ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#41 | December 9, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036

Alex Barbonza has published an article titled ‘5 Cracking Ways To Use Video While Teaching ESL’.

Alex says, “Video really is the ultimate form of content for engaging a human.

So, with that in mind, we really should be using it for our class rooms while teaching ESL, and here are 5 ripping ways to use videos in an ESL/EFL classroom:

1. Use it for learning new vocabulary.

Science is showing that context is everything when it comes to memorizing anything, and especially vocabulary, which is traditionally a dry part of learning.

If I’m given an engaging, comprehensible, real life scene, and I’m being given new vocabulary at the same time, I’m more likely to learn it, as the associations will be stronger. (more…)