, have a few good laughs, and improve your English skill. What more can you ask from Howcast?

Learn from Smithsonian Channel

Smithsonian Channel draws its programming contents mainly from Smithsonian Institution, which consists of 19 museums (including the top 3 most visited museums in the world), the National Zoo, and 9 research centers.

That’s a tremendous resource to tap into. The Channel runs features and series in subjects including pop culture, history and mystery, science, and natural wonders. Many of its videos are available in its website.

The mandate of Smithsonian Institution is “the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Be the receiving end of the mandate, while improving your English proficiency.