keith brooks

This video discusses cultural competency, the differences in hand a body gestures that may send the wrong message, what not to do in front a class or ELL student, Communicative Competence and how you can help ELL students. This video is intended for teacher training and for those who want to travel overseas to teach English. The three keys of teaching is discussed.

The English language is constantly changing. Every year new words are added and other words lose favor and are forgotten. Because of this the English language is considered a living language. This video delves into the history of the language (German in origin) and how words are added (wars, coinage, trade, etc...) and removed (outdated and new words replaced them. This is aimed at new teachers or those wanting to travel overseas, take an ELL licensing test and/or teach English overseas. You

This video discusses the different lawsuits that have shaped ELL teaching. ELL instruction in the past 50 years has increased in the United States by over 500% and many lawsuits have been filed to help non native English speaking students be able to obtain success. Such lawsuits are: Lau v. Nichols, No Child Left Behind, Castaneda V Pickard, United States V. Texas amongst some of the lawsuits discussed, the reasons and what schools need to do to be in compliance. This video is intended for EL

This video presentation demonstrates how many words a learner needs to know to go to the next level. It also discusses the importance of words taught to certain classes (relevance), teaching methods and strategies, activities to increase retention, motivation, practice, repetition and more. This video will help new teachers, teacher trainers, those wanting to travel overseas to teach, and ELL coordinators.

This presentation details how grammar is learned with examples. It discusses the two types of learners, the two types of teaching skills all with examples and a lot more.. This video is great for teacher workshops, ELL instruction, for new teachers, teacher trainers and for those planning to move overseas to teach.

Easy explanation of Homophones (sound), Homographs (writing), Homonyms (spelling) and Polysemes (meaning) and examples. This video presentation is great for teachers, students, teacher workshops and for those planning to move overseas. With the use of a handout this would help make a perfect lesson.

Activities and teaching lessons a teacher can do to help the ELL students become more active in their learning. This is a great resource for ELL coordinators, new teachers, teachers with ELL students and those considering moving overseas to teach English.

This video helps new teachers with ideas and things to consider on the first day of class when meeting your students. This video is intended for new teachers, those in teacher training, contemplating teaching or those planning to move overseas and begin to teach.

When teaching an ELL class, or any other class, a teacher must understand that each group of students may learn a different way. This is no different in ELL. One group of students may learn a topic faster than another. This is where experimenting with methodology comes in. As a teacher you need to find out what works, in the classroom, as what you learn in college is only the starting point. 90% of what you will learn is in the classroom. This video gives examples of student learning styles

This video explains how games, songs, and nursery rhymes can help ELL learners and students retain information and make them better students. It lists songs that can be used, nursery rhymes and games that can be played in the classroom. This is beneficial to new teachers, potential ELL coordinators and teachers planning to move overseas to teach.

This video discusses the level of ELL learners and their abilities in each level. The levels are: Pre-Production=Beginning to learn in a classroomBeginner: Basic understanding of English.Lower intermediate: Some ability to communicate in English.Grade Level - Can speak some English, but need work on listening and pronunciation.Intermediate: Can handle everyday situations in English.Upper-intermediate: Can communicate effectively in most situations.Advanced Fluency: High level of proficiencyBec

This video presentation hopes to help teachers understand what culture is and how to react to an ELL student in their classroom. The video breaks down what culture is and the different types of immigrants and the problems the students face in the classes today. Also, what some cultural norms from different cultures that are not prevalent in the US culture. Don't get upset when you see this. Teachers must learn the culture and build lessons around their culture and not exclude the student from l

This video lesson is for teachers wanting to know how to react and teach to those students who are classified as ELL students. This lesson discusses the six regional dialects of the United States and discusses Vygotsky's Theory of Cognitive Development, The Theory of Linguistic Relativity. and The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. The video also discusses social registers, self worth, goals and helping the student be successful.

When teaching English to ELL learners or lower-level learners of English meaning may be taught. Some words have more than one meaning when it comes to English Grammar. This lesson will give helpful hints with examples. This will be useful when teaching reading and speaking. This video is for teachers will ELL students, ELL coordinators, teacher trainers and for new or teachers wanting to travel overseas to teach.

How to help ELL students build up their listening skills. Listening skills take time and need to be developed overtime. This video gives hints with examples. This video is for new teachers, teachers with ELL students, ELL coordinators, and for those planning to move overseas and teach.

Introductory video to lesson plans and the framework needed to create lesson plans. This video is perfect for new teachers, teachers who are considering moving overseas to teach for the first time or for use with teacher training days.

Language Immersion is important in language acquisition due to the necessity of being able to speak. Teachers need to be able to get the students to speak as much as possible. This video gives you the reasons and methods to use to get students speaking. This video is for teachers with ELL students, ELL coordinators, English teachers and those planning to travel overseas to teach.

This video describes the importance of teaching vocabulary to an ESL learner. Many teachers in the field tend to focus on grammar, this ends up making poor writers, readers and makes it difficult to relay meaning. This video gives hints, advice and training for ELL learners. This video is good for new teachers, ELL teachers, coordinators and for those wanting to travel overseas to teach.

This video presents different parts of speech: Imperatives, Infinitives, Interjections and Interrogatives, what they are and examples as to how they are used in the English language. This video is perfect for new teachers, ESL teachers, those wanting to travel overseas to teach English and ELL Coordinators..

Helpful tips to have a peaceful classroom, (classroom management, explanation of rules, etc..,) This will be useful for those who want to brush up on their classroom management skills. This video is intended for new teachers, teacher trainees, teacher workshops and for those who are planning to move overseas to teach.