Channel Title: American English Channel Description: American English is a resource for teaching and learning about American English language and culture. This YouTube channel provides a variety of engaging materials and resources for teachers' professional development and for students (aged 14 and older) in the classroom. Through our videos, both teachers and learners over age 14 will find new ways to practice English and learn more about the United States. Please visit americanenglish.state.gov or either of our Facebook pages, linked below, to access additional resources. American English is a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. <video> Tourism: Travel Planning Vocabulary Description: Do you like to TRAVEL? How do you PLAN your trips? Listen to this engaging conversation and learn some terms related to travel. #TravelAndTourism #AmericanEnglish To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> Grouping Students Description: 🤔 What are the advantages of group work? How do you decide which students should work together? 👥 Watch this video to learn about the benefits of group work and discover some great ideas for grouping your students! #TeachingLargeClasses #AmericanEnglish To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> Civic Engagement Description: Listen to this engaging conversation and learn some vocabulary related to voting and elections. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> AE Live 21.4 - Building Feedback Literacy to Foster Long-term Student Autonomy Description: Presenter: Stephanie Rummel Educators at all levels often struggle with providing effective feedback, and many students express dissatisfaction with the feedback they receive. Educators and students often believe that responsibility for feedback’s utility belongs to the teacher. In this session, we will consider how to reframe the way we view feedback, placing emphasis on the learner. We'll work to define feedback literacy and identify transferable skills that help learners reflect on and implement feedback they receive, not only in their studies, but in daily life. We'll also explore several practical activities designed to develop English language learners’ feedback literacy skills. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> AE Live 21.6 - Improving Classroom Assessment for English Language Teachers Description: Presenter: Joe McVeigh English language teachers are regularly required to assess the progress of students in their classes. What are some effective methods of assessing student achievement? In this interactive session, we will first review some fundamental concepts of language testing. We will then examine a variety of types of tests and consider common errors in test construction. We will then explore simple instruments to determine student achievement in relation to learning outcomes and consider ideas and tips for more effectively assessing students. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> DEIA - Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Description: 🌍 Do you know what DEIA means? 🤔 Why is it important? 🎧 Listen to this informative and engaging conversation between two students and learn more about this concept. 🎓✨ #DEIA To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> Art Integration in Language Teaching Description: 📺 Watch this video to learn about the benefits of using arts in language teaching and discover an activity called “Picture Perfect Story”. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> AE Live 21.3 - Scaffolding for Academic Writing Description: Presenter: Hetal Ascher This webinar will model and explore a four-part, interactive teaching and learning cycle that can strengthen students’ emerging academic writing skills. Together, we will review key teaching and learning cycle components, including (1) background building, (2) text modeling, (3) joint construction, and (4) independent construction. We'll then examine effective activities that build background knowledge and consider a systematic process for highlighting key language to students. By the end of the session, we'll all be able to describe key features of effective joint construction activities. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> AE Live 21.1 - Increasing Individual Output: Promoting Willingness to Communicate Description: Presenter: Kelsey Ulrich-Verslycken Even the most competent language learners don't always want to speak in the target language. This phenomenon, referred to as "willingness to communicate," can determine whether and when learners voluntarily produce target language output. Willingness to communicate can be affected by learners’ emotions, self-perceptions of their linguistic ability, interest in the topic, the number and type of speakers involved, the setting, and additional factors. In this webinar, we will explore how willingness to communicate affects the complex connections between learner output, learner self-awareness and self-correction, teacher assessment, and opportunities to receive feedback from others. We will also consider practical strategies to increase willingness to communicate in TESOL settings. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> AE Live 21.2 - Empowering Student Learning through the Commonplace Book Description: Presenter: Jessamyn Embry This session introduces the commonplace book, or personal learning journal, a transformative method to help students acquire and organize personally relevant knowledge. Discover how to turn annotation and note-taking into powerful learning tools for creating personal journals that serve as unique repositories of your students' ideas and insights. We will explore ways to engage your students in creating and sharing knowledge through special projects. Join us to explore this versatile strategy and leave with practical tools and inspiration to elevate your teaching and ignite students' passion for learning. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> Studying Abroad Description: 🌍 How can studying abroad shape your life? 🌱 Listen to this conversation at a university and learn some terms related to international education! 🎓✨ #InternationalEducation #StudyAbroad #AmericanEnglish To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> Sustainability: An Activity for the English Language Classroom Description: 🌍 What is sustainability and why is it important? Watch this fun and engaging video 🎥 to learn how to incorporate sustainability into your English classroom using a fun icebreaker activity called “Find Someone Who”. #Sustainability 🌱 To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> AE Live 21.5 - Creating Peer Assessment Rubrics to Encourage Students' English Language Production Description: Presenter: Mary Louise Baez Peer assessment rubrics are a great tool to help students interpret and apply evaluation criteria to their work and those of their classmates. The session will demonstrate how to align peer assessment rubrics to classroom objectives to build student success. The presenter will also share practical strategies for how students can use rubrics for peer assessment in writing and oral presentation preparation, as well as examples of how rubrics can be used to support lower-proficiency students. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> Sports Careers Description: Would you like to have a career in sports? 🏀⚽🏈 Listen to this conversation and learn about the names of some sports careers. 🎧👂 #EnglishForCareerDevelopment To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video> <video> ChatGPT Description: How can students use artificial intelligence 🤖 to practice using English? 🎧 Listen to this conversation about a ChatGPT activity called 'Text-Based Conversation' that can help students practice English. 💬📚 #LanguageLearningAI #AmericanEnglish To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org </video>

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American English is a resource for teaching and learning about American English language and culture. This YouTube channel provides a variety of engaging materials and resources for teachers' professional development and for students (aged 14 and older) in the classroom. Through our videos, both teachers and learners over age 14 will find new ways to practice English and learn more about the United States. Please visit americanenglish.state.gov or either of our Facebook pages, linked below, to access additional resources.

American English is a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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