Teaching with Video: Activities for the English Classroom Justin Kaley Teacher Trainer Cengage Learning

Why use video? 1.Motivation/Interest 2.Accessibility (Internet, DVDs, etc) 3.Language Models 4.Window on Culture 5.Stimulus/Input 6.Moving Picture Book

General Guidelines for Video 1.Test, test, test! (Equipment) 2.Recycle (2+ Activities/Viewings for any video) 3.Modeling 4.Simultaneous Activities to a Minimum

Two Types of Video for Class… 1. Authentic Video 2. ELT Video

“Authentic” Video Commercials TV Shows Movies News Broadcasts Documentaries etc

Giving advice: What should someone do on a date? What shouldn’t you do? Activity: Speech Acts

Here is a video of a man that is not good at dating. What are things he does that he shouldn’t do? Activity: Speech Acts

What he shouldn’t have done: After Watching What he should have done: Write a dialog with your partner… Give advice to this man.

Authentic Video Main Advantages: Real Motivating Easily Accessible Main Disadvantages: Length Complex Language/Speed of Speech Cultural Barriers Quality?

English Language Teaching Videos -Usually short -Slower speed of speech -Controlled language (grammar/vocabulary) -Often provide optional subtitles

Activity: Word Hunt Students watch the video once 2 nd Viewing give the students a ‘kind of word’ to look for Examples: -Verbs -All words with ‘ed’ endings -Proper names -Words with a certain sound (example, ‘t’ sound) -Conjunctions

Activity: Word Hunt What are some unusual sports? Why do people like to do dangerous sports? Warm up questions:

Activity: Word Hunt What do you see in the picture? What do you think is happening? Why might this be a ‘dangerous sport’?

Activity: Word Hunt Watch the video again, listen for: Adjectives Write all of the adjectives that you hear.

Activity: Eye on the Objects -Give students a list of a couple of objects -Students watch for the objects and later discuss what they mean in the story (why are they important?)

Activity: Eye on the Objects We’ll watch a story about “Farley” the red panda. Why are these objects important in the story? A Milk Bottle A Tube A Van Another Red Panda (“Banshee”)

Activity: Eye on the Objects We’ll watch a story about “Farley” the red panda. Why are these objects important in the story? A Milk Bottle A Tube A Van “Banshee” The zookeepers used a milk bottle to feed Farley by hand when he was young. Farley got sick, and he was given medicine and food in a tube. Farley was taken to his new home, the zoo, in a van. Farley needed to be around other red pandas. Banshee was his new playmate.

Activity: Just Audio 1.Where does the scene take place? 2.How many characters are in it? 3.How are they dressed? 4.What is their relationship? 5.What are they doing? Listen and answer the questions with your partner:

Activity: Arrange the Events Give students a list of vocabulary or ‘events’ Students arrange them in the order they occur

Activity: Arrange the Events Watch “Gorilla Watching Tours”

A. Gorilla nests and droppings B. A gorilla’s diet C. The future of gorilla watching D. Tourists entering a forest E. A mother with her young F. A radio report Activity: Arrange the Events 1. D 2. F 3. A 4. E 5. B 6. C

Tourists enter a forest A radio report Gorilla nests and droppings A mother with her young A gorilla’s diet The future of gorilla watching Activity: Can you retell the video? Use the vocabulary to talk about the events and information in the video

Post-Viewing Activities

The ever-increasing dialog Round 1: Students talk in pairs for 1 minute about the video. NO STOPPING Round 2: New partner – 2 minutes Round 3: New partner – 3 minutes

What “real, authentic” English do you hear in the video? Uh-huhYeah Ah,Yep, Mm,Hey,

Karaoke TV! Practice Reading/Speaking Fluency! Use Movie Subtitles…

Increasing Awareness of Language Use Have students notice and then discuss/explain discourse (e.g., how ideas are connected) speech acts (e.g., how to give a compliment) linguistic expressions (e.g., how do they say the time?)

Video as a Pre-writing Activity Writing exercises A critic Essay about a similar topic Compare and contrast paragraphs Re-write the ending A letter giving advice to a foreigner who is going to visit the place in the video

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