Hello-- I'm new to the listserv, and I've been tasked with weeding our VHS collection (I work at a medium sized community college in a Chicago suburb). Our IT department will no longer service VHS players, so we're slowly sifting through the 3,000 VHS tapes in our collection, finding DVD or streaming media replacements. I was wondering if any of you could recommend suitable replacements for *The Nature of language : the linguistic perspective* and *Second language acquisition: A new look at authentic materials*. If you've come across good educational films about language in general and could offer suggestions as well, I'd appreciate it.
Also, are there any good collection development tools that you use to find reviews on educational films? Thanks, Hannah Lee Harper College Library Palatine, IL
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