Using youtube to learn English

What is this?

This is a video from Youtube that demonstrates how we introduce ourselves and greet in English properly.

Why is the content good for language learning?

1.English subtitles are available, making it perfect for beginners
2.with background music on, relaxing the nervous students.
3.it shows the basic patterns when doing an English self-introduction

How might you use it in a language teaching context?

1. When teaching beginners how to use English to introduce themselves,the teacher can play this video before teaching, familiarizing the students with what they will go through next.

2.The students might watch this video again and again after class to review what they learned in the class

3.Also, when they click on the video, they will see other related or similar videos available there on youtube, which means they can enhance their understanding about some specific area with various resources as long as they are willing to.

Limitations:

1.Since this is an online video, the students might get easily distracted by other stuff when watching this on their own.

2.Watching the video alone and not being able to talk to someone in real conversations can be pretty boring for the students.