A problem with classroom-based teaching is the absence of variety. If students cannot understand the language outside the classroom because they have become so familiar with the accents of their own teacher, the course has failed. This series meets this requirement by bringing practice with real people to the classroom. The sequence number and title also appear on screen. This makes finding your place in the video easy if you plan to use parts of it over the course of a term.
Visual landmarks are also well used.
In one interview in the exercise on 'Time', you can clearly see the time on Big Ben. A New York cop is asked his name in a bustling New York street. The screen changes colour appropriately as interviewees are asked about their favourite colour. Pictures of star signs are shown during the 'Astrological Sign' sequence. The second video in the series is, at 32 minutes, slightly shorter in running time than its companions.