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
  •   Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better    
  • Anything you can do I can do Better ( Lyrics)                                                                                           
    
  • Superlatives                                The Best Gift – Barbara Streisand
    
• 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

• Cooking Verbs
• Containers
• Nutrition Food Label

Greetings                             

• • 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

• • • 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) 
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    • 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)

House

• • • Chores                             Chore verbs ,    Chores using present continuous, Spring Cleaning
      
    • More chores                    El Civics video
    • My House is a Very, Very Fine House
      

Holidays videos can be found on “Holiday Page”

Introductions

• • • Teacher & Student Intro    How to introduce yourself
    • Name and Where from     Various  real life dialogs
    • TV clips                                 Many quick introds
      

Jobs

• • •  Bad Interview 1,  Bad Interview 2,  Good Job Interview 
    • Easy Listening : Job Interview  –  interview story – repeated again slowly for dictation exercise
    • Mock Interviews 

Money

• • • Money, Money, Money – Mamma Mia

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

• of Location,  and Busy Beaver version
• of Movement

Romance                              Only You

Shopping

• • • Shopping Song with Too
    • Let’s Go Shopping
    • The Beavers’s Shopping song

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
  • Usage
•  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
  • Part 1 -English with  Sound and Light
  • Part 2 -English with  Sound and Light
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• Simple Past and Past Participle
  • The Cat Song
• Simple Future
  • How to use
  • Ameritrade Commercial – Joe – Listen for future tenses
• Simple Past vs Future
  • How to form past / future tenses
• Perfect Tenses
  • Perfect tense usage
• Visual activities       English with Sound and Light video
  

Weather

• • • Weather Vocabulary, 
    • Weather Dialog- Jennifer’s ESL,
    • Side by Side Video Book 1
      • Chapter 5 Weather descriptions using present tense , 
      • Chapter 14 – Weather Forecast using future    
    • Two real life weather reports – Listen and see how much you understand
      • Sample National Weather Report
      • New York Weather Report   
    • Climate Change 
      • TED Talk — Greta Thunberg
      • UN Conference – Greta Thunberg

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.

• • • Vowels Sounds
      

For Retelling / Conversation:

• Budweiser Commercials:  Brotherhood,   Best Buds,  Lost Dog