Videos are a great way to learn English. You can hear and see the action and words together.
Here are some good sites that have a variety of videos:
- We are New York – TV episodes for immigrants to help with English and Civic Education
- Side by Side Videos – Videos to supplement the Side by Side book
- Free English Video Lessons – engVid – Lessons on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and more
- ESL Video – Hundreds of videos linked to multi-level quizzes
- MES English – Videos you can use with MES-English flashcards and worksheets
- TV411 Tune in to Learning – Videos to help your reading, writing and vocabulary
Here are some videos based on subject. They are in alphabetical order. (*Teachers, if you know any great videos, please contact us to put them on the list.)
Adjectives
- Adjectives Unpack your Adjectives, Grammaropolis Adjective Song ,Adjective Song, Rhyming adjectives, Opposites,
- Comparatives
- Comparatives and Superlatives 15 songs , compilation
Alphabet song
- Funky ABC’s Fun ABC
- Country/Jazz ABC’s ABC Song
- Simple/Slow ABC’s Alphabet Song
Articles
- board lesson When to use a, an and the
- first and second references Jennifer’s lesson on a/an and the
- usage and pronunciation Articles made easy
Body Parts Hokey-Pokey
Calendar
- Days of the week Addams Family Version
- Days of the week Which is your Favorite Day
- Months Calendar Girl
- Month Song Susan Salidor
- Seasons You’ve got a friend (Winter, spring, summer or fall)
- Spring Spring is here , Medley of spring songs ,
- Summer Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
- 4 Seasons Four Seasons in a Year Song
- Changing Seasons Nottingham Hill Video
- Holidays Major US Holidays
Contractions To be
Directions
- Ask & Give Directions Movement Phrases , Asking for direction dialogs
- Vocabulary Common words in directions,
- Where’s the ….. Little song and game to practice asking for places
Emergencies
- When to make a 911 call
- Emergency Kits, a bit harder -> Emergency Kit
Food
Greetings
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- Hello song (How are you?)
- Saying Hello – 2 Minute Video
- 5 Ways to Say Goodbye
- Good Morning, Good Morning, It’s Time to Rise and Shine
- Small Talk – How to start a conversation – more advanced than simple greetings
Health
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- Heart Attack . Warning Signs of Women’s Heart Attacks (Elizabeth Banks video)
- Heart Attack Symptoms – Go Red For Women
- Hands-Only CPR
- Staying Alive video …….
- just for the song if practicing CPR – John Travolta Staying Alive video
- CPR (AED -Automated External Defibrillator)
- Vocabulary MES- English video on common ailments , Common cold
- Health Dialogs Inquiring about Health – advanced
- Medicines
- OTC Drug Fact Label (Main Page)
- YouTube Video
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Online Health Information – how to find trustworthy health data (uses MedlinePlus)
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House
Holidays videos can be found on “Holiday Page”
Introductions
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- Teacher & Student Intro How to introduce yourself
- Name and Where from Various real life dialogs
- TV clips Many quick introds
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Jobs
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- Bad Interview 1, Bad Interview 2, Good Job Interview
- Easy Listening : Job Interview – interview story – repeated again slowly for dictation exercise
- Mock Interviews
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Money
Numbers 15 vs 50 Pronunciation Tips
Parent Teacher Conferences
- PT Conferences for Immigrant Parents (Kat Avila)
- Sample PT Conferences – 1- Diego, 2 – James 3- Becky
- Listening dialog http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/3L5-parent-teacher-transcript.php
Prepositions
Romance Only You
Shopping
Time Tell the time in English, Telling Time
Verbs
- Multiple Tenses
- Present Simple
- MES English Daily Routines
- Visual activities English with Sound and Light video
- How to use “do” Do – Helper Verb
- Be verb Jennifer’s Lesson, The Present of Be: PowerPoint presentation
- Contractions Pronunciation
- Present Continuous
- What are they doing – Silly Billy Band
- Present, Past and Future Continuous
- Present Continuous vs Present Simple
- Simple Past
- Regular Verbs (Affirmative / negative sentences, Questions)
- Regular and Irregular
- What did you do yesterday?
- Regular Verbs ( -ed pronunciation)
- Irregular Verbs
- Songs that use Past tense – > Practice Song with Simple Past (Mr.Morton) , Many songs with past tense ,
- Yesterday When I was Young ( lyrics and Spanish Translation)
- yesterday when I was young
- Lesson Video on past
- Present Perfect
- Simple Past and Past Participle
- Simple Future
- How to use
- Ameritrade Commercial – Joe – Listen for future tenses
- Simple Past vs Future
- Perfect Tenses
- Visual activities English with Sound and Light video
Weather
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- Weather Vocabulary,
- Weather Dialog- Jennifer’s ESL,
- Side by Side Video Book 1
- Two real life weather reports – Listen and see how much you understand
- Climate Change
- TED Talk — Greta Thunberg
- UN Conference – Greta Thunberg
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WH questions
- Overview of wh question words
- Listening to WH questions Part 1, WH question with contractions Part 2
Videos for these subjects can be found on “Practice Sites” Page.
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- Vowels Sounds
- Vowels Sounds
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For Retelling / Conversation:
- Budweiser Commercials: Brotherhood, Best Buds, Lost Dog