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Three free, American-English resources power the whole course. Every link below was opened and confirmed working on the date shown. If a link ever fails, tell your teacher — we keep them all on this one page so they're easy to fix.
✓ All links verified 08 / 07 / 2026
1 · VOA Learning English — news, slowed down
American news and stories read about one-third slower, with a smaller vocabulary and captions. This is where you build confidence: proof that you can follow American news when it's clear. Free, works worldwide.
VOA Learning English — websitelearningenglish.voanews.com · daily stories, audio + transcripts ↗ VOA Learning English — YouTubeCaptioned video: "English in a Minute," "Everyday Grammar," Learning English TV ↗
2 · PBS NewsHour — real current events
Clear, trusted American news at full, natural speed — the current-events engine of the course, and great material to talk about with your son. Watch on YouTube (works everywhere); the website is best once you're in the U.S.
PBS NewsHour — YouTubeyoutube.com/@PBSNewsHour · nightly segments, posted daily ↗ PBS NewsHour — websitepbs.org/newshour · headlines, analysis, live coverage ↗
3 · Rachel's English — decoding the glue
This is the one that fixes your problem. Rachel breaks down exactly how Americans blur words together — "what did you" → "wu-juh," dropping the "h" in "he," turning "going to" into "gonna" — so that when you hear it fast, you finally know what you're hearing. Every video has captions, and the website has a "YouTube blocked?" backup link on each page.
Rachel's English — YouTube channelLook for the "Words that Reduce" and "American English in Real Life" playlists ↗ Lesson: "What did" reductionThe exact "wu-juh / wu-dee" collapse you hear at home — used in Week 1 ↗ Lesson: Intro to LinkingWhy separate words glide into one another — used in Week 1 ↗ Hub: Study English ConversationReal conversation & speech-study lessons to browse ↗ Hub: Improve Your AccentAll reduction & connected-speech lessons in one place ↗
Why we link to channels, not single videos. Individual videos come and go, but these home pages and channels stay put and always show the newest content — so your links keep working week after week. In each Home Session, your teacher tells you which specific clip to pick that week.
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