LANGUAGE PLANET TOLUCA--Using Youtube Videos as Model Texts for Grammar Lesson

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--Past Continuous Story

I was recently searching Youtube for a video that put the past continuous into context, and found this Youtube channel.  https://www.youtube.com/@languageplanettoluca/videos
As is often the case on Youtube, it's a bit difficult to tell whether the channel actually owns the videos that it is hosting.  My guess is that in this case, they don't.  (The videos all appear to be from a textbook called Side by Side, which doesn't appear to be affiliated with the channel).

But as is also the case with Youtube videos, it's also a bit difficult to tell whether or not the copyright holders actually care.  Some of these videos were uploaded 12 years ago, so if Side by Side intends to file any take down notices, they are certainly taking their time in doing it.

The videos look to be a little bit dated.  My co-workers and I were debating whether they were from the 1980s or the 1990s.  Certainly, they look to be relics of the days before the Internet, when textbook publishers would have created these kind of videos for VHS tapes, that would have been sold alongside of textbooks.

Inspite of how dated (and cheesy) these videos are, however, they are really good for what they are.  They are clear and easy to understand contexts for grammar points, that can be used as model texts for grammar lessons.  And although they're really cheesy, they're cheesy in a fun way.  They're entertaining.

I'll link to some of them down below:

* PAST AND FUTURE ABILITY (CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO)

* HAVE GOT TO

* COMPARATIVE OF ADVERBS AGENT NOUNS

* IF- CLAUSES CONSEQUENCES OF ACTIONS

* PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

* REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS WHILE CLAUSES

* MEDICAL ADVICE

* MUST VS. SHOULD

* FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

* SOME/ ANY

* COMPARATIVES DESCRIBING PEOPLE

* COUNT/NON-COUNT NOUNS

* COUNT/NON- COUNT NOUNS (2)

* FUTURE TENSE WILL TIME EXPRESSIONS (2)

* Verb to be: Introduction

* Rooms in the house

* Places around town

* Present Continuous tense

* Present continous tense. Actions at the moment of speaking

* Describing people, places and things

* The Weather

* Family Members

...et cetera.  I won't link to all the videos, but you can see the full list HERE.  

A quick search of Youtube also reveals that LANGUAGE PLANET TOLUCA is not the only Youtube channel that has uploaded Side by Side videos.  See also this playlist HERE: