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Using Videos in the ESL Classroom

Using Videos in the ESL Classroom. Beth Allen and Pat Fahrner January, 2009. Agenda. Advantages of using media in class Some recommended steps What about music? Potential applications Create a lesson around a song How to use Smart room equipment. Types of clips. Speech Commercial

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Using Videos in the ESL Classroom

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  1. Using Videos in the ESL Classroom Beth Allen and Pat Fahrner January, 2009

  2. Agenda • Advantages of using media in class • Some recommended steps • What about music? • Potential applications • Create a lesson around a song • How to use Smart room equipment

  3. Types of clips • Speech • Commercial • Movie scene • Song • TV episode • Others???

  4. Advantages of media in class • Good listening activity with visual and audio makes it real life • You can introduce pop culture or famous people and events • Usually, the conversation and pace are natural – exposure to natural American English usage • Tracking conversations between 2 or more people adds complexity

  5. Advantages of media in class • Plot and scenery makes it more realistic • Good opportunity for students to act out the scene after the clip • Good opportunity for discussion about the topic • Voices are different from the teacher’s • Vocabulary is usually rich; you can scaffold the new words

  6. Some recommended steps • Before class • Pick a movie clip that you want to use • Get the free script from http://www.script-o-rama.com/table2.shtml or the site of your choice • Copy the parts of the script that you want to use • Create a vocabulary buildup, an introduction document, cloze of the scene, copies of the script, comprehension questions , and discussion questions(or a subset of these)

  7. Some recommended steps • In class • Explore the students’ familiarity with the topic • Cloze exercise to present plot and background information about the clip • Play the clip as many times as the students wish to complete another cloze exercise about the scene • Have students practice the scene in pairs • Have students volunteer to act out the scene in front of the class • Comprehension questions and/or discussion questions

  8. What about music? • Good for holidays, grammar topics • To find free lyrics go to http://www.songlyrics.com • Find a video of someone singing the song at Youtube.com. People like Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews, and Barbra Streisand are easy to understand and there is often a close-up clip of them singing the song. • The rhythm of a song is easy to remember. Many times, it sounds like natural speech.

  9. How to create a lesson around a song • Open MS Word and an Internet session • In your internet session, go to www.songlyrics.com • Search for “I’d like to teach the world to sing” • Click on the title under song matches • Highlight the lyrics • On the menu, • Edit • Copy • Go to MS Word. You will have a new blank document open. • On the ribbon, click on Paste • Scan the lyrics for new vocabulary • Make your cloze exercise for the song by replacing some words with a blank

  10. Go to youtube.com to find the video clip (continued) • Go to youtube.com to find the video clip • In your internet session, go to www.youtube.com to find a clip • Type “I’d like to teach the world to sing” in the search box and click on Search • Try different clips to see what you like best. For class, we’ll demonstrate. • We picked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVa0WPVuEOI • To make the clip take up the whole screen click on the icon below the video clip • Hit ESC to return to the smaller version • Save the url to a document on your flash drive so you can get to the site quickly.

  11. Why should you use Smart Room equipment? • Great opportunity for variety Students need more than the teacher writing on the board • Easy access to the internet • The document camera, if you have one, is easy and environmentally correct • What can you do if you don’t have a Smart Room? • Ask your IT support for a portable Smart cart • Ask your supervisor • What else? • Additional suggestion: Ask for and use time in a computer lab.

  12. How to use Smart room equipment • There is a laminated card in each classroom that explains how to use the equipment • On the teacher’s computer, go to the internet • Copy the url from the saved document on your flash drive • Turn on the projector • Make sure the pc is the active piece of equipment • Now, everyone in class can see what is on the teacher’s computer on the screen in the front of the class • You can use your electronic copy of the cloze to fill in the correct answers Or • If you have one, have the students come to the document camera to fill in the blanks.

  13. Thank you • pfahrner@clcillinois.edu • ballen@clcillinois.edu

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