Thanks everyone for your kind comments :-) To answer the questions about my accent, it is British, but not entirely from the London area. I come from the East Midlands originally (about 120 miles north of London), and although I've lived in London for a long time now, I still have a little of my East Midlands accent.
+Learn English with Gill (engVid) Love your accent. Reminds me of that of Vanessa Redgrave's when she played Briony Tallis in the amazing movie 'Atonement'.
+Learn English with Gill (engVid) Your accent and your appearance are great, Gill! ) While watching any of your lessons I feel myself sitting in a London pub drinking ale or having breakfast in an old Birtish castle. )) Thank you for these unforgettable virtual trips! )
Hi everyone -- as you may already know, 23 April 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. A lot of events are taking place to commemorate this. If you would like to access a short daily reading from Shakespeare's plays and poems, please go to the following page on Facebook and click Like: Shakespeare 400 Daily Reading. The page will run for one year, from 23 April 2016 to 23 April 2017. Thank you :-)
It seems that you are an experienced, mature English teacher, so your explanations about the English language is really awesome! I like listening to you; please add more videos for the benefit of majority. Good Luck!
This is honestly such a nice video, I'm currently writing my prescientific paper on Shakespeare's influence on the development of the English language and while I do understand most of these anyway it's so lovely to have them explained to me so clearly!
Thank you Gill! You are bringing a great contribution to those who want to learn a bit more of the English culture, beyond the language itself. Looking forward for some Jane Austen related video! Greetings from Brazil!
You are an excellent teacher. While watching the video you forget that you study, it's simple (easy to understand), interesting & engaging. You really have a gift for teaching, Gill! LIKE :)
We have equivalent expressions in portuguese, maybe also from Shakespeare: Quebrar o gelo - To break the ice Pegar um resfriado - To catch a cold Andar em círculos - To walk in circles (similar but not equal) Coração de ouro - Heart of gold Sangue quente - Hot-blooded Cuidar da casa/Dona de casa - Housekeeping/Housekeeper É grego pra mim - It's Greek to me Viu dias melhores - Seen better days
Hi! Jill,it's always been nice to see you as a teacher of engvid because you make any topic of the english language beautiful and knowledgeable that anyone could be attracted to your style of teaching,on top of that ,your amazing communication skill-Prashant Mishra from India.
I liked very much your lesson and I found it very interesting! Next Week I'm going to talk about Shakespeare to my students and I'll certainly use your lesson. They 've already known you and your interesting lessons! Thank you!
It's never too late, but how come I just came across with these videos just now. You are the best Gill, I'm so glad to follow you and learning a lot from you. May God bless you always. Thank you so much.
I love your classes I have met many teachers who strive to do something different like be funny, witty but not get what you do I mean to do as if we knew of a lifetime and I feel relaxed in your classes thank you very much Gill
Watching your video has become my favourite pastime. I come to your video as if I came to meet my best friends. Thank you for giving us such a happy time. I was surprised to know the well known phrases like "housekeeping" and "catch cold" are from Shakespeare!
Fascinating Gill! To think all these phases are part of our daily speech and we take it literally for granted. Ophelia's picking upon flower petals in Hamlet, 'He loves me, he loves me not', is another phrase we used so often, in our times too. Wearing our heart on our sleeves, quite obviously!
I adore your way of teaching and explaining things! Moreover, you are such a kind woman and your accent is just perfect to me. You are the best teacher I have ever followed😊 Thank you so so much !!
open minded character they are telling, i love people like this, simply creative thinkers and speakers like we need them, they open many eyes and shred light in our existance, thanx william
Gill, I LOVED your video. Thanks. It was very useful. By the way, it was the first time I saw you on Engvid. Now I am watching all your lessons. Your British accent is beautiful.
I really like English poems, especially Shakespeare. Thanks a lot for this interesting video. If we can see more videos about English poems, I will feel so wonderful. Thank you, the best English teacher I have ever seen.
it's amazing to know that not only english language had been influenced by Shakespeare. my mother language, Indonesia also use the term "hot blooded" and "cold-blooded" with same meaning and exact same translated words.
I love your lessons Gill! I'm from Portugal and we also use some Shakespeare's expressions like "break the ice" (quebrar o gelo), "heart of gold" (coração de ouro) and "seen better days" (já teve melhores dias). We don't say "it's Greek to me" but "it's Chinese to me" (é chinês para mim) ahhahaha
This one and some other (hot-blooded, seen better days; too much of good) are the same in Hungarian, but instead of "it's Greek to me" we say "it's Chinese to me" :)
Dear teacher, I really love watching your English video lessons on RUclips because of the way you explain issues related to the language. It seems that you have got wide-ranging experiences on how to teach English for nonnative English speakers like me. Your accent is really practical, so it makes me happy all the time when I watch your video programs here. Thanks a lot! Have a good, long journey on RUclips!
This video is really interesting, I'm a spanish speaker and there are tree metaphors that currently in spanish we use, for example: Break the ice (romper el hielo), hot- blooded (de sangre caliente) and seen better days (ha visto mejores días). Thanks for teach us english :)
Great lesson on Shakspeare! This poet and playwrighter's expressions not only influenced the way English is spoken, but also some other languages such as Spanish.
That was really informative, and I could tell that you liked presenting it, and included some humour in there too. 👏🏻 With the full circle, I have heard this used in other places too, like for problem-solving. Interesting comment on the Greek language, I’ve heard Chinese more often used for this too. Thanks! 🎓
It was really wonderful this video, Gill, specially because it was on Shakespeare! I’d love to see much more explanations about lines or words derived from his poetic creation. Here’s some suggestions: “the course of true love never did rum smooth”, “the quality of mercy is not strain’d”, the post famous sonnet, number 18 (“Shall I compare thee...”).
Thanks for such a great lesson. If I am not mistaken, this is the first video on EngVid about a writer and his influence on English. Could you continue doing videos of this kind? Maybe tell us about other writer's influence on English? Or some other literary context...Thanks!
Absolutely in love with this brilliant vid ! So well explained, so clever, so useful. I'm smilling each time Gill is getting redness when she speaks of something intimate or about love or feelings, it's so authentic and cute.
Excellent video Gill. Very clear and interesting. You're a natural teacher and you've got a very good way of making students of English understand what can be a very difficult topic.
I really love your British accent, specially when you're explaining. Furthermore, Shakespeare is one of my favorite dramatist, the work that I love the most is Hamlet ♥ Greetings from Peru
Break the ice there is also in Italian ( rompere il ghiaccio ) and also heart of gold ( cuore d'oro ). Also It's Greek to me but the word Greek is changed in Chinese ( E' cinese per me ). Shakespeare GREAT playwriter and poet. Thank you for posting it.
Thank you ma'am and I'm really glad to watch and use these old(gold ) expressions in our life.so he is called man of the world world's stage in all ages by me.
I have watched your videos often and liked very much of all of them. They are helpful and pleasant. You are a very very competent teacher! I would like, if possible, more videos about English writers. Thank you, Gill ! Filomena
Thank you so much, Gill! Inspired by your lessons of Shakespeare i've read Hamlet and King Lear, in translation. Hope to read them in original one Day. Wish you all the Best!
I really enjoyed whatching this video. I love reading Shakespeare's plays and we had/have a few very good translators who were also authors/poets themselves, they translated his plays to Turkish. But, of course listenings some of his words in English were very interesting. Thank you very much.
your lessons are always cristal clear for me Thank you ma;am. Could you please have one lesson on the usage of yet. rather, though, and some complex preposition please. Thank you Gill.
I LOVE YOUR LESSONS YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE LISTEN TO EVERY WORDS YOU SAY THEY ARE SO CLEAR I WISH YOU ARE MY PRIVATE TUTOR WHO I CAN ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS AND RID OF MY COMPLEX I STILL HAVE PLENTY GRAMERTICAL MISTAKES WHICH I DONT KNOW HOW TO CORRECT YOUR PERSONALITY COMES OUT THE WAY YOU TEACH FOR ME YOU ARE GOOD REPRESANTATION OF ENGLISH WHO I RESPECT AND LOVE THANK YOU ^^* MAY GOD BLESS YOU
Some of those phrases (literally translated) are present in Russian language as well. Thank you. Looking forward to see more video's about English poetry.
The expression "break the ice" is also used in spanish, in its literal translation "romper el hielo". I never imagined that this expression comes from english and that It was used by Shakespeare. Thank you so much, your channel is fantastic (and by the way your accent is beatiful, I wish I could speak english like that). Greetings from Venezuela.
Great lesson, thank you! In Greece we use some of these phrases, "break the ice", "heart of gold", "hot-blooded" and instead of saying "it's Greek to me" (obviously we can't say that!), we say "it's Chinese to me"..
Yes there are a few variations of the Greek one. In English we sometimes say it's double-dutch which I confess I don't know what that means. And I've heard more than one person use Swahili 😂
Hi Gill I am learning something news today from Shakespeare and you. In Vietnamese we also have a very famous poetrist, Nguyen Du. He can be compared with Shakespeare for the influence on Vietnamese language. We use lots of his verses in daily life. I wish one day I can use more Shakespeare words in my English speaking. Thanks
"Wear your heart on your sleeve." Sounds to me like a broken hearted soul who chooses his sorrow rather then letting go. This choice is manifest by the use of the sleeve to wipe away the tears. Brilliant phrase.
Thanks everyone for your kind comments :-) To answer the questions about my accent, it is British, but not entirely from the London area. I come from the East Midlands originally (about 120 miles north of London), and although I've lived in London for a long time now, I still have a little of my East Midlands accent.
Learn English with Gill (engVid) thanks so much for your helping me to learn English ,,, your accent is looks like Australian is it right? :)
+Learn English with Gill (engVid) Love your accent. Reminds me of that of Vanessa Redgrave's when she played Briony Tallis in the amazing movie 'Atonement'.
I loved your accent who learned many things of you so thank you so much I am sending my kisses :))
+Learn English with Gill (engVid) Your accent and your appearance are great, Gill! ) While watching any of your lessons I feel myself sitting in a London pub drinking ale or having breakfast in an old Birtish castle. )) Thank you for these unforgettable virtual trips! )
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Hi everyone -- as you may already know, 23 April 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. A lot of events are taking place to commemorate this. If you would like to access a short daily reading from Shakespeare's plays and poems, please go to the following page on Facebook and click Like: Shakespeare 400 Daily Reading. The page will run for one year, from 23 April 2016 to 23 April 2017. Thank you :-)
Dear amazing Lady thanks.👰👰😻😻😻
Learn English with Gill (engVid) do you know Cervantes, Gil?
Shakespeare is difficult to understand but you made it easy😊 rest in peace dear Jill.
It seems that you are an experienced, mature English teacher, so your explanations about the English language is really awesome! I like listening to you; please add more videos for the benefit of majority. Good Luck!
'There's a method in my madness'
love it!
You have a heart of gold. You’re such a great teacher and good laugh. Thanks for the lessons provided so far. God speed
actually, I'm speechless, because I cant find a good word to show you who much I grateful. simply you are like an angle. many thanks. xxxx
Lovely accent. Music to my ears.
Hahaha, 3:40 the teacher got blushed! :D
Very nice lesson, thank you Gill!
This is honestly such a nice video, I'm currently writing my prescientific paper on Shakespeare's influence on the development of the English language and while I do understand most of these anyway it's so lovely to have them explained to me so clearly!
I love it how she blushes at 3:40 all of a sudden just because she had to talk about emotions...
Ahhahahah Indeed! She's awesome =)
She's English. She is not used to that.
Thank you Gill! You are bringing a great contribution to those who want to learn a bit more of the English culture, beyond the language itself. Looking forward for some Jane Austen related video!
Greetings from Brazil!
You are an excellent teacher. While watching the video you forget that you study, it's simple (easy to understand), interesting & engaging. You really have a gift for teaching, Gill! LIKE :)
We have equivalent expressions in portuguese, maybe also from Shakespeare:
Quebrar o gelo - To break the ice
Pegar um resfriado - To catch a cold
Andar em círculos - To walk in circles (similar but not equal)
Coração de ouro - Heart of gold
Sangue quente - Hot-blooded
Cuidar da casa/Dona de casa - Housekeeping/Housekeeper
É grego pra mim - It's Greek to me
Viu dias melhores - Seen better days
I really like your lessons, simple and natural. Thanks a lot
I'm mad about your accent Gill keep going your classes are so great .I'm quite sure that you've got a heart of gold. thanks a million Gill.
Hi! Jill,it's always been nice to see you as a teacher of engvid because you make any topic of the english language beautiful and knowledgeable that anyone could be attracted to your style of teaching,on top of that ,your amazing communication skill-Prashant Mishra from India.
Thank you so much.
The teacher is soooooo cute. Ur lesson is very helpful. Thanks a lot
I liked very much your lesson and I found it very interesting! Next Week I'm going to talk about Shakespeare to my students and I'll certainly use your lesson. They 've already known you and your interesting lessons! Thank you!
I was born April 23rd....same day as William different year...I think. he is my favourite...by a mile, brilliant lesson, thankyou,
It's never too late, but how come I just came across with these videos just now.
You are the best Gill,
I'm so glad to follow you and learning a lot from you.
May God bless you always.
Thank you so much.
What a brilliant lesson! You explain Shakespeare’s idioms so clear! Thank you very much, dear Jill!
I love your classes I have met many teachers who strive to do something different like be funny, witty but not get what you do I mean to do as if we knew of a lifetime and I feel relaxed in your classes thank you very much Gill
What a lovely lady! Thank you so much ma’am! It’s a pleasure to watch and listen to you
Watching your video has become my favourite pastime. I come to your video as if I came to meet my best friends. Thank you for giving us such a happy time.
I was surprised to know the well known phrases like "housekeeping" and "catch cold" are from Shakespeare!
Fascinating Gill! To think all these phases are part of our daily speech and we take it literally for granted. Ophelia's picking upon flower petals in Hamlet, 'He loves me, he loves me not', is another phrase we used so often, in our times too. Wearing our heart on our sleeves, quite obviously!
Also from Hamlet, be cruel to be kind. I happen to be studying this one at the moment.
Oh and of course "Frailty, they name is woman" - no offense 😂
I enjoy your class very much.
Everytime I listen I learn something new and interesting to use new word.
My regards
I adore your way of teaching and explaining things! Moreover, you are such a kind woman and your accent is just perfect to me. You are the best teacher I have ever followed😊 Thank you so so much !!
Dear Ma'am
I am still watching your videos in 2020. I am understanding everything you teach. I really help . You are an angel 👼
It's absolutely amazing how much Shakespeare has contributed to everyday English!
This is brilliant, Gill. Please more Shakespeare and Wilde.
I just got to know this channel and I already loved her, wonderful teacher!
open minded character they are telling, i love people like this, simply creative thinkers and speakers like we need them, they open many eyes and shred light in our existance, thanx william
The reason I learned English ! My former teacher was just like you, she will be in me forever,thank very very much!!
Gill, I LOVED your video. Thanks. It was very useful. By the way, it was the first time I saw you on Engvid. Now I am watching all your lessons. Your British accent is beautiful.
I really like English poems, especially Shakespeare. Thanks a lot for this interesting video. If we can see more videos about English poems, I will feel so wonderful. Thank you, the best English teacher I have ever seen.
Dear Gill, I have never had so much fun learning English as I did with you. I wish you all the best, especially health ❤ FW
Thank you for this lesson . I love your teaching !
Thank you for giving us the nice understandings and concepts on these common but tricky language rules and many other things.
My dear Gill, I love your way of teaching, the way you share your knowledge. Thanks!
it's amazing to know that not only english language had been influenced by Shakespeare. my mother language, Indonesia also use the term "hot blooded" and "cold-blooded" with same meaning and exact same translated words.
I love your lessons Gill! I'm from Portugal and we also use some Shakespeare's expressions like "break the ice" (quebrar o gelo), "heart of gold" (coração de ouro) and "seen better days" (já teve melhores dias). We don't say "it's Greek to me" but "it's Chinese to me" (é chinês para mim) ahhahaha
I liked your way of teaching, articulation, accent, attitude & everything everything.
Appreciated effort.
Keep it up, please.
Also in italian we say "break the ice"----> "rompere il ghiaccio" with the same meaning! Cool!
Same with Spanish "romper el hielo".
same in french "Briser la glace''
Same in Portuguese “quebrar o gelo”
In Russian "растопить лёд" - "to melt the ice".
This one and some other (hot-blooded, seen better days; too much of good) are the same in Hungarian, but instead of "it's Greek to me" we say "it's Chinese to me" :)
Thanks for those Shakespearian metaphor
Dear teacher,
I really love watching your English video lessons on RUclips because of the way you explain issues related to the language. It seems that you have got wide-ranging experiences on how to teach English for nonnative English speakers like me. Your accent is really practical, so it makes me happy all the time when I watch your video programs here. Thanks a lot! Have a good, long journey on RUclips!
This video is really interesting, I'm a spanish speaker and there are tree metaphors that currently in spanish we use, for example: Break the ice (romper el hielo), hot- blooded (de sangre caliente) and seen better days (ha visto mejores días).
Thanks for teach us english :)
Thank u gill, right now m studying about Shakespeare's bio & works. Thanks to u, i could get to know more 🥰
Great lesson on Shakspeare! This poet and playwrighter's expressions not only influenced the way English is spoken, but also some other languages such as Spanish.
Dear Gill, good morning.You've been working hard.We love your lessen.Great job.That's nice of you.Cheers.🇷🇺
That was really informative, and I could tell that you liked presenting it, and included some humour in there too. 👏🏻 With the full circle, I have heard this used in other places too, like for problem-solving. Interesting comment on the Greek language, I’ve heard Chinese more often used for this too. Thanks! 🎓
Congratulations Gill, you´re a great teacher. The explanation was fantastic. I really enjoyed watching U.
Such an elegant English teacher!
Gill....u r simply outstanding....I follow all your lessons avidly....cudnt thank u enough.
Thank you so much 🥀💞 I live in Turkey and I always wondered English literature. Your heart made of gold :)
It was really wonderful this video, Gill, specially because it was on Shakespeare! I’d love to see much more explanations about lines or words derived from his poetic creation. Here’s some suggestions: “the course of true love never did rum smooth”, “the quality of mercy is not strain’d”, the post famous sonnet, number 18 (“Shall I compare thee...”).
Thanks for such a great lesson. If I am not mistaken, this is the first video on EngVid about a writer and his influence on English. Could you continue doing videos of this kind? Maybe tell us about other writer's influence on English? Or some other literary context...Thanks!
I love this new teacher. Finally we've got an English island speaker cool. She is amazing.
Absolutely in love with this brilliant vid ! So well explained, so clever, so useful. I'm smilling each time Gill is getting redness when she speaks of something intimate or about love or feelings, it's so authentic and cute.
Thank you Gill. "The Bard of Avon" Undoubtedly he is the greatest. Love and Good wishes from Kolkata.
Lovely Gill!! I love the way you explain things.
Gill ,you are really ,the Heart of Excellency
wow! I do loved it. I did not know I could learn English with Shakespeare. And you are a lovely teacher. Thanks.
Excellent video Gill. Very clear and interesting. You're a natural teacher and you've got a very good way of making students of English understand what can be a very difficult topic.
Thank you Gill, I missed english class, I’m really glad I found your channel!
I really love your British accent, specially when you're explaining. Furthermore, Shakespeare is one of my favorite dramatist, the work that I love the most is Hamlet ♥
Greetings from Peru
I've studied English in the university but it was not enough. All the videos are so helpful. Thank you.
Break the ice there is also in Italian ( rompere il ghiaccio ) and also heart of gold ( cuore d'oro ). Also It's Greek to me but the word Greek is changed in Chinese ( E' cinese per me ).
Shakespeare GREAT playwriter and poet.
Thank you for posting it.
What an interesting lesson! Thank you very much. Besides being a great teacher you are a wonderful human being. God bless you.
Thank you ma'am and I'm really glad to watch and use these old(gold ) expressions in our life.so he is called man of the world world's stage in all ages by me.
Thank you Gill... from Algeria
Your lessense very usful plz dont give up for us we learn a lot with you so Allah forward you thank you again...
I am fascinated with Shakespeare's poetry. It has been depicted nicely .
Hello main, your teaching process entering my heart. Thanks a lot mam
I have watched your videos often and liked very much of all of them. They are helpful and pleasant. You are a very very competent teacher! I would like, if possible, more videos about English writers. Thank you, Gill !
Filomena
Thank you so much, Gill! Inspired by your lessons of Shakespeare i've read Hamlet and King Lear, in translation. Hope to read them in original one Day.
Wish you all the Best!
Teacher ; you are telling in a beautiful spirit
Superb.👍 the speed of speaking for teaching English is great!!!Excellent teaching techniques. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💂💂💂👑💖
I like to learn from experienced people like you. Thanks!
Nice you are fine fine teacher... I never had such a great English teacher in my school and university days...
I really do enjoy your English lessions and the accent. Un caro saluto dall'Italia
I think you are the best English insructor!!!
I really enjoyed whatching this video. I love reading Shakespeare's plays and we had/have a few very good translators who were also authors/poets themselves, they translated his plays to Turkish. But, of course listenings some of his words in English were very interesting. Thank you very much.
your lessons are always cristal clear for me Thank you ma;am. Could you please have one lesson on the usage of yet. rather, though, and some complex preposition please. Thank you Gill.
What a great teacher you are! Regards from Spain!
I LOVE YOUR LESSONS YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE LISTEN TO EVERY WORDS YOU SAY THEY ARE SO CLEAR
I WISH YOU ARE MY PRIVATE TUTOR WHO I CAN ASK ALL MY QUESTIONS AND RID OF MY COMPLEX
I STILL HAVE PLENTY GRAMERTICAL MISTAKES WHICH I DONT KNOW HOW TO CORRECT
YOUR PERSONALITY COMES OUT THE WAY YOU TEACH
FOR ME YOU ARE GOOD REPRESANTATION OF ENGLISH
WHO I RESPECT AND LOVE THANK YOU ^^*
MAY GOD BLESS YOU
Love this lesson. It increased my vocabulary, thank you.
Thank you Gill for the English words by Shakespeare
(A Poet and Playright of yesteryear)
You are my best professor madam Garu.
Thank you Gill, you have a heart of gold💛
Thank You Madam for Your brilliant sense of humour.I love this:"sometimes it works, sometimes not":-)
Some of those phrases (literally translated) are present in Russian language as well.
Thank you. Looking forward to see more video's about English poetry.
The expression "break the ice" is also used in spanish, in its literal translation "romper el hielo". I never imagined that this expression comes from english and that It was used by Shakespeare. Thank you so much, your channel is fantastic (and by the way your accent is beatiful, I wish I could speak english like that).
Greetings from Venezuela.
I think you've got the best pronunciation!! I love it. Greetings from Lima Peru.
Great lesson, thank you!
In Greece we use some of these phrases, "break the ice", "heart of gold", "hot-blooded" and instead of saying "it's Greek to me" (obviously we can't say that!), we say "it's Chinese to me"..
Yes there are a few variations of the Greek one. In English we sometimes say it's double-dutch which I confess I don't know what that means. And I've heard more than one person use Swahili 😂
Hi Gill I am learning something news today from Shakespeare and you. In Vietnamese we also have a very famous poetrist, Nguyen Du. He can be compared with Shakespeare for the influence on Vietnamese language. We use lots of his verses in daily life. I wish one day I can use more Shakespeare words in my English speaking. Thanks
"Wear your heart on your sleeve." Sounds to me like a broken hearted soul who chooses his sorrow rather then letting go. This choice is manifest by the use of the sleeve to wipe away the tears. Brilliant phrase.
Thanks miss your are the best of English teachers
You are so kind. Thanks for share your acquirements whith us.
You're accent is fantastic, my dream is speak English just like you, but for me is quite difficult.Thks for your class.