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Institute of English Speech
and Drama Sri Lanka

NEW · Terms 1 & 2: choose your EWS course and worked examples

WATCH • LISTEN • SPEAK

English videos: Alex, English Lessons & Aleena

Find a lesson. Watch a short section. Practise English every day.

ඔබට අවශ්‍ය පාඩම තෝරා බලා, අසා, කතා කිරීමට පුහුණු වන්න.

1,278 public recordings · 1,062 videos · 165 Shorts · 51 live replays

Catalogue collected 9 November 2026. All public video tabs were collected to their end. This is a complete observed link inventory, with suggested categories based on titles. Full recordings, language accuracy and individual subtitles have not all been reviewed.

Find a video ↓ How to use captions

Three creator collections

Captions and learning levels

Press CC in the player. Choose Settings → Subtitles/CC → English when available. If YouTube offers Auto-translate, you may choose Sinhala or another language. Automatic captions and translations can contain errors. Some recordings have no captions.

තිරයේ CC බොත්තම ඔබා, තිබේ නම් ඉංග්‍රීසි උපසිරැසි තෝරන්න.

Beginner

Watch one minute. Repeat three useful sentences and change one detail.

Intermediate

Retell the main idea and use five useful words in a short conversation.

Advanced

Summarise the ideas, discuss the speaker’s choices and give your own examples.

These are EWS practice tasks. Level labels in the catalogue come from the original titles; unlabelled recordings remain Mixed / check first. Older exam advice may refer to a previous test format. Creator titles and claims are retained as titles, not EWS promises.

Find a video, Short or replay

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    Original creator playlists

    These collections stay on the creators’ YouTube channels. Some include topics outside English teaching; check the title and language before using them in class.

    Practise with EWS

    Choose a matching topic in our existing practice centre. These resources are topic companions; they are not individual quizzes for all 1,278 recordings.

    පාඩමට ගැළපෙන වැඩපත්‍ර තෝරාගෙන පුහුණු වන්න.

    Free topic practice + separate answersMore video practiceChoose a course worksheet

    Videos and original subtitles belong to the credited creators. The player uses the original YouTube recording. EWS supplies the directory, suggested study captions and practice guidance.