MAIN CAMPUS LRC VIDEO LIST FOR ESL114
Title
Call Number
year
min
America by Design: Episode 2 The Workplace
NA 705.A44 1985
1987
60
American Tongues – A Film About the Way We Talk
PE 2808.A44 1987
1987
56
Arab Americans SCC 1 video Multicultural peoples of North America video series
One of a 15-part series that celebrates the heritage of different cultural groups by
tracing the history of their emigration to North America. Arab Americans – History
E184.A65A72 1993
1993
30
The Art of Listening
BF323.L5A77
1993
28
Back to the basics [videorecording] : a five part series on business. 1.
Developing problem skills; 2. Resolving conflict in the workplace; 3. Developing
communication skills; 4. Managing stress; 5. Developing a professional image.
HF5718 .B33 2005
2005
110
total
useful
The Basics of Office Ettiquette
HF 5389.B38
1992
20
*
Becoming a Master Student #6 Stress management ; #10 Time Management
SCC video series Focuses on student self-responsibility plus academic and life
management skills. Based on workshops to help students improve their performance.
LB 2395.B42
1988
21,
25
The Basics of Telephone Skills
HF5541.T4B381992
1992
18
Body language: Cultural Differences
Body Language: An Intro to Non-Verbal Communication
BF637.N66B62 DVD
BF637.N66.B63
2007
1994
30
25
Body Language for Actors
PN2071.M6B63
DVD
PE 1137.B73
2007
31
1991
HF 5382.75U6.C28
1998
Breaking the Accent Barrier (pronunciation)
Career Advantage (26 videos - 30 minutes each)
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2. Where are you now
Part 3 Self-Knowledge & Beliefs *
Part 4 Values.
Part 5. Personality & interests
Part 6 Knowledge, Skills & Abilities *
Part 7. Keeping track of self-knowledge
Part 8 Intro to Career & Educational Exploration
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Part 9 The Changing Workplace: Technology & Globalization *
Part 10 What Employers Want: Skills & Attitudes *
Part 11 What’s Out There: How the World of Work is Organized *
Part 12. Generating career options
Part 13 Researching Career Options: New Technologies & Current Techniques *.
Part 14. Informational interviewing & networking
Part 15 Evaluating career options
Part 16. Overcoming barriers
Part 17. Lifelong learning
Part 18. Introduction to career planning & implementation
Part 19. Decision-making strategies
Part 20. Goal setting & action planning
Part 21. Finding work opportunities
Part 22. Staying on track
Part 23. Resume preparation
Part 24 Interviewing Strategies*
Part 25. Interview follow-up
Part 26 Series conclusion
Career Strategies I
Changing Culture of the Workplace (8 videos 216 mins.) Part 6 Getting the Job
Part 7. All Stressed Out Part 8 What the employer wants
HF 5385.C37 1985
HF 5381.C33 1995
1985
1995
60
27
ea
Chinese Americans SCC 1 video Multicultural peoples of North America series.
One of a 15-part series that celebrates the heritage of different cultural groups by
tracing the history of their emigration to North America.
E184.C5C4 1999
1993
30
Cold Water: Intercultural Adjustment, Values Conflict of Foreign Students
LB 2376.4.C6 1988
1988
48
good
College Success helps with successful transition to college level work & teaches
vital techniques necessary to excel in challenging & competitive college environment.
LB 2395.C65
1987
53
V. good,
useful
Common Mistakes People Make in Interviews and how to overcome them
ARC 1 DVD + teacher's guide.. Takes the viewer through the job interview process,
answers questions & gives advice to avoid common mistakes made by job seekers.
HF 5549.5.I6 C65
DVD
2003
27
good
Communicating across cultures [video] SCC Valuing diversity Describes need for
employers and employees to understand differences in customs, manners & social
mores to most effectively communicate in business world in intercultural transactions
GN345.6 .C66
1987
30
useful,
very
good
Communicating with Customers how to avoid 8 common customer-service pitfalls
Connect with English episodes 6, 7,13, 14, 16 (interviewing & networking
HF5415.5 .C67 DVD
PE1128.A3.C66 19
1998
1997
21
30ea
*
*
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Dental Hygienist SCC Correlates to national & state board certification
standards. Shows what a dental hygienist can expect in training, duties, & salary,
outlines the necessary personal qualities & people skills. Features interviews with
experienced hygienists & those who train them, highlights cleaning and examination
procedures & the special rapport must establish with patients; advises preparing for
career by excelling in h.s. biology courses & volunteering at clinics & hospitals.
RK60.5 .D47
DVD
2008
23
good
A Different Place: The Intercultural Classroom 2 parts American culture vs. others
LC 1099.3.D54
1993
37
ea
liked
Don’t Hesitate, Communicate: Effective Communication in the Office
Addresses issues of office communication, including verbal communication, written
communication, barriers to communications and ways to overcome those barriers.
Do You Speak American? The teaching of English without devaluing or denigrating
cultural linguistice differences is addressed.
First Impressions: the Key to Successful Interviewing SCC 1 video + 1 WB + 1
guide. Summary Hiring situations are presented in which each participant can make
his/her own decision on what is appropriate dress and conduct of the interviewee.
HD30.3.D67 2010
DVD
2010
PE2808 .D69 2005
2005
57
HF5549.5.I6 F57 1993
1993
18
very
good
Fluent American English conversational styles around world; 3 videos – 111 mins
PE 1128.A2.F48
1996
Useful
interesting
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Focus on American Culture 4 aspects of US lifesyle: family, work, education, & trends
PE 1128.F63
1993
33
ea
120
X
Foreign Language in Careers People in various professions discuss advantage of
knowing of foreign languages in their work.
P60.F67
1986
27
*
v. good
educat.
Interest/
Not inter
Hispanic-American Cultures in the U.S.A. video CRC Intercultural communication
Home Health Aide Personal Care Assistant SCC DVD Correlates to national and
state board certification standards. This program explores the challenging and
satisfying work of the home health aide and the personal care assistant – revealing
the skills and personality traits these jobs require and the personal rewards that come
from helping people “age in place.” Interviews with experienced practitioners highlight
their responsibilities with patients’ nutrition, hygiene, and safety.
How to Get a Job SCC 1 video Job hunting, Employment interviewing.
E184.S75 H4
RA645.3 .H66
DVD
1993
2007
?
22
HF5382.7.H671987
1987
72
good
X
How to Speak with Confidence methods to improve public speaking technique.
PN 4121.H68
1987
46
v. useful
X
Hub of the Wheel: 1 Expressing Yourself, 2 Projecting a Professional Image,
3 Listening to Others, 4 Problem Solving, 5, Making Your Voice Heard
BF 697.S43.H83
1988
20
ea
The Ideal Resume SCC 1 video Helps individuals to create the ideal resume.
Includes interviews with employers.
HF 5383.134 1997
1997
21
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I’m normal, you’re weird; understanding other cultures video CRC Students
grapple with issues arising from differences between cultures, demonstrating that
much human behavior is cultural, e.g. how people line up to wait, use ice in drinks,
eat certain foods at certain times of day, define honesty.
GN345.65 .I48
1998
24
The Interview Dramatized job interview preparations between a career advisor and a
job hunter.
Japanese Americans EDC video Multicultural peoples of North America video
series. One of a 15-part series that celebrates the heritage of different cultural
groups by tracing the history of their emigration to North America.
HF5549.5.I6 I58 2010
DVD
EIHV-J
2010
24
1993
30
Job hunting, the basic fundamentals SCC
1 video Provides assistance to help
people market themselves well to potential employers: finding job openings preparing
a résumé and applications, interviewing for the job.
HF5382.7 .J62
1989
28
*
Job Search Preparation SCC video The Job search videotape series ; prog. 1
Advice on the beginning procedures in a job search, including how to decide on
places to apply, and providing resumes, cover letters, and references.
HF 5382.7.J63
1986
16
liked
very
much
Learning to Appreciate Diversity [video] SCC step-by-step instructions on opening
your mind to other cultures, races, nationalities.
HM1271 .L42
2000
20
*
Listening Essentials interpersonal communication
Make a Dream Happen A look at 4 young people looking for work and the various
resources, training programs, and services available to them in CA..
P95.46.L58 2010
HF 5381.A2.M3
2010
1985
22
27
NEW
*
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES IN THE U.S.A. CRC video Indians of N. America
E77 .N31 CRC
1993
30?
Negotiating the Job Offer
video SCC
Nothing But Options SCC 5 young career women give information about their
math- & science-based jobs and how and why they entered these field
HF 5382.7.N44
HF 5382.65.N68
1986
1984
20
18
good
*
Nursing, Complete Morning Care SCC (no sound) Video shows the bath, vitals,
oral care, bed pan and feeding for basic nursing.
RT 4.N87
1988
54
good
Oral Competencies in the Workplace SCC 2 videos Part 1 You’re Hired, Part 2
Climbing the Ladder - importance of gaining a mastery of the English language by
non-native speakers in order to find a job and to communicate well on the job.
PE 1128.O72
1986
30
ea
*
Persuasive Speaking SCC video -how to prepare business presentations &
speeches, assess your audience and its expectations, eliminate nervous speech
habits, overcome fear, go before TV cameras. Features clips from great speeches.
PN 4121.P47
1985
60
very
good
so-so
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Planning Your Speech SCC video Part 1 takes a look at the process of planning a
speech. Part 2 Aids to Speaking, shows how the effectiveness of a speech can be
increased through proper use of the microphone, lectern and visual aids.
PN 4121.P53
1971
28
good
but old
Public speaking in a Second Language: Fear Not! SCC - video - designed for
non-native speakers of English who need practice in pitch, intonation, voice
projection, syllable stress, pronouncing numbers and percentages correctly. Tips are
given for connecting with a Western audience & building confidence in a 2 nd
language; ends with an informative speech modeling the skills taught.
PN4121 .P82 2005
2005
38
*
Reading People
BF637.N66.R43
1998
22
Resumes That Get Interviews; Interviews That Get Jobs SCC video + 1 guide
Tells how to organize and write effective resumes and cover letters. Gives helpful tips
on the job interview and presents questions the employers are likely to ask.
HF 5383.R48
1987
34
very
good
Spirit of Intent: Say What You Mean and Mean ‘What You Say SCC video outlines the effect of body language on communication, and suggests ways of
avoiding conflict between body language and words.
BF 637.N66.S65
1985
28
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State of California/CALTRANS Mock Interview
HF 5549.5.I6.S73
1980
?
Successful Interviewing SCC video Job search series ; program 2. Discusses the
interview process & questions both from & for interviewers.
HF 5549.5.I6.S84
1986
1986
15
*
X
Successful Interviewing HF SCC
HF5549.5.I6.S83
1986
P94.6.S9
1986
75
X
2000
25
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Table Manners for Everyday Use SCC video Demonstrates right and wrong ways
to eat common foods. Covers the basics of eating properly at the table for breakfast,
lunch, and dinner, in restaurants, fast food places, and at home. Intended to teach
basic table manners with humor. Includes humorous segments from old films.
BJ2041 .T32 1990
1990
41
useful
Talking 9 to 5: Women & Men in the Workplace SCC video Discusses how
understanding conversational gender differences in style can improve communication
in the workplace. Based on Deborah Tamer's book, Talking from 9 to 5.
HF5718 .T363 1995
1995
30
*
.
SCC video
video How to prepare for interview.
Successful Speaking: Overcoming Barriers to Intercultural Communication
CRC 1 video Emphasizes the importance of communication between cultures in the
21st century. The discussion analyzes barriers such as: ethnocentrism, anxiety and
prejudices. Ways are suggested to break down these barriers and increase the ease
of communication in today's world community.
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Valuing Diversity: Multi-cultural Communication SCC A study of prejudice are.
Voices of Experience SCC video Highlights the stories of international students
and business people whose unique position in crossing cultures provides a bird's-eye
view of adjustment to life in the United States. Culture shock, personal change,
teaching styles, homesickness, and predeparture expectations are covered.
LC1099.V34
GN345.65 .V64 1999
1995
1999
19
38
good
Interesting
The Winning Job Interview video Gives 10 proven steps to job-hunting success,
with actual case histories and sample interviews.
HF 5549.5.I6.W56
1983
60
liked
Working in the United States – An ESL & Cultural orientation Series for
Employment 1. A Typical Day on the Job 2. Providing Feedback 3. Greetings &
Farewells (3 videos – 180 mins.) Designed to give students practice in dealing with
linguistic and cultural differences that they may find as they work in the US.
HD 8045.W67
1986
60 ea
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Working Together SCC video When interviewing job candidate who has foreign
accent, panel members must be free of bias, listen carefully, be sensitive, maintain
the structure of the interview, realize that an accent is not a barrier to doing good job
.
A World of Differences - Understanding Cross-cultural Communication video
CRC (Nonverbal Communication) guide for instructors and researchers; Gestures
from different cultures around the world are explored. People from many nations are
shown performing gestures; explores meaning, function & origin of gestures.
HF 5549.5.I6.W67
1987
10
P99.5.W6
1997
35
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A World of Diversity: SCC (2 videos – 56 mins. total+ 2 booklets)
1. Expanding Your Cultural Awareness
2. Developing Your Diversity Skills (culture) * Video 1: three campus incidents in
which feelings are hurt, false assumptions are made, and friendships are threatened
due to cross-cultural communication problems. Video 2: replays the same scenes,
providing alternative ways to resolve conflict and improve communication skills.
HM 258.W67
1994
28
ea
good
Writing on the Job
HF 5718.3.W74
1996
15
good
SCC video
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Videos in the ESL Lab (for Independent Lab ESL 114 students):
 Health Watch from ABC News weekly journal of health & medicine 80 mins. *
 Crossroads Café 60 mins *
 Culture Clips
 Common Mistakes People Make in Interviews and how to overcome them
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