The Top Three Female Youtubers in the Dominican Republic

In this video I will give a short backstory to each Youtuber, explain what I find special about their channel and reveal them in order of the one I like most. 

Beginning this subjective list is Madefromenergy , whose actual name is Shony. She is an American from Alabama and her astrology sign is a Leo. She has been doing travel videos since October of 2018 and has done overseas vlogging in  Mexico and the Dominican Republic. One interesting fact about her is that she claims Korean as her third language. 

Her channel is inspiring because even though she is American she often speaks in Spanish in many of her videos. For me it’s cool to see another African American practicing spanish in such a public way even though she admits that her Spanish isn’t perfect. 

Up next is Cerise Fairfax of the self titled Youtube channel Cerise Fairfax. She is Canadian and has begun her Youtube channel nearly 11 years ago mostly focusing on videos about thespians and life coaching. She uploaded her fist video about the Dominincan Republic on May 26, 2018, with Mr. Flip Flop. 

Even though there is an age gap between her and I,  I find that it is easy to connect to her content because she humanizes what many would consider a very sexualized Sosua. Many vloggers talk about prostitution in Sosua and then move on to another subject matter. But Cerise really shows more than just the women , but  the everyday life of Sosua and how locals live and operate. 

Now  the queen of this list is Norberis. She is a Dominicana from the Santo Domingo area. She embarked on her Youtube journey in August of 2018 and 199 videos later she has already reached an impressive subscriber count of 12.5k. One interesting fact about her is that she came to the United State in 2007 with a work visa and now has U.S citizenship. 

I really enjoy her channel because her videos are diverse. She talks about not only dominican culture, but fashion, home decor, language teaching, food and so much more. Also I really like her because online you can see many videos objectifying Dominican women, but I like how she has a balanced display of her beauty and sexiness, but also her intelligence and business acumen.

ESL Vocabulary: Effective Conversations

 ESL Vocabulary (Effective Conversations) 

1. Erode - verb - gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed

2. Insidious - adjective -  proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

3. Brief - adjective - of short duration 

4. Chunk - noun -  a thick solid piece of something 

5. Likelihood -  noun - the state or fact of something being likely; probability

6. Consolidate - verb - combine into a single more effective or coherent whole 

ESL Conversation Questions: Pain

1. What is pain? 

2. Is pain ever beneficial? 

3. "Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothin. - Fight Club . Do you agree or disagree with this quote? 

4. How do people numb emotional or mental pain? 

5. What's the most physical pain you have experienced 

6. When you think of the word pain what images come to your mind? 

ESL Conversation Questions: Sorrow

1. What is sorrow? 

2. Is the emotion of sorrow important? 

3. Is it possible to understand happiness if you've never felt sorrow? 

4. How do people profit off of "sad culture" or the cult of sorrow? 

5. How can people come out out sorrowfulness? 

6. When you think of the word sorrow what images come to your mind? 

ESL Vocabulary: Latinx

1. Ambiguous - adjective - open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning

2. Bevy - noun - a large group of people or things of a particular kind 

3. Bias - noun/verb - prejudice in favor or against one thing, person, or group compared with another 

4. Blatant - adjective - done openly and unashamedly 

5. Intention - noun - an aim or plan 

6. Transgender - adjective - a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex 

7. Retrospect - noun - a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time

ESL Vocabulary: 2020 Slang

Celina Powell 

1. What you said was the biggest cap I've heard in a minute. 

2. The movie was fire. You have to check it out. 

3. Her fit was bold last night. 

4. He drove himself to school in a new car the day after he got his license. He's trying to flex. 

5. She celebrated her birthday for an entire month. She is so extra. 

6. I don't want to hear anything else about what I'm doing wrong until you find ways to get yourself right, period. 

7. I'm mad salty right now, lowkey. 

8. Spill the tea, what did he say. 

9. A lot of people wanted Bill Burr canceled after what he said about caucasian women on Saturday Night Live. 

10. A lot of people think Celina Powell is a clout chaser. 

Note: definition sources here and here. 

ESL Grammar: Similies

 Use of Similes

1. Similes are used a figure of speech to compare two different things in an interesting way. They fought like cats and dogs.  He is as strong as an ox. 

Exercise with Similes 

Instructions: Complete the simile by creating your own ending. 

1. As cute as __________ . 

2. As blind as __________ . 

3. As cold as __________ 

4. They fought like _______ . 

5. I slept like a ________ . 

6. This show was like __________ . 

7. As hot as _________ . 

8. As cool as _______ . 

9. As tough as ________ . 

10. She swims like a _________ . 

ESL Grammar: Phrasal Verb Review

1. to publish something 

A. come up | B. put out | C. bring to the table 

2. to consider someone inferior 

A. iron out | B. turn out | C. look down on 

3. to accompany someone 

A. come along | B. make up | C. get along  

4. to understand or find a reason 

A. flare up | B. set out | C. make of 

5. a plan being discussed 

A. under the table | B. bring to the table | C. on the table 

6. to have a similar character or quality to a family member 

A. take after | B. come after | C. go after 

7. to be successful in life 

A. get on with | B. look up to | C. get ahead 

8. to decline an offer 

A. come down | B. turn down | C. pull down 

ESL Vocabulary: Entrepreneur

 

1. Venture - noun  - a risky project or business idea 

2. Accelerator - noun - an organization or project that promotes or supports the fast growth of small businesses 

3. Incubator - noun -  an organization or space dedicated to supporting new business ventures 

4. Copyright - noun - the exclusive legal right to use and reproduce literary, artistic, or musical material

5. Trademark - noun- a symbol, words or a phrase officially registered for a company 

6. Side Hustle - noun - a side project or business 

7. Pitch - noun/verb - to propose a business idea, usually with the goal of obtaining a contract or funding 

ESL Grammar: Near and Far

 

Definition of Near and Far 

1. Near - adverb-  at or to a short distance away; nearby 

2. Far - adverb - at, to, or by a great distance 

Conversation Questions with Near and Far 

1. Do you live near your cousins? 

2. How far away do you live from me? 

3. What is the distance of the nearest hospital to your home? 

4. Is China far away from where you live? 

5. Do you know someone who is nearsighted? 

6. How far would you travel by foot? 

ESL Vocabulary: Hip Hop

 

1. Flash that buttery gold, jittery zeitgeist / Wither by the water hole, Border patrol - Aesop Rock 

Zeitgeist - the spirit of the time 

2. I don't mean no harm it's the hood in me / Psychedelic colors in my jewelry / Suckers hella jealous cause you're diggin' me - E-40 

Psychedelic - producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings 

3. My funk prognosis make my brains comatose / One hundred percent funk runs blood straight through your nose - Redman 

Prognosis - a prediction about how something will develop 

4. Yo ill insanity that's cold and morbid/ But when I'm in your orbit your soul absorb it - The Roots 

Morbid - suggesting the horror of death and decay 

5. Somebody ordered pancakes, I just sip the sizzurp / That right there could drive a sane man berserk - Kanye West 

Berserk - out of control with anger or excitement 

6. So outside my misery, I think I'll find / A way of envisioning a better life - XXXtentacion 

Envisioning - imagine as a future possibility; visualize 

 

Expressions about Health and Hospitals

 

1. Under the weather - to not be  feeling well 

2. run in the family - to be a common family characteristic 

3. kick the bucket - to die

4. black out - to lose consciousness 

5. flare up - for a an illness or disease to come back again 

6. taste of your own medicine - to treat someone in the same poor way they treated you or others 

ESL Vocabulary: Hospital

 

1. doctor                                                 A. a small round mass of solid medicine to be swallowed whole                                                                    

2. crutches                                              B. an instrument for measuring indicating temperature  

3. bandage                                              C. a qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician 

4. prescription                                         D. a strip of material used to bind a wound 

5. thermometer                                        E. a vehicle especially equipped for sick or injured people

6. paramedic                                            F. a person trained in emergency medical care 

7. pill                                                       G. used as a support for mobility aid  

8. ambulance                                           H. authorizes a patient to have certain kind of medicine or drug 

ESL Phrasal Verbs with Make

 

Phrasal Verbs with Make 

1. Make up - to forgive someone 

2. Make of - to understand or find a reason 

3. Make up for - compensate for something 

4. Make over - to do something again 

5. Make way - allow room for someone or something else  

6. Make out to be - to pretend, seem 

Phrasal Verb Questions with Make 

1. Why is it difficult for people to make up with each other after an argument? 

2. What do you make of countries who have banned McDonald's? 

3. Do you think a majority of women over thirty years old try to make up for their age by getting cosmetic surgery? 

4. If you were to do a home makeover  what would your color scheme be? 

5. Why do you think teenagers usually make their problems out to be much worse than they actually are? 

6. How often do you think people make up stories to get out of trouble? 

ESL Conversation Questions: Banking

 

1. Would you like to use the services of an offshore bank? 

2. What do you think of the Islamic banking concept of forbidding interest rates? 

3. What is the difference between a commercial bank and a credit union? 

4. From you experiences what would you like to change about banking services in your home country? 

5. Do you think all banking will be done online one day? 

6. Have you ever used a piggy bank before? 

Expressions about Banking and Money

 

1. Bank on - to rely on a future occurrence 

2. Break the bank - to be very expensive

3. Can take (something) to the bank - a statement or piece of information that is definitely true

4. In the red - to lose money 

5. Dime a dozen - very common and of no special value

6. Foot the bill - to pay for something 

ESL Conversation Questions: Home

 

1. What is the difference between the words house and home? 

2. Can you learn something about someone just by seeing their home color scheme and furniture? 

3. What do the exteriors of homes look like in the neighborhood where you grew up? 

4. Describe all of the furniture in your favorite room in your apartment or house. 

5. An old English saying is that, " A man's home is his castle." Do you agree with this saying? 

6. In your culture or society do you think it is important to own a home? 

ESL Visual Exercise: Home and Furniture

 Exercise 1. Name the home tool equipment in the pictures

#1

#2

#3

Room 1 

Room 2 

Expressions about Home and Furniture

 

1. Bring to the table - to make a contribution or to offer something in a negotiation or discussion 

2. Down the drain - to waste something especially money or work 

3. Pull the plug - to be terminated prematurely usually by stopping funding 

4. Under the table - bribes or illegal payments 

5. On the table - a plan that is being discussed 

6. Iron Out - to resolve an issue

ESL Visual Exercise: Shopping

 Exercise 1. Describe the clothing you see in the picture. 

Couple #1 / Ocean Drive 

Couple #2 / Ocean Drive 

Couple #3 / Ocean Drive 

Exercise 2. Tell me the name of the item and in what season it is commonly used. 

#1

#2

#3

Expressions about Shopping

 

Expressions about Shopping

1. It's a steal - a product or service  at a very low price 

2. Rip-off - an overpriced product or service 

3. Window shopping - to look at products, but not actually buy them 

4. Shop lift - to steal products from a store

5. Shop around - to visit many shops in order to compare prices 

6. In-stock - products are available to be purchased 

ESL Conversation Questions: Shopping

 

Light Wash Ripped Boyfriend Jeans 

1. Why are basic necessity items such as eggs, milk, and other items  usually situated in the back of a supermarket? 

2. What items will you usually find near the cash register at a supermarket? 

3. What are some methods  consumers can use to resist spending extra money in a supermarket or mall? 

4. Will a single woman who wears boyfriend jeans become more likely to find an actual boyfriend? 

5. Why is there a stereotype that women prefer to shop more than men? 

6. In which store would you like to go on a shopping spree? 

ESL Phrasal Verbs with Come

 

1. Come up - to happen; to occur 

2. Come across - to find something by accident or chance 

3. Come along - to accompany someone 

4. Come around to - to accept something you had previously disapproved or disliked

5. Come out - to be released; appear 

6. Come apart- to break into pieces 

Phrasal Verb Questions with Come 

1. Does religion ever come up in your conversations with your family or close friends?  

2. If you came across $100 on the street what would you do with the money? 

3. Do you enjoy your family or friends coming along with you when you go grocery shopping? 

4. What ideas or beliefs have you come around to as you have matured in life? 

5. Are there any interesting movies that have come out recently that you are interested in seeing? 

6. In your opinion what are the top reasons some marriages come apart? 

ESL Phrasal Verbs with Go

 

1. What's the best way to go about apologizing to someone? 

2. Have you heard of anyone going across the west side of Europe to the east side of Europe by walking? 

3. What goals are you going after this month? 

4. Is it ever ok for kids to go against their parent's wishes?

5. When is the last time you went back to your hometown? 

Idiom of the Day: Hit the Hay

 

Idiom of the Day 

To hit the hay 

Example: Last night I told my girlfriend I was going to hit the hay early, but I actually just went to my friend's house to play video games. 

Definition: to go to bed

ESL Phrasal Verbs: Turn

 1. Turn down - to lower the volume 

2. Turn in - to submit something 

3. Turn into - to transform. to change into something different

4. Turn out - audience members, spectators or participants at an event 

5. Turn against - to rebel or oppose something formerly supported 

6. Turn off - stop a device by switching it off

Phrasal Verb Exercise 

1. She worked out everyday in the hopes of turning ___ her crush. 

A. back | B. on | C. against 

2. The Haitian slaves ____ ____ their French colonizers. 

A. turned out | B. turned into | C. turned against 

3. While Mary was doing her homework she asked Jimmy __ ____ the TV. 

A. turn in | B. turn off | C. turn out 

4. The event organizers got a bigger ___ ___ than expected. 

A. turn off | B. turn down | C. turn out 

5. They offered her a position as a manager, but she ___ ___  the offer. 

A. turned down | B. turned against | C. turned up 

6. He used to be so nice, but during university he has ___ ____  an uncompassionate person. 

A. turned off | B. turned in | C. turned into 

Phrasal Verb Conversation Questions 

1. When was the last time you turned down any type of offer? 

2. How does university turn people into better citizens? 

3. Should people turn against systems of dictatorship and monarchy? 

4. If you had to bake a cake, do you think it would turn out well? 

5. What are some characteristics that might turn you off from befriending a new person? 

6. What time do you usually turn in for the night? 

ESL Conversation Questions: Winter

 

1. What do you like to do during the winter that you can't do at other times of the year? 

2. How can the winter affect someone emotionally? 

3. What's your favorite winter memory? 

4. A Russian proverb says, " It is never winter in the land of hope." What do you think of this quote? 

5. What happens in the winter in your country? 

6. What advice would give someone who suffers from seasonal affective disorder (SAD)? 

ESL Phrasal Verbs with Look

 

1. Look after - to take care of someone or something 

2. Look back - to think about something in the past 

3. Look ahead - to think about and plan for the future 

4. Look down on - to consider someone inferior 

5. Look over - to check or revise something or someone 

6. Look through - to briefly examine or read something 

7. Look up to someone -  to admire or respect someone 

Phrasal Verb Exercise

1. Obama was a good president. He is someone I look ___ ___

A. up to | B. in on | C. down on

2. Sometimes she feels sad when she _____ _____ at her childhood.

A. looks ahead | B. looks over | C. looks back

3. Before the test the students will usually ___ _____ their notes one last time.

A. look down | B. look through | C. look up

4. A husband is always suppose to ____ ____ his wife.

A. look after | B. look ahead | C. look on

5. When I ____ ____ to next year I see myself in Thailand.

A. look back | B. look ahead | C. look up

6. Often people ___ ___ on felons.

A. look up | B. look through | C. look down

7. We will ___ ___ these numbers for you.

A. look over | B. look in | C. look after

Phrasal Verb Conversation Questions 

1. Who looked after you when you were a child? 

2. When you look back at the past year what positive memories stand out to you? 

3. When you look ahead to next year what would you like to accomplish? 

4. Is it ever acceptable to look down on someone else? 

5. Do you ever look over your methods or lifestyle? 

6. Who do you look up to? 

ESL Conversation Questions: Hip Hop

 

1. What images come to your mind when you think of hip hop? 

2. What do you think makes hip hop so popular? 

3. What are the differences between hip hop and rap? 

4. Why does hip hop sometimes have a negative image? 

5. What impact has hip hop had on the culture of your country? 

6. Do you think hip hop is replacing rock music? 

ESL Vocabulary: The Walking Dead

 

1. Caucasian - noun - white skinned; of European origin

2. Broadcast - verb - transmit a program or some information by radio or television 

3. Chitter - verb - to make a twittering or chattering sound 

4. Dispatch - noun - sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose 

5. Gasp - verb - inhale suddenly with the mouth open out of pain or astonishment

6. Rattle - verb - to cause someone to feel nervous, worried or irritated 

7. Thud - noun - a dull heavy sound, such as that made by an object falling to the ground 

ESL Conversation Questions: The Walking Dead

1. What is a moral code? 

2. What can change someone's moral code? 

 3. In the series, TWD, Morgan says all life is precious and everyone can change. Do you agree with that? 

4.  What is post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? 

5. Can a person heal from PTSD? How so? 

6.  Why do you like zombie shows and movies? If not , what do you like to watch? 

ESL Conversation Questions: Native Americans

1. When you hear the term "Native American" what comes to your mind? 

2. Some Native Americans wore headdresses with many feathers on it  symbolizing a high status as a warrior. What do people in today's world use to symbolize a high status in society?  

3. "Everything power does, it does in a circle." What does this Lakota proverb mean to you? 

4. In many Native American cultures nature plays a significant role. What are some of the positive effects of nature in people's mental health? 

5. One Native American tribe called the Apache have a coming of age ceremony for girls called the Sunrise Ceremony. In your culture are there any coming of age ceremonies? 

6. Should the United States give back the land that they took from the Native Americans? 

ESL Phrasal Verbs: Pull

 

1. Do you think China has pulled away from the rest of the world as the richest country? 

2. Have you ever been pulled over by a policeman? 

3. What is a good excuse to pull out of an event you don't want to go to? 

4. What is the most interesting feat you have pulled off? 

5. What's one healthy way to pull through an emotionally difficult situation? 

6. Is there someone in your family that's always pulling your leg? 

ESL Grammar: Verb Tense Review

 

Instructions: Choose the correct verb tense and create a sentence with that verb tense

1. Used to indicate a longer action in the past was interrupted by a shorter action. 

A. Past Perfect Progressive | B. Past Progressive | C. Present Perfect 

2. Used to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. 

A. Present Progressive | B. Present Perfect | C. Present Perfect Progressive 

3. Used to describe an action that is going on at this moment. 

A. Simple Present | B. Present Progressive | C. Simple Passive Voice 

4. Used to describe an action in the future that overlaps another action or time. 

A. Simple Future | B. Future Perfect Progressive | C. Future Progressive 

5. Used to describe a completed action before a date or another action in the future. 

A. Future Perfect | B. Simple Future | C. Present Perfect Progressive 

6. Used to describe everyday actions that are repeated or regular

A. Simple Future | B. Simple Present | C. Simple Past 

ESL Conversation Questions: Photography

 

1. What is photography? 

2. Do you think candid photography is more difficult than portrait photography? 

3. Should professional photographers be required to get permission before they publish a picture of anyone? 

4. What negative affects can photoshopping images have in photography? 

5. Should a photographer or videographer pay everyone he photographs or films whether it is candid or portrait photography? 

6. Should people be allowed to use any photo on the internet for their own personal use?