Authentic Video in the Beginning ESOL Classroom: Using a Full-Length Feature Film for Listening and Speaking Strategy Practice

“In this article, we discuss the theoretical grounds for using video material; describe our experiences teaching adult beginners listening and speaking strategies using the film What about Bob?; and discuss assessment as well as anticipated problems, and possible solutions, associated with the use of feature films in the ESOL classroom.”

Seeing is Believing: Harnessing Online Video Clips to Enhance Learning

“Educator Brenda Dyck reflects on how the Net offers a valuable source of video that brings history to life for her students. For students of the video- and technology- age, seeing is believing! Included: Dyck recommends some of the best sources of online video!”

Student’s ESL Video Lessons

“See pictures move and hear them read, also see them spelt. Teach your kids English using these interactive videos. There are ESL lessons on Clothes, Toys, Zoo animals, Birthday & numbers, farm animals, transportation, weather, vegetables, colors, and more …”

 Teaching English: video and young learners 1

 “This first article will give an introduction to some of the issues surrounding video with young learners. It will discuss the benefits but also the potential drawbacks of using video, the different roles video can take and then present criteria for selecting videos. Some ideas for the kinds of video suitable for young learners are also given.”

 Teaching English: video and young learners 2

 “The second article 'Using video in the Classroom' will take a look at pre-viewing, while-viewing and post-viewing video activities and will be supported by 3 lesson plans illustrating these activities.”

 TV Commercial Messages: An Untapped Video Resource for Teaching Content-based Classes

 “This paper points out that video, with its combination of visual and oral information, has an intrinsic attractiveness for students, and commercials with their 30 second barrage of language and culture are an excellent source of authentic material that are more manageable in length than sitcoms, full-feature movies, or programs. This paper then discusses that one of the most compelling reasons for using commercials is that they are the ideal source of innovative and fun classroom activities in content-based classes because they can be tied to a particular theme or chapter in a textbook.”

 Using Video in the Classroom

 “There is substantial research promoting the use of video in the classroom as a dynamic resource for supporting curricula.”

 Using Video with Adult English Language Learners

 “This digest focuses on using video with adults learning English as a second language (ESL). It provides a rationale for using video with these learners, presents guidelines for selecting and using videos in instruction, discusses some commercial videos used in adult ESL programs, and concludes with a discussion of the future of video use in instruction.”

 Video in ELT – Theoretical and Pedagogical Foundations

 “This paper reviews some of the principles on which the use of video in ELT is based.  It is divided into two major sections reflecting two kinds of video use—showing videos to students and videotaping student activities.  Within these two categories, specific pedagogical applications are summarized and educational foundations elaborated.”

 Video in Teaching English for Specific Purposes

 “This document consists of two papers with a shared bibliography. Both sections explore the potential for using video in Teaching English for Specific Purposes: part one is about using video recorded off-air whilst part two reports on a project to produce video materials in-house.

Accessed 9 February 2008