There is no doubt that with the explosive growth of broadband online access to information that video have increased in popularity among students around the world.
"These sites," writes Kenneth Beare, "also provide English learners and classes with a new tool to improve listening skills. The real advantage to these sites - at least from a language learning point of view - is that they offer authentic examples of everyday English used by everyday people." Click here to read his article on YouTube in the ESL classroom. It contains some useful suggestion you can implement in your classroom.
Many of you know that I am an adjunct lecturer of speech communications at Hawaii Tokai International College. I started a YouTube channel for my course. Click here to connect to it. Enjoy!
Jeffrey Bingham Mead
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