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What We Now Know About Teaching EFL With
Paul Maglione, Co-‐founder, English A@ack! TESOL Greece 2014
Why Video?
• Our brains are wired for it à hunMng / danger
• The human eye is a@racted to movement, even more than our ears are to sound
• Closest to life, to everyday human experience
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Explosion of social networks, online services and new content is making video a BIG part of our everyday lives.
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New devices make video accessible anywhere, any Mme.
Online video is transforming educaMon
For anything that lasts more than 30 seconds — or any explana7on — it makes sense to have it in video form.
• 10 million students per month • 300 million lessons viewed
KHAN ACADEMY
What about video in the context of EFL?
High variance in English proficiency levels across naMons: what can explain it?
Smaller countries with “difficult” languages…BUT ALSO: television and movies not dubbed in local language
PORTUGAL is top-‐ranked “La7n” country… also does not dub US/UK
films into local language
Lowest-‐ranked countries tend to be “cut off” from
Anglophone culture and media for cultural and/or poli7cal reasons.
“Western” na7ons where TV series / films are dubbed into
local language
High variance in English proficiency levels across naMons: what can explain it?
Exposure to English
For learners not living in an English-‐speaking country, regular exposure to spoken English through video is the easiest, most effecMve way to create the
neural pathways that facilitate language learning.
Why Video?
WHAT and HOW Video?
Step 1: What is your objecMve in using video?
SMmulaMon A@enMon Interest
MoMvaMon Engagement ApplicaMon RepeMMon Usage
LEARNING
SMmulaMon A@enMon Interest
MoMvaMon Engagement ApplicaMon RepeMMon Usage
LEARNING
Graded or AuthenMc?
• BeVer at sparking emo7on à creates the intellectual opening for learning to occur
• Huge choice means we can mo7vate anyone according to their interests
BUT: -‐ Impossible to shoehorn into structures like
CEFR -‐ If not packaged properly, can be too
difficult for beginners
• Can be 7ghtly targeted at specific skills or tasks
• Created for specific levels / consistency re level
BUT: -‐ Produc7on values / entertainment
o[en lacking -‐ Can be perceived by learners as
“talking down” to them
Subject MaVer of Authen7c Video (in order of popularity with English AVack! users)
1. Current Movies 2. TV Series 3. Music Videos 4. Documentaries
5. How-‐To
Subject MaVer of Authen7c Video Other topics of interest
• News (“evergreen” best, normal headline stories age fast)
• Business (movie scenes can be effec7ve)
• AdverMsing (especially crea7ve / humorous extended ads)
CHOICE = AUTONOMY = MOTIVATION
Ideal length • Too short (sub-‐1 minute): liVle chance to absorb dialogue in context
• Too long (5 minutes+) : too many linguis7c elements upon which to focus à confusion
• Ideal length is between 1 and 3 minutes – Average length of Youtube video is 4 minutes
– 87% of video shared on Facebook is between 1 and 4 minutes long
Difficulty Level • Subject maVer • Vocabulary • Speech speed • Speech clarity • Accent • Idioms • Slang • Visual clues • Is there a story or an
understandable context?
Related exercises need to be calibrated to the video’s intrinsic difficulty level
Difficulty vs Content
• Our experience to date shows that the content type is the primary mo7vator. Learners don’t mind a difficulty “stretch” if the video content is of interest to them.
5,580,000 searches
22,000,000 searches
(learn English)
(songs in English)
Google France searches:
SubMtles? Can with comprehension but creates listening “tune out” in favor of reading.
So call me maybe..
Donc appelle-‐moi peut-‐etre…
♫ ♪ ♬♭ ♭ ♫ ♪ ♬♭ ♭
English
L1
None
Great… if you want learners to improve their L1 reading skills.
Full emo7onal impact of source; no skills confusion; forces learner to focus and to look for visual clues.
Video Transcript? • Be clear on purpose of providing: to work reading skills
• Thus, do not mix with gist comprehension exercises à provide only sequen7ally, a[er listening skills have been covered
• Can be used for Detail comprehension and to prac7ce scanning for informa7on.
SMmulaMon A@enMon Interest
MoMvaMon Engagement ApplicaMon RepeMMon Usage
LEARNING
Moving from engagement to applicaMon
Structuring the Video-‐based lesson
• The fun-‐factor of video should not obscure the need for a pedagogical structuring of the video-‐based lesson.
• The sequencing of a video-‐based lesson must be planned as carefully as any other lesson
Gist
Comprehension Listening Skills
Detailed Comprehension
Vocabulary Grammar
& Usage
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Structuring the Video-‐based lesson
• Pre / Tasks / Post / jumping-‐off point for class discussion
PRE
TASKS
POST • Summary
• Target Vocab • Prac7ce Games • Discussion
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Structuring the Video-‐based lesson
• Error Correc7on / Posi7ve Reinforcement
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Structuring the Video-‐based lesson
• Score vs Grade: integra7ng the mo7va7onal dynamics of gamifica7on into the video exercise scoring logic
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Structuring the Video-‐based lesson • Providing assistance à dic7onaries, transla7on
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Structuring the Video-‐based lesson
• In-‐class vs. Homework
Requirements: interac7vity, good design, visibility, s7mula7ng content
Requirements: large selec7on of s7mula7ng content, Teacher Tools for assignment and compliance monitoring
SMmulaMon A@enMon Interest
Engagement MoMvaMon ApplicaMon RepeMMon Usage
LEARNING
ConsolidaMng intake with repeMMon
Achieving RepeMMon for MemorizaMon Prac7ce Game: Swap Mania
Prac7ce Game: Word Rescue
Prac7ce Games are dynamically driven by target vocabulary
items in learning units TESOL Greece 2014
SMmulaMon A@enMon Interest
MoMvaMon Engagement ApplicaMon RepeMMon Usage
LEARNING
Finally, locking in acquisiMon through usage
Making video-‐based learning Social • Pos7ng comments • Facebook • TwiVer
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AuthenMc video is a great spark for in-‐class discussion Vocabulary Storyline Grammar Themes
Sample Video Lesson
Intermediate Level
Pre-‐Task
Target Vocabulary
Clip Summary
Task Set-‐Up InstrucMon
First Exposure to Video Clip
Learners can start, pause, and replay video
Gist comprehension exercise set-‐up
Gist comprehension exercise
Video resource
Expandable vocab resource
Instant error correcMon
Gist comprehension exercise debrief
IntersMMal Score
PosiMve Reinforcement
Listening exercise set-‐up
Listening exercise
Learners can do the exercise in parallel with
video playback
Gap-‐filling from three similar-‐sounding alternaMves actually completes the transcript, which will be available for next exercise.
Listening exercise debrief
Detail comprehension exercise set-‐up
Detail comprehension exercise
Full video transcript available as a resource; learners can either review video or scan transcript
to find details in exercise.
Detail comprehension debrief
Vocabulary exercise set-‐up
Vocabulary exercise
Vocabulary resource automaMcally switches to selected answer
opMon
Vocab exercise: using target lexis in similar story
context
Vocabulary exercise debrief
Grammar / Usage exercise set-‐up
Grammar / Usage exercise Sample line of
dialogue taken from video clip
ExplanaMon as to why this form was
used
Exercise working same grammar or usage concept (with instant
answer feedback)
Grammar / Usage exercise debrief
Video Booster Debrief screen
Points total and breakdown
Learn-‐o-‐Meter
Learner comments RecommendaMons for further lessons
Coaching instrucMons
Post-‐task: PracMce Games
Lexical items from the video clip
DefiniMon clues and sample sentence reveal
Post-‐task: In-‐class or Online Messenger discussion
• How would you feel about asking your parents for money if/when you are an adult?
• How would you feel about your son or daughter asking you for money when they are adults?
• Have you even had someone try to discourage you from your dream occupa7on or goal? Describe what that felt like.
• What does “Being A Man” mean to you?
Sample Class Discussion Topics
User feedback
Conclusions • Video is a powerful, emo7ve s7mulus to learning. • Short-‐format authen7c video without sub7tles
can be a highly mo7va7onal and effec7ve pedagogical tool for helping build EFL/ESL competence.
• Video-‐based lessons need to be engineered just as carefully as any classroom lesson, with pre-‐ and post-‐tasks and a natural flow from exposure and gist comprehension through to more detailed or nuanced skills.
• Specialist online learning plaoorms such as English AVack! package authen7c video together with exercises to offer a huge choice of learning units of all difficulty levels across many topics and categories.
Paul Maglione, Co-‐founder, English A@ack! TESOL Greece 2014
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