1. Stage Vidéo Anglais Purpose ?

2. Purpose 1. Active viewing 2. Vocabulary 3. Grammar 4. Pronunciation 5. Listening/speaking skills 6. Reading/writing skills 7. Cross-cultural concerns 8. Testing

3. 1. Active viewing It is essential to engage students actively whenever they watch video material … and also to introduce them to the content of each sequence before studying the language by giving them specific viewing tasks.

4. 2. Vocabulary development - activities focusing on new lexical sets to be learnt though the sequence. review - activities reinforcing language already presented or learnt.

5. 3. Grammar presentation - activities for presenting particular grammatical structures. review - activities reinforcing grammatical structures.

6. 4. Pronunciation Activities focusing on sounds, stress and intonation.

7. 5. Listening/speaking skills Viewing comprehension - activities focusing on the visual element in the sequence. Listening - activities focusing on what is said in the sequence. Oral composition - activities focusing on telling the story of the sequence orally. Speaking - activities focusing on structured presentations related to the subject of the sequence. Discussion - activities focusing on discussions about the sequence.

8. Reading/writing skills Reading - comprehension activities based on reading materials related to the sequence. Note-taking – activities teaching or practising note-taking skills. Written composition - activities focusing on creative writing and/or summarising the sequence.

9. 6. Cross-cultural concerns Cultural awareness - activities focusing on studying the cultural influences at work in the sequence. Cross-cultural comparison - activities focusing on the comparison between the culture of the mother tongue and the target culture.

10. Testing Activities which can be used as a testing format based on the sequence.

11. Conclusion Source : 'VIDEO in ACTION' by Susan STEMPLESKI, Barry TOMALIN. ISBN 0-13-945619-8 yvan.baptiste@ac-montpellier.fr