‘Fantastic YouTube videos for the ESL classroom’ by Eric Roth

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 16 | June 30, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

CompellingConversations’ compilation of YouTube videos for ESL teachers and students alike

“We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.”

―Mary Catherine Bateson (1939- ), American writer and cultural anthropologist
Want to make use of YouTube’s gigantic collection of ESL and language-related videos, but don’t know where to start? Every semester, I compile a diverse set of useful, relevant and interesting videos for a wide range of difficulty levels. Here’s the ten favorite this time around to share with your advanced English (or ESL) students:

1. English Pronunciation – vowel changes in stressed and unstressed syllables

This 2011 video by AccurateEnglish uses common words to highlight how to pronounce English vowels in stressed and unstressed syllables. In seven minutes, Lisa Mojsin, author of “Mastering the American Accent,” reviews common mistakes she encounters in her English classes, and uses a rubber band as a visual tool to demonstrate which vowels should be stressed.

2. Being a Good Conversationalist – Responding to Good News and Bad News

VOA Learning English, in a 19-minute Google+ Hangout session, displays the proper responses to good news and bad news in English. This video from 2013 features Guest Jane Mairs, writer of the Ask the Editor column for Merriam-Webster, who explains why certain responses are polite or impolite in conversation. (more…)

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Article: ‘Use of Internet : How to make it useful in Language Teaching’ by Reena Mittal

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 16 | June 30, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]

This article is written and submitted by Reena Mittal.

Computers have made a victorious entry our life in the late 20th century and now they have become an integral part of our life. Similarly, advent of Internet has made a revolution in every walk of life. A language teacher can also use Internet to teach students. Use of Internet has made teaching easier. Gathering information, innovative teaching plans, ideas and material is just a click away. All the extinct books, papers and rare reading material is accessible through search engines of Internet. Pronunciation errors are only few steps away to remove with the help of internet. I still remember my experiment with B.A. III students who were unable to speak fluently in English. We arranged special sessions in computer lab and showed them some or other clippings of famous plays and poems, they not only learn then by heart but speak them with fluency and correct pronunciation with practice and time devotion. (more…)

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