Youtube activities for EFL learners. All the videos can be found at http://youtubeflash.posterous.com/

1. Ana Maria Menezes

2.  Students watch the video up to 1.59 mins.
 Pairs tell each other what they remember.
 Pairs imagine an ending to the story and
write it down.
 Students read their ending to the class.
 Show the rest of the video to the class.

4.  Have a look at the WORD CLOUD. Do you understand
all the words?
 Now, watch part of the video below (up to 3 mins) and
try to identify the words from the image.
 In Pairs, make sentences about the video using the
words from the cloud
 Ex: He opened the ........ with the ..........
 Teacher elicits sentences.
 What ingredients did Mr. Bean use for his sandwich?

5.  Show the wordcloud below and ask students to
predict the story of the video. (PAIRS)
 Students watch the video .
 Pairs try to reconstruct or retell the story using
the wordcloud (Speaking or Writing activity).

7.  This great activity was created by a colleague,
Eloisa Paula.
 THe focus of the class was Reported Speech. A
student of hers showed her a video in which a
little kid gets stuck behind the couch.
 Then, what she did was, the moment the
student showed them the video, she elicited
some sentences said by the little boy and asked
the students to REPORT what the little kid said.

8. I don’t want to tell you.
I want to get out of the couch.
And now I need some help getting out.
I want to get out of here.
Help!
I’m sinking!
I need some help!
Thanks for saving me!
Now, could you get the police car and the ambulance
that are out there?

9.  ask students to write the heading for two
lists in their notebooks (CITY LIFE / NATURE)
 Students watch the video and have to
complete the lists by writing down
vocabulary related to each topic as it appears
in the video.
 Debriefing: ask students what words they've
written down.
 In pairs students discuss what they
understood about the video.

10.  I used this video w/ a group after having
taught the usage of USED TO (past habits)
 WHILE watching: ask sts to make sentences
w/ used to about the video
Ex: The man used to ......
The boy used to .........
AFTER watching: Write down some
sentences sts have created.
Pairs make sentences about their past habits.

11.  You can use this activity as a warmer after
having taught Future verb tenses.- Watch the
video beforehand in order to select the best
moments to pause it.
- Then, in class, whenever you pause the video,
ask sts "What´s HE going to do next?" to elicit
sentences with GOING TO.
- Show the part and see who guessed the right
action.
- Do the same thing, at various moments of the
video.
 The video-activity is short, fun and interesting.