Using Video in the EFL Lesson Plan

Many students in Japan do not have the advantage of learning a foreign language, such as English, in an environment in which it is used daily and naturally. It is often desirable, therefore, for the teacher of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in the Japanese school to provide a realistic learning environment in which the students may acquire skills necessary for successful communication. Video can be used by the teacher in helping to create realistic situations. By doing so, the lesson often can be taught in a more learning-efficient manner; perhaps more so than if the EFL teacher were to only use the more traditional classroom methods. The result may be a more communicative foreign language speaker