This text provides articles on the practical and principled uses of video cameras and VCRs in the English-as-a-Second-Language classrooms. Articles in this volume include: (1) "Teaching Communication Skills with Authentic Video" (Susan Stempleski); (2) "Using Video in Theme-Based Curricula" (Fredricka L. Stoller); (3) "Teaching Young Children with Video" (Barry Tomalin); (4) "Using Video To Teach Communicative English to Students of International Business" (Ulla Ladau-Harjulin); (5) "Shooting Your Class: The Videodrama Approach to Language Acquisition (Tracey Forrest); (6) "Using a Video Camera To Evaluate Learners' Classroom Performance" (Jack Lonergan); (7) "Criteria for Selecting Video Materials" (Paul Arcario); (8) "An Overview of Currently Available ESL/EFL Video Materials" (Peter Thomas with Dean Brodkey and Chuck Passentino); (9) "Notes from an Olde-Tyme Producer of Language Videotapes" (Elliot S. Glass); (10) "Factors Affecting the Production of Video for Language Teaching and Learning" (Joe Hambrook). Appendixes include a glossary of video terms and acronyms, organizational resources, and bibliography. (Contains eight pages of references.) (NAV)