lights, camera, english! jill davidson and michael connolly eltecs 24 november 2011
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Lights, Camera, English!
Jill Davidson and Michael Connolly
ELTeCS 24 November 2011
Lights, Camera, English!
• Why (not) use audio-visual material?
• Criteria for selecting video
• Activities:
Gap fills Drama extension Silent movies Backs to the Board Prediction Using news Cover the picture
• Resources and Links
Why use audio-visual material?
Pros Cons
Solutions?
Why use audio-visual material?
Pros Cons•Authentic listening
•Motivating and a change of pace
•Learning styles – Visual learners
•Body language and visual clues
•Learner support
•Students can learn about different cultures.
•Easily exploited by teacher using pause and rewind to replay or freeze parts.
•Equipment
•Technical difficulties
•Passivity
•Parents! (expectations of what learning involves)
•Resources and preparation
Solutions?
Criteria for selecting video
• Watchability
• Length
• Appropriateness of Content
• Level of maturity
• Degree of visual support
• Appropriateness of language
Activities:
Gap fills (to practise grammar/vocabulary/numbers etc.)
Activities
Drama extension and silent movies
Activities
Discussion
Activities
Back to the Board
Activities
Prediction: What’s going to happen next?!
Activities
Using the News
Headline: “Moose Ice Rescue!”
Activities
Cover the picture
Resources and Links:TV: record adverts, series, films or news from the TV
DVD/Video: films, series, documentaries etc.
Internet:
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/video-young-learners-1
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/video-young-learners-2
http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos
http://www.videojug.com
Reading:
Using Authentic Video in the Language Classroom, Jane Sherman (CUP 2003)