ESL Directions videos

Alberta videos

Culture and history

• Getting to know Edmonton landmarks
• Important places in Alberta history
• Learning to sing “Four strong winds”

Health care

• Accessing health care in Alberta
  • Getting health care in Alberta 🆕
• Alberta Health Link 811
  • Calling 811 in Alberta

Regions and nature

• Alberta’s garden flowers
• Alberta wildlife
• Edmonton wildlife vocabulary
• Learn about Alberta regions

Canadian holidays videos

• A Canadian Thanksgiving
• A Halloween story
• Remembrance Day: Canada in World War I
• A Christmas dinner
• Following a recipe: Making Christmas shortbread
• Preparing for Christmas
• Why do we celebrate Victoria Day?
• Canada Day: Learning to sing “O Canada”
• Canadian symbols
• “This land is your land”: Understanding the Canadian version of a famous folk song

Canadian culture and environment videos

Culture

• “Four strong winds”
• Introducing ice hockey
  • Hockey game day

Environment

• Listen to a seven-day forecast
  • The weather forecast
• Seasons and months: A year-round guide focusing on Alberta
  • Dressing for the season
• Stay warm this winter
• Three Prairie Provinces
  • The Canadian Prairies: The land and its resources
• Winter weather story
  • Blizzard safety

Introducing Canadian citizenship videos

Who we are

• Who we are: Aboriginal People in Canada
• Who we are: English and French in Canada

History

• Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
• Canada in World War II
• Canadian Confederation
• The first Europeans
• Why do we celebrate Remembrance Day?

Canada’s regions

• Canada’s Atlantic Provinces
• Canada’s North: Three territories
• Canada’s Northern Territories
• Canada’s Prairie Provinces
• Canada’s West Coast: British Columbia
• Canadian provincial and territorial capital cities
• Canadian provincial capitals
• Central Canada
• Eastern Canada: Six provinces
• Western Canada: Four provinces

Canadian symbols

• Canada Day: Learning to sing “O Canada”
• Why do we celebrate Victoria Day?

Health videos

Parts of the body and illnesses

• Identifying parts of the body
  • The morning walk: A story about our bodies in motion
• Understanding common illnesses
  • A busy day at the clinic

Emergencies and hospitals

• Calling 911
  • Calling 911 for Phillip
• Hospital procedures
  • A visit to the hospital

Visiting your doctor

• A check-up at your doctor
  • Visiting the doctor for an annual check-up
• Checking in at a doctor’s office
  • Checking in at your doctor’s office
• Making an appointment with the doctor on the phone
  • Thomas makes a doctor’s appointment

Going to the dentist

• Making an appointment with the dentist
  • Making a dentist’s appointment
• Talking with the dental receptionist
  • Checking in at the dentist’s office
• Visiting the dentist
  • A dental check-up

Health professionals

At the pharmacy

• Over-the-counter medications
  • Lee buys over-the-counter medications 🆕
• Reading a prescription label
  • Reading a prescription label: Juan’s story 🆕
• Talking with the pharmacist
  • Filling a prescription 🆕

At the eye doctor

• Visiting the eye doctor
  • Amelia visits the eye doctor 🆕

The Alberta health care system

• Alberta Health Link 811
  • Calling 811 in Alberta 🆕
• Accessing health care in Alberta
  • Getting health care in Alberta 🆕

Your home and community videos

My family

• Introducing family members
• Talking about life events: My grandmother

My home

• Finding an apartment: Talking with the apartment manager
• Rooms in my home
• Renting an apartment

My community

• Describing your community
• Places to go in your town
• Talking about your city

At school

• A parent teacher interview

In a library

• Applying for a library card

At a garden centre

• Asking for help at a garden centre

In a clothing store

• In a clothing store
• Buying clothes
• Returning and exchanging clothes

All about numbers videos

Numbers

• Let’s learn about cardinal numbers
• Understanding ordinal numbers

Telling time

• Telling the time

Money and banking

• Banking vocabulary
• Opening a bank account
• Understanding Canadian money
• Using an ATM
  • Getting help at an ATM 🆕

Transportation videos

Air travel

• Checking in at the airport
• Talking with an airport Customs agent

Driving

• How can I get a driver’s licence in Alberta?
• Understanding traffic signs
• Winter driving safety tips

Taking the bus

• Buying tickets and bus passes
• Taking the bus

Food, food shopping, and restaurants videos

Making food

• A vegetable soup recipe
  • Two friends make vegetable soup 🆕

At the grocery store

• Asking questions in a grocery store
• Learning about grocery store departments
• Talking with the cashier at the grocery store

At a restaurant

• At the restaurant
• In a coffee shop
• Ordering pizza

Meeting people videos

First day of class

• Getting to know you
• Ways to learn English

Meeting people

• Making small talk about the weather
  • Neighbours make small talk about the weather 🆕
• Saying hello
  • Saying hello to friends 🆕
• Small talk topics in Canada
  • Choosing small talk topics in Canada 🆕
• Ways to learn English

Work videos

Job applications and interviews

• Filling in a job application
• A job interview
• Job interview: Asking about work experience

Occupations

• Learning about work occupations

Understanding grammar videos

Parts of speech

• A natural pair: nouns and adjectives

• Describing actions: Verbs and adverbs