ESL/Phrae

A ESL teacher in a small town in Thailand-trying not to be another brick.

Entries Tagged as 'video for students'

It’s not weather like we have!

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Hi everybody,
Sorry about the last video…as soon as I put it on the blog… it was removed!
Will try again with this one.
We are lucky here in Thailand…our bad weather usually isn’t really too bad.
Sometimes we have storms, sometimes it is hot, sometimes cool…but never really really bad like it is in some places.  Here is [...]

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Art and Music - What more can you ask for?

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Hi again everyone,
Today I have a You-tube video for you that I hope you like.
You will, if you like art and beautiful music.
First, the music is Suite #1 by Johannes Sebastien Bach. It is performed by the great cellist [chel - ist] Yo-yo Ma. He plays the cello [chell - oh].
The art is [...]

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A New Class Video - The Beginning Weekenders

October 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Hi all,
First, thanks for reading the blog…and don’t forget to comment.
Here is a new class video - The Beginning Saturday and Sunday Class.
Before I show it to you, I do want to tell you that it is made by the Animoto Website.
Go to Animoto.Com and you can make a video for yourself…all you need is [...]

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Time to POP your brain!

October 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Hi everybody,
I hope everything is good on your vacation.
It’s time to relax but don’t forget your brain needs some exercise.
Here is a site that has some nice cartoon movies.
When it opens, choose a subject that you like and then choose a movie to watch.  Choose the free ones!! It may take a minute or so [...]

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Wow! That’s football!!

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Hi everyone,
Here is an interesting video of some football players in Japan.  (Note to any Americans reading this–Soccer to you.)
Football in America is a game played mostly with the hands and only sometimes with the feet… Football in the rest of the world is a game played mostly with the feet and only sometimes with [...]

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A Quick “Video” of the Beginning MW class

October 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Hi everybody,
I hope it is a good day for you.
This is a “video” that I made this morning.  It features the Monday/Wednesday Beginning ESL Class.
Before you look at it, I want to tell you that it is easy to make.  And, it’s free to make a 30 second video.  Go to www.animoto.com and register with [...]

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A Look at Hawai’i and one of its great singers

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Hi again,
I found this nice video on Youtube.
The singer is Israel Kamakawiwoole.  He played the Hawai’ian musical instrument called the Ukelele.  The song is Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  In the video you will see Israel singing.  You will see beautiful pictures of Hawai’i and the celebration of his life after he died.  You will see [...]

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