Raymond Murphy interview: 30 years of Grammar in Use

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  • In this interview, author Raymond Murphy discusses how Grammar in Use, the world's best-selling grammar series for learners of English, has evolved since its first publication by Cambridge University Press in 1985.
    English Grammar in Use Fifth Edition is available here: www.cambridge.org/egu
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  • @CambridgeUPELT
    @CambridgeUPELT  2 роки тому +6

    Thank you for watching this video! From 25th April 2022, we won’t be sharing any new content on this channel. We’d love for you to join us over at ua-cam.com/users/cambridgeenglishtv for lots more English teaching and learning content.

  • @ok-english
    @ok-english 8 років тому +68

    One of the best English grammar books ever! It's the base for my English lessons.

    • @hullcityafc72
      @hullcityafc72 Рік тому

      I agree with your first sentence but not your second. Raymond Murphy says very clearly in the interview that he wrote the books for "self-study, outside the classroom". So they are not pedagogical, not a methodology or an approach, and they are not intended as coursebooks either. The biggest takeway from this interview is that that teachers inform themselves of how languages are learned. For this I'd recommend Lightbown & Spader.

  • @AlekseyNekhayev
    @AlekseyNekhayev 8 років тому +42

    A living legend! Really very grateful for his works - they are amazing!!!

  • @hayatanlam9790
    @hayatanlam9790 4 роки тому +11

    Я счастлива, что вживую слушаю Автора моих любимых книг!!! Долгих лет Вам!

  • @fatmaannoune8843
    @fatmaannoune8843 8 років тому +35

    a great man you deserve all our respect sir and thank you for the amazing efforts

  • @satnamsingh-ey7ky
    @satnamsingh-ey7ky 7 років тому +13

    sir I am a student from India, I have completed my intermediate in Hindi medium,
    I am reading your book
    it is very useful and easy to understand
    thank you very very
    much Sir .

  • @LouiseEgan
    @LouiseEgan 8 років тому +27

    I've been teaching English to foreign students for 12 years, and 10 years with Raymond Murphy's Basic and Intermediate Grammar in Use. I have learned so much about English myself through these books! so much linguistic understanding -- and yet so simple too. Cheers to you, Mr. Murphy!

    • @user-mh8xl8il7y
      @user-mh8xl8il7y 7 років тому

      Louise Egan can you send me the books i cant find it on the internet

    • @simpletao1361
      @simpletao1361 6 років тому

      i'm just beginning to use it for grammar teaching purpose. it's supposed to be very useful to discuss about it.will appreciate if you could share your experience .

    • @hinabatool4941
      @hinabatool4941 5 років тому

      @@user-mh8xl8il7y have you found those books?

    • @Aprendiz07
      @Aprendiz07 4 роки тому

      Louise Egan I’m planning to start a small English class in my neighborhood, cans this book be used as the base of my class? or should it be additional resource and would you recommend any other text book to be used as the main resource for in room teaching?

  • @travelwithtiago
    @travelwithtiago 8 років тому +10

    mr. murphy, your book helped me and helps my students.

  • @adrian-4767
    @adrian-4767 8 років тому +9

    World's best English teacher

  • @rapidogaragedxb
    @rapidogaragedxb 5 років тому +2

    I express my immense gratitude to you. As someone who learnt English as a foreign language, I think I built the basis of my English language skills through your English Grammar in Use books. There are probably over hundreds of millions of people who are thankful to you just like me. At the moment, as a business manager I urge some of my employees to use your book to improve their English. I would just envy you for such an accomplishment in life ! We love you indeed !

  • @user-xc7nr5em4p
    @user-xc7nr5em4p 8 років тому +7

    the book that has been following me during all my life. It's truly nice especially the idea of learning English tenses in contrast
    Thank you Mr. Murphy

  • @rajdubey3826
    @rajdubey3826 3 роки тому +1

    I've studied nearly 30 books of grammar yet but your book is just incredible , the simplest way it is explained wow! Love you from India .

  • @eegiiganbat8936
    @eegiiganbat8936 7 років тому +3

    You are the best teacher. Thank you so much Mr.Murphy.

  • @hectorluismartinez6597
    @hectorluismartinez6597 2 роки тому +1

    This grammar book is simply wonderful! Thank you Raymond Murphy! you have shown great pedagogy in these books. Thank you, a big hug from Venezuela

  • @snsong9942
    @snsong9942 14 днів тому

    Really good book for self-learning.Thanks Raymond Murphy

  • @fokhruddin1987
    @fokhruddin1987 2 роки тому

    It's such a pleasure to put a face to the name. He is so elegant!

  • @ancastoian9073
    @ancastoian9073 7 років тому +2

    Thank you, Mr. Murphy. You really made the difference to me as a student learning English at university. I have now been a teacher of English for almost 20 years and I have been passing your explanations down to my students throughout the years. Great job!

  • @baploooove
    @baploooove 8 років тому +3

    Thank you so much, Mr.Murphy. I'm learning English with your book.

  • @dannytagle1075
    @dannytagle1075 4 роки тому

    You have blessed our schools, homes, and that little corner every educator uses at home to plan our classes. Thank you. We thank you for allowing us to use this unique way to present language without the spider webs. We applaud your legacy.

  • @liviagirao3663
    @liviagirao3663 Рік тому

    These grammars have helped me a lot for over 20 years now. I always share the exercises with my students.

  • @sorayaff7
    @sorayaff7 4 роки тому

    He does very dedicated work! Thank you Mr. Murphy

  • @samahredha2021
    @samahredha2021 5 років тому +2

    It’s an amazing grammar book I have ever read!
    Thanks Mr

  • @haeunlee9206
    @haeunlee9206 6 років тому +1

    My best Grammar book ever, send thanks from Korea, where English became no.1 to study

  • @englishpie101
    @englishpie101 9 місяців тому

    I've been teaching English for more than 20 years and Raymond Murphy's books are the best grammar books available.

  • @marcin7026
    @marcin7026 4 роки тому +1

    I was using that book many years ago. I loved it :) Very friendly way to explane. Thank you for that book :)))

  • @Anna.NAV.
    @Anna.NAV. 2 роки тому

    I was glad to see this great man! Thank you, dear Raymond!

  • @suciyanti3
    @suciyanti3 8 років тому +5

    Thank you so much sir. You help me a lot in learning English.

  • @avitusanthony4011
    @avitusanthony4011 8 років тому +2

    Thanks a lot Mr. Murphy actually your book is helpful for intermediate learners god bless you

  • @flaviatgoncalves
    @flaviatgoncalves 8 років тому +3

    A big thanks to him. ☺

  • @arianakim7370
    @arianakim7370 8 років тому +1

    Dear Mr.Murphy thank you for creating this book. I really like this book and this is my first teacher. thanks a lot

  • @romanvladimirovichpetrikov4947
    @romanvladimirovichpetrikov4947 8 років тому +10

    Thank you Cambridge University for this video. Raymond Murphy is an amazing man who has created an excellent tutorial. I am now studying it . The day will come when I will stand near your University and know the language perfectly.

  • @alexteka5932
    @alexteka5932 4 роки тому +1

    for me talking in English was a big deal before reading English grammar in use Murphy after I read the entire page I just have a confidence to talk with foreigners who speak English and I realize that I have to read deeply for the second time to be influential speaker Thanks Raymond Murphy

  • @difafathona8735
    @difafathona8735 5 років тому

    Thank you very much, Sir. Your book has helped me a lot in teaching English. May God Bless You.

  • @florfelizmatos7175
    @florfelizmatos7175 5 років тому

    It's awesome ,how the effort of others can impact incredibly our lives , thanks

  • @csillaschannel
    @csillaschannel 4 роки тому

    The best. I've been using your books for over 20 years.

  • @nyamjawnyamaa5589
    @nyamjawnyamaa5589 5 років тому

    Thank you very much. Your book is one of the best English grammar and always help me.

  • @mohdzulk9714
    @mohdzulk9714 5 років тому +1

    Mr_Murphy's quite amazing approach to inspire the students and their skills in English grammar .As far as I noticed that in the field of English . I saw a lot of English grammar books and I read them most of the time, but I really didn't get anything positive which I had deserved from book. After two years I was fed up with books as I assumed that I will not be able to do so in English grammar. Later, year I met with a senior teacher of English I shared my ideas with him and asked him how to learn English? In answer he replied me don't worry and he suggested me that you should buy a English grammar book which is an elixir of English language and grammar that's Mr-Murphy's English grammar after reading that book I felt that I'm really lucky to have met my fate. I suggest all students they should buy intermediate English grammar by Murphy's as they meet their fate without any anxiety
    Love you Mr. Murphy May God bless you

    • @CambridgeUPELT
      @CambridgeUPELT  5 років тому +1

      Hello Mohd, thank you for sharing your story! We hope you continue to grow as an English language speaker :)

  • @WlodarczykB
    @WlodarczykB Рік тому

    I learn English with this book. I get one unit a day. Now I am doing Unit 23. The book is very good. Everything makes easy with this position. Thank you, Mr. Murphy :)

  • @Edutroniko
    @Edutroniko 8 років тому +7

    I am using this book, thank you, I am Peruvian

    • @pablopatriciom.3596
      @pablopatriciom.3596 5 років тому +1

      I'm peruvian too. And I'll buy the new edition of English Grammar in Use. 29/01.

  • @arwaalsafty9157
    @arwaalsafty9157 Рік тому

    Alhamdulillah that I have found your book.
    Thank you so much.

  • @mmans8191
    @mmans8191 4 роки тому +2

    *Sir, let be please tell you first English is my third language and allow me to please tell you my story with your book!*

    *I started learning English seriously back in the fall of 1988. After I finished the three dialogue books of New American Streamline by myself, I had no idea which book I should use to learn English Grammar by myself. Then, just by coincidence, in one English lecture, I saw your book on my English teacher desk in Paris in spring 1989. I asked her for her permission to have a look at it. She let me do so and advised me to use it. I took its reference and went straight to la FNAC Montparnasse in Paris to buy it (I rationalized my food spending to buy it). I have to say and admit very proudly so that the first edition (1985) of your great book made me learn English grammar so fast and efficiently in the 1989 summer. I went through the whole book, about 120 units or so if I recall, in less than two months by myself. I was cruising through it with no speed limit. Your English grammar book makes English a “plug and chuck” or “a cakewalk” language compared to other languages. In fact, your book not only made me jump many English classes since I was challenging them by taking exams, but also made me score big in the TOEFL exam back in 1989/90 to get my Bachelor's degree and the GRE exam to get my Master's degree…*
    *I have to say thank you, Sir, a million times!! Your great book was certainly a huge morale boost for me to learn English very fast. It sure shortened the time I needed to learn English and go on with my academic studies. I actually still have your book after 31 years now and will keep in my library to the last day of my life. Thanks a million again for your great and outstanding work to make life easier for students to learn English as a second language!! Cheers,*

    • @marekdominik210
      @marekdominik210 Рік тому +1

      What an incredible story! I could write the same as you. This book helped me to learn English 22 years ago and today I teach my nephew using the ebook edition of English Grammar in Use- the read one!
      All these book are one of the best grammar books to learn /teach English at schools!
      Greetings from Warsaw!

  • @santoshthapa7715
    @santoshthapa7715 6 років тому

    we love you sir. it's helps alot.

  • @user-tl5wl2ro4q
    @user-tl5wl2ro4q 7 років тому

    thank you great teacher , your books are helpfull !!

  • @mohammadwajid4657
    @mohammadwajid4657 4 роки тому

    I learned English because of your book. World best book and world best teacher. Love you Raymond Murphy sir....

  • @DollhouseArtPainting
    @DollhouseArtPainting 5 років тому +1

    As a teacher of English, I recomend this book, especially Units on the Verb.

  • @aymanal-balushi7755
    @aymanal-balushi7755 8 років тому +2

    great man, great book I hope I can meet you in a one day

  • @hammidH
    @hammidH 6 років тому

    Thank You !

  • @rosavillegas4584
    @rosavillegas4584 5 років тому +1

    Thank you Cambridge University for this video. Raymond Murphy is an amazing man who has created an excellent tutorial. I am now studying it . The day will come when I will stand near your University and know the language perfectly.
    10

    • @CambridgeUPELT
      @CambridgeUPELT  5 років тому

      Thanks for your comment, Rosa. We wish you all the best on your learning journey!

  • @user-zg7up3jy8j
    @user-zg7up3jy8j 5 років тому

    Thank you so much

  • @gabriellabruschetti2059
    @gabriellabruschetti2059 7 років тому +1

    Dear Mr. Murphy, I still have in my library the first edition, published in 1985, of your English Grammar in use. Your wife Pamela, who was my teacher by Godmer House in Oxford, gave it to me.

  • @pavankumar00
    @pavankumar00 9 місяців тому

    Wise words.❤

  • @chrissyjoseph2109
    @chrissyjoseph2109 2 роки тому +1

    I'm french and I bought some of his books and I passed my Cambridge certifications

    • @adrian-4767
      @adrian-4767 Рік тому

      Chrissy joseph would you like to practice your English with me? What's your Facebook?

  • @mahamatsalehibrahimbarrada7522
    @mahamatsalehibrahimbarrada7522 5 років тому

    Thank you for much sir

  • @jonesomondi4497
    @jonesomondi4497 2 роки тому +1

    the legend!

  • @eLearnEngTips
    @eLearnEngTips 4 роки тому

    Love!

  • @vineet4957
    @vineet4957 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the great books

  • @inessamaria2428
    @inessamaria2428 5 років тому +1

    These books are amazing!

  • @tutom.c9354
    @tutom.c9354 4 роки тому

    A must for learning grammar

  • @mohammedAdam18
    @mohammedAdam18 Рік тому

    God bless you 💕.

  • @MishaElRusito
    @MishaElRusito 7 місяців тому

    Best grammar book ever made for sure. Just from that book I learned all my English. I've seen similar books in Spanish and Portuguese but they were not as insightful.

  • @dlgnlwls84
    @dlgnlwls84 5 років тому

    You are my teacher.

  • @mandeepsidhu656
    @mandeepsidhu656 2 роки тому

    I salute you

  • @alext3760
    @alext3760 3 роки тому

    I swear I have to buy every book in the English education category of Cambridge! :x

  • @pagka.rukkiet3575
    @pagka.rukkiet3575 10 місяців тому

    ขอบคุณค่ะ..I have had a blue book for year...

  • @kibplaydeaw7053
    @kibplaydeaw7053 6 років тому

    the best book in the world ' In my heart

  • @skouraouldyahia7034
    @skouraouldyahia7034 3 роки тому

    Very useful books mainly for ESL english learners .

  • @jora5483
    @jora5483 6 років тому

    Best English grammar book ever

  • @muzaffarkhamraev1584
    @muzaffarkhamraev1584 4 роки тому

    Number one grammar book 📖

  • @marcaro6425
    @marcaro6425 6 років тому

    You're amazing thanks, but he looks so anxious😂🤚🏻

  • @englishpie101
    @englishpie101 9 місяців тому

    The Murphy grammar books are actually probably more useful for native English speaker teachers than students. The danger of being a native English speaking teacher is that you know the grammar instinctively, and have probably never had to learn it, let alone teach it. This makes it extremely hard to explain relatively simple concepts in a manner that a learner can understand. I got a degree in linguistics and a CELTA certificate, but I learned more about English grammar from Mr. Murphy's books than from those programmes of study..

  • @Staruha91
    @Staruha91 4 роки тому +1

    There was 666 likes when I came. I saved you all, because now it is 667.

  • @gopalashetty6405
    @gopalashetty6405 5 років тому

    This is why I hate American accent, sorry to say this guys because British English accent is easy to understand.

  • @gopalashetty6405
    @gopalashetty6405 5 років тому

    Sir don't mix with American English then your British English standard Will be destroyed.

  • @bistretti
    @bistretti Рік тому

    Наш синий Мёрфи)

  • @aymanal-balushi7755
    @aymanal-balushi7755 8 років тому +1

    great man, great book I hope I can meet you in a one day