May 04 2009
The Best Online Videos Showing ESL/EFL Teachers In The Classroom
There are not really that many online videos showing ESL/EFL teachers working with students in a classroom. There are some, though, and I thought I’d put them together in another “The Best…” list.
I have a little reluctance about calling this a “The Best…” list, though, since I haven’t watched many of the videos, and can’t say for sure if I think they really show good instructional strategies. However, most come recommended by other blogger/teachers whose judgment I respect, so I decided to indeed use the word “Best.”
Here are my picks for The Best Online Videos Showing ESL/EFL Teachers In The Classroom:
Nik Peachey recommends two sites for these types of videos: British Council Training Videos and a series of fourteen videos produced by the Online English Language Center in conjunction with the University of Oregon called Shaping The Way We Teach English.
David Deubelbeiss at the extraordinary EFL Classroom 2.0 has quite a collection of useful teaching videos. This the direct link to them, though you have to join in order to watch. Joining is free and takes seconds.
Learning The Language (not to be confused with Mary Ann Zehr’s excellent Ed Week blog with the same name) is a documentary taking a semester-long look at an adult ESL class in Texas. Kenneth Beare recommends it.
Animated Teacher Training doesn’t have videos. Instead, it has animated modules with text and audio support to help ESL/EFL teachers learn how to teach. I found this on EFL Classroom 2.0.
David Rosen recommends the videos that demonstrate teaching adults ESL at the Media Library of Teaching Skills for adult learning and literacy. They have links to even more similar videos here.
Suggestions and feedback, as always, are welcome.
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Hi Larry,
Did you take a look at the ESOL and ESOL family literacy videos on http://mlots.org ? While you’re there, also select the link at the bottom of the front page that leads to others’ videos. There are some great adult ed classroom ESOL videos there too.
David
David J. Rosen
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I teach new immigrants, mostly Latinos. My course is not offficially ESL/EFL but the reality is that is what I do. I got to this site through a TESOL recommendation as I am trying to learn how to do my job better. One thing I came up with may be useful to others teaching Hispanics. I put together a resource that features the special problems that Spanish speakers have with English. It is a print book with access to a website containing sound files with exercises and practice of the grammar and pronunciation issues in the book. There is a little more detail about it at http://www.InglesParaLatinos.com/TuLibro_dos.htm
Although I hope this moves on Amazon to aid my retirement, I am not a very good businessman; I am more a teacher so teacher and community groups can contact me at info@EscuchaHabla.com and we can work on ways to get it to their students.
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[...] request made by a member for on-line training videos for ESL. Larry Ferlazzo has provided a link here. I’ve already followed the links to some excellent sites including a series from the [...]
Great Post! I’d like to bring our videos to your attention as well: http://www.teflvideos.com/. I’ll let you be the judge if they’re “the best” or not, but I think they are better than most of the videos out there. Feedback is welcomed! -Jason Klass
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