Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Video Guide


Video Guide

Jeff's Video  Faves
  • EnglishCentral.com – Uses Youtube videos and voice recognition to practice and assess pronunciation
  • Ted Talks - Cutting edge presentations from the 'TED Conferences' around the world - sometimes with subtitles
  • RachelsEnglish.com - Extensive collection of homemade pronunciation explanations & activities
  • LessonStream.org - Jamie Keddie develops complete lesson plans based on YouTube videos
  • Eslvideo.com - Online videos with transcripts & quizzes
  • Real-english.com - large collection of man on the street interviews with transcripts & activities
  • ESLNotes - English Learner Movie Guides
Examples
Online Video Sites & Tools

DotSub lets you choose our subtitle langauge




The video below is an example of Dotsub.com's option for creating subtitles in many languages










Interactive Audio/Video
Sites that can be used to download video from YouTube
For information on how to use some of these visit the Jeff's Video Download Guide YouTube Upload Guide,  and other Video Resources & Tools. 

EFLBridges Interviews



One of the most prolific EFL Video producers is Sarah, who makes
The Daily English Show

The video to the right is one of  her  shows.  Click the play button to watch it.
A transcript of this show is at:
http://thedailyenglishshow.blogspot.com/2009/02/965-quiet-vs-quite-i-like-totally-love.html

This video is episode#965.  There are many more here:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=thedailyenglishshow&view=videos

TV & Movie Resources
Transcripts
Publishing a Video on YouTube

First, sign in at Youtube.com with you Gmail ID. 


*** In some countries (like Korea) it will be necessary to go to the bottom of the YouTube page and select
Location: Worldwide
in order to upload videos. 


Then Click 'Upload'


There are two ways to publish videos on YouTube - upload a video file or record from your webcam. 


If you choose 'upload video', you can upload any of these file types:
.mpg, .mov, .wmv, .flv, .avi, mp4
Files can be up to 2GB in size, but must be less than 10 minutes. in length. 
After you chosen the file to upload, you'll see a window like the one below. 
Enter information about Title, Description, tags, and category.  You can also select your privacy settings. 
Then click 'save changes' and you're done. 


If you choose to record from a webcam, you'll see a window like this. Click 'allow'. 


When you see this window choose your video device and audio device.  You should see your video in the video window and audio volume meter movement on the side.  When you're ready, click 'ready to record'. 


When you're done, click the red square at the bottom. 
  

After that, you can preview (watch what you just recorded), re-record (if you're not satisfied and you want to do it again), or publish. 


Once you've published, you can click My Videos (upper right part of your screen)  to see what you've published so far. 


Then click edit to make any changes to the title and description of  your videos. 


Congratulations ~ You are now a YouTube Star!

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