Learn British English Free: Words of the Year 2017 (with captions)
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Chris presents the words of the year. What's yours? http://www.learnbritishenglish.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/35-Words-of-the-Year-2017-Chris-PDF.pdf English Words of the Year 2017 Collins Dictionary Word of the year: fake news ‘There’s so much fake news these days.’ Also: Corbynmania Echo chamber Fidget spinner Gender-fluid Gig economy Insta (adjective) ‘That’s a great insta photo.’ Unicorn ‘The new app, released last year, has proved the basis for a unicorn.’ https://www.collinsdictionary.com/word-lovers-blog/new/collins-2017-word-of-the-year-shortlist,396,HCB.html Cambridge Dictionary word of the year: ‘populism’ (also ‘inauguration’) https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2017/11/29/cambridge-dictionarys-word-of-the-year-2017/ Oxford Dictionaries: ‘youthquake’ (also ‘Antifa’ and ‘unicorn’) https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year/shortlist-2017 These lessons on my Youtube channel provide free educational material about British English, British pronunciation and British accent training. Please see below for links to my British English websites and notes to help you understand this lesson. My British English websites Please feel welcome to watch my free British English videos on this Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/CJWorkman17 Please join this Facebook group to learn English: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LearnEnglishAndBritishEnglish/ Or like my British English Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/BritishEnglishPage British English on Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/103598621753924136721/+CJWorkman17/posts My Twitter account for teaching English is @UKEnglishTweets at this page: https://twitter.com/#!/UKEnglishTweets British English main website: http://www.learnbritishenglish.co.uk/ Tumblr video blog: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/learnbritishenglish British Accent Podcasts: http://britishaccentpodcasts.podomatic.com/ Skype username: BritishEnglish_Teacher Chris’s email (for Skype lessons): [email protected]