ESL Directions videos

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

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
• Alberta Health Link 811

Regions and nature

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

Canadian holidays videos

• 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 🆕
• A Halloween story
• A Canadian Thanksgiving
• Remembrance Day: Canada in World War I
• A Christmas dinner
• Following a recipe: Making Christmas shortbread
• Preparing for Christmas

Canadian culture and environment videos

• “Four strong winds”
• Introducing ice hockey 🆕
• Listen to a seven-day forecast
• Seasons and months: A year-round guide focusing on Alberta
• Stay warm this winter
• Understanding weather forecasts (for advanced beginners)
• Winter weather story

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
• 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
• Three Prairie Provinces (a shortened version of Canada’s Prairie Provinces) 🆕
• Western Canada: Four provinces

Canadian symbols

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

Health videos

Parts of the body and illnesses

• Identifying parts of the body
• Understanding common illnesses

Emergencies and hospitals

• Calling 911
• Hospital procedures

Visiting your doctor

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

Going to the dentist

• Making an appointment with the dentist
• Talking with the dental receptionist
• Visiting the dentist

Health professionals

At the pharmacy

• Over-the-counter medication
• Reading a prescription label 🆕
• Talking with the pharmacist

At the eye doctor

• Visiting the eye doctor

The Alberta health care system

• Alberta Health Link 811
• Accessing health care in Alberta

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

Meeting people videos

First day of class

• Getting to know you
• Ways to learn English

Meeting people

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

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
• 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

Food, food shopping, and restaurants videos

Making food

• A vegetable soup recipe

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

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