ESL video

Tsunamis Video

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This English classroom video from National Geographic gives a nice explanation of tsunamis.

Watch the ESL video and answer these listening comprehension questions.

  1. What are the signs that a tsunami is coming?
  2. What does tsunami mean in Japanese?
  3. Why does Japan get lots of tsunamis?
  4. What is the main cause of a tsunami?
  5. What makes an earthquake?
  6. How fast do underwater waves travel?
  7. How is a tsunami wave different from a normal wave?
  8. What happens when a tsunami recedes?
  9. How many waves are usually in a tsunami? How often do they come?
  10. When was the deadliest tsunami? How many people died?

Sesame Street – In the Box

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Here is another English classroom video with Sesame Street’s Kermit the Frog and the Cookie Monster.

Watch the video and answer the ESL listening comprehension questions.

  • What is the name of the box?
  • What is the challenge?
  • What does the Cookie Monster want?
  • What does Kermit promise?
  • What does the Cookie monster do first?
  • What are the clues?
  • What is inside the box?

Table 7 – Short Film

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Here is a short video which my students will watch and listen to in the classroom. It is about a couple and a mysterious man.

Watch the video and answer the questions.

  • Where are they?
  • What seems to be the problem?
  • What is the couple talking about?
  • Who is listening to their conversation?
  • What is he doing?
  • What equipment do you see?
  • What food does the couple get at the end of the meal?
  • What do they find?
  • What are the messages?
  • How is the ending a little surprising?

Table 7 – short film from Marko Slavnic on Vimeo.

Walking Straight Video

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Here is an animation that describes a human mystery. This video was made by an American radio program called NPR.

Watch the video and answer these questions.

  • What is the mystery?
  • What happened in the first experiment?
  • What did a group of three people do?
  • What did someone ask the swimmer to do?
  • What happened to the car driver?
  • Describe some of the reasons which explain the answer to the mystery.