BrainPOP+ESL

=**BrainPOP ESL**=

BrainPOP ESL is an educational resource which features games, lesson plans, activities and animated movies. BrainPOP ESL is designed for all English Language Learners (ELL) including: students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), English speakers of other languages (ESOL). It is a comprehensive tool for educators teaching English, covering all the skills such as reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.

(1) Resource Links
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**(2) SWOT**
(a) Strengths
 * It organizes English grammar and vocabulary into cohesive, level-appropriate lessons.
 * English grammar and vocabulary are introduced in an amusing animated movie, activating the student’s intuitive comprehension
 * Its lessons present interpersonal relationship that reflects everyday situations in a contextualized fashion.
 * Idiomatic and cultural nuances are incorporated through animated characters that model social cues and demonstrate appropriate use of language.
 * It allows for both formal and informal self-assessment by the student, providing the student a sense of satisfaction and ownership of his own learning process.
 * It also assure the teacher and parent of objective means to check the student’s progress.
 * It comprehends all the building blocks of language: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
 * It provides lesson plans, word lists, student progress tracker as pdf files.
 * Has application for special needs students with language delays.
 * Can turn on the subtitles which can help with word identification.
 * Now Brain Pop ESL has Level 1 and Level 2 languagfe activities and skills.

(b) Weaknesses
 * Since it is a beta product, it is free of charge only during its beta phase.
 * It will be a subscription-based program.

(c) Opportunities
 * Students can use BrainPOP ESL in an after-school program or in a customized supervised school setting.
 * Individual students can work with BrainPOP ESL at home with the help of an adult.

(d) Threats
 * Parents may not like their children to learn English through animation.
 * Students or schools may not afford the upcoming subscription-based program.

(3) Ideas for the classroom

 * Teachers may use BrainPOP ESL as the core language-learning program or as a supplement to vary an existing course of study.
 * Teachers can use lesson plans, grammar points, word lists, and writing practices which it provides.
 * Students can do role-play using the animated stories.
 * Can turn off the volume to the video and determine if students can recall the dialogue for review as it is playing.

-Students can use the words, words, words section to create stories <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">-Teacher can use words and stories found in the BrainPop to create class lessons, that can later be revisited at home <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">-The teacher can create lessons that are accompanied features, which can explore and reinforce the topics introduced in the movie.