ESL Video, a creator of listening comprehension quizzes

Description: ESL Videos is a platform providing a collection of educational videos tailored for English language learners. Users can explore a variety of videos covering different topics, including grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural aspects. They can also create their own teaching materials, such as quizzes based on YouTube videos. All videos are categorised according to the levels, starting from beginning (A1) to advanced (C1), making it easy to find suitable materials. Check an example with a video and a quiz here.

Evaluation: ESL Video is a useful tool since it uses real-world videos to help students work on their listening comprehension skills. Examples of videos are news excerpts, educational and inspiring talks, music videos or short clips from movies and series. Through quizzes, learners can also check their understanding and work on their grammar skills. Teachers can access materials shared by other teachers and create class codes for their videos so that they can see their students’ results. They can also create their own class page so to gather all of their videos in one place. For more information see the user’s guide.

Cost: Free without registration.

Respect for privacy Privacy evaluations indicate how a tool handles personal data collection, storage, and sharing, including GDPR compliance and security measures, among others. The ICT-REV team provides them for informational purposes, reflecting our best understanding at the time of review, but assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these evaluations and encourages users to conduct their own assessments: Medium. ESL Video collects user data such as name, email address, phone number, IP address, and more. However, users are not obligated to provide this information, although refusing to do so may affect the services. ESL Video mentions making efforts to protect the privacy of user accounts and personal information but does not provide specific details about the measures in place. It outlines users' rights, such as the right to access, rectify, withdraw consent, request erasure, and data portability, providing contact information for users to exercise these rights. ESL Video’s does not state compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

Type Of Interaction: Whole class,

Skills: Listening,

Content: Website/other users supply, You supply,

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