Using Video in Class

1. Pre-viewing

• Language tasks, communicative tasks in speaking, reading and writing

• General knowledge tasks

• Read and answer the key questions on the coming video

• Check what you already know y answering the questions

• Prediction (judging by the title, what info will be included into the video)

• Language focus – study the words, phrases, basic patterns

• Focus on future knowledge – outline of concepts and knowledge bits to learn about

• Initial discussion – answering personal questions, expressing opinion, working with statements, etc.

2. While-viewing

• Getting the main idea:

  • read the sentences and check true or false

  • watch and write brief answers

  • watch and choose the best answer to each question

• Watching with the sound turned off: watch and answer the questions

• Watching with the sound turned on and compare your notes

• Watch and say whether your predictions were right or wrong

Intensive viewing:

• watch and fill in the blanks

• watch and complete the sentences

• watch and classify concepts

• watch and get the figures (note-taking)

• watch for facts and circle the best answer to each question

• watch and tick true or false

• watch and find details to choose the best answer to each question

• watch and then put the events in order

• watch and make brief notes, semantic props

• putting words and phrases into the context

• watch and match the information

• watch to focus on the cultural message

Language focus

• match the words with their equivalents

• choose the correct word form to complete each sentence

• getting the m-ng from context:

  • read the excerpts

  • watch the video

  • choose the best definition for each judging by the context

• word scramble: unscramble the words to fit the definition

• changing grammar patterns (e.g. modal verbs instead of modal phrases)

• word puzzles

• watch and translate the soundtrack

• watch, listen, record the soundtrack and imitate

3. After-viewing

• What do you think?

  • write your answers to the following questions

  • discuss your answers

  • share your ideas

  • prove, explain

• Read the additional material, answer the questions and share your ideas

• Based on the video segment and previous discussions single out the issues/problems

• Talk about the related issues/problems/topics

EFL teaching principles for using video:

• culturally-communicative viewing

• culturally-communicative listening

• intensive language observation

• authentic and interactive viewing

• previewing language focus

• previewing communication focus

• extensive viewing and speaking

• segmentation of the material to be viewed

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Internet Technologies Key Terminology

1. Internet-assisted (IALL) – in an ordinary classroom, once a unit is quite enough

2. Internet-based (IBLL) – 70-90 per cent of learning is based on the internet

3. Internet-faciliatted (IFLL) – internet usage is more frequent

4. Internet-supported (ISLL) – support certain areas of LL, if there are problems turn to the internet

5. Web Enhanced Language Learning (WELL) – search for data in the internet, work with information

6. Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) – the internet is only one kind of it, anything which is supported by the computer

7. Computer ASsisted Teaching and LEarning (CASTLE) – both teachers and students use the computer

8. Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) – with the software

9. Computer Managed Learning (CML) – questions of control, statistics

10. Computer-aided Assessment (CAA)

11. Cyber skills and competences – presentations, …

12. Cyber chat

13. Cyber communication

14. Project-based learning (PBL)