1. A Video Interaction to Promote Authenticity and Spontaneity
Yuchen Li

2. An outline Using videos to teach Creating videos Activities in lesson
Homework/Cover work
Using videos to teach
Collecting useful visuals / footage
Editing
Creating videos
Q&A
Brainstorming ideas
Resources sharing

3. Using videos to teach video
Watch the 10s video clip and discuss on your table – what are the possible ways to use it in your lesson?
video
starter
plenary
Speaking
Writing
Listening
Reading

4. hOw have I been using it

5. A starter
Watch the clip about Chinese people’s hobbies in springtime and fill in the gaps
English
Character
Pinyin
放风筝
Listen to music
Xia qi
练武术
Dance
Singing
做游戏

6. A starter
Watch the clip about Miss Li’s holiday in Paris and fill in the gaps

7. A speaking activity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ120wnuFQ8&t=61s
My Holiday
Get some inspiration from the video and make your own description based on the screenshots

8. A Speaking Activity (Students work)

9. A writing activity https://youtu.be/nvdn2D4VU44 Comparing Schools
Watch the video where Miss Li shows around a Chinese classroom, write a paragraph that includes at least 3 differences between an English school and a Chinese school .

10. A listening activity New GCSE Listening
Watch the video where Miss Li shows around Beijing’s 798 District, answer the questions in English.

11. A plenary
My Holiday
Watch the video again with your own pace and fill in the gaps

12. Homework / Cover work Solutions
How about put what we’ve discussed into one booklet for a cover lesson?

13. All videos are private and only showing for academic purposes

14. Set Video Homework Some Ideas Holidays My Holiday in ______
Topics
Potential Homework/Projects
Holidays
My Holiday in ______
Be a Weather Forecast Reporter
All about me
Spend a Day with Me
My Family (parents and pets involvements)
My Town +
My House
Make a tourism advert for the area you live
My House Tour
Shopping +
Food & Drinks
Come shop with me
Try English Food/Snack with Me
School
________ School Tour
Taste Our Canteen Food
Colour + Clothes
What’s in my wardrobe

15. Set Video Homework – You Might be Surprised by Your Students’ Work
Y11 Speaking – My House: Y11 Speaking – My Town: Y9 Colour and clothes (What’s in my wardrobe video homework)

16. Authenticity and Spontaneity
Story telling !

17. Set A Context, Tell A Story
Topic : self-introduction and daily routine The Story: Make a Chinese E-pal I asked a few students from China to film their daily routines first and showed the videos to my Y9s and told them they would like to make some friends from England. So students were highly motivated in putting their scripts together, some filmed and some recorded their self-introduction and daily routine.
Students’ work:

18. Set A Context, Tell A Story
Topic : Food and Drink The Story: Make a Chinese Song/Rap Album Our music department would like to make an album about Chinese food and drink, send in your demo or even music videos asap Students’ work:

19. Finding Creating the right sources
- my own filming and creating experience
- some very simple filming and editing techniques

21. Yli_vlog@hotmail.com Education Work Experience Durham University
Central Saint Martins, UAL
Institute of Education, UCL
Work Experience
Castle School
Fortismere School
Harrow School Hong Kong