using visuals, audio and video materials

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IST workshop, Using visuals, audio and video materials, Jan. 2016

IST Workshop on :

«Using visuals, audio and video materials

to promote oral skills»

January 2016Abdellatif Zoubair

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¤Agenda: 1. Identify available resources for teachers2. List the benefits of using visuals for

teaching3. Explain the main uses of audio materials4. State the major steps for a video activity5. Try out some of the activities6. Decide on practical recommendations

I. What resources are available to us teachers?


* Board * Textbook

*Pictures * OHP

* IWB * Worksheets * Tape recorder * Computer * Cell phone * Dictionaries * Readers * Cuisenaire rods * Flip charts * Posters * Students * Concordancers (www.lextutor.ca) * . . . .

II. Which of these can you make use of?


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III. Why are visuals useful?


Illustrate meaning directly Help explain quickly Cut down on TTT Attract attention Aid concentration Add variety and interest


Make associated language memorableMake class more stimulating and attractive (permanent display)Help elicit already known languageCreate needSet scene Stimulate discussion . . . .

IV. How to use visuals?


Present new meaning Check understanding

PracticeGames Ornamentation


Prediction Discussion

Story telling

Composing Prompts …

V. State the merits of audio materials:


Provide authentic materials

Versatile: possibility to rewind, pause, fast forward

Set mood

Easy to use/carry Availability of materials

Serve for background (music)…

VI. What is the added value of video materials in a school learning environment?


Makes learning more realistic

Learners can hear and see Easier to understand (offer more

features than audio materials)

Visual component makes it more attractive

Intrinsically more interesting

Possibility to replay, pause, etc.Teachers can produce their own

materials…

VII. Suggest activities you can incorporate into the three main steps of a viewing session:


1. Pre-viewing: language focus, prediction, discuss related topics, study worksheets to use

2. Viewing: complete tasks: listen, interpret, . . . 3. Post viewing: discussion, personalization, role

play, writing, . . .


4. Further tips on using the video:

a) Cover the screen: what’s the picture?

b) Half the class views then swap

c) Switch off the sound

d) Freeze imagese) . . .

VIII. Micro-teaching: while watching your colleagues giving mini-demonstration lessons, please identify which of the ideas above are highlighted / implemented:


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IX. Time for reflection: describe which areas of my teaching practices will I reconsider based on the idea above?


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¤REFERENCES:Harmer, J. 2007. How to Teach English. Pearson Longman. Harmer, J. 2007. The Practice of English LanguageTeaching.

Pearson Longman Fourth Edition.Richards, Jack C. & Scmidt, R. 2010. Dictionary of Language

Teaching and Applied Linguistics. Longman.Scrivener, J. 2007. Learning Teaching. Longman.

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