Exploiting video to the max

British Council 1/10/16

Using video in class: a new phenomenon?

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The end of term video!

The end of the week video!

Video creation was also posible!

How have our habits changed?

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FROM TO

Video creation has moved on too…

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Advantages of (short) video

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1) They hold our students’ attention

3) They can be watched repeatedly in a lesson

4) Focused exploitation is easier

5) Paralinguistic characteristics aid

comprehension

6) Students are subjected to ‘real’ English.

2) They can be watched on the go

If video is to be used in the classroom to improve listening comprehension, it should be shown in segments and not as a whole.

listening, as a whole, video, in segments

These segments should be broken down to exploit the macro-listening skills and the micro-listening skills from the audio-component of the video. There is scant, if any, empirical evidence to indicate that videos shown in their entirety improve listening comprehension scores of nonnative speakers of English.

Canning-Wilson (2000)

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DURING

Comprehension questions: students listening out for words, details, understanding the gist

Vocabulary exploitation

Pronunciation (accents, intonation)

A basic framework

POST

Using the video as an inspiration / stimulus for student production: written / spoken / video creation.

PRE

Making predictions about what they’re going to see -provides a reason to watch

Eliciting what students already know about the topic, generating vocabulary and context

Pre-teaching vocabulary as appropriate

Predictions based on the title

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Predictions based on a word cloud

Predictions based on video stills

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Where are they?

How do they feel?

What are they doing? How do you know?

What could they be celebrating?

What is she looking at?

Can you confirm any of the answers from the first slide?

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A living graph

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An easy way to do screenshots

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Describe the characters

Who said what?

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I just wondered if I could have a little look at it.

I was just about to call you.

I can’t wait to show it to your grandmother tonight

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How many words can you find associated with getting married?

Put the sentence in order…who said it?

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Dubbing

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Silent video? Surely not!

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Back to back (+lie)At lower levels you could:

Choose a section where the action changes more slowly (or put the video in slow motion!)

Allow the pupil who is speaking to see the section once prior to describing it

Pupils do a summary as opposed to a running commentary

Pupils have to say three true points and one lie: which was the lie?

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Do you know this actor?

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Prediction time!

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What challenges does the video present?

We’ve exploited the video for

Vocabulary

Comprehension

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Can we use it as a stimulus for production/ discussion? What are the themes?

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Cover-ups

Telling lies (not!) Taking responsibility

Humour

PLUS…The video was released in 2003: how does it show its age?

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Technology / the way we access

information

Possible questions for discussion

Have you ever let someone else take responisbility for something you did wrong?

When was the last time you told a lie? Can you justify it?!

Do you always get your haircut at the hairdressers or would you let a friend or family member cut your hair? Why (not)?

What technological changes have there been since 2003?

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Student creationA story / role play / sketch including a lie / cover-up / deception

Or…

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Student videos: creation and sharing Let’s make our own interview video!

What were the questions?

What’s your favourite type of food?What’s your favourite dish? Where do you like to eat?

Let’s add in:

What’s your name and where are you from?

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Other examples…

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Recommended websites

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tagxedo.comWordsift.org

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Thank you!

Any questions ? Brian.engquist@Pearson.comMarta.Cervera@Pearson.comMichael.brand@pearson.comBlog: http://eltlearningjourneys.com/

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