The literature of this survey comprises a large number of experiments using video and television in the language classroom. Generally, educationalists and researchers are optimistic about their effects and potential. Despite the abundance of attitudinal and subjective surveys about the use of these media in education, there still remains an unacceptable lack of experimental evaluation of video and television methodologies and of their effects on language learning. The pervasiveness of technological innovation and its popular acceptance cannot be ignored by educationalists. They must adjust and adapt to the new technologies. Video applications to language learning will become even more sophisticated with its marriage to computers in the form of interactive videodiscs, to become perhaps one of the most complex learning resources developed to this time