L2 Lesson Critique

The Spanish lesson I listened to/watched --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsowdfZNh8 was great. The instructor spoke slowly and was very deliberate in his pronunciation.

As far as content, we worked on the verb estar and went over all the different conjugations of the word. It was very helpful for my Spanish and if I had to recommend a lesson for a beginner, this one would be it.

The second lesson is an ESL lesson here --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g72m8wyNzsI It speaks about the passive voice. This is sometimes a tough concept to learn, even for advanced students. The instructor speaks slowly and is very detailed about what the passive emphasizes. What is also important is that the instructor also shows an active version of each sentence - this visualization is important and can help to show the learner the different syntactic structures of the respective voices...