[clivehawkins]

Does anybody use videos or DVds in class as a teaching aid. If so, which ones and what for?

I like the old Mr Bean sketches. They're short and funny. Even though there is no spoken English I use it to ask questions to the class such as 'What is he doing'? 'Who is he speaking to?' What is he wearing?' etc etc.

You can use this with various tenses. Present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, going to for predictions, present perfect for recently completed actions etc etc. It's good for vocab too with very low level groups - point to the object and ask 'What's this'' 'What colour is it?' etc

As well as Mr bean I use Fawlty Towers, but only for the higher level groups.