New Beginners Class 3 Nights a Week

I will be teaching a new "level one" class for beginners learning English as a second language. This class will meet 3 nights a week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays) from 5:30 to 8:30 PM. The class will be located at 269 West 35th Street near 8th Avenue. It will be on the 7th floor.

You may apply for the waiting list online here. 
And if you want to hear what my former advanced students think about my classes go here: http://whatdothestudentssay.blogspot.com/

Learning should be fun and have a purpose

I think learning should be fun and should have a purpose. I really want to help my students improve and move forward with their English while they enjoy themselves. One way to do that with beginners is with cartoons that have no or very little talking. With videos like those on this blog, my students will make their own very simple stories in class to explain what they understand in the videos. Through my help, they will learn to say and understand vocabulary, phrases, and sentences to express themselves in a basic way, laying the foundation for further English studies.

Tom and Jerry - Safety Second

Tom and Jerry Million Dollar Cat

Tom and Jerry - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse

Pink Panther Joins The Army

The pink panther, The pink blueprint

Charlie Chaplin - The Immigrant 1/3 (1917)

Spy vs Spy - Dream Research 2

Spy vs Spy - Ants

Spy vs Spy - High Bed

Stan Laurel - Short Orders [1923] [Part 1]

Stan Laurel - Short Orders [1923] [Part 2]

Krazy Kat

Frankenstein (1910) - Full Movie

Application for Waiting List for ESL classes with Andy Bell

New blog for my ESL class for beginners

I will be starting a new night class for ESL beginners in September 2010 and I am looking for videos to use in class to stimulate conversation. I think silent videos can be a great help to people learning English as a Second Language.

I will help the students to tell very simple stories about what they see in the video clips.

So far I have found some early material from Stan Laurel (from before his days with Laurel and Hardy), Charlie Chaplin, and the animated Pink Panther first season from 1969. Have any other ideas? Leave a suggestion in the comments!