Compelling Conversations » teaching adult ESL http://compellingconversations.com/blog Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics for ESL learners and teachers Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:22:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Do You Really Use Youtube in Your EFL Classes? How? http://compellingconversations.com/blog/2009/06/07/do-you-really-use-youtube-in-your-efl-classes-how/ http://compellingconversations.com/blog/2009/06/07/do-you-really-use-youtube-in-your-efl-classes-how/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:49:04 +0000 Chimayo Press http://compellingconversations.com/blog/?p=244 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Do you use You Tube in Your EFL classes? How?

Absolutely!

Like so many other English teachers, I begin teaching with student interests and habits in mind. Of course, I also want to take them from the old and familiar to new and unfamiliar while improving their English language skills. You Tube remains a powerful classroom tool to achieve that goal.

I’ve used YouTube to have students research job interview tips, stress patterns, pronunciation problems, and informational interviews. The results have been consistently positive as I have students write concise video reviews and email me their reviews for homework before the next class.

Then I slightly edit the reviews, watch the videos and add my own comments in blue ink, and combine the reviews into a single document that is emailed to all class members. “Use or lose” I say, but here are the reviews from your classmates. Result: almost every student watches every video recommended and spending far more time on the topic than I could allocate in class. It’s both popular and quite effective.

As English teachers, we are truly blessed to be working in the YouTube era.

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Naturally, the new version of “Compelling Conversations: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics” will emphasize aspects of Vietnamese culture, avoid taboo subjects, and include local folk sayings and proverbs. The chapter called, “Driving Cars” becomes “Riding Motorbikes.” Other chapters get deleted altogether. Religious quotes are lost and some touchy questions remain unasked. So it goes – even in the 21st century.

Today, after weeks of collecting proverbs, talking with EFL teachers in Vietnam, and editing my original ESL for a particular EFL audience, I have a close to finished version. I feel quite satisfied with Compelling Conversations for English Language Learners in Vietnam. The new edition will be out within a month!

Shalom,
Eric
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eric@compellingconversations.com

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