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Teaching English With Authentic Video

INTRODUCTION 

The widespread availability of online video has been one of the most visible manifestations of the internet as a daily presence in our lives. In the field of education, innovative start-ups such as Khan Academy have shown that clear, concise and simple made-for-instruction videos can help students learn complex concepts across a wide range of academic disciplines. 

On the other hand, authentic video – video originally created for purposes other than education (most typically, for information or entertainment) – has not yet been widely exploited as an educational resource. One field, that of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), is changing all that, with he usefulness of authentic video being acknowledged by language-learning experts, teachers and learners alike.

This White Paper is intended as a guide to integrating authentic video into best TEFL practices, particularly for the current “digital native” generation of English language learners – adolescents, teens and adults - who have grown up with online video not as a technological innovation, but as a part of their everyday reality.